Con Fenton

Accent | dialect | voice | language coach. Human/geek/dogfather. He/him

[Con Fenton @Lexiconor]

Iawn!

[Chris Jenkins @chrisjenko]

Duolingo is going straight for the jugular today.

[Sheel Mohnot @pitdesi]

India has 2 main words for sugar:

Chini literally means “Chinese” in Hindi, because Chinese sugar was more refined

Shakkar from Sanskrit, means “gravel” or “grit,” from sugar crystals.

The Sanskrit root gave us sugar, sucre, azucar, sukkar, sucrose, saccharine etc.

[ADHD Designer 🟣👩🏻‍💻 @ADHDdesigner]

Neurotypical people: Procrastinating on things they don't want to do

People with ADHD: Procrastinating on things they DO want to do

[Con Fenton @Lexiconor]

@Kerensa_74 @NoContextBrits Ours is the jumbelarium

[James O'Brien @mrjamesob]

I can’t keep it quiet any longer. It’s me!

[Con Fenton @Lexiconor]

@serenabraida Tiq Tuq (Arabic) cheeky chocky (Brazilian)

[Joseph Fasano @Joseph_Fasano_]

This child has taken the viral poetry prompts to a whole other level.

[Con Fenton @Lexiconor]

@AdamCSharp @CedrusK *Arabic enters the chat!

[Supertanskiii @supertanskiii]

I didn’t have calling out a racist sausage fella racist on my to do list today, but here we are. The guy I confronted was spouting the racist rhetoric promoted by the BNP Tories and their mates in the press.

This was my experience in Aldi today

Never be a bystander.

[Michael Rosen 💙💙🎓🎓 NICE 爷爷 @MichaelRosenYes]

1000s of words have been said in reply to Lineker. It interests me that hardly anyone has looked closely at what terms and phrases were being used in Germany in the 1930s to see if they match (or not) what's said today by Ms Braverman. I offered a list, meant only as a starter.

[Nick Ray @LifeAfloat]

This happened last night! I’m sure the web is awash with northern lights photos and here are mine. I’ve never seen anything like this before. Absolutely incredible. No filter either.

[Adam Sharp @AdamCSharp]

One of my favourite German words is Muffel (a grumpy person). It’s used in compound words such as Morgenmuffel (‘person that hates mornings’) and Krawattenmuffel (‘person that hates wearing ties,’ or ‘tie grouch’). I suggest English adopts Muffel to make the following compounds…

[Cian McCarthy @arealmofwonder]

The Wild Winter Word War 😮

Pick your winner.

A B
C D

[Con Fenton @Lexiconor]

@sacha_coward Just learnt about this from the Spanish TV
show: Merlí. Sapere Aude
https://t.co/5fcNjGDLtE

[Con Fenton @Lexiconor]

@biker74 Yeah I saw that on the news... Ffs
Hope the RNLI stuff goes well

[Con Fenton @Lexiconor]

Thanks @harry_styles for spending 838 minutes with me in 2022. I couldn’t stop listening to Golden. #SpotifyWrapped https://t.co/PYRVJvCFbh

[Con Fenton @Lexiconor]

@biker74 I'd love to see it again since I never really watched it all back in the day. Does Spike still got it?
I'm doing well, how are you? How is Dundee these days?

[Con Fenton @Lexiconor]

@biker74 And how is hi de hi in the stark light of the 21st century?

[Con Fenton @Lexiconor]

@biker74 @Harry_Styles Not yet! You?

[Con Fenton @Lexiconor]

Thanks @harry_styles for spending 838 minutes with me in 2022. I couldn’t stop listening to Golden. #SpotifyWrapped https://t.co/PYRVJvDd0P