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NextGen CookbookThe German term "Hippen" comes from the Middle High German "hippe" and means "wafer-like pastry". It is probably derived from the Old French "huppe", which refers to the shape or decoration. In English, they are called "tuiles" (French for roof tiles), as their curved shape is reminiscent of tiles. They usually end up on or in dishes to make them even more pretty. You <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linguists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguists</a> out there, prove us wrong!

Siobhán Greaney (Shivers)<a href="https://toot.community/@blabberlicious" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@blabberlicious</a> Anything by David Crystal - great linguist - his autobiography is called 'Just A Phrase I'm Going Through'. The Unfolding of Language is a lovely book about linguistics and language evolution, I found it a pleasant challenge as an English grad but possibly familiar territory for someone who has studied linguistics specifically (any linguists who have read it please do weigh in!) <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Linguists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linguists</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/DavidCrystal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DavidCrystal</a>

Ti Pap RabbitWhat I've taken away from last week's news & roundtable <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#translation</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/linguists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguists</a> <a href="https://sueden.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ai</a> <a href="https://tipap.mataroa.blog/blog/shocking-news-or-not/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://tipap.mataroa.blog/blog/shocking-news-or-not/</a>

FR4NÇ01S 🖍️🇫🇷🍉<a href="https://queer.cool/@ohjames" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ohjames</a> French is no better. At this point, I’m starting to think <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/Apple" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Apple</a>’s allergic to hiring actual <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/linguists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguists</a>.

DSN - Data Science NigeriaAre you a linguist fluent in any of these Nigerian languages: Hausa, Igbo, Yoruba, Edo, Efik, or Nigerian Pidgin?Do you have a passion for preserving African languages and ensuring they’re not left behind in the digital age?Are you skilled in phonetics, transcription, or language data annotation?If this sounds like you, we’d love to have you on board!Join us at <a href="https://techhub.social/@dsnai" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@dsnai</a> as we work to preserve and promote African languages through cutting-edge AI-powered projects.Show your interest here: <a href="https://bit.ly/Callforlinguists" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/Callforlinguists</a><a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Vacancy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Vacancy</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/datasciencenigeria" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#datasciencenigeria</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AfricanLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AfricanLanguages</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/Linguists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linguists</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/AIforAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AIforAfrica</a>

JenicaI'm looking for a transliteration tool for English words to Thai pronunciation, as Thai has a phonetic alphabet.I'm learning Thai and my MIL wants to learn English so I want to make flashcard/post it's that show the English word : LIGHT the Thai pronunciation of LIGHT: ________ The Thai word for LIGHT: แสงสว่าง The English phonetic of แสงสว่าง: S̄æng s̄ẁāngAny <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linguists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguists</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/polyglots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#polyglots</a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/translators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#translators</a> or <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/thai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#thai</a> speakers that could help me out? Please boost until we find each other. Thanks!

Richard LittauerI have a paper on a case of Latin gender agreement in the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ICZN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ICZN</a> in Article 30-34 that I am looking for eyes on before submitting. Any one interested in pre-review feedback?<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Latinists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Latinists</a>, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/medievalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#medievalists</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linguists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguists</a> help too!<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ornithology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ornithology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/taxonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#taxonomy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/nomenclature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nomenclature</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> Really any hashtag if you language, Latin, birds, and Linnaeus

𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/GeoffreyChaucer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GeoffreyChaucer</a> fans, <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/medievalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#medievalists</a> , <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a> and <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/linguists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguists</a>Around 10 years ago, a Geoffrey Chaucer parody account on ye olde Twitter (Chaucer Doth Tweet) promoted “Whan That Aprille Day” on April 1st (but it perhaps should be 17th?)“On the first daye of Aprille, lat us make tyme to take joye yn alle langages that are yclept ‘old,’ or ‘middel,’ or ‘auncient,’ or ‘archaic,’ or, alas, even ‘dead.’ ...Yn thys celebracioun we shal reade of oold bokes yn sondrye oold tonges. We shal singe olde songes. We shal playe olde playes. Eny oold tonge will do, and eny maner of readinge. All are welcome. We shal make merrye yn the magical dreamscape of 'social media,' and eke, yf ye kan do yt, yn the 'real worlde' too. ... ”<a href="https://houseoffame.blogspot.com/2015/03/maken-melodye-on-whan-that-aprille-day.html?m=1" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://houseoffame.blogspot.com/2015/03/maken-melodye-on-whan-that-aprille-day.html?m=1</a><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/WhanThatAprilleDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhanThatAprilleDay</a> 2025 anyone?<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/medieval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#medieval</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/classics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#classics</a>

Stuff I foundThis is why you should always have a backup pair of pronouns <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/queer?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#queer</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/humour?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#humour</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/jokes?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jokes</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/queerjokes?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#queerjokes</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/lgbtqia?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lgbtqia</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/lgbti?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lgbti</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/transgender?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#transgender</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/nonbinary?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nonbinary</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/theythem?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#theythem</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/pronouns?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pronouns</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/language?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/languagejokes?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#languagejokes</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/linguists?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguists</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/linguistjokes?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguistjokes</a>

💧🌏 Greg CocksIndo-European Phylogenetic And Linguistic Trees Concur -- <a href="https://www.razibkhan.com/p/we-are-what-we-speak-indo-european" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.razibkhan.com/p/we-are-what-we-speak-indo-european</a> <-- shared technical article -- <a href="https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14317" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://doi.org/10.1038/nature14317</a> <-- shared paper -- <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/GIS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GIS</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatial" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spatial</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/mapping" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#mapping</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/IndoEuropean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#IndoEuropean</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatialanalysis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spatialanalysis</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/spatiotemporal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spatiotemporal</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/linguists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguists</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/historians" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#historians</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/archaeologists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#archaeologists</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/phylogenetic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phylogenetic</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/tree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tree</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/HumanGenomeProject" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HumanGenomeProject</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/genetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#genetics</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/cultures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cultures</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/migration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#migration</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/paleogenomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#paleogenomics</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/genotypes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#genotypes</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/prehistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#prehistory</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ancient" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ancient</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/ancienthumans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ancienthumans</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/DNA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DNA</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/prehistoric" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#prehistoric</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/populations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#populations</a> <a href="https://techhub.social/tags/genetictree" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#genetictree</a>

Unicode📢 Happening next Tuesday! Register today 👇Are you a translator or localizer looking for tips and strategies for overcoming right-to-left challenges when using existing translation tools?Then register for the upcoming free virtual Webinar! ✨<a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9817347089794/WN_xFMxBi7GTq2tCOTY083ckA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9817347089794/WN_xFMxBi7GTq2tCOTY083ckA</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linguists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linguists</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Localization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Localization</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Translators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Translators</a>

Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬MIT study explains why <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/laws" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#laws</a> are written in an incomprehensible style Analysis revealed legal documents frequently have long definitions inserted in the middle of sentences -- known as "center-embedding." <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Linguists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linguists</a> have previously found that this <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/legalese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#legalese</a> structure can make text much more difficult to understand. "Legalese somehow has developed this tendency to put structures inside other structures, in a way which is not typical of human languages," <a href="https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-study-explains-laws-incomprehensible-writing-style-0819" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://news.mit.edu/2024/mit-study-explains-laws-incomprehensible-writing-style-0819</a>

Siderea, Sibylla BostoniensisHey, <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/linguists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguists</a>! I was just watching a video about a conlang that mentioned its nouns having two cases, goodness and badness. Are there any real languages that do that? I mean, have good/bad a part of the grammar as noun case? Or otherwise baked into its grammar?

Brian SlettenFor the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/truecrime" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#truecrime</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linguists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguists</a>.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#humor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/foundontheinternet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#foundontheinternet</a>

Katharine O'Moore-Klopf, ELSCalling all <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/editors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#editors</a> and <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linguists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguists</a>! Know anyone who'd be a good fit for this <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/job" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#job</a>? Cambridge University Press & Assessment wants to hire a senior research manager. Candidates must be experienced researchers with a background in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#education</a>. <a href="https://careers.cambridge.org/jobs/vacancy/senior-research-manager-cambridge/5480/description/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://careers.cambridge.org/jobs/vacancy/senior-research-manager-cambridge/5480/description/</a>

UnicodeThis virtual workshop will discuss: *common issues in handling right-to-left and left-to-right text *tips & strategies for overcoming challenges with existing translation tools and *how Bidi text functionality is implemented & supported across platforms 💻Register Now: <a href="https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9817347089794/WN_xFMxBi7GTq2tCOTY083ckA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/9817347089794/WN_xFMxBi7GTq2tCOTY083ckA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linguists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linguists</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Localization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Localization</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Translators" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Translators</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unicode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Unicode</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Bidi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Bidi</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Unicode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Unicode</a>

Henrik SchönemannCalling <a href="https://fedihum.org/tags/Linguists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linguists</a> dealing with spoken language: Do you have a favourite tool for transcribing an interview while keeping data like dialect, pauses, etc.?

The Data Therapist4yo: you want a sausage dog?<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/english" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#english</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LangAcq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LangAcq</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/overgeneration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#overgeneration</a> ? (Help, <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linguists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguists</a>, how do you call this thing here?) <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/parenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#parenting</a>

The Data Therapist<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linguists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguists</a> (phonologists): Is it possible that the g in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#English</a> is its own syllable?Bilingual 4yo just chanted: Pe-pa Pig! En-guh-lish! <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguistics</a>

HalcekThis seems useful not only for <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/developers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#developers</a>, but also for <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writers</a>, teachers, especially <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/linguists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguists</a> and other <a href="https://merveilles.town/tags/lexicon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lexicon</a> nerds.<a href="https://github.com/elijah-potter/harper" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/elijah-potter/harper</a>

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