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Mme ZabetIs burra where we get "pull the wool over someone's eyes" from?ETA: Probably not.<a href="https://craftgoblin.club/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://craftgoblin.club/tags/RomanceLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RomanceLanguages</a> <a href="https://craftgoblin.club/tags/idiom" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#idiom</a>

Carlos SolísThat reminds me! Since I moved from <a href="https://sns.azkware.net/tags/Akkoma" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Akkoma</a> to <a href="https://sns.azkware.net/tags/Firefish" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Firefish</a> and had to switch subdomains, I think a new <a href="https://sns.azkware.net/tags/introduction" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#introduction</a> is in order! Hi, my name is Carlos Solís, from Costa Rica (or Rich Coast, for the Spanish-challenged in the audience 😉). I'm a computer science graduate and have been working in the digital area for ten years now. I've been on the <a href="https://sns.azkware.net/tags/FreeSoftware" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeSoftware</a> scene since my college days on and off for over ten years now, and in fact I've taken it so seriously, that this message has been posted from my <a href="https://sns.azkware.net/tags/SelfHosted" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SelfHosted</a> server in my own house in Santa Ana. My other interests include <a href="https://sns.azkware.net/tags/Linguistics" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linguistics</a>, especially <a href="https://sns.azkware.net/tags/Auxlangs" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Auxlangs</a> and <a href="https://sns.azkware.net/tags/Conlangs" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Conlangs</a> (besides of my native Spanish, the related <a href="https://sns.azkware.net/tags/RomanceLanguages" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RomanceLanguages</a> such as Portuguese and Italian which I can sort of understand, and the bits of German and Japanese that I learned online, I also know the basics of <a href="https://sns.azkware.net/tags/Esperanto" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Esperanto</a> and <a href="https://sns.azkware.net/tags/Idolinguo" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Idolinguo</a>, plus I've dabbled in more obscure languages such as <a href="https://sns.azkware.net/tags/LingwaDePlaneta" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LingwaDePlaneta</a> and <a href="https://sns.azkware.net/tags/Uropi" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Uropi</a>), <a href="https://sns.azkware.net/tags/FreeCulture" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeCulture</a> and <a href="https://sns.azkware.net/tags/Copyleft" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Copyleft</a> works (though for historic reasons I've drifted away from some projects such as the SCP Foundation), <a href="https://sns.azkware.net/tags/Accessibility" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Accessibility</a> / <a href="https://sns.azkware.net/tags/A11Y" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#A11Y</a> (especially relevant since I work a lot on frontend online tools), and <a href="https://sns.azkware.net/tags/Cybersecurity" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cybersecurity</a> (again, relevant as I sometimes work full-stack). Pronouns if you need them: "He" is best, "they"/"it"/"one" are odd but understandable in context, "she" is very much a miss (pun a bit intended there!)

Carlos SolísThat reminds me! Since I moved from <a href="https://social.azkware.net/tags/Akkoma" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Akkoma</a> to <a href="https://social.azkware.net/tags/Firefish" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Firefish</a> and had to switch subdomains, I think a new <a href="https://social.azkware.net/tags/introduction" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#introduction</a> is in order! Hi, my name is Carlos Solís, from Costa Rica (or Rich Coast, for the Spanish-challenged in the audience 😉). I'm a computer science graduate and have been working in the digital area for ten years now. I've been on the <a href="https://social.azkware.net/tags/FreeSoftware" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeSoftware</a> scene since my college days on and off for over ten years now, and in fact I've taken it so seriously, that this message has been posted from my <a href="https://social.azkware.net/tags/SelfHosted" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SelfHosted</a> server in my own house in Santa Ana. My other interests include <a href="https://social.azkware.net/tags/Linguistics" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linguistics</a>, especially <a href="https://social.azkware.net/tags/Auxlangs" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Auxlangs</a> and <a href="https://social.azkware.net/tags/Conlangs" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Conlangs</a> (besides of my native Spanish, the related <a href="https://social.azkware.net/tags/RomanceLanguages" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RomanceLanguages</a> such as Portuguese and Italian which I can sort of understand, and the bits of German and Japanese that I learned online, I also know the basics of <a href="https://social.azkware.net/tags/Esperanto" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Esperanto</a> and <a href="https://social.azkware.net/tags/Idolinguo" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Idolinguo</a>, plus I've dabbled in more obscure languages such as <a href="https://social.azkware.net/tags/LingwaDePlaneta" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LingwaDePlaneta</a> and <a href="https://social.azkware.net/tags/Uropi" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Uropi</a>), <a href="https://social.azkware.net/tags/FreeCulture" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FreeCulture</a> and <a href="https://social.azkware.net/tags/Copyleft" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Copyleft</a> works (though for historic reasons I've drifted away from some projects such as the SCP Foundation), <a href="https://social.azkware.net/tags/Accessibility" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Accessibility</a> / <a href="https://social.azkware.net/tags/A11Y" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#A11Y</a> (especially relevant since I work a lot on frontend online tools), and <a href="https://social.azkware.net/tags/Cybersecurity" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Cybersecurity</a> (again, relevant as I sometimes work full-stack). Pronouns if you need them: "He" is best, "they"/"it"/"one" are odd but understandable in context, "she" is very much a miss (pun a bit intended there!)

