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@brainsmatter@mastodonapp.uk · 7h ago
Sramcbled wrods: the real reason you can still read jumbled text https://theconversation.com/sramcbled-wrods-the-real-reason-you-can-still-read-jumbled-text-280457 #linguistics #science #STEM
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@ancientsounds@mastodonapp.uk · 2d ago
𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗘𝘁𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆, 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 English "cow" comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₃-u-s [gwous], perhaps something like this (listen): 🔊 https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/cow-from-PIE-gwous.wav which also developed into Dari گاو [gau] and Persian گاو [gov]: 🔊 https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-gwous-to-Persian-gov.wav and very many other Indo-European languages, such as Ancient Greek βοῦς [bous]: 🔊 https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-gwous-to-Ancient-Greek-bous.wav Image source: https://faradeed.ir/%D8%A8%D8%AE%D8%B4-%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%88-35/186305-%D9%88%DB%8C%D8%AF%D8%A6%D9%88-%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B3%D8%AA%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C-%D8%A2%D8%B0%D8%B1%D8%A8%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AC%D8%A7%D9%86-%DA%86%DA%AF%D9%88%D9%86%D9%87-%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%B1-%DA%AF%D8%A7%D9%88-%D8%B1%D8%A7-%D9%BE%D8%B3-%D8%A7%D8%B2-%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%B4%DB%8C%D8%AF%D9%86-%D8%A8%D9%87-%D9%BE%D9%86%DB%8C%D8%B1-%D8%AA%D8%A8%D8%AF%DB%8C%D9%84-%D9%85%DB%8C-%DA%A9%D9%86%D9%86%D8%AF @linguistics #linguistics #etymology #EnglishLanguage #AcousticPhonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Iranian #Persian #Dari #AncientGreek
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@SleepyCatten@cultofshiv.wtf · 2d ago
Hi fedi folks :FediverseSymbol: We have another linquistic query, aimed ideally at fluent/native English and German speakers. We're aware of the word Schadenfreude, in the English sense of deriving joy or pleasure from somebody else's misfortune. However, we're not aware of a suitable word to express the intense pain, anguish and despair of somebody else getting something that you cannot get. Every time we try to find a suitable word, all we typically find suggested are envy or Missgunst. The problem is that these words don't fit what we're looking for. For the word we're seeking, it's not envy, as there's no resentment of what others have or can get, nor is there any malice towards them for this. Instead, it's more like a deep pain and sadness of not being able to get what you need when others can. It's the kind of negative feeling that can cause you to withdraw from people who are sharing their joy and successes, or even to withdraw from entire spaces where these are highlighted. We watched Natalie Wynn's (ContraPoints') long video on envy years back, which we misremembered as being much clearer on the topic, but looking back over the transcript for it didn't help us at all. In fact, it made us more confused :Sighing_Face: We've had the same problem before with not finding suitable words, such as the pain of being misunderstood, a true-neutral replacement for the verb to hope, or the inability to experience hope. #AskFedi #linguistics #language #words #GenuinelyAsking #NoReplyGuysPlease #English #German
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@tschfflr@fediscience.org · Apr 21, 2026
🚀 One week left to apply for my postdoc position in emoji semantics! Join us for: 🔬 linguistic experiments 🔍 semantic theory 🤝 interdisciplinary collaboration 🧑‍💼 developing your own research agenda 💻 digital communication 🤩 a wonderful team 💪 a supportive supervisor #bochum #emoji #linguistics @ruhr-uni-bochum.de @vicom@wisskomm.social https://jobs.ruhr-uni-bochum.de/jobposting/f5001c40d914e7ce325557bfe526aa88415f75bb0
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@ancientsounds@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 17, 2026
𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗘𝘁𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆, 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 English "bellows" and "belly" come via Anglo-Saxon beliġ and Proto-Germanic *balgi- from Proto-Indo-European *bʰólǵʰ- "bag", perhaps something like this (listen): 🔊 bellows-from-PIE-bholgh.wav This simulation of *bʰólǵʰ- has initial [b], not [bʱ], as it's computed from recordings of Irish bolg, "bag", also a cognate. The same PIE root developed into Persian بالش bālish "pillow", like this: 🔊 PIE-bholgh-to-Persian-balesh.wav Related words are found in other Iranian languages, e.g. Pashto بالښت balacht, Ossetian baʒ/baz, as well as in Slavic, e.g. Slovenian blazina. When I originally posted about this in November 2021, the linguist Magnus Pharao @magnuspharao.bsky.social pointed out that Danish bælg (seed pod of legumes and bellows) is also a cognate! @linguistics #linguistics #etymology #EnglishLanguage #AcousticPhonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Iranian #Persian
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@dvolps@fosstodon.org · Apr 16, 2026
Love this map & site - pure linguistic bliss! North American English Dialects, Based on Pronunciation Patterns It doesn’t claim to be complete - but the information it does capture is 🤌 https://aschmann.net/AmEng/ #Linguistics #Maps
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@ancientsounds@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 14, 2026
𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗘𝘁𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆, 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀 The English word "ankle" comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eng-ul- [aŋgʊl], the stem *h₂eng- meaning perhaps "joint". Listen: 🔊 https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/ankle-from-PIE-h2eng.wav In Persian *h₂eng- developed into انگشت angusht, "digit" i.e. finger or toe: 🔊 https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h2eng-to-Persian-angusht.wav @linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Iranian #Persian
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@paulywill@mstdn.ca · Apr 13, 2026
I often wonder if #brewers and #linguistics both love #IPA? … You know…b/c…. …International Phonetic Alphabet… Indian Pale Ale… (look out…it’s an early sick day and I’m lobbing these beauties with zero sleep) (what the hell was i searching again….)
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@alexglow@chaos.social · Apr 13, 2026
Latin nerds, I need you! Offering Elvish nerdery in return 👇 Trying to translate "keep it secret – keep it safe" to #Latin, which I know is tricksy. Looking at verbs like servare and conservare, and adjectives for "safe" like tutus/salvus/securus...?? If you can help, I will write your phrase of choice in Tengwar (Elvish script)! Here's a sample of one way I write it – though I'll do straight lines 😅 I'll write them on a livestream and link image files for you. // #linguistics #LOTR #Tolkien
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@iwritelike@mastodon.social · Apr 12, 2026
I always wondered what happened to "thee". Also, I absolutely love the concept of "wit". https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260408-the-extinct-english-words-for-just-the-two-of-us #Linguistics #EnglishLanguage #history
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@ancientsounds@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 01, 2026
Persian and English etymologies of the day Nowruz is the Persian New Year festival at the Spring Equinox (20th March). Nowruz means "new light"; Persian now (pronounced like English "no") comes from Proto-Indo-European *neu-io, something like this: 🔊 https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-neuio-to-Persian-noo.wav Tajik рӯз and Persian روز, ruz descends from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- [lɘʊk]: 🔊 https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-leuk-to-Tajik-ruz.wav (Tajik is also an Iranian language, very similar to Iranian Persian.) *leuk- also developed into words for "day" in other Iranian languages, e.g. Balochi روچ [roʧ], something like this: 🔊 https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-leuk-to-Balochi-roch.wav Kurdish roj [roʒ]: 🔊 https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-leuk-to-Kurdish-roj.wav English new and "light" are from the same roots, *neu-io and *leuk- 🔊 https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/new-from-PIE-neuio.wav Light (brightness) comes from Proto-Indo-European *leuk-, something like this: 🔊 https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/light-from-PIE-leuk.wav Image source: https://blog.izapya.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/03/noroz1.jpeg #Persian #Iranian #English #phonetics #linguistics
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@ancientsounds@mastodonapp.uk · Apr 01, 2026
From 2021 to 2024 I had a research fellowship to work on a project in which I use audio simulations to show how English is related to various "Eastern" languages, including Persian. Many of the audio recordings and the graphics used to illustrate them were from Iranian websites, now silenced by the authorities. So I've decided to re-post here (correcting where necessary) a number of them to show how those Iranian voices were essential to my research. By way of thanks and memory. (One a day, but not every day. The original blog is at https://www.ancientsounds.net/blog.html) #Persian #Iranian #linguistics
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@hbrpgm@adalta.social · Mar 29, 2026

