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The Etymological Problem with Apples

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The Etymological Problem with Apples

🔗 dannybate.com/2026/04/08/the-e

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Of course, a very special hello to people who boldly reply "Off course". ✊

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I just saw the word gallimaufry in an English text and I was so happy!

In the name of all Word-Lovers, thank you English speakers, for keeping alive so many French words French people have forgotten about!😘

merriam-webster.com/dictionary

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I just saw the word gallimaufry in an English text and I was so happy!

In the name of all Word-Lovers, thank you English speakers, for keeping alive so many French words French people have forgotten about!😘

merriam-webster.com/dictionary

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is getting more by the minute. Last Sunday’s Washington Post headlines included: “Tired on your vacation? You might need to adjust your zeitgebers.”

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Persian and English etymologies of the day

Nowruz is the Persian New Year festival at the Spring Equinox (20th March). Nowruz means "new light"; Persian now (pronounced like English "no") comes from Proto-Indo-European *neu-io, something like this:
🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

Tajik рӯз and Persian روز, ruz descends from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- [lɘʊk]:
🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig
(Tajik is also an Iranian language, very similar to Iranian Persian.)

*leuk- also developed into words for "day" in other Iranian languages, e.g. Balochi روچ [roʧ], something like this:
🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

Kurdish roj [roʒ]:
🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

English new and "light" are from the same roots, *neu-io and *leuk-
🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

Light (brightness) comes from Proto-Indo-European *leuk-, something like this:
🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

Image source:
blog.izapya.com/wp-content/upl

A Persian greetings image for "Nowruz Mubarak", Happy New Year, literally "New-day Happy", which is written in green Persian lettering at the left of the image. The three leftmost letters on the first line read "ruz", meaning day. On the right of the image is a seasonal table display of good things to mark the coming of spring, fruits, sprouting greenery and a lit candle, to signify the new year.
ALT text detailsA Persian greetings image for "Nowruz Mubarak", Happy New Year, literally "New-day Happy", which is written in green Persian lettering at the left of the image. The three leftmost letters on the first line read "ruz", meaning day. On the right of the image is a seasonal table display of good things to mark the coming of spring, fruits, sprouting greenery and a lit candle, to signify the new year.
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@ancientsounds@mastodonapp.uk

Persian and English etymologies of the day

Nowruz is the Persian New Year festival at the Spring Equinox (20th March). Nowruz means "new light"; Persian now (pronounced like English "no") comes from Proto-Indo-European *neu-io, something like this:
🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

Tajik рӯз and Persian روز, ruz descends from Proto-Indo-European *leuk- [lɘʊk]:
🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig
(Tajik is also an Iranian language, very similar to Iranian Persian.)

*leuk- also developed into words for "day" in other Iranian languages, e.g. Balochi روچ [roʧ], something like this:
🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

Kurdish roj [roʒ]:
🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

English new and "light" are from the same roots, *neu-io and *leuk-
🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

Light (brightness) comes from Proto-Indo-European *leuk-, something like this:
🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

Image source:
blog.izapya.com/wp-content/upl

A Persian greetings image for "Nowruz Mubarak", Happy New Year, literally "New-day Happy", which is written in green Persian lettering at the left of the image. The three leftmost letters on the first line read "ruz", meaning day. On the right of the image is a seasonal table display of good things to mark the coming of spring, fruits, sprouting greenery and a lit candle, to signify the new year.
ALT text detailsA Persian greetings image for "Nowruz Mubarak", Happy New Year, literally "New-day Happy", which is written in green Persian lettering at the left of the image. The three leftmost letters on the first line read "ruz", meaning day. On the right of the image is a seasonal table display of good things to mark the coming of spring, fruits, sprouting greenery and a lit candle, to signify the new year.
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Tongue twisters in 118 languages…

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Tongue twisters in 118 languages…

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The Japanese government is considering revising requirements for permanent residency, including mandatory language proficiency and other moves that could place foreign residents under continuous evaluation. japantimes.co.jp/commentary/20

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The Japanese government is considering revising requirements for permanent residency, including mandatory language proficiency and other moves that could place foreign residents under continuous evaluation. japantimes.co.jp/commentary/20

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The verb “prepone” (the opposite of “postpone”) is widely used in India: reddit.com/r/etymology/comment

However, it’s not common elsewhere—e.g., it’s not in the Merriam-Webster dictionary of American English.

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The verb “prepone” (the opposite of “postpone”) is widely used in India: reddit.com/r/etymology/comment

However, it’s not common elsewhere—e.g., it’s not in the Merriam-Webster dictionary of American English.

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Today I launched a game called @frases, which consists of guessing daily sentences (like Wordle). It supports agents for communication. Like @ladeldiacl, these sentences are
region-specific. However, I created different actors for , , , , , and . The game is open to try!

Website: frases.degu.cl/

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Today I launched a game called @frases, which consists of guessing daily sentences (like Wordle). It supports agents for communication. Like @ladeldiacl, these sentences are
region-specific. However, I created different actors for , , , , , and . The game is open to try!

Website: frases.degu.cl/

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If derailleur (the part of the gear shifting system on a bicycle that kicks the chain to a different sprocket) in English comes from the french dérailleur, which means derailer, as in de-rail, which is what the derailleur does... then why isn't the English term for a derailleur a derailer? o.O

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Self-OH.

Why did it never once cross my mind that "git" could be a regular English word?

Guess I should be more careful writing something like "git!" to someone from now on.

Esp. for non-technical people that could easily be misinterpreted...

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Self-OH.

Why did it never once cross my mind that "git" could be a regular English word?

Guess I should be more careful writing something like "git!" to someone from now on.

Esp. for non-technical people that could easily be misinterpreted...

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Found this cool-sounding initiative to make a major city more , , , etc, through a public engagement platform.

But the manifesto, platform, social media, etc, are all just in one language - .

So...who does this really represent?

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View of the southern chain of Alps, with the Titlis from Drei Linden, Lucerne, Switzerland between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Views of Switzerland

loc.gov/pictures/item/20017030

The image displays a picturesque landscape featuring lush greenery, with a large body of water reflecting the blue sky and distant mountains. A traditional building with dark roofing stands prominently in the foreground on what appears to be well-maintained grounds surrounded by trees, shrubs, and manicured gardens. The structure has an arched entrance adorned with numbers '13' above it, suggesting historical significance or a commemorative purpose. In the background, majestic mountains rise against a clear sky, their peaks hinting at snow-capped elevations that contribute to the scene's serene beauty. Nestled among these natural features is what looks like a town or village on the far side of the water body, adding a touch of human presence without detracting from the landscape's overall tranquility. The vintage aesthetic of the image suggests it may be an old postcard depicting Lucerne and its environs in Switzerland during late 19th to early 20th century. The colors are muted with sepia tones dominating, giving a nostalgic feel that evokes memories of past travels or romanticism associated with travel photography from this era. The text at the bottom indicates "LUZERN." ALPENPANORAMA," which translates to "Lucerne Alps panorama" in English and refers to Lucerne's Alpine scenery. The postcard number, 1403 P.Z., is likely a reference used for cataloging or identifying [...]
ALT text detailsThe image displays a picturesque landscape featuring lush greenery, with a large body of water reflecting the blue sky and distant mountains. A traditional building with dark roofing stands prominently in the foreground on what appears to be well-maintained grounds surrounded by trees, shrubs, and manicured gardens. The structure has an arched entrance adorned with numbers '13' above it, suggesting historical significance or a commemorative purpose. In the background, majestic mountains rise against a clear sky, their peaks hinting at snow-capped elevations that contribute to the scene's serene beauty. Nestled among these natural features is what looks like a town or village on the far side of the water body, adding a touch of human presence without detracting from the landscape's overall tranquility. The vintage aesthetic of the image suggests it may be an old postcard depicting Lucerne and its environs in Switzerland during late 19th to early 20th century. The colors are muted with sepia tones dominating, giving a nostalgic feel that evokes memories of past travels or romanticism associated with travel photography from this era. The text at the bottom indicates "LUZERN." ALPENPANORAMA," which translates to "Lucerne Alps panorama" in English and refers to Lucerne's Alpine scenery. The postcard number, 1403 P.Z., is likely a reference used for cataloging or identifying [...]
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@Akshay@eupolicy.social · Reply to Akshay's post

And now, for extra comprehension challenge, there’s Beowulf rendered in Gen Z English

“There was Shield Sheafson, canceler of many tribes,
A high-key shredder of mead benches, flexing all over foes.
This dragger of the hall-troops had come far.
A smol bean to start with, he would glow up hard later on
As his powers got fire af and his rizz went viral.”

mcsweeneys.net/articles/gen-z-

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View of the southern chain of Alps, with the Titlis from Drei Linden, Lucerne, Switzerland between ca. 1890 and ca. 1900. Views of Switzerland

loc.gov/pictures/item/20017030

The image displays a picturesque landscape featuring lush greenery, with a large body of water reflecting the blue sky and distant mountains. A traditional building with dark roofing stands prominently in the foreground on what appears to be well-maintained grounds surrounded by trees, shrubs, and manicured gardens. The structure has an arched entrance adorned with numbers '13' above it, suggesting historical significance or a commemorative purpose. In the background, majestic mountains rise against a clear sky, their peaks hinting at snow-capped elevations that contribute to the scene's serene beauty. Nestled among these natural features is what looks like a town or village on the far side of the water body, adding a touch of human presence without detracting from the landscape's overall tranquility. The vintage aesthetic of the image suggests it may be an old postcard depicting Lucerne and its environs in Switzerland during late 19th to early 20th century. The colors are muted with sepia tones dominating, giving a nostalgic feel that evokes memories of past travels or romanticism associated with travel photography from this era. The text at the bottom indicates "LUZERN." ALPENPANORAMA," which translates to "Lucerne Alps panorama" in English and refers to Lucerne's Alpine scenery. The postcard number, 1403 P.Z., is likely a reference used for cataloging or identifying [...]
ALT text detailsThe image displays a picturesque landscape featuring lush greenery, with a large body of water reflecting the blue sky and distant mountains. A traditional building with dark roofing stands prominently in the foreground on what appears to be well-maintained grounds surrounded by trees, shrubs, and manicured gardens. The structure has an arched entrance adorned with numbers '13' above it, suggesting historical significance or a commemorative purpose. In the background, majestic mountains rise against a clear sky, their peaks hinting at snow-capped elevations that contribute to the scene's serene beauty. Nestled among these natural features is what looks like a town or village on the far side of the water body, adding a touch of human presence without detracting from the landscape's overall tranquility. The vintage aesthetic of the image suggests it may be an old postcard depicting Lucerne and its environs in Switzerland during late 19th to early 20th century. The colors are muted with sepia tones dominating, giving a nostalgic feel that evokes memories of past travels or romanticism associated with travel photography from this era. The text at the bottom indicates "LUZERN." ALPENPANORAMA," which translates to "Lucerne Alps panorama" in English and refers to Lucerne's Alpine scenery. The postcard number, 1403 P.Z., is likely a reference used for cataloging or identifying [...]
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@Akshay@eupolicy.social · Reply to Akshay's post

And now, for extra comprehension challenge, there’s Beowulf rendered in Gen Z English

“There was Shield Sheafson, canceler of many tribes,
A high-key shredder of mead benches, flexing all over foes.
This dragger of the hall-troops had come far.
A smol bean to start with, he would glow up hard later on
As his powers got fire af and his rizz went viral.”

mcsweeneys.net/articles/gen-z-

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@Akshay@eupolicy.social

This short story, written in older and older English as it goes on, rightly went viral!

