#Languages

Easter myth #1:Easter is named after Eostre, but it isn't based on an Eostre festival. The festival originated in the 2nd century Mediterranean. The name 'Easter' is an oddity, specific
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An extremely weird recurring theme for me is: I start learning a new language, I read/watch/listen to a lot of stuff in said language, I get really into various cultural
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1- Americans, or Brits or Aussies, who only speak English cannot really understand what it's like to speak a "minority" language, and be confronted with the dilemma of wanting to
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Today I am going to do the first online exam for a course ever and I think I am more nervous than the students! Wish me luck :) Update: all
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I wanna set the record straight on language + the subcontinent. A lot of times when I’m like English is colonial kharra!! Sum parha likha jaahil is lyk: actually madam
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Some people may have given up on lockdown, but many are still facing the combined impact of the crisis & the #HostileEnvironmentWe helped make resources to support people to access
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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
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A THREADChristians: Gods love is all I need.Also, Christians: -I need someone who speaks my love languages!-I need someone outgoing.-I need a woman who puts in as much effort as
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I'm glad we're speaking about the hegemony of standardised Telugu (EG, WG, etc.) and its verdict of which language is which is impure. I've said this so many times and
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After reviewing 200+ dev resumes from software engineers who are job hunting - new grads, seniors, principals - here are the 9 most common pieces of feedback I've given.A thread
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Thanks, @ChrisGPotts for this thoughtful essay! As someone who has published what I believe *is* "compelling reasons to think they can't", and in the spirit of continuing the discussion, I’d
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Thread: This is Priapus, Ancient Greek god of the male reproductive power and fertility and the fertility of nature in general. Allegedly he originated in Hellespont from where his cult
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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
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#ChristianSupremacyIs the conflation of "Christian" with "good" in cultural assumptions and aphorisms. #ChristianSupremacy is having every public interaction for 1/4 of the year involve strangers asking my kids what they
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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
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Most European languages possess what linguists call "The T-V Distinction."That is, they have a formal word for "you" and then a more informal - or offensively condescending - "you" as
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