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Alliterative/Endless KnotThe surprisingly connected origins of "captain", "cadet", and "caddie". <a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/Z2zQH56Uxqk" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/shorts/Z2zQH56Uxqk</a><a href="https://toot.community/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/wordnerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wordnerd</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HistoricalLinguistics</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#words</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/lingcomm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#lingcomm</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/captain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#captain</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/cadet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cadet</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/caddie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#caddie</a>

Multi Purr Puss :verified:Is this 🧵 bobbin emoji a well-known and accepted abbreviation for "thread"?Example: "👀🧵" 👉 "see also, the thread (above/below)"?It's a 7 day poll. Please boost, if you don't mind.<a href="https://layer8.space/tags/socialMedia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#socialMedia</a> <a href="https://layer8.space/tags/memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#memes</a> <a href="https://layer8.space/tags/jargon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#jargon</a> <a href="https://layer8.space/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#language</a>

The Vulgar TongueRANTALLION. One whose scrotum is so relaxed as to be longer than his penis, i.e. whose shot pouch is longer than the barrel of his piece.A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)-- <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dictionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dictionaries</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#society</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/slang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#slang</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@histodons</a>

Wordorigins.orgKhaki<a href="https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/khaki" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.wordorigins.org/big-list-entries/khaki</a><a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/wordorigins" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#wordorigins</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://mastodon.sdf.org/tags/colonialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#colonialism</a>

Orhun Parmaksız 👾Damn... we took Turing machines to the next level with Rust 🔥⚙️ **tur** — A language for defining/executing Turing machines🚀 Supports parser, interpreter & visualization! ➡️ Try it out on web: <a href="https://rezigned.com/tur/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://rezigned.com/tur/</a> 🦀 Written in Rust & has a TUI w/ <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@ratatui_rs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@ratatui_rs</a>⭐ GitHub: <a href="https://github.com/rezigned/tur" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/rezigned/tur</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rustlang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#rustlang</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/ratatui" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ratatui</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/tui" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tui</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/turing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#turing</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/machine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#machine</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/visualization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#visualization</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/terminal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#terminal</a>

ospalh»tax-exempt meal allowances« Hmm. Yesterday, a colleague and i had to check whether it should be »tax-excempt«. No.But we wouldn’t have been the first to write »excempt«. Wiktionary has two – admittedly 19th century – examples.We were probably thinking »except«<a href="https://chaos.social/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#English</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spelling</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/exempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#exempt</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/excempt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#excempt</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://chaos.social/tags/englishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#englishLanguage</a>

Osna.FMGermany's State Minister for Culture, Wolfram Weimer, has signaled a preference for traditional German language usage within publicly funded institutions. In co... <a href="https://news.osna.fm/?p=11372" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://news.osna.fm/?p=11372</a> | <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ditch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ditch</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genderneutral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#genderneutral</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/german" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#german</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#language</a>

Emeritus Prof Christopher MayI've posted before on the UK's ongoing monolingualism & its impact on the (once trumpeted) attempts to promote a 'Global Britain'.... as we know, there has been reductions in funding & the time to teach languages in the school curriculum.Now while there are other routes to language learning, nonetheless the striking reduction of A-level entries for modern languages (with the exception of Spanish) is a clear example of the progressive reduction of language learning.<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#education</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#language</a>

Emeritus Prof Christopher MayAs Jamie Shields argues, self-identifiying is an important aspect of disabled people's autonomy:'If someone chooses “Disabled person” or “person with a Disability,” “autistic” or “person on the spectrum,” “blind” or “person with sight loss”, that’s theirs. Not yours, but theirs....We don’t need more debates about which words are “right.” We need more respect for each individual’s right to choose'<a href="https://zirk.us/tags/disability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#disability</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/identity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#identity</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#language</a> h/t LinkedIn

𝙳𝚊𝚒𝚕𝚢 𝙵𝚒𝚜𝚑𝚠𝚛𝚊𝚙Oldie but Goodie Dept Still fascinates. ------------------------------------------ Aoccdrnig to a rscheearch at an Elingsh uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoetnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer is at the rghit pclae. The rset can be a toatl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae we do not raed ervey lteter by itslef but the wrod as a wlohe. That'll fcuk the splelchekcer!<a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://infosec.exchange/tags/spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#spelling</a>

PepijnDo we have <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#language</a> nerds here? The highlighted text in the screenshot really threw me out of the story. Would the natural way of talking not be to say "Just send them a text." ( or even "Just send him a text."..)?<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/bookstodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a>

