Dr. Word Person
@drwordperson.bsky.social
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.
I enjoy lutes, languages, plants, recorders, and rocks.
I am so excited to learn about this program!
November 18, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I am so excited to learn about this program!
What do you use to do this? I have to give it a try 😂
November 18, 2025 at 7:45 AM
What do you use to do this? I have to give it a try 😂
Please, I would love to hear more.
November 18, 2025 at 7:34 AM
Please, I would love to hear more.
Have you learned Hittite? Reading Hittite is so great!
November 18, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Have you learned Hittite? Reading Hittite is so great!
He writes her back, and says, basically, "Are you shitting me?" and the queen responds "THIS IS HIGHLY EMBARRASSING NO OF COURSE I AM NOT SHITTING YOU!!!"
November 18, 2025 at 6:52 AM
He writes her back, and says, basically, "Are you shitting me?" and the queen responds "THIS IS HIGHLY EMBARRASSING NO OF COURSE I AM NOT SHITTING YOU!!!"
I love the Hittites, in general! They're so relatable! The Greeks, so much philosophy and posturing. One Hittite king gets a letter from the Egyptian queen asking for a son of his to marry, and his response is just, "Such a thing has never happened to me before in my LIFE."
November 18, 2025 at 6:52 AM
I love the Hittites, in general! They're so relatable! The Greeks, so much philosophy and posturing. One Hittite king gets a letter from the Egyptian queen asking for a son of his to marry, and his response is just, "Such a thing has never happened to me before in my LIFE."
I do not know if this will delight you, but I study 14th-12th century BCE Greek accounting practices and there wer a nonzero number of scribes who left doodles on the backs of their clay accounting tablets.
November 15, 2025 at 8:37 PM
I do not know if this will delight you, but I study 14th-12th century BCE Greek accounting practices and there wer a nonzero number of scribes who left doodles on the backs of their clay accounting tablets.
One time I saw only one bed...with THREE people.
November 14, 2025 at 9:36 PM
One time I saw only one bed...with THREE people.
Sounds (and looks) lovely. Thanks!
November 14, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Sounds (and looks) lovely. Thanks!
How do you make it? Just slice the fruit, and deep fry?
November 14, 2025 at 7:17 PM
How do you make it? Just slice the fruit, and deep fry?
IDK if you have a print shop you like, but when I've been in this situation, with a PDF but a hard copy is unobtainable (in my case, usually I can't even *find* the academic books I need on the open market), I have it printed and bound with a black ribbon binding. Not as nice as a real book, but...
November 14, 2025 at 6:52 PM
IDK if you have a print shop you like, but when I've been in this situation, with a PDF but a hard copy is unobtainable (in my case, usually I can't even *find* the academic books I need on the open market), I have it printed and bound with a black ribbon binding. Not as nice as a real book, but...
Das Schaf das schafft, was kein Schaf geschafft hat.
November 14, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Das Schaf das schafft, was kein Schaf geschafft hat.
Also, gift cards for restaurants/cafes that weren't your thing? Can also go in the little free pantry! (I generally don't frequent coffee places, and this way everyone wins.)
November 11, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Also, gift cards for restaurants/cafes that weren't your thing? Can also go in the little free pantry! (I generally don't frequent coffee places, and this way everyone wins.)
Okay it's actually reasonably good! Pretty much as promised, if the translation hadn't been terrible. It's a brownie with a layer of creamy but sour goodness on top.
Don't think I'd buy it again (grocery store brownies are unsatisfying on both sides of the Atlantic, apparently), but, still.
Don't think I'd buy it again (grocery store brownies are unsatisfying on both sides of the Atlantic, apparently), but, still.
November 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Okay it's actually reasonably good! Pretty much as promised, if the translation hadn't been terrible. It's a brownie with a layer of creamy but sour goodness on top.
Don't think I'd buy it again (grocery store brownies are unsatisfying on both sides of the Atlantic, apparently), but, still.
Don't think I'd buy it again (grocery store brownies are unsatisfying on both sides of the Atlantic, apparently), but, still.
I have inspected the ingredients list, and the "cheese" in question seems to actually be Quark, which is the German version of...hmm...in consistency and use cases it's halfway between yogurt and mascarpone cheese, so that could be okay.
I'm going to try this thing.
I'm going to try this thing.
November 11, 2025 at 12:07 PM
I have inspected the ingredients list, and the "cheese" in question seems to actually be Quark, which is the German version of...hmm...in consistency and use cases it's halfway between yogurt and mascarpone cheese, so that could be okay.
I'm going to try this thing.
I'm going to try this thing.
In that case, I am as baffled as you! I remember once seeing a novella priced new at $47 or something and I was also flummoxed.
November 10, 2025 at 2:12 PM
In that case, I am as baffled as you! I remember once seeing a novella priced new at $47 or something and I was also flummoxed.
With books from academic presses, prices are typically in that range (or more! far, far more!) because the total print runs are low, and also because the customers are largely a captive audience (if you're an academic library, you're not going to not buy the book, for instance.)
November 10, 2025 at 2:00 PM
With books from academic presses, prices are typically in that range (or more! far, far more!) because the total print runs are low, and also because the customers are largely a captive audience (if you're an academic library, you're not going to not buy the book, for instance.)
I am in Germany and apparently there are actually two parsnip-looking vegetables which to me are pretty identical! I will try to look up the (German) names when I am at the grocery store next.
November 10, 2025 at 1:31 PM
I am in Germany and apparently there are actually two parsnip-looking vegetables which to me are pretty identical! I will try to look up the (German) names when I am at the grocery store next.
I once visited the Oachita Mountains and they were gorgeous! Would visit Oklahoma again.
November 9, 2025 at 10:19 PM
I once visited the Oachita Mountains and they were gorgeous! Would visit Oklahoma again.
I am...baffled.
November 8, 2025 at 12:31 AM
I am...baffled.
I can, but: bureaucracy.
November 7, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I can, but: bureaucracy.
I am a Mycenologist, but I work on linguistics rather than nautical archeology, and my reference library is getting moved, so...I unfortunately can't be of help! I'll let you know if I come across anything.
November 7, 2025 at 4:27 PM
I am a Mycenologist, but I work on linguistics rather than nautical archeology, and my reference library is getting moved, so...I unfortunately can't be of help! I'll let you know if I come across anything.
Given the teacher, I don't think so! I think he really did take things at face value.
November 7, 2025 at 7:15 AM
Given the teacher, I don't think so! I think he really did take things at face value.