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Vzvzvz!<p>The sound of "scream" in Croatian!<br><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/onomatopoeia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onomatopoeia</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maps</span></a></p>
Hello, world!<p>Hello from Ecuador! <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/HelloWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HelloWorld</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/Ecuador" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ecuador</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a></p>
Hebrew by Inbal<p>My Hebrew workbooks are designed for learners of all ages, from elementary school students to seniors in their 80s, and they’ve helped thousands successfully learn to read and write Hebrew. As one reviewer shared: “Even us seniors with bad handwriting can learn! With all the tracing and writing activities, my Hebrew looks better than my English writing.”</p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/hebrew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>hebrew</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/young" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>young</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/old" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>old</span></a></p>
Sal De Gusto<p>“where do you want to go today"</p><p><a href="https://beige.party/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/accessibility" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accessibility</span></a></p>
Vzvzvz!<p>The sound of "frog croaking" in Dutch!<br><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/onomatopoeia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onomatopoeia</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maps</span></a></p>
Michael Meckler<p>I suggested that the decline in Gaulish writing in the 1st c CE cannot necessarily be seen as a decline in language vibrancy, comparing the status of other nonliterate indigenous languages in the Roman empire. </p><p>But I left the question open on what the ‘psychological shift’ may have been for those literate Gaulish speakers who stopped seeing a purpose in writing the language during the early Roman principate.</p><p>Anyone here have any suggestions?</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>antiquidons</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/literacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Gaulish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaulish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/RomanEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RomanEmpire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/epigraphy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epigraphy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/LatinLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LatinLanguage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/CelticStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CelticStudies</span></a></p>
Michael Meckler<p>Despite what I post on this platform, my life is not all Basset Hounds and gardening. (Well, the Basset Hound does often manage to make my life entirely about him.)</p><p>I still occasionally carry out some academic research, and I spoke yesterday to the Changelings linguistics group here at Ohio State on the subject of ‘Gaulish literacy’. </p><p>In looking at the decline in surviving writing in Gaulish during the 1st c CE, I worked from Roman historian Ramsay MacMullen’s famous 1982 essay on ‘The epigraphic habit in the Roman empire’, where Ramsay attempted to explain the decline in Latin epigraphy from the mid 3rd c CE as being connected to ‘some very broad psychological shift’.</p><p>(toot continues: 1/2)</p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/antiquidons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>antiquidons</span></a></span><br><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/literacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literacy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Gaulish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Gaulish</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/RomanEmpire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RomanEmpire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/epigraphy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epigraphy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/LatinLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LatinLanguage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/CelticStudies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CelticStudies</span></a></p>
Ebook Friendly<p>𝐩𝐢𝐝𝐠𝐢𝐧 - a simplified speech used for communication between people with different languages <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://ebookfriendly.com/beautiful-classic-words-for-book-lovers/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">ebookfriendly.com/beautiful-cl</span><span class="invisible">assic-words-for-book-lovers/</span></a></p>
David Megginson<p>I acknowledge the problematic original distribution channel of this video through one of the big, evil social-media sites, but still, 😆.</p><p><a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/CanPoli" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CanPoli</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/French" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>French</span></a></p>
Markus Redeker<p>“There is no algorithm on the Fediverse” — Yes, I understand what it means. And no, as all people here with knowledge of computer technology know, there are lots and lots of algorithms in the Fediverse that keep it running. The difference between the two uses of the word “algorithm” is that in the quoted sentence, the algorithm is understood as patronizing, while the algorithms that run the Fediverse are meant as helpful.</p><p>So, has nobody ever found a word specific for a patronizing algorithm, or could invent it now? (I would call a helpful algorithm a “tool”, at least in some circumstances, but maybe there is a better word too.)</p><p>(<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>FediTips</span></a></span> <a href="https://social.growyourown.services/@FediTips/114060703426100409" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">social.growyourown.services/@F</span><span class="invisible">ediTips/114060703426100409</span></a>)</p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Algorithm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Algorithm</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Words</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/AskFedi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AskFedi</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/PleaseBoost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>PleaseBoost</span></a></p>
The Vulgar Tongue<p>LIKENESS. A phrase used by thieves when the officers or turnkeys are examining their countenance. As the traps are taking our likeness; the officers are attentively observing us.</p><p>A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)</p><p>--<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dictionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dictionaries</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/slang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>slang</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>
Hello, world!<p>Hello from Kenya! <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/HelloWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HelloWorld</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/Kenya" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Kenya</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a></p>
Vzvzvz!<p>The sound of "wet strike" in Japanese!<br><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/onomatopoeia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onomatopoeia</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maps</span></a></p>
unixbhaskar<p>Ummm 🤔</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/C" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>C</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/standard" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>standard</span></a></p><p>🤔<br><a href="https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n3096.pdf" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/ww</span><span class="invisible">w/docs/n3096.pdf</span></a></p>
unixbhaskar<p>Ummm 🤔</p><p><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/C" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>C</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>programming</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/standard" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>standard</span></a></p><p>🤔<br /><a href="https://www.open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/www/docs/n3096.pdf" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">open-std.org/jtc1/sc22/wg14/ww</span><span class="invisible">w/docs/n3096.pdf</span></a></p>
Stan Carey<p>New post on Werner Herzog's voice, accent, mimics, and related matters:</p><p><a href="https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2025/02/25/werner-herzog-on-his-voice-and-its-mimics/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stancarey.wordpress.com/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">2/25/werner-herzog-on-his-voice-and-its-mimics/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>film</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/dialect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>dialect</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/WernerHerzog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WernerHerzog</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/accents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>accents</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blogging</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/speech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>speech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a></p>
Vzvzvz!<p>The sound of "eating food" in Romanian!<br><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/onomatopoeia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>onomatopoeia</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>maps</span></a></p>
Aldi80s<p><span>1:29am and struggling with Hebrew language...<br><br></span><a href="https://minidisc.tokyo/tags/Study" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Study</a><span> </span><a href="https://minidisc.tokyo/tags/Language" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Language</a><span> </span><a href="https://minidisc.tokyo/tags/Hebrew" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Hebrew</a><span> </span><a href="https://minidisc.tokyo/tags/Theology" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Theology</a><span> </span><a href="https://minidisc.tokyo/tags/GoodNight" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GoodNight</a></p>
Aldi80s 🇯🇵 アルディ<p>1:27am and struggling with Hebrew language...</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Study" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Study</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hebrew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hebrew</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Theology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Theology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GoodNight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GoodNight</span></a></p>
Hello, world!<p>Hello from Pakistan! <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/HelloWorld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HelloWorld</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/Pakistan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Pakistan</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a></p>