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linguistics + D&D + impeccable bedside manner

[Aliensexist @AidanCharp]

My summer of embroideries 🌞🪡

[and @Andrewbookley]

counting crows is the american bare naked ladies -islay mcKechnie

[cranny boy LEGACY ACCOUNT @cranny_boy]

One of my buddies just ceased to amaze me

[Janel Comeau 🍁 @VeryBadLlama]

Americans: I use miles and pounds

Europeans: I use kilometres and kilograms

Canadians: [snorting a line of assorted measuring systems] I'm 5'3, I weigh 150lbs, horses weigh 1000kgs, my house is an hour away and I drive 80 km/h to get there, I need a cup of flour and 1L of milk

[Linguistic Discovery @lingdiscovery]

Algospeak is the use of coded expressions to avoid detection by a computer algorithm, and examples of it abound on social media—unalive for kill, corn for porn, leg booty for LGBTQ, and many more.

https://t.co/SzYOz5PTZ4

#algospeak #linguistics #language #SocialMedia

[Kyle Kushblasta @SkinnyTuna]

they should make a world that’s nice to live in

[and @Andrewbookley]

I’m a romantic boy

[and @Andrewbookley]

@AidanCharp Masterpiece!

[The Layman's Linguist @LaymansLinguist]

Turning <GOT YOU> into <GOTCHA> is assimilation—in this case mostly due to where we say CH vs Y

There's a lot more muscle movement and time when you go from "T" /t/ to "Y" /j/

Everyday language often follows the Principle of Least Effort, and "T" /t/ to "CH" /tʃ/ is just easier

[bri @elendilions]

happy pride month to them

[and @Andrewbookley]

@UEOG96 Rt rt rt

[mr. probably gay @powcampsurvivor]

with some contractors right now and the main guy was talking about how the wood supplier they’re meeting up with later is a trans woman and he was like “so fucking watch what you say. shes very nice. we’re using pronouns”

[Linguistic Discovery @lingdiscovery]

Medieval swear words! Cursing or swearing in medieval England was really different from today’s world

https://t.co/TyeaYJ5DWf

Learn more in the book "Holy sh*t: A brief history of swearing":

https://t.co/sr5K9fGHxj

#swearing #cursing #history #linguistics #language

[Linguistic Discovery @lingdiscovery]

This book’s been out for a minute but I just discovered it and it looks really cool! I especially love how beautifully illustrated it is. Already ordered a copy and will report back.

https://t.co/0wmghDJghU

#linguistics #language #BookRec

[zinc @ZlNCFINGER]

watching skins at 14 gave me brain damage

[Tim the Shitposting Linguist @LinguisticsShi1]

When you’re so damn perplexed you need a bilabial trill to express your mental state

[roro, PhD @fuglibetty]

when something is fermented. pickles, olives, jalapeños, kimchi. suspended in a brine which becomes imbued with its self-same essence. like a fossil in amber. and of course the probiotics. how decadent…..

[jungle bobby @junglebobby123]

retweet if jungle bobby ur favorite artist right now