CLINCH. A pun or quibble. To clinch, or to clinch the nail; to confirm an improbable story by another: as, A man swore he drove a tenpenny nail through the moon; a bystander said it was true, for he was on the other side and clinched it.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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Some people don't have an inner voice — and the idea is so new that a clinical name, anendophasia, was only proposed for it in a paper last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/05/world/science-health/no-inner-monologue-study/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #brain #psychology #language
Join me once again in Faerie as we continue working on our dialect split! We'll be live in about an hour! #conlang #language #linguistics #dnd #ttrpg https://youtube.com/live/iyQ8ns6XMKg @conlang
Hot take
Recently Korea overtook Japan in GDP per capita. As a way to get some advantage I propose Japan to switch to Hangul
The new writing system would allow Japanese school children to free up many hundreds of hours from learning, and use that time for socialising and practical skills
The fate of the Kanji system can be similar to that of Hanja (Chinese characters in Korean) - slowly phased out and forgotten. I've heard a mention of Korean univercity students no longer being able to understand Hanja, and it's a recent development. After all, Chinese characters can be framed as a coloniser influence :)
The main reason to use Hangul over Kitakana/Hiragana is it's flexibility, as it's a proper composable syllable system. So anyone interested can read the text with just a small paper cheat sheet on hand
Personally, I've already started learning Hangul with the intent to use it for Japanese (on top of other things)
Luxembourgish learning: Language basics 2 - Grammatical gender https://today.rtl.lu/luxembourg-insider/language/a/1826914.html #Luxemburg #Lux #learn #language
TWIST. A mixture of half tea and half coffee; likewise brandy, beer, and eggs. A good twist; a good appetite. To twist it down apace; to eat heartily.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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It's the new fiscal year and that means meeting new colleagues and classmates. Learn how to properly introduce yourself in Japanese with a few set phrases. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/04/05/language/japanese-introductions-work-parents/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #language #nihongo #vocabulary #jlptn5
The Tcl Programming Language: A Comprehensive Guide (2nd Edition)
Bonobos’ calls may be the closest thing to animal language we’ve seen.
@ArsTechnica reports: "300 aspects of each call were cataloged, letting researchers estimate meaning."
**Viking**
Wordorigins.org
“_Not only did viking helmets not have horns, the Norse people who sailed about the northern world were more likely to be peaceful merchants and traders than plundering raiders and pirates. Viking was an occupation, and an occasional gig at that, not an ethnic identity._”
"What I find compelling about human body modifiers is how what seems like a small adaptation breaks open a system previously thought to be comprehensive. It’s a reminder of the fluidity and dynamic nature of language."
https://www.sequencermag.com/body-mod-linguistics/
Pretty interesting article, but CW for folks who are not into body modifications as it includes close up photos of a person with a split tongue.
(03 Apr) Bonobos’ calls may be the closest thing to animal language we’ve seen
300 aspects of each call were cataloged, letting researchers estimate meaning.
https://s.faithcollapsing.com/k0ann
Archive: ais: https://archive.md/wip/L1OOX ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/gu8oj
#animal-intelligence #biology #bonobos #communication #language #science
'...many Bangladeshis in #Michigan speak #Sylheti, a dialect used by 11 million people in the world. However, interpreters often speak standardized formal #Bengali language. “We’ve seen so many people denied or deported because of the language barrier. They don’t understand these are Sylheti speakers.”' #Bangladesh #Immigration #Refugees #Language #Detroit #Hamtramck #NargisRahman #BridgeDetroit #WDET https://wdet.org/2025/03/19/shustho-how-language-access-affects-health-care-for-bangladeshi-women-in-michigan/
Bonobos can combine, or compose, individual calls in nontrivial ways to create phrases with new meanings.
Original paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adv1170
HOBBY. Sir Posthumous's hobby; one nice or whimsical in his clothes.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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Today is day 2 of the Symposium on American Indian Languages.
Yesterday was great. I think. I was mostly outside of the talks trying to halp with organization and food and stuff.
But I did get to hear O'odham, Cherokee, Kichwa and Kiowa while learning about brilliant language work happening all over the Americas