How far can you understand it?

deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-

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I migrated my profile here, so let's add a short :

I am the of , one of the developers and many other small projects related to it, like creating or porting several web apps to (in-chat mini-apps), I also develop several for the mentioned chat apps

Outside I like to cook, , learn to play the , chill listening to music, drink green tea, learn language (and I would like to learn , and if I even finish with German 😅)

I speak and but I will be speaking only English in this account

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[Please boost for maximum visibility]

Is the phrase “short-lived” pronounced:

OptionVoters
short LIVVD (rhymes with sieved)136 (99%)
short LIGHVD (rhymes with thrived)2 (1%)
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Hey fedizens :FediverseSymbol:

Bit of an odd linguistic query for anybody with knowledge of English, in any and all forms, regions, dialects, etc.

Is there a simple, true neutral (realistic) alternative for the verb to hope, and maybe even a true negative (pessimistic form)?

We've thought and posted a fair bit about the concept of hope recently-ish, particularly in this post after watching a John Green video.

On the back of this, we've realised that hope is a word that has a positive, optimistic connotation inherently within it, at least as we understand and use it.

When somebody says that they hope that something will happen, they are simultaneously communicating that:

  • they want this thing to happen;
  • they recognise that it may not happen;
  • they nonetheless believe that it could happen, and are somewhat biased towards it happening.

We've seen underhope and overhope suggested on Wiktionary, but never read, heard, or otherwise seen these in real world usage, and overhope is what most people seem to mean when they use variants of hope like hopeful.

The closest we've found is wish, but it doesn't work as a verb replacement. You can use it as a noun to some extent, but it sounds anachronistic and clunky.

e.g.,

  • I hope that you are doing okay.
  • It is my fondest wish that you are doing okay.

We're curious about all the other forms and variants, but it's the verb that we cannot find in-use realistic or pessimistic forms for.

For the realistic (true neutral) form, we're looking for a verb that conveys that:

  • you want this thing to happen;
  • you know it technically could happen, from a statistical point of view;
  • you cannot be hopeful, as you have decent grasp of the situation, the challenges, and so on.

For the pessimistic (true negative) form, we're looking for a verb that conveys that:

  • you want this thing to happen;
  • you recognise that it could happen, theoretically;
  • you do not believe there's any realistic prospect of this happening.

Any ideas, thoughts, or suggestions within the broad scope of all English variants?

Genuinely asking, but -- as per usual -- no reply guys please 🫶

Boosts and friendly quotes welcome :BoostsOKPrideSymbol:

In the meantime, where hope is the defacto optimistic form, all we feel like we can say to folks is something like:

We wish we could hope that...

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: “to wuther” is pronounced “WUH-ther”. It means “to blow with a dull roaring sound”.
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: “to wuther” is pronounced “WUH-ther”. It means “to blow with a dull roaring sound”.
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This morning I was given notice of redundancy - my last day is this Friday. The school I work for is closing my department

I’ve worked there for 15 years & the current teaching staff is the best I’ve ever seen. Just outrageously good teachers. Students love us. We absolutely rock

Unfortunately, management did their jobs really badly, so now teachers are unemployed (don’t worry - managers get to stay, phew!)

This is how shocked Max was when I told him

A black cat is sitting facing the camera. He is leaning his head forward slightly, with his eyes wide, which makes him look surprised - but he was probably just about to headbutt my phone.
ALT text detailsA black cat is sitting facing the camera. He is leaning his head forward slightly, with his eyes wide, which makes him look surprised - but he was probably just about to headbutt my phone.
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Hey fedizens :FediverseSymbol:

Bit of an odd linguistic query for anybody with knowledge of English, in any and all forms, regions, dialects, etc.

Is there a simple, true neutral (realistic) alternative for the verb to hope, and maybe even a true negative (pessimistic form)?

We've thought and posted a fair bit about the concept of hope recently-ish, particularly in this post after watching a John Green video.

On the back of this, we've realised that hope is a word that has a positive, optimistic connotation inherently within it, at least as we understand and use it.

When somebody says that they hope that something will happen, they are simultaneously communicating that:

  • they want this thing to happen;
  • they recognise that it may not happen;
  • they nonetheless believe that it could happen, and are somewhat biased towards it happening.

We've seen underhope and overhope suggested on Wiktionary, but never read, heard, or otherwise seen these in real world usage, and overhope is what most people seem to mean when they use variants of hope like hopeful.

The closest we've found is wish, but it doesn't work as a verb replacement. You can use it as a noun to some extent, but it sounds anachronistic and clunky.

e.g.,

  • I hope that you are doing okay.
  • It is my fondest wish that you are doing okay.

We're curious about all the other forms and variants, but it's the verb that we cannot find in-use realistic or pessimistic forms for.

For the realistic (true neutral) form, we're looking for a verb that conveys that:

  • you want this thing to happen;
  • you know it technically could happen, from a statistical point of view;
  • you cannot be hopeful, as you have decent grasp of the situation, the challenges, and so on.

For the pessimistic (true negative) form, we're looking for a verb that conveys that:

  • you want this thing to happen;
  • you recognise that it could happen, theoretically;
  • you do not believe there's any realistic prospect of this happening.

Any ideas, thoughts, or suggestions within the broad scope of all English variants?

Genuinely asking, but -- as per usual -- no reply guys please 🫶

Boosts and friendly quotes welcome :BoostsOKPrideSymbol:

In the meantime, where hope is the defacto optimistic form, all we feel like we can say to folks is something like:

We wish we could hope that...

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It’s a thousand years of the English language, compressed into a single blog post. Read it and notice where you start to struggle. Notice where you give up entirely.

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@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt

How far back in time can you understand English?

It’s a thousand years of the English language, compressed into a single blog post.

"... as his post goes on, his language gets older. A hundred years older with each jump. The spelling changes. The grammar changes. Words you know are replaced by unfamiliar words, and his attitude gets older too, as the blogger’s voice is replaced by that of a Georgian diarist, an Elizabethan pamphleteer, a medieval chronicler."

deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-

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Natasha Jay :mastodon:🇪🇺

@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt

How far back in time can you understand English?

It’s a thousand years of the English language, compressed into a single blog post.

"... as his post goes on, his language gets older. A hundred years older with each jump. The spelling changes. The grammar changes. Words you know are replaced by unfamiliar words, and his attitude gets older too, as the blogger’s voice is replaced by that of a Georgian diarist, an Elizabethan pamphleteer, a medieval chronicler."

deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-

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@yogthos@social.marxist.network

It’s a thousand years of the English language, compressed into a single blog post. Read it and notice where you start to struggle. Notice where you give up entirely.

deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-

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Natasha Jay :mastodon:🇪🇺

@Natasha_Jay@tech.lgbt

How far back in time can you understand English?

It’s a thousand years of the English language, compressed into a single blog post.

"... as his post goes on, his language gets older. A hundred years older with each jump. The spelling changes. The grammar changes. Words you know are replaced by unfamiliar words, and his attitude gets older too, as the blogger’s voice is replaced by that of a Georgian diarist, an Elizabethan pamphleteer, a medieval chronicler."

deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-

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@yogthos@social.marxist.network

It’s a thousand years of the English language, compressed into a single blog post. Read it and notice where you start to struggle. Notice where you give up entirely.

deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-

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@lauhazn@mas.to · Reply to Lauhaz Nasją's post

I am pursuing an interdisciplinary master's in , which focuses on , , , and . My thesis will focus on the economic evaluation of . I am fluent in and and have A1 , , and . Unfortunately, I am not yet conversational in , but I want to improve. I welcome any leads, tips, or connections. I have free access to the Czech and US labor markets. 2/2

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I've said it before and I'll say it again. Walkie-talkie is such a silly name for an object. Imagine if we let that person name other things: sitty-watchy (a telly), brainie-rottie (internet), sittie-travelie (train), drinkie-chokie (boba tea but only when white people drink it for the first time), lickie-freezie (ice-cream)

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@bugbear@indiepocalypse.social

I've said it before and I'll say it again. Walkie-talkie is such a silly name for an object. Imagine if we let that person name other things: sitty-watchy (a telly), brainie-rottie (internet), sittie-travelie (train), drinkie-chokie (boba tea but only when white people drink it for the first time), lickie-freezie (ice-cream)

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Stunning cloud development over Bassano del Grappa — perfect paragliding conditions! Marco van Zoest captures dreamy aerial moments from September 2025 that make you want to launch and glide. Feel the wind, watch the clouds, get inspired to fly!
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@x0@dragonscave.space

Curiosity of the day. What's the origin of the word "groove" in a musical context? For a track to be a groove or groovy, to feel the groove, to be locked into a groove, to be grooving, etc. Does this have anything to do with records, especially vinyl, which stored the music in a literal groove? Or does it predate them? Or did it come about independently?

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@x0@dragonscave.space

Curiosity of the day. What's the origin of the word "groove" in a musical context? For a track to be a groove or groovy, to feel the groove, to be locked into a groove, to be grooving, etc. Does this have anything to do with records, especially vinyl, which stored the music in a literal groove? Or does it predate them? Or did it come about independently?

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@mdione@en.osm.town

One cannot but to hate spelling (or is it syntax?).

The indefinite article is "a", "a tool". But if the next word starts with a vowel; then it's "an", "an apple". Unless it starts with a "u", "a unicorn". So far... ok.

But.

It's not the "u", it's something else, because "an unusual'?

Also see "a European". It's some "ee" sound? Maybe just not the short "ee" sound, as in "an independent"? Or the "ee-oo" sounds? Also, "a yeast"?

Jeez...

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@ps@wizard.casa

@silverpill, should I use the #Ukrainian interface option in #Mitra to mark #ActivityPub posts with this language (instead of #English), or is the interface option not related? I just can't find this in the message form.

In #Tuba app, I can simply select the content language, but I'm not sure about the default web UI behavior.

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@ravi@toot.io

In , all nouns start with a capital letter, while in , only proper nouns start with a capital letter.

Fun fact: English used to be written similarly in the past (with nouns capitalized). The US Constitution used to capitalize most of the nouns.

Reference: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capitali


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@eltrac@c7.io

Just discovered Repokémon by @cheeaun

Loved it. Wish I had found out about it earlier so I wouldn't have to be melting my brain over naming my side projects. :3

cheeaun.github.io/repokemon/

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Eltrac 🐨

@eltrac@c7.io

Just discovered Repokémon by @cheeaun

Loved it. Wish I had found out about it earlier so I wouldn't have to be melting my brain over naming my side projects. :3

cheeaun.github.io/repokemon/

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Eli :Blobhaj_Pumpkin_Face: :nonboOonary:

@horrorqueerdo@is.nota.live


Hey, everyone on the Fedi!

I'm Eli (pronounced as Ellie).

I'm an from and not new to the Fediverse, but haven't been around recently. I had an account at queer.party and, since that instance is gone now, I'm looking to find new connections, so feel free to follow if we share interests or recommend accounts to follow.