Nonilex<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Conservatives</a> have for generations used denigrating <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#language</a> to describe the *conditions* of major <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/cities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cities</a> & called for greater law enforcement, often in response to changing <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/demographics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#demographics</a> in those cities driven by <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/nonwhite" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#nonwhite</a> populations relocating in search of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/work" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#work</a> or <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/safety" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#safety</a> from <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/RacialDiscrimination" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#RacialDiscrimination</a> & <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/StateViolence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#StateViolence</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/WhiteSupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WhiteSupremacy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/MilitaryState" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MilitaryState</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#autocracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#democracy</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/CivilRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CivilRights</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#coup</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/TrumpCoup2" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TrumpCoup2</a>

mytwobits01TIL the word "wooden" (made out of wood) replaced the word "treen" (made from a tree)! 🤯 <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://freeradical.zone/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#etymology</a>

Brian FagioliLinux Foundation forces “woke” inclusive language rules on developers <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/woke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#woke</a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/inclusion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#inclusion</a> <a href="https://mastodon.xyz/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://nerds.xyz/2025/08/linux-foundation-woke-inclusive-language/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://nerds.xyz/2025/08/linux-foundation-woke-inclusive-language/</a>

Freenet / HyphanetWe just pulled the <a href="https://floss.social/tags/translations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#translations</a> from transifex into the <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Hyphanet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Hyphanet</a> daemon again: 5548 new or improved translations.The biggest change is Albanian that got added and is already 51% translated.It’s currently up for review: <a href="https://github.com/hyphanet/fred/pull/1095" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://github.com/hyphanet/fred/pull/1095</a>A big thank you to the relentless translators at <a href="https://floss.social/tags/Transifex" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Transifex</a>!<a href="https://floss.social/tags/freenet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#freenet</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/privacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#privacy</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/internationalization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#internationalization</a> <a href="https://floss.social/tags/localization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#localization</a>

Robert Roy BrittI don't care much for podcasts or audiobooks. I prefer to read. But I know many people love to listen, in addition to reading or in lieu of it. So it's long puzzled me whether one is actually better. Turns out, according to this <a href="https://me.dm/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#language</a> scientist, each offers distinct advantages, and I'd be wise to listen (and kids these days should be encouraged to read!).<a href="https://medium.com/wise-well/reading-vs-listening-the-best-way-to-learn-according-to-neuroscience-6be644b21831?sk=42739f920beec84f66d9a9d2b37a03d6" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://medium.com/wise-well/reading-vs-listening-the-best-way-to-learn-according-to-neuroscience-6be644b21831?sk=42739f920beec84f66d9a9d2b37a03d6</a> <a href="https://me.dm/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> of <a href="https://me.dm/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#education</a>

cogmodois language the key to intelligence, both to human intelligence as well as to artificial intelligence? here are some observations on language and ai following ideas from the philosopher philip pettit<a href="http://cogmodo.com/aiandlanguage" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">http://cogmodo.com/aiandlanguage</a><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#blog</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/iamwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#iamwriting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ai" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ai</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#language</a>

Michael MartinezQ: Can Normal Animals In Middle-earth Speak?ANSWER: Yes, normal animals in Middle-earth can speak. I ran into this discussion while following a chain of comments on social media that led me to Wikipedia. In the article Tolkien’s Moral Dilemma (retrieved on August 10, 2025) there is a table with the designation “Speech and morality of Tolkien’s Middle-earth peoples”. The 6th row of the table […]<a href="https://middle-earth.xenite.org/can-normal-animals-in-middle-earth-speak/" class="" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://middle-earth.xenite.org/can-normal-animals-in-middle-earth-speak/</a>

The Vulgar TongueCOLT BOWL. Laid short of the jack by a colt bowler, i.e. a person raw or unexperienced in the art of bowling.A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)-- <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#literature</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dictionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#dictionaries</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#society</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/slang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#slang</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@histodons</a>

Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋🇨🇦 **Do you speak Yukon English? These researchers want to hear it**_'Linguists know very, very little about what's going on with Englishes in the Canadian North,' researcher says_🔗 <a href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/do-you-speak-yukon-english-these-researchers-want-to-hear-it-1.7604862" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/do-you-speak-yukon-english-these-researchers-want-to-hear-it-1.7604862</a>. <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#News</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Research</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#English</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Language</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Linguistics</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Yukon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Yukon</a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Canada" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Canada</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/linguistics" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@linguistics</a>

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