Fully (sic)

Once a “hard-hitting” language blog on Crikey. Currently only inhabiting Twitter. Still fully (sic).

[Fully (sic) @fullysicblog]

"Push it down. Get off of it and just put it down".

When you've never used a landline before and the phrasal verb "hang up" has become obsolete 😬😂🙈 Evidence that language reflects culture can be found in surprising places!

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There was once optimism that the internet would allow small languages to flourish in ways printing didn’t.

Today, 60% of the world’s top 10million sites are in English - heaps higher proportion than there are of actual English speakers.

[Visual Capitalist @VisualCap]

Visualizing the Most Used Languages on the Internet 🌐

https://t.co/T6yJwyRbkp

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So now that it's officially Türkiye...

Is there any other English word that has an umlaut?!

Hot tip (for Apple users at least) - hold down the "u" key and it gives you options of different Us to insert! "Ü" is the 2nd one on the list

https://t.co/hTDQUM5gt4

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In case you ever wondered where people who study linguistics at uni end up! This is a great little series of interviews!

https://t.co/Xbzn87QhvR

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Aka: do only ppl from Ballarat call them “golfballs”??

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What are these called? (Please add age and location in your answer in the comment 😎)

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Um, does @sunriseon7 know what a "city name" is? Because the word "Melbournian" is not a city name...

https://t.co/7DeHxnJ0Uy

[Sunrise @sunriseon7]

Some Melbourne locals are unimpressed with @AlboMP after the Labor Leader appeared to mispronounce their city's name.

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@ellwords Second place is losing? Harsh! 😂

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What is the plural of “runner-up”?

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If he wanted an ego-purchase, he could have just bought a much-loved moisturiser brand and renamed it Oil of Elon. Would’ve been a better business decision, surely.

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What a gorgeous survey of Australia's Indigenous language landscape through the eyes of First Nations people doing amazing things with their languages @EmilyWurramara

https://t.co/sze5Oi51jB

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What is the best verb in Australian English and why is it “to rock up”?

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R2-D2 (from Star Wars) is near-homophonous with the Spanish name Arturito (‘little Arthur’) and we are HERE FOR IT ❤️

[RACHY レイチ @rachy_]

today was my brother’s bday party. we discussed my brother’s middle name, Arturo (Arthur in Spanish).

Mom: There was a popular Star Wars character loved in Peru named “Arturito,” so we went with that.

Me: WAIT DO YOU MEAN R2D2?!

Dad: Yes, the robot.

WHAT??!!! 🤯😭🤖☠️

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Linguistic ambiguity ftw 🤓

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Example source: https://t.co/OktYbGpD4O

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"I am not here to play laughing homosexuals with you"

That's what a Japanese audience heard via translation after former Prime Minister Bob Hawke once addressed a Japanese audience and fielded a tricky question by saying "I'm not here to play funny buggers". Oops.

[Greg Dickson @GregDicksonNT]

This appears to be a genuinely new initiative - Fed funding to employ 60 Indigenous language teachers. Currently Fed funding for Indigenous Lgs only goes to Language Centres and Projects but not schools 👍

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In Australian English, the Queensland town Ayr is just a single vowel sound (monophthong)

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Aussies, who do you pronounce the game Uno? (and answers with where you’re from and approx age in comments also appreciated!)

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@SPPMadden No-one wants to listen to @ScottMorrisonMP, even for science