I'm , , , , , , , , , and .
My pronouns are they/them, ze/hir and it/its, interchangeable.

I love all things (mostly films) and am very fond of , you can check my Letterboxd out to see my reviews. My fave film is Chopping Mall (1986).

I usually don't watch shows now, I hate when they get cancelled and the story gets no proper ending, which happens a lot, but you can also find me at Serializd.

My reading list is predominantly (mainly Nordic) but I also like reading horror, , and anything that piques my curiosity.

I'm some kind of a and enjoy , my main OS has been for 5 years now, and I have an old laptop for distrohopping, currently using and . My secondary OS is .

I also happen to be a nerd, I speak , , and . Will mainly post in and , though.

My favourite genre is , but I’d listen to anything, primarily more genres.
My favourite band ever is .
As of now, my favourite artists are: , , , , , , , , , …

My favourite animals are , , and , but I don't have any pets.

has helped me relax and fall asleep for +10 years now, so I may share some links every now and then.

I love and every once in a while I do some .

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Abhinav 🌏

@abnv@fantastic.earth

Pajama pants is another Chai tea that I have noticed in wild now. Are there more? Any here to pitch in?

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Abhinav 🌏

@abnv@fantastic.earth

Pajama pants is another Chai tea that I have noticed in wild now. Are there more? Any here to pitch in?

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Knut 🏳️‍🌈 🇳🇴🧸

@praetor@mstdn.social

This is one of the things I don't like about When you're translating to , Norwegian is very....formal. In verbatim, this is "Must we dance also?" But given the informalness of English, especially American English, this is "Do we have to dance too?". So it takes me a bit longer to think about it. And then I spend all morning with a dictionary figuring out what the word _actually_ means.

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Knut 🏳️‍🌈 🇳🇴🧸

@praetor@mstdn.social

This is one of the things I don't like about When you're translating to , Norwegian is very....formal. In verbatim, this is "Must we dance also?" But given the informalness of English, especially American English, this is "Do we have to dance too?". So it takes me a bit longer to think about it. And then I spend all morning with a dictionary figuring out what the word _actually_ means.

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@Rioluzx@baraag.net

To cheer this month I wrote a fic of my favorite ship, thanks to @Fire_Conejo, Aksudou and @Yuki_Arte for the draws I commision them, hope you all like it and comment nyan :3

Español
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English
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lianna

@lianna@micro.webgarden.click

Discussing the language of politics

I don't understand the word "entitled".

If you're entitled to something, it means that you have a right to get it.
But if someone is being entitled, that's someone who demands things they have no right to.

I could totally understand if it was just a funny language quirk that causes these two phrases to have unrelated meaning. Language isn't logical, after all.

But people do deliberately use the double connotations of the word to subtly influence their audience's perception.

If I'm legally entitled to social security payments, that doesn't mean that I'm being an annoying brat for demanding it. But politicians keep using the word 'entitlements' instead of 'rights' when they want to instill their audience with a sense of frustration and injustice against the some rights' recipients.

#linguistics #English #politics

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Knut 🏳️‍🌈 🇳🇴🧸

@praetor@mstdn.social

One of several things I don't like about is they don't tell you what a word means in verbatim. They Anglicize it. is an incredibly direct and literal , and , especially American English isn't. And that literalness is important in order to understand the grammar better. So I find I rely on my dictionary to know that "helt" means "totally" and "sikkert" means "certain", and combined that becomes "definitely".

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lianna

@lianna@micro.webgarden.click

Discussing the language of politics

I don't understand the word "entitled".

If you're entitled to something, it means that you have a right to get it.
But if someone is being entitled, that's someone who demands things they have no right to.

I could totally understand if it was just a funny language quirk that causes these two phrases to have unrelated meaning. Language isn't logical, after all.

But people do deliberately use the double connotations of the word to subtly influence their audience's perception.

If I'm legally entitled to social security payments, that doesn't mean that I'm being an annoying brat for demanding it. But politicians keep using the word 'entitlements' instead of 'rights' when they want to instill their audience with a sense of frustration and injustice against the some rights' recipients.

#linguistics #English #politics

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Jojan

@jojan@social.spejset.org

When coding Python in British:
`import math as maths`

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Jojan

@jojan@social.spejset.org

When coding Python in British:
`import math as maths`

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Koen 🇺🇦

@bonno@mastodon-belgium.be

but mostly -

supporting , boycotting russia, china, big US tech

working in IT - convincing my employer to stop using MS/Azure - US cloud in general

un poco - ein bichen

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YongZS永値生 :misskey: :paricafelogo:

@yongzs1218@pari.cafe

致敬《最新詳解 英華大辭典》曁鄭易里教授
一典在握，旣可自英譯漢，順而檢之；亦設漢語索引，俾得漢譯英而逆察焉。
其漢語索引，依鄭教授所創之筆畫、部首檢字法，實乃「鄭碼」輸入法之濫觴也。

A tribute to A New English-Chinese Dictionary and Professor Cheng Yi-li
With this single dictionary in hand, one can perform English-to-Chinese translation with a direct search, it also provide a Chinese Index for Chinese-to-English translation via a reverse look-up.
The Chinese Index, based on Professor Cheng’s original stroke and radical character indexing system, is indeed the genesis of the “Zhengma” input method.

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Martin Schäfer

@demeco_project@digitalcourage.social

Interesting: on a verb (or better Verb-Object construction), even if in meme context: 搬砖 ban1zhuan1 carry + brick 'do hard physical labor' + ing
Probably the fact that Mandarin Chinese also has progressive markers that follow the verb make this easier (?)

Photo of a cat in front of a keyboard. White overprinting in the left lower corner: "搬砖ing"
ALT text detailsPhoto of a cat in front of a keyboard. White overprinting in the left lower corner: "搬砖ing"
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Martin Schäfer

@demeco_project@digitalcourage.social

Interesting: on a verb (or better Verb-Object construction), even if in meme context: 搬砖 ban1zhuan1 carry + brick 'do hard physical labor' + ing
Probably the fact that Mandarin Chinese also has progressive markers that follow the verb make this easier (?)

Photo of a cat in front of a keyboard. White overprinting in the left lower corner: "搬砖ing"
ALT text detailsPhoto of a cat in front of a keyboard. White overprinting in the left lower corner: "搬砖ing"
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Sean Murthy

@smurthys@hachyderm.io

The eternal fight between V and W, when transliterating Sanskrit व in English. (Also applies to other Indic languages.)

E.g., वर्ष ("year") is often written "varsha"; not "warsha" though w is the closest sound to व.

hachyderm.io/@smurthys/1152491

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Sean Murthy

@smurthys@hachyderm.io

The eternal fight between V and W, when transliterating Sanskrit व in English. (Also applies to other Indic languages.)

E.g., वर्ष ("year") is often written "varsha"; not "warsha" though w is the closest sound to व.

hachyderm.io/@smurthys/1152491

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洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

@hongminhee@hollo.social

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in , , and an avid advocate of and the .

I'm the creator of @fedify, an server framework in , @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called ) and . Feel free to talk to me in , (), or (), or even in Literary Chinese (, )!

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stefania maurizi

@smaurizi@mastodon.social

our investigation on who have been touring the Marche region for ,disguised as tourists and protected by the Italian is now available in and free from paywall in our newspaper :

ilfattoquotidiano.it/2025/09/0

anna

@anna@conlang.network

Hallo!
Hello!
Привет!
toki a!

I'm new here on Conlang Network. :)
I've been part of the conlanging hobby since I was a young teenager, but I've not worked on anything conlang-related in quite a while.

I've pursued #linguistics in university because of my #conlanging hobby; and I'm a professional in the translation/localisation industry, specialising in video games and other media.

I speak #German and #English natively (#bilingual) and have been learning a bit of #Russian on the side. I am fluent in #tokipona, which I've been learning for over seven years now.

#conlang #linguistics #introduction #newHere #intro

anna

@anna@conlang.network

Hallo!
Hello!
Привет!
toki a!

I'm new here on Conlang Network. :)
I've been part of the conlanging hobby since I was a young teenager, but I've not worked on anything conlang-related in quite a while.

I've pursued #linguistics in university because of my #conlanging hobby; and I'm a professional in the translation/localisation industry, specialising in video games and other media.

I speak #German and #English natively (#bilingual) and have been learning a bit of #Russian on the side. I am fluent in #tokipona, which I've been learning for over seven years now.

#conlang #linguistics #introduction #newHere #intro

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clacke: exhausted pixie dream boy 🇸🇪🇭🇰💙💛

@clacke@libranet.de

I saw a post with a map of countries where >90% of the population speaks English. Scandinavia was included, but Canada wasn't. Claiming that Canada has <90% English speakers is interesting, and not entirely trivial to confirm or deny from official sources.

I looked up Statistics Canada, data from 2021. They don't say outright how many speak English, and they switch measurements between "mother tongue" and "first official language". But the bounds for English speakers seem to be 76.1% – 88.4%, so the post was correct about Canada. Calculations below.

canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage…

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76.1% speak English as their "first official language" (27 881 228 people)
22.0% speak French as FOL (8 066 633, of which 7 074 328 in Quebec)
18.0% speak both, but could be from either of the two above
1.8% speak neither

Upper bound for English so far is 94.1%, lower bound is 76.1%.

----

42.8% of Quebec native French speakers ("mother tongue") speak English
85.0% of other native French speakers speak English

We don't know how many speak English of those 1.8% who have French as FOL (22.0%) but not as mother tongue (20.2%).

The upper bound for Quebec native French speakers is the 7 074 328 people with French as "first official language".
For non-Quebec it's 8066633 - 7074328 = 992305.
The subtotal upper bound for the number of English speakers is 42.8% * 7074328 + 85.0% * 992395 + 27881228 = 31752499.
The total population is 27881228 / 76.1% = 36637618.
The subtotal upper bound percentage of English speakers is 31752499 / 36637618 =
86.6%.

And then we add those 1.8% with French FOL who may or may not all be speaking English, making it 88.4%.


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Saku - Suomen Amiga-käyttäjät

@saku@some.sakulehti.fi

Amiga-yhteistöstä ponnistaa monia hienoja, pienten tiimien projekteja, joita on ilo nostaa esiin. Yksi näistä on Mirari-projekti (mirari.vitasys.nl/our-story/), uusi PowerPC-yhteensopiva "Amiga"-emolevy – ainakin AmigaOS-kloonitaustainen MorphOS-käyttöjärjestelmä toimii sillä jo. Jos projekti kiinnostaa, tekijöitä on käymässä myös keskustelukanaviemme Saku-serverin -kanavalla Matrixissa (matrix.to/#/#saku-serveri:matr) ja Discordissa (discord.gg/kaKZJMKHGE). Jakoivat pari kuvaakin kehityksestä!

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Paride דן 🎗️

@dan@babka.social

Back on the fediverse (again…).
time. My name is Paride (Italian for Paris of Troy), my Jewish name is Dan. I am , living in Berlin, I’m a Cloud PO for a German consulting firm. I love , and . When I have time, I like to play on my Steam Deck. I try to follow as much as I can.

I speak , , some and basic .
 


