It is far too early in the day for me to be having ontological beef with captchas over how much of a motorbike must be in a square to count as "containing" a motorbike. Half a wheel? A single mirror? Does the rider count? Frankly none of the squares contain motorcycleS
This is patently untrue yet was drummed into us by parents, teachers and even the gov to the point it becomes internalised. But they are different languages with different rules. Then they wonder why kids underperform in tests designed for English-speakers
@negrosubversive Patios is not a language its a bastardisation of the English language its not a language. Its development has many influences namely Irish English Scottish and West African. Peace
@WillTweetMaybe@manof2moro@LaymansLinguist@garicgymro But reef > reefs, *reeves
Any time anyone tries to make a general statement for English, the language takes it as a personal affront and finds an exception ๐คท๐ฟโโ๏ธ
Fun fact: William Jones, the Welsh farm boy from Llanfihangel Tre'r Beirdd who introduced the symbolย ฯย for 3.14159..., was the father of the William Jones who realised that Sanskrit, Latin, and Greek might all be related to each other, and to the Germanic and Celtic languages.
Trump: People who don't speak languages. We have languages coming in to our country, nobody that speaks those languages. They're truly foreign languages. Nobody speaks them
@wylfcen Huh, I would have thought that the second element would be from rรฆd "counsel, advice" as with รthelred (well-advised) and รlfred (elf-advised, elf-counsel)? That would give the name a meaning something like "night-counsel" or "dawn-counsel"?
@nationalrailenq isn't this like saying male kilts belong in the 90s since it's a traditional garment, not restricted by gender, worn in many countries with both formal and informal variations?
I've been thinking a lot about the skills I gained as a child that set me up for later life and honestly I'm shocked and appalled at how little need there is to pogo as an adul. Really thought that one was gonna be clutch...