don't worry i got the answer right here for you, Maarten
November 13, 2025 at 7:25 AM
don't worry i got the answer right here for you, Maarten
I guess [qäːðˤiː] or [ɡäːðˤiː] or if you're really fancy, maybe [qäːdˤiː].
I think I solved it: this must be coming from a "Kazi" pronunciation, but in a language with [z] ~ [d͡ʒ] variation ... so, Hindi-Urdu.
I think I solved it: this must be coming from a "Kazi" pronunciation, but in a language with [z] ~ [d͡ʒ] variation ... so, Hindi-Urdu.
November 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
I guess [qäːðˤiː] or [ɡäːðˤiː] or if you're really fancy, maybe [qäːdˤiː].
I think I solved it: this must be coming from a "Kazi" pronunciation, but in a language with [z] ~ [d͡ʒ] variation ... so, Hindi-Urdu.
I think I solved it: this must be coming from a "Kazi" pronunciation, but in a language with [z] ~ [d͡ʒ] variation ... so, Hindi-Urdu.
I'm not sure what's going on with Arabic ض as Roman <J> in KAJI ...
November 12, 2025 at 3:29 PM
I'm not sure what's going on with Arabic ض as Roman <J> in KAJI ...
The Arabic dialects of Oman and the Emirates, including Ruus Al Jibal/Musandam, have tons of words exclusively used in child-directed speech, as we've known since Jayakar (1889, 1904).
Here is a partial list (in a northern Emirati dialect) from Ibn Sandal (2018). 📸
Here is a partial list (in a northern Emirati dialect) from Ibn Sandal (2018). 📸
November 12, 2025 at 11:08 AM
The Arabic dialects of Oman and the Emirates, including Ruus Al Jibal/Musandam, have tons of words exclusively used in child-directed speech, as we've known since Jayakar (1889, 1904).
Here is a partial list (in a northern Emirati dialect) from Ibn Sandal (2018). 📸
Here is a partial list (in a northern Emirati dialect) from Ibn Sandal (2018). 📸
oh nice, I saw that album hit #1 but I am behind on Incubus.
I turned Light Grenades on yesterday and heard this lyric
I turned Light Grenades on yesterday and heard this lyric
November 12, 2025 at 2:58 AM
oh nice, I saw that album hit #1 but I am behind on Incubus.
I turned Light Grenades on yesterday and heard this lyric
I turned Light Grenades on yesterday and heard this lyric
GoNoodle is surprisingly educational for kids' music — also pretty sure they shout "NERDY BY NATURE" somewhere in the background of like half their songs?
November 12, 2025 at 2:47 AM
GoNoodle is surprisingly educational for kids' music — also pretty sure they shout "NERDY BY NATURE" somewhere in the background of like half their songs?
Why, yes, I do consider myself to be a music connoisseur ... Why do you ask?
November 12, 2025 at 2:45 AM
Why, yes, I do consider myself to be a music connoisseur ... Why do you ask?
A new app, called Cyprusays, was just launched to teach Cypriot Greek—this is the first language learning app for Cypriot Greek and it is free.
November 11, 2025 at 5:56 PM
A new app, called Cyprusays, was just launched to teach Cypriot Greek—this is the first language learning app for Cypriot Greek and it is free.
Hey I searched opposite of emerging. I guess we must be the AI-free answer? Right? 🤞
November 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Hey I searched opposite of emerging. I guess we must be the AI-free answer? Right? 🤞
1. I understood the kid book reference
2. I cannot stop laughing at this baby discovering a clean glass pane in Ajman the other day
2. I cannot stop laughing at this baby discovering a clean glass pane in Ajman the other day
November 10, 2025 at 6:05 PM
1. I understood the kid book reference
2. I cannot stop laughing at this baby discovering a clean glass pane in Ajman the other day
2. I cannot stop laughing at this baby discovering a clean glass pane in Ajman the other day
Oh hey, I just searched EALL and found a couple things (screenshotted).
Looks like you might want to check Schlonsky, “Remarks on the complementizer layer of standard Arabic”.
Looks like you might want to check Schlonsky, “Remarks on the complementizer layer of standard Arabic”.