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Mike Edwards

@mike_edwards@mas.to

Oh, wow, Japanese is officially going with Hepburn-style romanization

japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/

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Mike Edwards

@mike_edwards@mas.to

Oh, wow, Japanese is officially going with Hepburn-style romanization

japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/08/

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Aral Balkan

@aral@mastodon.ar.al

Hey everyone, Yousef, @NouranKhaledGh’s brother in Gaza, is looking for remote work:

“Before the war, I was working as a copywriter in English and Arabic. I managed to get dozens of projects done successfully and I got a top-rated badge on Upwork.”

He wasn’t able to work during the war. In January, during the ceasefire, he was able to get short-term projects. He goes to a dedicated workplace every day even now, in the middle of an ongoing genocide, to have electricity and a working Internet connection to look for work but has been getting rejections on Upwork, likely because he’s based in Gaza.

“I just want to get back to work because I don’t want to lose everything in my life.”

This is his Upwork account:

upwork.com/freelancers/~018cc9

How can we help?

Please share + talk to people you know who might benefit from Yousef’s expertise.

Thank you!

@palestine

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Paride דן 🎗️

@dan@babka.social

Back on the fediverse (again…).
time. My name is Paride (Italian for Paris of Troy), my Jewish name is Dan. I am , living in Berlin, I’m a Cloud PO for a German consulting firm. I love , and . When I have time, I like to play on my Steam Deck. I try to follow as much as I can.

I speak , , some and basic .
 


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Dan Q

@dan@m.danq.me

For the last day or so I've become somewhat obsessed with heterophonic homonyms: words that are spelled the same but have different meanings AND pronunciations!

The is full of them -

1. Lead (/liːd/ | /lɛd/): can you lead me to the lead pipes?
2. Read (/ɹɛd/ | /ɹiːd/): I read a great book and I will read it again!
3. Tear (/tɛr/ | /tɪr/): she tears off some paper to wipe her tears away.
4. Wind (/waɪnd/ | /wɪnd/): don’t forget to wind your watch before you wind your horn.
5. Live (/laɪv/ | /lɪv/): I’d like to see that band live if only I could live near where they play.
6. Bass (/beɪs/ | /bæs/): I play my bass for the bass in the lake.
7. Bow (/baʊ/ | /boʊ/): take a bow before you notch an arrow into your bow.
8. Sow (/saʊ/ | /soʊ/): the pig and sow ate the seeds as fast as I could sow them.
9. Does (/dʌz/ | /doʊz/): does she know about the bucks and does in the forest?

🔗 More: danq.me/heterophonic-homonyms

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Dan Q

@dan@m.danq.me

For the last day or so I've become somewhat obsessed with heterophonic homonyms: words that are spelled the same but have different meanings AND pronunciations!

The is full of them -

1. Lead (/liːd/ | /lɛd/): can you lead me to the lead pipes?
2. Read (/ɹɛd/ | /ɹiːd/): I read a great book and I will read it again!
3. Tear (/tɛr/ | /tɪr/): she tears off some paper to wipe her tears away.
4. Wind (/waɪnd/ | /wɪnd/): don’t forget to wind your watch before you wind your horn.
5. Live (/laɪv/ | /lɪv/): I’d like to see that band live if only I could live near where they play.
6. Bass (/beɪs/ | /bæs/): I play my bass for the bass in the lake.
7. Bow (/baʊ/ | /boʊ/): take a bow before you notch an arrow into your bow.
8. Sow (/saʊ/ | /soʊ/): the pig and sow ate the seeds as fast as I could sow them.
9. Does (/dʌz/ | /doʊz/): does she know about the bucks and does in the forest?

🔗 More: danq.me/heterophonic-homonyms

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Dallman Ross

@spamless@mastodon.social

German-English connections: "anecken" and "to egg on." These words don't mean exactly the same thing, but they are related. Etymologically, they seem closely related. English is a Germanic language. And phrasal verbs offer up interesting connections.

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Dallman Ross

@spamless@mastodon.social

German-English connections: "anecken" and "to egg on." These words don't mean exactly the same thing, but they are related. Etymologically, they seem closely related. English is a Germanic language. And phrasal verbs offer up interesting connections.

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Martin Schäfer

@demeco_project@digitalcourage.social

Interesting glimpse into the world of Victorians and Dialect research through this review of Townend's (2024) "The Victorians and English Dialect" by Christine Wallis:
linguistlist.org/issues/36/223

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Martin Schäfer

@demeco_project@digitalcourage.social

Interesting glimpse into the world of Victorians and Dialect research through this review of Townend's (2024) "The Victorians and English Dialect" by Christine Wallis:
linguistlist.org/issues/36/223

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#StreetRootsRSS 🇺🇲

@sr_rss@beamship.mpaq.org

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Outsourcing More of His Offices Work to Costly Private Lawyers
Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers - many to whom he has personal or political ties - to argue on behalf of Texas. One attorney cost taxpayers more than $24,000 for a days work.
07-24-2025 VIA

propublica.org/article/ken-pax

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#StreetRootsRSS 🇺🇲

@sr_rss@beamship.mpaq.org

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton Is Outsourcing More of His Offices Work to Costly Private Lawyers
Despite having an office of hundreds of attorneys, Ken Paxton is frequently opting for private lawyers - many to whom he has personal or political ties - to argue on behalf of Texas. One attorney cost taxpayers more than $24,000 for a days work.
07-24-2025 VIA

propublica.org/article/ken-pax

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洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

@hongminhee@hollo.social

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in , , and an avid advocate of and the .

I'm the creator of @fedify, an server framework in , @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called ) and . Feel free to talk to me in , (), or (), or even in Literary Chinese (, )!

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M. Grégoire

@mpjgregoire@cosocial.ca

It's needlessly confusing that, in English, "day" could mean 24 hours or sunrise to sunset, 12 hours on average.

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Flipboard Culture Desk

@CultureDesk@flipboard.social

What word do you use for a carbonated soft drink? @TheConversationUS takes a look at the origin of some of the most common terms in the U.S. — soda, which likely comes from "sodium," pop, an onomatopoeia, and coke — as a generic term for all drinks, not just cola. We want to know, what do you say?

flip.it/zlQUjz

OptionVoters
Pop72 (24%)
Soda129 (44%)
Coke14 (5%)
Soft drink47 (16%)
Fizzy drink19 (6%)
Mineral2 (1%)
Something else — say in the comments11 (4%)
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YongZS永値生 :misskey: :paricafelogo:

@yongzs1218@pari.cafe

The famous quotes from The Biography of Guo Tuo-tuo, the Tree Planter (種樹郭橐駝傳):

Quotes on Tree-Planting Experience

"橐駝非能使木壽且孳也，能順木之天，以致其性焉爾。"
- Translation: Tuo-tuo isn't able to make trees live long and flourish; he simply follows their natural tendencies, allowing their inherent nature to fully develop.
- Explanation: This reveals that the fundamental key to successful tree planting lies in following natural laws.
"其本欲舒，其培欲平，其土欲故，其築欲密。"
- Translation: Its roots should be spread out, the soil around its base should be level, the earth should be its original soil, and the tamping should be firm.
- Explanation: This summarizes the specific essentials of tree planting, emphasizing adherence to the trees' growth habits.
"其蒔也若子，其置也若棄。"
- Translation: When planting, treat it like a child; once planted, leave it as if abandoned.
- Explanation: This explains the wisdom of appropriate care and letting go, avoiding excessive interference.

Quotes Criticizing Improper Tree-Planting Methods
"雖曰愛之，其實害之；雖曰憂之，其實讎之。"
- Translation: Although they say they love it, they are actually harming it; although they say they worry about it, they are actually its enemy.
- Explanation: This points out that excessive care can be counterproductive, drawing a parallel to inappropriate methods of education and management.

Quotes Extended to Governance
"見長人者好煩其令，若甚憐焉，而卒以禍。"
- Translation: Seeing those in power who love to issue numerous commands, as if showing great compassion, but ultimately bringing disaster.
- Explanation: This critiques officials who issue tedious and disruptive policies, causing harm to the people, echoing the principles of tree planting.
"傳其事以爲官戒也。"
- Translation: I record this matter as a warning for officials.
- Explanation: This clarifies the purpose of the essay, emphasizing the use of the tree-planting wisdom to caution those in power.

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Flipboard Culture Desk

@CultureDesk@flipboard.social

What word do you use for a carbonated soft drink? @TheConversationUS takes a look at the origin of some of the most common terms in the U.S. — soda, which likely comes from "sodium," pop, an onomatopoeia, and coke — as a generic term for all drinks, not just cola. We want to know, what do you say?

flip.it/zlQUjz

OptionVoters
Pop72 (24%)
Soda129 (44%)
Coke14 (5%)
Soft drink47 (16%)
Fizzy drink19 (6%)
Mineral2 (1%)
Something else — say in the comments11 (4%)
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YongZS永値生 :misskey: :paricafelogo:

@yongzs1218@pari.cafe · Reply to YongZS永値生 :misskey: :paricafelogo:'s post

The Xiangji Studio is an old apartment giving onto the southern verandah. The living space is only ten feet square, just enough for one person. The structure is a hundred years old, so the dust filtered in, the rain poured through. When one wanted to shift the position of the table, one could find no other place to put it. Then too the studio faces north, which means it got no sun: by afternoon it was already dark. I had some tepaits made, which stopped the roof leaking. I had four windows cut in the front, and a wall built to encircle the courtyard, so as to catch the southern sun. Thanks to the light reflected by the wall, the interior was bright for the first time. I also had orchid, cassia, bamboos and trees planted here and there in the courtyard, which enhanced the aspect of the existing verandah. With borrowed books filling my shelves, I would lie back and intone and chant, or sit upright and meditate. Though the pipes of Nature played round about, it was quiet and still in the courtyard. Sometimes small birds came to feed there, and did not fly away when humans approached. On the night of the full moon, when the bright moonlight reached halfway down the walls and the cassias shed a dappled shade which moved when the wind stirred, one knew then what bliss was. — Excerpted from Gui Youguang, The Xiangji Studio (Ming Dynasty), translated by David Pollard.

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Elena Rossini ⁂

@_elena@mastodon.social

Dear Fedi friends,

I just published a blog post with the links to all the versions of my Fedi promo video - so that they can be easily found in one place: news.elenarossini.com/a-video-

Direct links:

: videos.elenarossini.com/w/64Vu

: videos.elenarossini.com/w/hxzy

: videos.elenarossini.com/w/peti

A routine reminder that there are subtitles in 14 languages thanks to wonderful Fedi volunteers. Adding more today. Credits: news.elenarossini.com/fedivers

More versions coming soon! ✨ 🚀

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Elena Rossini ⁂

@_elena@mastodon.social

Dear Fedi friends,

I just published a blog post with the links to all the versions of my Fedi promo video - so that they can be easily found in one place: news.elenarossini.com/a-video-

Direct links:

: videos.elenarossini.com/w/64Vu

: videos.elenarossini.com/w/hxzy

: videos.elenarossini.com/w/peti

A routine reminder that there are subtitles in 14 languages thanks to wonderful Fedi volunteers. Adding more today. Credits: news.elenarossini.com/fedivers

More versions coming soon! ✨ 🚀

Elena Rossini ⁂'s avatar
Elena Rossini ⁂

@_elena@mastodon.social

Dear Fedi friends,

I just published a blog post with the links to all the versions of my Fedi promo video - so that they can be easily found in one place: news.elenarossini.com/a-video-

Direct links:

: videos.elenarossini.com/w/64Vu

: videos.elenarossini.com/w/hxzy

: videos.elenarossini.com/w/peti

A routine reminder that there are subtitles in 14 languages thanks to wonderful Fedi volunteers. Adding more today. Credits: news.elenarossini.com/fedivers

More versions coming soon! ✨ 🚀

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Riolu

@Rioluzx@baraag.net

Howdy everyone, this is a fic of my bucket list and a collab with my good friend @OranDraws , fits right in the day >:3, hope you all like it, like and review nyan <3

Español
archiveofourown.org/works/6658

English
archiveofourown.org/works/6658

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The Data Therapist

@datatherapist@mastodon.social

4.5yo: after I’m five, I’ll be thirteen, and then nineteen, and then secondteen!