📺 https://peer.adalta.social/w/t2jiAfRY8JEJ6yCcS4ySNm 🔗 🇩🇪🇺🇸🇫🇷 🔗 ℹ️

Die Featured Track-Platzierung von Henrik Kniberg, Obie Fernandez und Andriy Burkov auf Leanpub signalisiert eine strategische Neuausrichtung der Plattform.

#war #software #datascience #digitaltransformation #linguistics

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@0xabad1dea__dup_153@infosec.exchange · Mar 14, 2026
my husband just came in here and said "distims your doshes, refuses to elaborate, leaves" and left https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gostak #linguistics
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@0xabad1dea__dup_153@infosec.exchange · Mar 06, 2026
Linguists: writing like this (superfluously mixing three languages in one fucking sentence!) does not make you seem like some sort of linguini houdini. It makes you seem utterly unable to communicate #linguistics
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@david_bardos@mementomori.social · Feb 28, 2026
I’m a developer with a degree in philology and linguistics. Here’s how these two passions have shaped each other, and me. 🌐 https://blog.gridranger.dev/intersecting-interests/ This post was inpired by the monthly #indiewebcarnival theme chosen by Zachary Kai. #writingprompt #blog #post #indieweb #bloggingchallenge #coding #linguistics #creativewriting
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@HollyCo26588808__dup_31736@universeodon.com · Feb 22, 2026
How far back into history can you go before written English becomes unintelligible? It's a thorny question https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-back-in-time-understand-english?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&utm_campaign=fark&ICID=ref_fark #stem #science #history #linguistics #language #interesting
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@AcademicEurope@mstdn.business · Feb 02, 2026
Job Alert Leitung des Sprachenzentrums (m/w/d)   Deadline: 2026-02-27  Location: Germany - Bochum  https://www.academiceurope.com/ads/leitung-des-sprachenzentrums-m-w-d/ #hiring #Leadership #HigherEducation #LanguageCenter #educationalscience #AcademicJobs #headof #linguistics #sciencemanagement
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@verdantsquare@mastodon.world · Jan 31, 2026
Now on Verdant Square Radio: https://mastodon.social/@VerdantSquareRadio/115990227442175861 #Vsn #Diversespectrumoftheleft #SupportIndependentMedia #Arts #Language #Linguistics #Radio #Publicradio #SupportPublicMedia #VerdantSquareRadio #vsn #DiverseSpectrumOfTheLeft #SupportIndependentMedia
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@HollyCo26588808__dup_31736@universeodon.com · Jan 29, 2026
How arugula/rocket mapped the Italian diaspora. Lettuce take a look https://phys.org/news/2026-01-rocket-arugula-salad-vegetable-italian.html?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark #stem #science #linguistics #food #vegetables #interesting
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