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Directed graph shows descent from Latin "cappa" of 15 English words: cap, cape, capot, capote, kaput, Capuchin, capuchin, cappuccino, chapel, chaplain, capelin, a cappella, chapeau, escape, and possible scamper

The number of English words from one Late Latin word is ridiculous 😆

One of these pitch ideas might be of interest to linguists who are looking to write for a general audience!

Screenshot of the top of a Bsky feed, with a red circle around the hamburger menu in the top left.

Wondering why no one likes your posts anymore, even among your friends? It's because @jay.bsky.team and team have decided to hide a huge amount of content from all of our feeds by default.

Here's how to turn it off.

First go to the hamburger menu in the upper left corner

not my circus, not my monkeys 1. used for saying that a problem is not your responsibility, or that you have…

Ha, this Polish saying has already been assimilated into English enough to end up in Cambridge Dictionary, first English-language dictionary other than Wiktionary to include it.

It's become popular in English in the last few years, starting mostly with its use in Orange Is the New Black in 2017
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can albanian speakers please tell me more about this verb that apparently means “to die” but only for humans and bees???

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Romanian Etymology Inherited from Latin lūmen (“light”) (see figurative meaning as the "light of life"). Cf. English (anything) under the sun "(anything) in the world". Compare also Slavic свѣтъ (světŭ), meaning both "light" and "world", and Hungarian világ, which also originally meant "light". Doublet of lumen (SI unit of measurement), borrowed from the same Latin source. Pronunciation Noun lume f (plural lumi) 1. (also figuratively) world 2. people Synonym: oameni 3. humanity, mankind Synonym: omenire 4. (archaic, regional) light Synonym: lumină

Was Romanian created by poets or something?

Today marks 15 years since the release of Fallout: New Vegas.

Since 2010, players have explored the Mojave Wasteland where countless Couriers have walked the same road—each carving their own story. Thank you for keeping the spirit of the game alive all these years.

Viva New Vegas. 🎲

I use a LibreOffice document, alternate the language I'm using each day (I write at least one entry in it) and use LanguageTool to check the grammar. I find it very helpful.

Only 0.03% Opt Out Of LGBTQ+ Education In Maryland After SCOTUS Gives Them A Right To After SCOTUS gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education, Montgomery County, Maryland is reporting only 43 families took them up on it.

1. 4 months ago, The Supreme Court gave families a right to opt out of LGBTQ+ education in schools.

Now, in Montgomery County, Maryland, where the case originated, the results are in.

Only 43 families out of 160,000 students have exercised that new right.

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Huntington's disease successfully treated for first time One of the most devastating diseases finally has a treatment that could transform lives, tearful doctors tell BBC

“An emotional research team became tearful as they described how data shows the disease was slowed by 75% in patients.”

What an absolutely incredible, joyous achievement for everyone involved. Hurrah for science and scientists! www.bbc.com/news/article...

Doing this because I need more moots! #promosky

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Hay gente en el sitio malo intentando culpar a los inmigrantes de la perdida de lenguas en Francia

Cómo les explicas esto, jej

Por suerte les están fusilando en los citados

In my mind that happens often, I keep mixing words and grammars, whatever is simpler gets priority
In Brazilian tech groups it's common to mix English words into conversation, as many technical terms don't have a translation and we also consume lots of English-language content (e.g. memes)

Excerpt from the Wiktionary: Verb a câștiga 1. to win 2. to gain, earn

Excerpt from the Wiktionary: Verb a vindeca 1. (transitive) to heal, cure 2. (reflexive, of a person or an injury) to heal, recover

Excerpt from the Wiktionary: Verb a supăra 1. to upset 2. to irritate, annoy 3. to make sad

Excerpt from the Wiktionary: Noun furtună 1. storm, tempest, squall 2. (figuratively) revolt

Romanian, why are you like this

aulinha de história LGBTQIA+ br e etimologia

News - Newly Deciphered Cuneiform Tablet Contains Unknown Sumerian Myth - Archaeology Magazine CHICAGO, ILLINOIS—A riveting lost Sumerian myth was recently rediscovered thanks to University of Chicago Sumerologist […]

📰 Wake up babe, a new Sumerian myth just dropped 🏺

Archaeologists have deciphered a cuneiform tablet detailing a previously unknown tale, although its fragmented nature leaves the story unfinished

#ArchaeologyNews via @archaeologymag.bsky.social

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Also worth noting that robins were called redbreast, not orangebreast, because they didn't have a word for that color until oranges reached england a century later

4-panel comic. (1) [Person 1 with ponytail flanked by person with short hair and another person speaking into microphone at podium] PERSON 1: In the early 2010s, researchers found that many major scientific results couldn’t be reproduced. (2) PERSON 1: Over a decade into the replication crisis, we wanted to see if today’s studies have become more robust. (3) PERSON 1: Unfortunately, our replication analysis has found exactly the same problems that those 2010s researchers did. (4) [newspaper with image of speakers from previous panels] Headline: Replication Crisis Solved

Replication Crisis

xkcd.com/3117/

This is the truest thing I have ever seen. You cannot imagine how much the Romans would have lost their minds for excel. They literally already started writing our historical chronicles in synchronized columns *by hand*

SUMMARIO IN INTERLINGUA Le Uso Del Factor De Roentgenotransmission In Estimar Le Densitate De Osso Le factor del transmission de radios X in osso pote esser usate como criterio del densitate del osso. Es describite un dispositivo pro determinar le factor de transmission e su application a mesurationes del densitate de osso. Le transmission in ossos spisse es plus basse que in ossos tenue, sed le spissitate del osso non es le sol factor que determina le procentage del transmission. Per consequente il es a supponer que le densitate representa un variabile importante. Ben que le numero del sitos anatomic que se presta al mesuration de densitates ossee es restringite, le lectura directe del roentgenotransmission es capace a promover determinationes rapide e incostose con alte grados de exactitude.

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Summaries in Interlingua | Radiology With the new year, Radiology is instituting a slight change of policy with the object of making its contents available, at least in summary, to a much wider audience. Beginning with the present iss...

What

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Vowel phonemes table from Wikipedia's page on the Danish language. It has 26 vowels, most have a short and long counterpart.

Also, I had no idea Danish was like this

Screenshot of a table from Wikipedia's "List of languages by number of phonemes", sorted by total amount of phonemes. Archi, a Northeast Caucasian language, sits safely at first position. The numbers indicated are: Total: 108/99 + (2) Consonants: 82/80 Vowels: 26/19 + (2)

What the fuck

Star Trek Voyager scene. We're outdoors on a brick street in a future version of San Francisco. Civilians and starfleet officers are walking to and fro past a tram/subway type station with a sign that reads, "Mission District Line, Express Stop, Trans Francisco."

Λειτουργία της εξόδου κινδύνου

Normal Greeks: “emergency exit procedure.”

Me, a late antique Hellenist: “liturgy of the exodus of danger.”

big fan of wiktionary's "hot words"

A origem da famosa mesóclise