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Riolu

@Rioluzx@baraag.net

Howdy everyone, time to share another collab with my love @Fire_Conejo hope you all like it nyan, like and review for more naughty stuff >:3

Español
archiveofourown.org/works/6630

English
archiveofourown.org/works/6630

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The Data Therapist

@datatherapist@mastodon.social

4.5yo: after I’m five, I’ll be thirteen, and then nineteen, and then secondteen!

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GENKI

@nibushibu@vivaldi.net · Reply to GENKI's post

:vivaldi_red: の検索エンジンにこういうの追加してみた :tony_grinning: :metathis:

`ecosia.org/chat?q=次の英文を文節ごとに解説`

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Dianora (Diane Bruce)

@Dianora@ottawa.place

I've mentioned it before but my all time favourite eggcorn has to be this one: "Youthamism"

eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/

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Dianora (Diane Bruce)

@Dianora@ottawa.place

I've mentioned it before but my all time favourite eggcorn has to be this one: "Youthamism"

eggcorns.lascribe.net/english/

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your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦

@blogdiva@mastodon.social

am watching CAFÉ METROPOLE (1937) and the boss tells his young scoundrel to “make love to her nose for the next 10 days”.

fantastic example of how a phrase changed meaning decades after it became popular vernacular.

sometime in the 1960s, 1970s, it went from romancing to fornicating.

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your auntifa liza 🇵🇷 🦛 🦦

@blogdiva@mastodon.social

am watching CAFÉ METROPOLE (1937) and the boss tells his young scoundrel to “make love to her nose for the next 10 days”.

fantastic example of how a phrase changed meaning decades after it became popular vernacular.

sometime in the 1960s, 1970s, it went from romancing to fornicating.

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Dianora (Diane Bruce)

@Dianora@ottawa.place

Neat. Some (most?) are now saying "if you think X, you have another think coming," when I was growing up the idiom was "if you think X, you have another thing coming,"

There is evidence people misheard the 'g' sound as a 'k'.

It's not an error per se (Not Per Say!) but interesting.

Language change Can't stop it only observe it.

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Terry Wallwork

@terrywallwork@mstdn.jp

Major Japan tutoring firm apologizes for false claim on Minamata disease - Japan Today

japantoday.com/category/busine

> A major Japanese tutoring company has recently apologized for inaccurately describing the Minamata mercury-poisoning disease as hereditary in its online study material, a description that drew strong public criticism.

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David August

@davidaugust@mastodon.online

Handy bilingual mnemonic for tool use. 🪛🔩

"Rightie tightie, leftie loosie" in Spanish is "la derecha oprime, la izquierda libera." [image of a screw with a curved arrow pointing to the left, another identical screw image with an arrow pointing to the right] Meaning: "the right oppresses, the left liberates."
ALT text details"Rightie tightie, leftie loosie" in Spanish is "la derecha oprime, la izquierda libera." [image of a screw with a curved arrow pointing to the left, another identical screw image with an arrow pointing to the right] Meaning: "the right oppresses, the left liberates."
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Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋

@bibliolater@qoto.org

**The four-letter word lust**

🔗 blog.oup.com/2025/05/the-four-.

@linguistics

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Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋

@bibliolater@qoto.org

**The four-letter word lust**

🔗 blog.oup.com/2025/05/the-four-.

@linguistics

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David August

@davidaugust@mastodon.online

Handy bilingual mnemonic for tool use. 🪛🔩

"Rightie tightie, leftie loosie" in Spanish is "la derecha oprime, la izquierda libera." [image of a screw with a curved arrow pointing to the left, another identical screw image with an arrow pointing to the right] Meaning: "the right oppresses, the left liberates."
ALT text details"Rightie tightie, leftie loosie" in Spanish is "la derecha oprime, la izquierda libera." [image of a screw with a curved arrow pointing to the left, another identical screw image with an arrow pointing to the right] Meaning: "the right oppresses, the left liberates."
David August's avatar
David August

@davidaugust@mastodon.online

Handy bilingual mnemonic for tool use. 🪛🔩

"Rightie tightie, leftie loosie" in Spanish is "la derecha oprime, la izquierda libera." [image of a screw with a curved arrow pointing to the left, another identical screw image with an arrow pointing to the right] Meaning: "the right oppresses, the left liberates."
ALT text details"Rightie tightie, leftie loosie" in Spanish is "la derecha oprime, la izquierda libera." [image of a screw with a curved arrow pointing to the left, another identical screw image with an arrow pointing to the right] Meaning: "the right oppresses, the left liberates."
David August's avatar
David August

@davidaugust@mastodon.online

Handy bilingual mnemonic for tool use. 🪛🔩

"Rightie tightie, leftie loosie" in Spanish is "la derecha oprime, la izquierda libera." [image of a screw with a curved arrow pointing to the left, another identical screw image with an arrow pointing to the right] Meaning: "the right oppresses, the left liberates."
ALT text details"Rightie tightie, leftie loosie" in Spanish is "la derecha oprime, la izquierda libera." [image of a screw with a curved arrow pointing to the left, another identical screw image with an arrow pointing to the right] Meaning: "the right oppresses, the left liberates."
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New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Tv

@new_tv_series@patashnik.club

Murderbot
tvmaze.com/shows/73453/murderb

Host:
When: 16 May 2025
Season: 1
Language:
Genres:

Based on Martha Wells' book series The Murderbot Diaries, an action-packed story about self-hacking security android who is horrified by human emotion yet drawn to its vulnerable clients. Murderbot must hide its free will and complete a dangerous assignment when all it really wants is to be left alone to watch futuristic soap operas and figure out its place in the universe.

Murderbot
ALT text detailsMurderbot
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@firesidefedi@btfree.social

@firesidefedi@social.firesidefedi.live

Good day all you wonderful #Fedizens ! We have a big week of #shows coming up! All times are Eastern UTC -4.

Monday May 19th - 0900 - @neil - Neil is an #English #Internet, #telecoms, and #tech #lawyer (https://decoded.legal). We'll forgive him the lawyer bit. But I know he has some amazing and unique thoughts on the #Fediverse and I can't wait to talk with him! Let's hope his #twin #brother shows up as well. Oh shoot I guess I need to actually work on tomorrow's script huh? :-D

Friday May 23th - 1000 - @nikclayton with @pachli - Nik is a "gentleman programmer" that is the primary developer of #Pachli a "A full-featured Android Mastodon client, developed under cooperative principles." More clients, more choice, more innovation!

Saturday May 24th - 1900 - @kevin with @operationpuppet - Kevin is a builder of #puppets and streams it #live on #Owncast and #Peertube. His show is Operation Puppet, puppets aren't for kids anymore on this show. It's lots of fun and massively interesting to watch.

Watch the show live:
#Owncast #Livestream - https://stream.firesidefedi.live

After the show:
#Peertube #VOD - https://video.firesidefedi.live
#Castopod #Fedicast - https://audio.firesidefedi.live

All #Links - https://firesidefedi.live

#stream #owncast #live #interview #firesideFedi #FsF #people #peopleOverPlatforms #protocolsOverPlatforms #fedi #fediverse #open #internet #openInternet #podcast #fedicast #livestream #show #episode #peertube #vod #castopod #writefreely #lemmy #boostplease

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FibroJedi

@FibroJedi@gamepad.club

My brain legit figured out the definition of "Ebullient" by going via first - bouillant (boiling→creates bubbles→bubbly).

But I did have to check an actual dictionary to be sure.

sure like fancy English words. It doesn't help that DuckDuckGo's first definition is "Zestfully Enthusiastic", when "Zest" is the shredded skin of a citrus fruit.

really is a giant mess of a language.

Just a map of where to start Monday's Final Fantasy 14 Event. The pointed-out NPC is called the "Ebullient Citizen".
ALT text detailsJust a map of where to start Monday's Final Fantasy 14 Event. The pointed-out NPC is called the "Ebullient Citizen".
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FibroJedi

@FibroJedi@gamepad.club

My brain legit figured out the definition of "Ebullient" by going via first - bouillant (boiling→creates bubbles→bubbly).

But I did have to check an actual dictionary to be sure.

sure like fancy English words. It doesn't help that DuckDuckGo's first definition is "Zestfully Enthusiastic", when "Zest" is the shredded skin of a citrus fruit.

really is a giant mess of a language.

Just a map of where to start Monday's Final Fantasy 14 Event. The pointed-out NPC is called the "Ebullient Citizen".
ALT text detailsJust a map of where to start Monday's Final Fantasy 14 Event. The pointed-out NPC is called the "Ebullient Citizen".
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Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋

@bibliolater@qoto.org

💵 **Why Do We Call a Dollar a “Buck”?**

“_Perhaps the oldest use is its role in Old English, where it was then (and now) used to describe a male goat or deer, among other male animals. It was co-opted circa the 14th century to describe a libidinal young man, and later was used to describe an ambitious person (whom we might now call a “young buck”). In the 1800s, it was also used as a slur against Black or indigenous men._”

🔗 mentalfloss.com/why-we-call-do.

@linguistics

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Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋

@bibliolater@qoto.org

💵 **Why Do We Call a Dollar a “Buck”?**

“_Perhaps the oldest use is its role in Old English, where it was then (and now) used to describe a male goat or deer, among other male animals. It was co-opted circa the 14th century to describe a libidinal young man, and later was used to describe an ambitious person (whom we might now call a “young buck”). In the 1800s, it was also used as a slur against Black or indigenous men._”

🔗 mentalfloss.com/why-we-call-do.

@linguistics

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New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Tv

@new_tv_series@patashnik.club

Murderbot
tvmaze.com/shows/73453/murderb

Host:
When: 16 May 2025
Season: 1
Language:
Genres:

Based on Martha Wells' book series The Murderbot Diaries, an action-packed story about self-hacking security android who is horrified by human emotion yet drawn to its vulnerable clients. Murderbot must hide its free will and complete a dangerous assignment when all it really wants is to be left alone to watch futuristic soap operas and figure out its place in the universe.

Murderbot
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Evie (SleepyCatten)

@SleepyCatten@cultofshiv.wtf

Got really confused just now after listening to multiple different US folks pronounce Qatar as something like "cutter".

