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drwordperson.bsky.social
Dr. Word Person
@drwordperson.bsky.social
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Linguist with an interest in various dead languages (Ancient Greek, Hittite, Sanskrit, Latin...) Ph.D. UCLA, Indo-European Studies; currently an MS student at Uni Stuttgart. Native of Texas.

I enjoy lutes, languages, plants, recorders, and rocks.
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I am...baffled.
Grocery baked goods reading "Cheesy & Brownie"
November 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
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@oakleaf.bsky.social Random German field at sunset!
September 27, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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It's a vineyard! Right by the train stop in Herxheim, Germany!
September 26, 2025 at 10:26 PM
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They're in the woods!!!

(Pfifferlinge + moss)
September 11, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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Mushroom gathering season is here!!!!

(These are Pfifferlinge!)
September 11, 2025 at 7:39 PM
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September 10, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Mikey is this *THE* King Pretzel????? Have we found his domain??

(Spotted in Freinsheim, Germany)
August 31, 2025 at 9:34 PM
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Have a...church? Is that a church???
July 28, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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It is blackberry season!!! And please send me your best recipes because I need your help, y'all. I am gathering approximately twice this many blackberries from the woods per day. What do I do with them all??? The jam jars are full, omg.
July 25, 2025 at 9:44 PM
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Here, I made a spreadsheet, in case it helps.
Spreadsheet titled "Frequency of texts, with varying assumptions based on how much this guy sleeps." Column A is labeled "Hours of sleep per night," and ranges from 0 to 23. Column B is labeled "Texts per hour," and ranges from 2.5 (zero hours of sleep) to 60 (23 hours of sleep). Column C is labeled "Average length of time between texts (minutes)" and ranges from 24 minutes to 1 minute. A block of cells is highlighted to suggest the most likely sleeping hours, which would produce anywhere between 3 and 12 texts per hour, with an average length of time between texts of between 20 and 12 minutes. Great.
July 16, 2025 at 8:01 PM
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Real earthshaking development here.
Photos of a sign that says "Richterstraße," aka Richter Street. There is an apartment building in the background.
July 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
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@oakleaf.bsky.social Have a very impressive school building! From Emmendingen, Germany.
A 19th/early 20th century German school building. The facade has some fancy peaks, and it's made from stucco outlined in dark red sandstone. There's even a clock on the front.
May 17, 2025 at 7:41 AM
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@oakleaf.bsky.social I saw this utterly amazing selection of tulips today and thought of you!
Edging strip between sidewalk and street with bright green grass and a riot of tulips: orange frilly ones, pink frilly ones, red ones, and maroon ones. Extra bonus points for yellow flowers of some sort.
April 27, 2025 at 7:49 PM
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Obligatory picture of delicious desserts.
Five pieces of torte on plates, two topped with cherry, two topped with almond, and one topped with strawberry jam.
April 17, 2025 at 4:42 PM
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Sending you some flowers back. Hope you feel better soon.
Purple amemones bloom in a field of moss.
March 29, 2025 at 11:35 PM
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@oakleaf.bsky.social Have a beautiful house!
Fancy German suburban house from the 1890's-1910's? Dark pink sandstone blocks with light pink stucco above, plus an elaborate tower roofed in slate.
March 28, 2025 at 4:55 PM
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@mikeyface.bsky.social

MIKEY!!!!!!!!!!!

It is good to see you again! Have an assortment of utterly delicious bakery items!
Five slices of cake on plates on a cafeteria tray. Two are cake + cream + almond topping, two are cheesecake + cherry topping, and one is cake + cream + strawberry jelly topping.
March 15, 2025 at 10:25 AM
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@oakleaf.bsky.social Have a birthday castle! This is Landeck in Baden-Württemberg, Germany.
The looming ruins of a 14th century castle, including a ginormous arch!
March 8, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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@pronounced-ing.bsky.social Spotted in small town Baden-Württemberg.

(For those without German, the pink sticker reads "Nazis secretly eat falafel.")
View of a picturesque ruined 14th century castle with the rolling German countryside in the background. In the foreground is a flagpole with several stickers, one of which reads "Nazis essen heimlich Falafel."
March 8, 2025 at 7:23 AM
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Food crimes: Germany

Somehow it's every American stereotype in a can?
Can of Bud Spencer brand so-called bulldozer hot dogs. A football, a football player, and an American flag decorate the can.
March 7, 2025 at 12:00 AM
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@oakleaf.bsky.social Have a castle!
Four stories' worth of castle ruins; a basement with a walkway over top, two stories of main rooms and a peaked roof in the distance. The castle is built of red and tan sandstone, and lies partly in ruins.
March 3, 2025 at 10:18 PM
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Did not know you liked these! Well, have a snowy mountain in the Black Forest of Germany. There is a sledding slope and a small inn nearby.
An outdoor scene in black and white: two snowy conifers framing a winding snow-covered road through the mountains.
February 28, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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Food Crimes: Germany. Barbeque edition.

Pulled pork lasagna bolognese???

(This was spotted in the "American foods" section of a grocery store.)
Package of frozen food labeled "McEnnedy American Way Pulled Pork Lasagna Bolognese." The package has a photo on it which looks like meat-colored Cthulhu tentacles spilling out from between layers of lasagna noodles. That, along with the melted cheese, more or less fails to appear appetizing.
February 3, 2025 at 10:05 PM
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Would you rather ride the roller coaster or eat this definitely-looks-like-queso, though.
A jar of glowing yellow liquid labeled "Dip! Hot Cheese."
February 1, 2025 at 9:22 PM
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I made a snowman!
Three snow blobs arranged vertically with twigs for arms. There is a carrot in this photo and it is lying horizontally on the ground in front of the snow blobs, whose height is perhaps half of the length of the carrot. In the background of the photo it is clear that very little snow has stuck to the ground. Brown wet dirt everywhere.
January 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM