It really winds me up when a statement is made about "Americans" or "Brits" which equally applies to anyone regardless of nationality.
Why not use "people"?
I understand why [some] politicians use it as it rams home the group(s) they represent but when corporations or news outlets use it, it just feels like needless "othering" of people and suggests you don't care about them.
Can meaning be statistical?
#statistics #language
Oh great, another "
game-changing" #configuration #language by a lone genius named #Henry, because what could possibly go wrong with yet another #unreadable way to replace INI files? #Confetti promises to make you feel like you're reading the love child of Unix and Lisp, with all the user-friendliness of a brick. 
Who needs JSON or XML when you have this dazzling new way to spend hours #debugging your configuration errors? 
https://confetti.hgs3.me/ #gamechanger #HackerNews #ngated
I made Confetti: a configuration language file format
Duolingo-style exercises but with real-world content like the news https://app.fluentsubs.com/exercises/daily
This is a very cool concept and in some cases works pretty well. I think it needs still a lot of manual quality control but the idea is neat and QC can be done once users raise an issue related to a specific video.
Luxembourgish learning: Lesson 19 – talking about your pets https://today.rtl.lu/luxembourg-insider/language/a/1979376.html #Luxemburg #Lux #learn #language
COW'S COURANT. Gallop and sh---e.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons
Speaking of translation fails, did you see this one: “Bâtir Maisons Canada”
Slogans are one of the most difficult things to translate, imho.
A three-word slogan can take just as much time to translate as a full page, if not more. Cultural context, space and host of other variables are only some of the challenges translators face. However, this was just so far off the mark that I’m left wondering how such a big team let something like this go to print?! #translation #election #Canada #french #language #cndpoli #politics
https://www.985fm.ca/audio/689008/batir-maisons-canada-une-autre-erreur-inexcusable-de-mark-carney
Random post, but I'm curious. What is your favorite swear word in any language besides English? I'm curious. In Spanish, I've heard the word puta so many times, that I might have found creative ways people have used it in sentences. You'd be surprised really, and yet, I find it interesting. Second favorite is pendejo. #Language, #Swearing, #Fun
U.S. lists Quebec’s language law as ‘trade barrier’, Legault has ‘no intention of softening’
Quebec has no intention of softening its language laws, Premier François Legault said Tuesday after the U.S. listed his government's French-language reform as a barrier to trade.
#politics #trade #law #language #Quebec #US
https://globalnews.ca/news/11109767/u-s-quebec-language-law-trade-barrier-bill-96-legault/
U.S. lists Quebec’s language law as ‘trade barrier’, Legault has ‘no intention of softening’
Quebec has no intention of softening its language laws, Premier François Legault said Tuesday after the U.S. listed his government's French-language reform as a barrier to trade.
#politics #trade #law #language #Quebec #US
https://globalnews.ca/news/11109767/u-s-quebec-language-law-trade-barrier-bill-96-legault/
#TIL that the word "transmogrify" has been around since the 1600s. And here I always thought Bill Watterson invented it just for #CalvinAndHobbes. 
#transmogrification
#etymology
#EtymologyNerd
#EtymologyForever
#language
#linguistics
In #Dutch we call a serious traffic accident "een ongeluk": an unhappiness.
Or: verkeersongeluk: traffic unhappiness.
Perhaps that's a proper perspective on that reality.
https://www.alojapan.com/1234426/tokyo-disaster-drills-tackle-language-barrier-with-tourists/ Tokyo disaster drills tackle language barrier with tourists #Barrier #disaster #drills #language #Tackle #Tokyo #TokyoTopics #tourists #東京 #東京都 TOKYO — With Tokyo becoming an international tourism hot spot, officials have been busy conducting disaster drills with non-Japanese speakers in mind. During an evacuation drill last month in Tokyo’s Shinjuku ward, no one was allowed to speak Japanese. Participants playing the part of foreign national…
ANGLING FOR FARTHINGS. Begging out of a prison window with a cap, or box, let down at the end of a long string.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons
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Translating software apps. Interesting points by @rennerocha on a meaningful way to contribute to open source application projects, even if you are not a software developer.
And a niche area of #linguistics that may deserve more attention.
https://rennerocha.com/posts/things-i-learned-from-translating-free-software-projects/
the perfect descriptor for these times: deliquescence.
#uspol #ukpol #oligarchy #technofeudalism #language
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