Got SO confused by this that we had to go check that our understanding of the pronunciation (or at least our anglicised approximation) was actually correct.

US newscaster pronunciation conventions are very surreal to us.

Like, we know we're very English in terms of our speech patterns, lexicon, and pronunciations, but it's rare for us to find a different pronunciation this confusing.

Other notable examples include pronouncing:

  • Niche like nitch instead of like neesh
  • Herb like erb instead of herb
  • MRSA like mercer instead of MRSA
  • Fungi like funj-eye instead of fun-guy

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Evie (SleepyCatten)

@SleepyCatten@cultofshiv.wtf

Got really confused just now after listening to multiple different US folks pronounce Qatar as something like "cutter".

Got SO confused by this that we had to go check that our understanding of the pronunciation (or at least our anglicised approximation) was actually correct.

US newscaster pronunciation conventions are very surreal to us.

Like, we know we're very English in terms of our speech patterns, lexicon, and pronunciations, but it's rare for us to find a different pronunciation this confusing.

Other notable examples include pronouncing:

  • Niche like nitch instead of like neesh
  • Herb like erb instead of herb
  • MRSA like mercer instead of MRSA
  • Fungi like funj-eye instead of fun-guy

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The Data Therapist

@datatherapist@mastodon.social

Parent2: did you know that Abba used to be an opera singer?
4.5yo: Abba, can you show me how you opera’d?

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The Data Therapist

@datatherapist@mastodon.social

Parent2: did you know that Abba used to be an opera singer?
4.5yo: Abba, can you show me how you opera’d?

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pafurijaz

@pafurijaz@mastodon.social

When you read texts in , do you mentally translate them into your native , or do you directly understand the text without intermediate steps?

OptionVoters
Mentally translate2 (6%)
Directly understand34 (94%)
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pafurijaz

@pafurijaz@mastodon.social

When you read texts in , do you mentally translate them into your native , or do you directly understand the text without intermediate steps?

OptionVoters
Mentally translate2 (6%)
Directly understand34 (94%)
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Sean Murthy

@smurthys@hachyderm.io

I don't have the complete citation, but this verse from the epic is timelessly relevant to all domains. First the English meaning and then the source text in different scripts.

Meaning:
A little work done with knowledge has great import.
A lot of work done with ignorance has no benefit.

E.g., a small piece of software, like a function, developed with full understanding can be very useful. OTOH, a large piece of software, like an entire service, is of no use if it's developed with no understanding of requirements or engineering principles.

:
अल्पमात्रं कृतो धर्मो भवेत् ज्ञानवतां महान् |
महानपि कृतो धर्मो ह्यज्ञानान्निष्फलो भवेत् ||

:
ಅಲ್ಪಮಾತ್ರಂ ಕೃತೋ ಧರ್ಮೋ ಭವೇತ್ ಜ್ಞಾನವತಾಂ ಮಹಾನ್ |
ಮಹಾನಪಿ ಕೃತೋ ಧರ್ಮೋ ಹ್ಯಜ್ಞಾನಾನ್ನಿಷ್ಫಲೋ ಭವೇತ್ ||

:
alpamAtraM krutO dharmO BawEt jnAnawatAM mahAn |
mahAnapi kRutO dharmO hyajnAnAnniShPalO BawEt ||

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Unseen Japan

@unseenjapan@mstdn.jp

45.8% of Japanese people in a recent survey said they have refused to speak with someone in English, with 76.5% citing a "lack of confidence." By contrast, 70% of foreign visitors said they found English speakers in Japan easy to understand. What explains the gap?

unseen-japan.com/japanese-engl

Man holding his hand up to his ear while an unintelligible stream of Latin characters enters it
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Giuseppe Michieli

@GMIK69@mstdn.science

detected in for first time independent.co.uk/bulletin/new

Bird flu () has been detected in a sheep in , marking the first such case in England. The infected sheep was culled, and the remaining flock tested negative for the virus. While the risk to livestock is considered low, authorities are urging that farmers remain vigilant and adhere to biosecurity measures.

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Giuseppe Michieli

@GMIK69@mstdn.science

detected in for first time independent.co.uk/bulletin/new

Bird flu () has been detected in a sheep in , marking the first such case in England. The infected sheep was culled, and the remaining flock tested negative for the virus. While the risk to livestock is considered low, authorities are urging that farmers remain vigilant and adhere to biosecurity measures.

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洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

@hongminhee@hollo.social

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in , , and an avid advocate of and the .

I'm the creator of @fedify, an server framework in , @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called ) and . Feel free to talk to me in , (), or (), or even in Literary Chinese (, )!

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洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

@hongminhee@hollo.social

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in , , and an avid advocate of and the .

I'm the creator of @fedify, an server framework in , @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called ) and . Feel free to talk to me in , (), or (), or even in Literary Chinese (, )!

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洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

@hongminhee@hollo.social

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in , , and an avid advocate of and the .

I'm the creator of @fedify, an server framework in , @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called ) and . Feel free to talk to me in , (), or (), or even in Literary Chinese (, )!

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洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

@hongminhee@hollo.social

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in , , and an avid advocate of and the .

I'm the creator of @fedify, an server framework in , @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called ) and . Feel free to talk to me in , (), or (), or even in Literary Chinese (, )!

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洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

@hongminhee@hollo.social

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in , , and an avid advocate of and the .

I'm the creator of @fedify, an server framework in , @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called ) and . Feel free to talk to me in , (), or (), or even in Literary Chinese (, )!

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洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

@hongminhee@hollo.social

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in , , and an avid advocate of and the .

I'm the creator of @fedify, an server framework in , @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called ) and . Feel free to talk to me in , (), or (), or even in Literary Chinese (, )!

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洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

@hongminhee@hollo.social

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in , , and an avid advocate of and the .

I'm the creator of @fedify, an server framework in , @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called ) and . Feel free to talk to me in , (), or (), or even in Literary Chinese (, )!

洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:'s avatar
洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

@hongminhee@hollo.social

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in , , and an avid advocate of and the .

I'm the creator of @fedify, an server framework in , @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called ) and . Feel free to talk to me in , (), or (), or even in Literary Chinese (, )!

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Foncu 🐞🌹

@foncu@neopaquita.es


- Podéis llamarme ... o .
- de
a en 2010 para hacer un y me quedé.
- Tengo el mejor del mundo
- Hablo muy alto y mucho.
- Me gustan los : aunque sigo peleando contra el . Quiero aprender y
- Me gusta la y buscar soluciones a los
- Adoro en , a veces hago pero no muy en serio.

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Nils M Holm

@AverageDog@mastodon.social

I am trying to avoid . Is there any comparable online in Europe that sells -language ? I sometimes buy at Worldofbooks in the UK, but they only sell used books and sometimes I want to read something before it hits the used book market. I am in Germany, but would happily pay a little extra for shipping from other EU countries instead of ordering at Amazon.

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Vary, el del sombrero, en NeoPaquita 🍉🐀🦩🔻

@VaryIngweion@neopaquita.es

Hola. Soy Vary.
Soy doctor en biología y divulgador. .
Tal vez me recuerdes por temas como “el eucalipto es invasor”, “el sexo no es binario”, “las especies no existen”, “el liquen es un ecosistema” o “la epigenetica no es lamarckista”.

Él, LGTBIAQ+ friendly, demisex, antirracista, en espectro autista y de izquierdas.

Publico artículos en medios de distinta índole: t.me/MuyVary

Hablo en la radio, en La Mecánica del Caracol, en

Doy charlas en y . Soy profesor en el Máster de Científica en la Universidad Isabel I. Asesoro en ciencia.

Puedo escribir, dar charlas y talleres sobre biología, ecología, pensamiento crítico y temas afines.
Si tiene algún problema, necesita asesoramiento y me encuentra… tal vez pueda contratarme. Si es el caso, no dudes en enviarme tu propuesta a alvarobayon.com/contacto-profe

Cosas en las que me he especialízado.

Académicamente: , , , , , , ,
Extraoficialmente: , , , , .

Hablo , , . Un poco de , y una miaja de . Entiendo (sin saber hablar, y solo si me hablan despacio) , , , e Quiero aprender .

¿Qué hago en Mastodon? Pues huí de Twitter antes de que fuese X. Llevo en desde octubre de 2022. Fundador y moderador de @neopaquita.

Todas mis formas de contacto: alvarobayon.com/home/contact-c

Si tienes XMPP, agrégame: varyingweion@comunications.im

Estoy abierto a colaboraciones y trabajos.

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Krista Posch

@KristaPosch@mastodon.social

Als kennst Du mich möglicherweise aus dem oder von ~ Vorstellungen in München, Wien, Zürich.
Du hast mich in einem Soloprogramm gesehen / gehört mit meinen en von TheaterStücken und mit eigenen s.
Seit über 20 Jahren begleite ich mit hochfrequenter Menschen auf der Suche nach sich selbst.
liebe , schreibe s & bin ab u zu auf

Posts auf

!Werde wer du BIST, Sei GANZ!

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Thor A. Hopland

@hopland@snabelen.no

I have figured out that the only way I can actually move forward with the and in is to write about it.

That is, I am considering making a guide called "The accelerationist guide to digital sovreignty" - in of course, and then in .

I think the drip feed of changes that's been going on and that is supposedly "the best approach" is lowballing the situation. The problem is real big, and I feel like I'm the only one who takes it seriously.

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Thor A. Hopland

@hopland@snabelen.no

I have figured out that the only way I can actually move forward with the and in is to write about it.

That is, I am considering making a guide called "The accelerationist guide to digital sovreignty" - in of course, and then in .

I think the drip feed of changes that's been going on and that is supposedly "the best approach" is lowballing the situation. The problem is real big, and I feel like I'm the only one who takes it seriously.

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o Antóni :cravo:

@antoni@masto.pt

Today is International Mother Language Day () — a worldwide annual observance held on February 21 to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and to encourage .

I grew up in a monolingual -speaking household but was exposed to and the variety of at an early age. Upon moving to Barcelona as a teenager, I adopted .

The fact that I majored in may not come as a surprise.

How many languages do you speak?

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o Antóni :cravo:

@antoni@masto.pt

Today is International Mother Language Day () — a worldwide annual observance held on February 21 to promote awareness of linguistic and cultural diversity and to encourage .

I grew up in a monolingual -speaking household but was exposed to and the variety of at an early age. Upon moving to Barcelona as a teenager, I adopted .

The fact that I majored in may not come as a surprise.

How many languages do you speak?

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PatriciaPhotos

@PatriciaPhotos@photog.social

Beautiful garden

YOU CAN FIND IT HERE: fineartamerica.com/featured/be

By buff.ly/3i3uCm2

Gorgeous colorful garden with pond
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洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:'s avatar
洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

@hongminhee@hollo.social

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in , , and an avid advocate of and the .

I'm the creator of @fedify, an server framework in , @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called ) and . Feel free to talk to me in , (), or (), or even in Literary Chinese (, )!

洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:'s avatar
洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

@hongminhee@hollo.social

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in , , and an avid advocate of and the .

I'm the creator of @fedify, an server framework in , @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called ) and . Feel free to talk to me in , (), or (), or even in Literary Chinese (, )!

洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:'s avatar
洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

@hongminhee@hollo.social

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in , , and an avid advocate of and the .

