#WORD

True Indology

TIinExile

FOOL!That is a 200 year old translation of a British Christian named Wilson who declared his aim was conversion of Hindus.The word Nāstika DOES NOT even occur in the RigvedaThe

Gujarat History

GujaratHistory

English word 'Banyan Tree' for Vad tree derived from Gujarati word Vaniya/Hindi word Baniya (Sanskrit word Vanij & Prakrit word Vania).In old-time open markets used to be held by traders

Danny Bate

DannyBate4

The first line of Beowulf mentions the Gārdene, translated into Modern English as 'the Spear-Danes', since 'gar' is an archaic word for 'spear'.Due to the plant's pointy shape, we find

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agapethamar

i find it deeply unsetting that non-black people will also use the n-word to “this you?” someone. black trauma is always used as a tool to futher someone’s agenda. like

Sami Jiries

samijiries

In dialects of Levantine Arabic, "human being" is banīᐣādam بَني آدَم, lit. "sons of Adam," but it's been reanalyzed as a single word: the feminine is banīᐣādmeh بَني آدمة and

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debbieiancu

Words I won't be using as vss365 host in the next two weeks (starting Feb 1st) Hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words, which is ridiculous since it's an incredibly

Sarah

sarahlovesears

Thread. Related to my @AudOTB discussions about hearing vs. understanding earlier this week, a perfect example came up in a spoken English conversation with my spouse. All of the examples

Bo Winegard

EPoe187

I'm still contemplating with horror the almost celebratory tone of that NYT article about a girl who said a foul word when she was *freshman* in high school and had

John Hoare

mumoss

Just found out the 1979 Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy was re-edited for US audiences, reducing seven episodes to six, and shortening/altering the sequence of various things.Has anybody documented the exact

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Barsalev

1] I had a Romanian employee who used the n-word. When I told her this was offensive and we (white people) do not fucking say that word even though some

Dr. Genevieve Guenther

DoctorVive

One word in climate discourse that we really need to clarify is "solutions." Does it mean technologies? Does it mean policies?Does it mean new social norms?1/2 And how do "solutions"

James Palmer

BeijingPalmer

weird, ill-informed Economist article. 'genocide' as an attempt to destroy a people *as a people* is well-established, forcible sterilization is well-attested and widespread as is cultural annihilationhttps://www.economist.com/leade

Frank Cottrell-Boyce

frankcottrell_b

Thread and suggestion about higher things:One of the great divides and deciders in school is whether a child's first encounter with the written word is fun or not. Eg.

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Bull_Fenris

So, basically explaining this meme, and my position on things: a thread So I've decided to reclaim the word "F@g" for myself... what does it mean, and why ?Well ultimately

Gianluca Tettamanti

capitangian

Thread on homophobic slurs: 1/I feel like it's necessary for straight men to step up on this fight now. I know it's happening already, but we also know certain words

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enzo_saintjohn

hi this is really important about TWs and CWs, please read it! I know you think you’re helping when you put a * to censor a word, but in reality,

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