November 10, 2025 at 6:09 AM
Oh hey, I just searched EALL and found a couple things (screenshotted).
Looks like you might want to check Schlonsky, “Remarks on the complementizer layer of standard Arabic”.
Looks like you might want to check Schlonsky, “Remarks on the complementizer layer of standard Arabic”.
> Women are hiding their boyfriends online
I read this headline as: "women are trapping their boyfriends in the Internet"
I read this headline as: "women are trapping their boyfriends in the Internet"
November 10, 2025 at 1:10 AM
> Women are hiding their boyfriends online
I read this headline as: "women are trapping their boyfriends in the Internet"
I read this headline as: "women are trapping their boyfriends in the Internet"
Here is another where I attempted to trace it. The sitr changes a lot but it looks like a lot or all of the text around the edge is just الله repeated.
This, unfortunately, doesn't help much with identifying the language! But there's the script.
This, unfortunately, doesn't help much with identifying the language! But there's the script.
November 9, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Here is another where I attempted to trace it. The sitr changes a lot but it looks like a lot or all of the text around the edge is just الله repeated.
This, unfortunately, doesn't help much with identifying the language! But there's the script.
This, unfortunately, doesn't help much with identifying the language! But there's the script.
I imagined the good old days would involve more sleep at night
November 8, 2025 at 4:06 AM
I imagined the good old days would involve more sleep at night
You should really get some NO-XPLODE
November 7, 2025 at 12:03 PM
You should really get some NO-XPLODE
Great example!
Ibn Manzur mentions انقُطِعَ as well. ✅
Ibn Manzur mentions انقُطِعَ as well. ✅
November 6, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Great example!
Ibn Manzur mentions انقُطِعَ as well. ✅
Ibn Manzur mentions انقُطِعَ as well. ✅
kinda reminds me of Zardoz (1974)
November 6, 2025 at 4:34 PM
kinda reminds me of Zardoz (1974)
You know the "Computer" is good because it costs 12 riyals (3 dollars).
November 6, 2025 at 11:32 AM
You know the "Computer" is good because it costs 12 riyals (3 dollars).
I'm having flashbacks to the first mall in Doha (Qatar), which is called المول "The Mall"—I think you can also say ذا مول and people will know what you're talking about.
November 6, 2025 at 10:47 AM
I'm having flashbacks to the first mall in Doha (Qatar), which is called المول "The Mall"—I think you can also say ذا مول and people will know what you're talking about.
yeah that's similar, too! I don't think it usually described a feeling in Classical Arabic, it looks like it came from a meaning like "I was desolated (for missing you)"
November 6, 2025 at 3:18 AM
yeah that's similar, too! I don't think it usually described a feeling in Classical Arabic, it looks like it came from a meaning like "I was desolated (for missing you)"
In Gulf dialect classes I learned to say ولهان عليك for "I missed you", between friends. ("Long time no see!" or Gulf English, people say, "long time!")
Lane says that وله means "he became bereft of his reason or intellect, in consequence of grief". 😧
Lane says that وله means "he became bereft of his reason or intellect, in consequence of grief". 😧
November 6, 2025 at 2:52 AM
In Gulf dialect classes I learned to say ولهان عليك for "I missed you", between friends. ("Long time no see!" or Gulf English, people say, "long time!")
Lane says that وله means "he became bereft of his reason or intellect, in consequence of grief". 😧
Lane says that وله means "he became bereft of his reason or intellect, in consequence of grief". 😧
It seems that LLMs have adopted an adversarial, iconoclast mode of speech from reading too many academics. Everything "challenges conventional notions" because that is what academics do to get published.
November 5, 2025 at 4:58 PM
It seems that LLMs have adopted an adversarial, iconoclast mode of speech from reading too many academics. Everything "challenges conventional notions" because that is what academics do to get published.
CORRECTION: Sources tell me this was not a fox, it was a sandal-eating chupacabra. Sorry for the mistake!
November 5, 2025 at 9:18 AM
CORRECTION: Sources tell me this was not a fox, it was a sandal-eating chupacabra. Sorry for the mistake!