I'm the creator of @fedify, an server framework in , @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called ) and . Feel free to talk to me in , (), or (), or even in Literary Chinese (, )!

洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:'s avatar
洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

@hongminhee@hollo.social

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in , , and an avid advocate of and the .

I'm the creator of @fedify, an server framework in , @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called ) and . Feel free to talk to me in , (), or (), or even in Literary Chinese (, )!

洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:'s avatar
洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

@hongminhee@hollo.social

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in , , and an avid advocate of and the .

I'm the creator of @fedify, an server framework in , @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called ) and . Feel free to talk to me in , (), or (), or even in Literary Chinese (, )!

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洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

@hongminhee@hollo.social

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in , , and an avid advocate of and the .

I'm the creator of @fedify, an server framework in , @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called ) and . Feel free to talk to me in , (), or (), or even in Literary Chinese (, )!

洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:'s avatar
洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

@hongminhee@hollo.social

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in , , and an avid advocate of and the .

I'm the creator of @fedify, an server framework in , @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called ) and . Feel free to talk to me in , (), or (), or even in Literary Chinese (, )!

洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:'s avatar
洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

@hongminhee@hollo.social

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in , , and an avid advocate of and the .

I'm the creator of @fedify, an server framework in , @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called ) and . Feel free to talk to me in , (), or (), or even in Literary Chinese (, )!

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洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

@hongminhee@hollo.social

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in , , and an avid advocate of and the .

I'm the creator of @fedify, an server framework in , @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called ) and . Feel free to talk to me in , (), or (), or even in Literary Chinese (, )!

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洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

@hongminhee@hollo.social

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in , , and an avid advocate of and the .

I'm the creator of @fedify, an server framework in , @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called ) and . Feel free to talk to me in , (), or (), or even in Literary Chinese (, )!

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洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

@hongminhee@hollo.social

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in , , and an avid advocate of and the .

I'm the creator of @fedify, an server framework in , @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called ) and . Feel free to talk to me in , (), or (), or even in Literary Chinese (, )!

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洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

@hongminhee@hollo.social

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in , , and an avid advocate of and the .

I'm the creator of @fedify, an server framework in , @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called ) and . Feel free to talk to me in , (), or (), or even in Literary Chinese (, )!

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洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

@hongminhee@hollo.social

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in , , and an avid advocate of and the .

I'm the creator of @fedify, an server framework in , @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called ) and . Feel free to talk to me in , (), or (), or even in Literary Chinese (, )!

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洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

@hongminhee@hollo.social

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in , , and an avid advocate of and the .

I'm the creator of @fedify, an server framework in , @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called ) and . Feel free to talk to me in , (), or (), or even in Literary Chinese (, )!

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洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

@hongminhee@hollo.social

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in , , and an avid advocate of and the .

I'm the creator of @fedify, an server framework in , @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called ) and . Feel free to talk to me in , (), or (), or even in Literary Chinese (, )!

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洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

@hongminhee@hollo.social

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in , , and an avid advocate of and the .

I'm the creator of @fedify, an server framework in , @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called ) and . Feel free to talk to me in , (), or (), or even in Literary Chinese (, )!

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洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

@hongminhee@hollo.social

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in , , and an avid advocate of and the .

I'm the creator of @fedify, an server framework in , @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called ) and . Feel free to talk to me in , (), or (), or even in Literary Chinese (, )!

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洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

@hongminhee@hollo.social

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in , , and an avid advocate of and the .

I'm the creator of @fedify, an server framework in , @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called ) and . Feel free to talk to me in , (), or (), or even in Literary Chinese (, )!

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sonder

@philsawa@ioc.exchange

Someone in my family created an alternate for any nerds to check out...

As an aside i am looking to expand my list by one other language. Factors are "is it fun" and "is it easy".

Trying to decide between:

(Brazilian)

(Mandarin? )
(should be easy, right?)

Any feedback on these, or other suggestions welcome 😁

High Schooler authored alternative roman alphabet that includes listed colours for each letter
ALT text detailsHigh Schooler authored alternative roman alphabet that includes listed colours for each letter
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Still Orchard

@KeroQueen@eldritch.cafe

Bon, c'est 2025 et il est temps pour une plus actuelle !

Moi c'est Rhéa ✨

Je suis une meuf et qui vit en Bretagne, à Nantes !

Mes passions:

- la , surtout la et les

- les , particulièrement les langues minorisées ou en revitalisation
Je parle d'ailleurs , , (enfin j'apprend :p), et j'aimerais apprendre le aussi quand je pourrais :>

- la musique , les synthés, les courbes, les boutons, les niveaux qui sautent, ...

Je ne peux pas vivre sans créer des trucs... Genre , , ... J'ai même un univers collaboratif en cours avec deux chèr-es ami-es.

J'ai récemment quitté tout les réseaux pour ne rester que sur Tumblr et le , je regrette pas du tout. Ça fait énormément de bien et je veux maintenant découvrir d'autres manières de militer contre ce foutu et .

Et voilà, c'est tout pour moi ! (enfin je m'abstiens surtout de rendre ce post beaucoup trop long et chaotique :'3)

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Matthijs

@mvrenselaar@mastodon.nl

With all the new people coming in, time for a quick post. My name is Matthijs, living in the Netherlands, but i travel a bit for work. I'm socially conscious and a by hobby. I'm interested in with . I like authenticity. I post about the world and what we see, the and have started dabbling in . Feel free to reach out! I post in and

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Michel Mariani

@mikaeru@mastodon.social

Of course, everyone knows that the word "Ghoti" is actually pronounced /fɪʃ/ just like "Fish"...
You don't? Please have a look at its dedicated Wikipedia page:

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghoti

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Krononaut Moon 🌕 🌑 🌕

@KronoMoon@me.dm

 
Today's : ELSEWHEN
with Anu Garg

❛❛ Unlike a — a region of from which you cannot escape if you get too close — a is a region into which you would disappear only to reappear or . ❜❜ 2001 May 20

🔗 Wordsmith.org/words/elsewhen.h 2025 Jan 06
🔗 Wikipedia.org/wiki/Anu_Garg …

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Mathzy

@mathzy@mastodon.green

(1)

Hi - I've been on for over a year, but have just moved to this lovely instance.

born cishet man with a heart, I live in with my family and .

Non-partisan politically but tend to a liberal, stance with strong emphasis on critical thinking. and ally.

Musically into records (mostly , , , , ). Also play , and , but rusty on all.

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AKK

@AKK666@mastodon.social

My in seems to have been lost in moving instances, so here's a fast-drawn new one in hashtags:


since 2021 working on

before that on


( )

Other interests:

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Kathy Reid

@KathyReid@aus.social

The Mozilla v20 was released yesterday - the largest open dataset in the world. My , linked below, shows a continuation of patterns seen for some years now:

➡️ There's more data collected for (ca) than for (en) - testament to the independence and language reclamation efforts in Catalunya. Language and cultural transmission are deeply intertwined.

➡️ Some of the newer to Common Voice, like / (lij) have contributions from mostly older speakers, which is unusual in comparison to the rest of the dataset. This may reflect the population that currently speak those languages - as many regional languages in Italy are in rapid decline.

➡️ Some languages such as Eastern Mari / Meadow Mari (mhr) - a language spoken in the Mari-El Republic within Russia - have samples from predominantly female-identifying speakers, again contrasting to the rest of the dataset. Other languages here include (yue), (ka), and (kln).

➡️ A key part in the preparation of the Common Voice dataset is the validation of utterances to assure they match their written transcription - which requires at least two validations by separate speakers. Some newer languages to Common Voice, such as Erzya (myv) and Moksha (mdf), both Uralic languages, have nearly 100% validation.

What are your interpretations of the dataset?

observablehq.com/@kathyreid/mo

Screenshot of Mozilla Common Voice v20 splits by gender as a horizontal bar chart
ALT text detailsScreenshot of Mozilla Common Voice v20 splits by gender as a horizontal bar chart
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洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee) :nonbinary:

@hongminhee@hollo.social

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in , , and an avid advocate of and the .

I'm the creator of @fedify, an server framework in , @hollo, an ActivityPub-enabled microblogging software for single users, and @botkit, a simple ActivityPub bot framework.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called ) and . Feel free to talk to me in , (), or (), or even in Literary Chinese (, )!

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Paride דן🎗️

@paride5745@babka.social

New account using my official handle. time. My name is Paride (Italian for Paris of Troy), my Jewish name is Dan. I am , living in Berlin, I work as a , learning (for work) and (for fun). I love , and . When I have time, I like to play games. I try to follow as much as I can.

My top 7 movies are:
1. Dune (by Denis Villeneuve)
2. SWV: The Empire Strikes Back
3. Matrix
4. Alien
5. LOTR
6. The Godfather
7. Fight Club

I speak , , some and basic .


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Tirifto :korektu_min:

@tirifto@jam.xwx.moe

Do you love blobcats? Are you a fan of free culture? Then you’ll be happy to know there’s been a brand new blobcat pack made specially (but not exclusively) for the Fediverse! Now also available in English! :gutkato_hura: :flago_britujo:

Designed from scratch for a neater look, these new blobcats try their best to preserve and emphasise the original’s fuzzy feel. Bold, yet lean. Refined, yet silly. Blob, yet cat. :gutkato_kimegesto:

And best of all? They’re all free! Not just free of cost, but free to use, share, and change in whatever way you see fit! Possibly the first truly original blobcat pack released under a free culture licence. What’s a blob if not malleable? Make them yours today! (Or tomorrow. No pressure.) :gutkato_oscedas:

More info on the website, link above. Come in for a visit! :gutkato_trinkas_kakaon:

#lang_en #art #blobcat #blobcats #emoji #emojos #English #Fedi #FediArt #Fediverse #free_art #free_culture #stickers

A sample of 16 blobcats from the aforementioned pack. They are a sort of yellow, blob-shaped lumps, each with a pair of cat ears, eyes, whiskers, and the usual cat mouth shaped like the number 3. They look kinda silly and cute, if you ask me!
ALT text detailsA sample of 16 blobcats from the aforementioned pack. They are a sort of yellow, blob-shaped lumps, each with a pair of cat ears, eyes, whiskers, and the usual cat mouth shaped like the number 3. They look kinda silly and cute, if you ask me!
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Bettie :verifiedpurple:

@Bettie@masto.es

Hola, tootis. :ablobcatheartsqueeze:
No soy nueva, pero voy a rehacer mi tras mudarme a masto.es

❤️Me gusta: la 🎼, la (especialmente la poesía), el , el
💡Me interesa: la , el y el
🧍‍♀️Soy . También amable y muy quejica, pero intento hacerme trampas con
En :mastodon: busco: interactuar con gente (especialmente interesada en y su perspectiva), mantenerme informada, distraerme.

Mi contenido es fundamentalmente , casi siempre en (aunque hablo también y ).

No suelo hablar de trabajo, pero soy obrera de la tiza (o de la pizarra de veleda, según).

✍️ Escribo una newsletter de y vida (reflexiones acompañadas de un poema). Si quieres seguirla, puedes hacerlo aquí: retalesdepoesia.substack.com

Y ya estaría, creo.