Freedom<a href="https://botsin.space/@wordofthehour" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@wordofthehour</a> From Old French viande, from Late Latin *vīvanda, alteration of Latin vīvenda, from the neuter plural form of vīvendus, from vīvere (“to live”). Compare English viand, Italian vivanda, Portuguese vivenda, Spanish vivienda. Not used to mean 'meat' until the 16th century.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%C3%A9tymologie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#étymologie</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/viande" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#viande</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/OldFrench" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#OldFrench</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Latin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Latin</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RomanceLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RomanceLanguages</a>

Gabriela Noriega 🏳️‍⚧️ 🇧🇷<a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/ADHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ADHD</a>: I want things to be different. <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Autism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Autism</a>: I want things to stay the same.Compromise: learn more <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/RomanceLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RomanceLanguages</a>(explanation: different romance languages often feel like dialects of a broader language)

Javier Basulto<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/linguistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@linguistics</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/languagelovers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@languagelovers</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Portuguese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Portuguese</a> and <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Romanian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Romanian</a> are geographically the most distant of the major Romance languages, so it is only normal that they have had developed in different ways. The following image highlights a few of the many words which, in spite of sharing the same origin in Classical or Vulgar Latin, have evolved and acquired distinct meanings in Portuguese and Romanian. <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Romancelanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Romancelanguages</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#languages</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/languagelearners" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#languagelearners</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/langtoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#langtoot</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/languagelearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#languagelearning</a>

D. Martínez<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Hachydermians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hachydermians</a> and <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Mastodonians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Mastodonians</a>!In my original <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#introduction</a> post, I barely talked about myself, so I figured it's time to give you some more information!I want you to read on, but here are some keywords:<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/ComputationalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ComputationalLinguistics</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#technology</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#languages</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/deeplearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#deeplearning</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/machinetranslation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#machinetranslation</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/nlp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nlp</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Python" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Python</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/RomanceLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RomanceLanguages</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/metalmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#metalmusic</a>(1/3)

Javier Basulto<a href="https://fediscience.org/@bartulem" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@bartulem</a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Romancelanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Romancelanguages</a> are considered "easy" for <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#English</a> speakers until they meet something called " <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/subjunctive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#subjunctive</a> " .

Janne-Tuomas SeppänenSure, <a href="https://mas.to/tags/scholarlycommunication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scholarlycommunication</a> should be free; free as in beer, and free as in speech.But that is not enough. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Science</a> should be free, free as in the air we breathe.Incidentally, in <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Finnish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Finnish</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#language</a> the root for the word for "free of charge" is nothing like the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#English</a> "librated from burdening", nor like the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/RomanceLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RomanceLanguages</a> ''praise, favor" (gratis/gratuite) , nor like the <a href="https://mas.to/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#German</a> "cost-loose" (kostenloses).No, the Finnish word is 'ilmainen' and the root for that is... Air.

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