#Language

Dr Francis Young

DrFrancisYoung

A language that very nearly came into existence in medieval England was what I call 'Normanglish', a kind of Norman French with English orthography and English pronunciation. We could also

âpihtawikosisân (on hiatus)

apihtawikosisan

I want to talk about reclaiming your traditional language, not the how, but rather the things that come up during the journey.It starts with the hard question, "Why don't you

🫀VALENTINA LAA ENAMORADA🫀

valentine2fine

the reactionary backlash around inclusive language is so...... idk i just get disgusted watching ppl go back and forth abt it really... especially when the term literally includes the word

advocateavanindra

advocateavanin1

And, u think, u r d only 1 who has uncany nack of reading. Well, everything u know, is explicit by d words, u use. Politeness of language is sheen

GEO Ramage

Steven_Ramage

Isn’t language amazing? One of my favourite words to say in Spanish is aproximadamente. I love the flow and how it is broken up. Yet most Spanish speakers probably think

Wā Siou Hänz

AfroNesian

Do you really want to learn your language/culture? Do you carve out time and dedication for it each day and MEAN it?Are you open to being mocked, laughed at and

Laura is confused

lauraherseIf

do you ever realize that technically animals can understand languages like, y'know, if you talk to your cat or to your dog in a language (especially when you give orders

Incunabula

incunabula

On October 7, 1992, an elderly man named Tevfik Esenç died in Turkey, and with him - on that day - died the Ubykh language. Once spoken by 50 000

hanggang sa tagumpay 🌟

moloficent

i will never forgive white people for being the direct murderers of our languages for them to only profit off teaching it back to us centuries later in academic spaces.

TranslationTalk / Robert

translationtalk

Hi all! I’m Maartje and I’ll be curating Translation Talk this week. Quick bio: I’m a lecturer/senior researcher @HU_Utrecht living in Belgium. I’m also affiliated to @HeriotWattBSL as

Catherine

whitequark

there can't be a best language because programming languages differentiate themselves from the singular primordial language where everything is possible and nothing is definite by giving up some expressive power

RT || JUNKTERRORLAW

rune_ined

whenever people start going on about languages and culture in the server i suddenly go into observer mode even if i like all of those things and want to contribute

Brett Sholtis

BrettSholtis

Just a daily reminder that LANGUAGE MATTERS. It's unfortunate that the mayor, like the police, enlisted passive voice and jargon to blur reality. Journalists should avoid both. The correct way

Doctor-Baron 17cShyteposter, DDS

17cShyteposter

One of the best ways to understand leftism is just to listen to the way they talk"Bodies who don't have tits" is a statement that there is no difference among

aylinnn

aylinzle_

@ExtaticT thought that they could pretend the UN resolutions concerning the NK conflict don’t say what they actually say, so I am here to show everyone why we can’t dispute

Christina Torres

biblio_phile

I feel like academia folks and/or folks from that background don't understand just how much their language is, for lack of a better term, intimidating and makes those not in