#Nouns

zev handel

ZevHandel

Welcome to my second thread on the word “pibimpap” 비빔밥!There’s something going on with its morphology—its internal word structure—that puzzles me. I’m hoping someone who knows more about Korean language

WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU'RE AT SOUP

queerfoxx

"if you feel infantilised by the word enby you must also dislike any other abbreviation of nonbinary such as n-b/nby because they're The Same Thing" is a hot take I

Collin Koh

CollinSLKoh

THREAD: so much to unpack in one sentence: "Worsening China-US ties are not good to overseas Chinese communities, considering that Chinese Singaporeans make up 75 percent of its population." H/t:

F. A. Ali🍍🌴

treeofcypress

okay? 1. I'm actually very boring 2. I can draw a straight horizontal line with a free hand but not a vertical line. Strange. 3. FACT: I HATE CREAM CHEESE

Maazị Ogbonnaya

maazi_ogbonnaya

I have seen people slapping themselves, knocking their heads to find Igbo words for:FacebookTwitterInstagramComputerWhatsAppWhen they are unable to do so, they will say that Igbo Language is incomplete. I read

Zia Weise

ZiaWeise

So this is funhttps://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2020-10/gendergerechtigkeit-justizministerium-femininum-sprache-gesetzentwurf?utm_referrer=https%3A%2F%2Ft.co%2F In German, like in Spanish or French, nouns referring to people are gende

Ren LaForme

itsren

I'm starting an ongoing tweet thread of offbeat edits and arcane AP Style guidelines I stumble across on the job (mostly because I typically post these in Slack where nobody

Travis Kimmel

coloradotravis

Let's talk about nominalizations.Yay Linguistics! (said nobody ever...)1/ What's a nominalization?Well it's when you turn a non-noun word into a noun.Like "requirement." This actually comes from a verb (to require)

Hans-Joerg Schmid

HJ_Schmid

Classifying, categorizing, demarcating - is that what linguistics is all about? Ill-tempered ruminations on two paradoxes about how linguists spend their time. 1/ First paradox: On the one hand, in

IndieFlower🆖

IndieFlower3

FAQ thread about it/its pronouns and being an agender lesbian: please keep in mind that any answers here are simply my personal experiences and will not reflect the views

sarah renee

sarahcues

I’ve been told I have a knack for making a good resume, so in the spirit of sharing, while I know lots of people are job hunting and in transition

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ANGELCH4N

using moots pro-nouns for good vibes !! A wonderful thread cause my moots are the greatest and no-one can tell different @R0TTENBIN is first !!Rayne is seriously one of the

Bardia

thepericulum

On Writing Well - William ZinsserTakeaways Thread Below Remove all unnecessary words Only write for yourself Study words Keep in mind the rhythm and sound of your sentences Make heavy

YING || 嗑到了

yesterday_ying

I notice some fics portray LWJ as so reticent that he drops words from his sentences, especially pronouns, like "I".While Chinese is very forgiving with omitted pronouns in general, I

John Meade

drjohnmeade

1/ "Satan": ThreadWhy do we translate Job 1:6 et al "Satan" as a personal name/noun (Aleppo Codex below: hasatan; השׂטן)? Hebrew does not articulate proper nouns, since they are already

Ol’ Last Real Rez Dog

DeadDogLake

English language is a transaction language. It’s a trade language and no longer has a land to call it own. It’s a drifter language. Don’t get me wrong, there are