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Mark Wyner :vm:

@markwyner@mas.to

This made me laugh. The English language is absurd. People capable of learning it as a second language are highly intelligent.

Credit: Bobby Finn
instagram.com/itsbobbyfinn/

A man stands at a whiteboard, writing the words he’s teaching. The same man in a different outfit sits at a desk with a pen and paper. The camera switches back and forth between the shots as if the teacher and student are different people. The student keeps looking highly confused.
ALT text detailsA man stands at a whiteboard, writing the words he’s teaching. The same man in a different outfit sits at a desk with a pen and paper. The camera switches back and forth between the shots as if the teacher and student are different people. The student keeps looking highly confused.
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Henrik Hemrin

@hehemrin@social.librem.one

() again: with University Diploma in & ( & ). Job competence: ; and more components, and . , , and of course a lot more. Located in . and . My website: hemrin.com/

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GENKI

@nibushibu@vivaldi.net

is a lot of fun for me. :tony_happy:

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Daniele Pantaleo 🦥:verified:

@ozone89@techhub.social

Dear ,
may I suggest you double check you're using the correct when posting/replying?

Because if you don't and, say, write in while having as declared post language instead, people won't be able to use the built-in "" function.

Partial screenshot of the "new post" view on Tusky, the "EN" button, allowing you to declare what language the post is written in, is highlighted
ALT text detailsPartial screenshot of the "new post" view on Tusky, the "EN" button, allowing you to declare what language the post is written in, is highlighted
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katzenberger

@katzenberger@mastodon.de

You can selectively follow either my or my posts by viewing my profile, clicking the "…" menu and selecting "Change subscribed languages". Pick one, or get both languages if you don't select any.

Screen dialog when you are following me and press the "…" menu button on my profile page, then "Change subscribed languages". You can select my English posts only, German posts only, or both.
ALT text detailsScreen dialog when you are following me and press the "…" menu button on my profile page, then "Change subscribed languages". You can select my English posts only, German posts only, or both.
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An Inhabitant of Carcosa

@carcosa@functional.cafe

Moving hosts from emacs.ch, time for a new .

I'm old and disgusted with the squandered/co-opted promise of the WWW. We were going to make something good with it. Instead I'm on and back on . I program in a mainstream language for work, and so write weird stuff mostly in for fun.

I'm an old and love the aesthetics and literature of the fin de siècle. I also love but I'm much more well-versed in horror than film.

If I talk about politics, it will be more about issues, events, and theory than about elections and politicians.

I lighten up my dark aesthetic and poke a ray of hope through my despair by watching . Yes, of course () is my favorite series. I study for fun, but I'm not very good at it. tawmeyDaq vulqangan, tlhImmeyDaq tlhIngan.

I post mostly in , read posts in Spanish, French, and tlhInganHol; will machine-translate posts in other languages that look interesting. Toots are deleted after a month unless pinned or active.

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Language Tales

@langtales@mastodon.social

We need to bring back these words:

* ereyesterday: the day before yesterday. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/ereyest
* overmorrow: the day after tomorrow. en.wiktionary.org/wiki/overmor

Other languages:

* German: vorgestern, übermorgen
* Dutch: eergisteren, overmorgen
* Spanish: anteayer, pasado mañana
* French: avant-hier, après-demain
* Mandarin: 前天, 后天

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洪 民憙 (Hong Minhee)

@hongminhee@fosstodon.org

Hello, I'm an open source software engineer in my late 30s living in , , and an avid advocate of and the .

I'm the creator of @fedify, an server framework in , and @hollo, a fediverse microblog for single users.

I'm also very interested in East Asian languages (so-called ) and . Feel free to talk to me in , (), or (), or even in Literary Chinese (/#漢文)!

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this.ven

@thisven@metalhead.club

again!

I migrated to this :mastodon: instance to explore and engage with the 🧑‍🎤 community and focus my own music project located at this.ven.uber.space

As a musician who uses and :archlinux: to drive 🎸 guitar tunes and a researcher of I am also interested in , , , and .

You may talk to me in or , listen to my releases via 🎧 @thisvenmusic@open.audio and 📺 @thisvenmusic@makertube.net, or meet me at conferences such as .

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GENKI

@nibushibu@vivaldi.net

As studies , I've been encouraged by everyone who share that they are studying a language that is not their native language in ⁂ :fediverse: :tony_smiling: :vivaldia_heart:

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scy

@scy@chaos.social

In German, it's pretty common to shorten "Priorität" (priority) to just "Prio" in day-to-day conversation, whether in the office or your personal life.

"Das hat oberste Prio!" (lit. "This has topmost prio!")

How common is it in though? Do you also use "that's prio one"? Or is it too informal?

Only native speakers respond, please.

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perry

@libreinator@fe.disroot.org

#Introduction #NewHere

Hi, I'm a (ex)student from #Thiruvananthapuram, #Kerala.

#FOSS user and enthusiast, a mix of #socialist and #communist, he/him, armchair revolutionary. Speaks #Malayalam and a bit of #English
Likes #comics, #satire, #fiction, #cats, #memes, #machines, #politics and other random stuff

Have been around for some time. Got to know about free software movement and hacker culture after reading and editing #Wikipedia articles, and joined the fediverse some years back. Currently contributing to fasten the climate crisis by doing nothing to save the world
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C.S.Negri

@csnegri@mastodon.online

My 2.5 post.

Hi there ✋ ! I'm a latina, doing a MSCA-COFUND postdoc in Luxembourg (creating a ontology-based conceptual modeling framework for international data protection requirements). I research about , socio-technical requirements, , sometimes about and responsible IS.

Given that I also studied political science, I talk a lot about .

I'm a lover & music addict. I interact in , and .

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Juno 🪐

@silentjuno@tuiter.rocks

Visto en la red del pajarraco 😆

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Karen E. Lund 💙💛

@Karen5Lund@mastodon.social

It's Spring Cleaning season, and there seem to be many new users joining the Fediverse, so it's time to update my pinned toots, which go back to 2018 when I joined Mastodon.

I have a BA in and enjoy and . I , do a little writing, and enjoy .

My professional career has been spent providing support to . I am also a serial .

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Tormod Haugen

@tormodh@snabelen.no

I'm doing a new just because. I'm here to learn random stuff and perhaps help others learn random stuff.

I might post said stuff, boost strange posts and will try and be helpful if asked (or the ask is out in the air).

Please feel free to DM me if I make too much noise for you, or if you enjoy what I post.

Also, feel free to not follow me if you do not feel like it.

I work as a , I read and play computer .

I know and ,

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Lukyan

@lukyan@lukyan.eu

I'm an European most likely to write about things or (when not too busing working or playing). I enjoy (it's work) and (which I don't practice enough).

My fursona differs from my human self by being a dog and openly .

I mostly read , and in some months a or series.

I write in , while I might share some relevant trivia about the language.

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Niklas

@nikcorg@mastodon.social · Reply to Niklas's post

Time for a new .

From , briefly lived in , but now back in . I still work in and .

I enjoy , , , and pretty much anything to do with bikes.

A big fan of , or and have recently begun to level up my .

In a nutshell, I love to spend time .

I also play (occasionally ), sometimes competitively.

Toots in , ,

A camp in the snow amongst trees, next to a frozen lake. A green tent lit from the inside, pitched next to a campfire. The scene is coloured orange by the glow from the fire.
ALT text detailsA camp in the snow amongst trees, next to a frozen lake. A green tent lit from the inside, pitched next to a campfire. The scene is coloured orange by the glow from the fire.
An old mountain bike leaning up against a marine themed mural. There is snow on the ground and the bike's tires are moderately caked in snow.
ALT text detailsAn old mountain bike leaning up against a marine themed mural. There is snow on the ground and the bike's tires are moderately caked in snow.
Me on my back in the snow, making a snow angel. In the distance the tall buildings of the Kalasatama region in Helsinki can be seen.
ALT text detailsMe on my back in the snow, making a snow angel. In the distance the tall buildings of the Kalasatama region in Helsinki can be seen.
Me frost covered in cycling gear with a big stupid grin on my face.
ALT text detailsMe frost covered in cycling gear with a big stupid grin on my face.
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Creative Translations

@creative_xl8@mastodon.social

Hello everyone!

I am a based in the , translating from and into . My areas of specialisation in are / , and , and , and , and . I love , , and .

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gcvsa ⭐️🔰🇺🇸 🇵🇭

@gcvsa@mstdn.plus


🗽 🇺🇸 🇵🇭 🇬🇧 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🇩🇪 🇩🇰 🏳️‍🌈
-born

Edu:
Works:
Plays:
Lang: EN (expert), DE (rostig), JP (勉強する)
Author:
Loves:
UTC -5h

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Dr Ian McCormick

@postfilm@ieji.de

Why study at University?

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Brian Gettler

@brian_gettler@mas.to

Since I recently switched servers, I'll do the thing one more time. I'm a of and in currently working on 1) a of the origins and early development of the Indian Fund and 2) involvement in 19th-century .

Je travaille également sur l'intersection (ou non) de l' nationale du et celles des peuples .

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David :SetouchiExplorer:

@David@setouchi.social

New Instance, new , I guess.
So, I'm David, and I'm on my own instance now!
I'm , and I live in where I teach at the local uni. Here, expect to find posts about my corner of Japan that is full of that are full of . I also have some friends in the neighborhood, so pictures of are common in my timeline. I also care about , the and a few more things.

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Mx. Dudula the Dud

@BackFromTheDud@mas.to · Reply to Steve Woods's post

@wood5y Many of us do, but the ones that don't know their history make more noise. Not all English think Oliver Cromwell was wonderful, most have no clue that Edward I was the one that expelled Jews from England, nobody remembers that Richard I wanted to sell London because he needed money to go on Crusade. They're pig-ignorant idiots, and I hate them from the centre of my being. I am not the Duke of Cumberland!
Now, if you'll excuse me, I need a lie down. @MaddieT@tech.lgbt

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Spaceflight 🚀

@spaceflight@spacey.space

🇩🇪 with 🇬🇧 subtitles 🚀💰 youtube.com/watch?v=8nB8okbHG0

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Martin Holland

@mho@social.heise.de

I'm still finding verified from sites and organizations on for my list:

Now it contains more than 270 accounts in 16 languages. is still far in front, but is growing fast. And there are accounts in , , , , , , , , , , , , & .

The majority is very active.

Have a look:
⏩ docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d

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S★m V★rm★

@samvarma@fosstodon.org

! I'm a pro with the band Maggie Speaks. Freelance video editor (indie doc Cover 21: Ignite Chicago, on Amazon). Amateur .

Interests:


























Languages:

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Michael

@michael@thms.uk

After turning up here a couple of weeks or so ago, I figured it's time for an

I'm a full stack web developer, currently working mostly with () and Vanilla and . Still love too.

Outside of that, my main interests are around , , and just learning new stuff.

Husband, father of 2 boys, speaker of and with some basic understanding of

Started running my own instance just for fun, and loving it.

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🌈 Lascapi ⁂

@lascapi@mastodon.zaclys.com

New 👋

I'm a . 🔋
I love and and I'm looking for a in 🇩🇪

in

cv.isman.fr/#full-stack-web-de

(boosts are nice 😊)

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magdalenahai🦈🏳️‍🌈

@magdalenahai@mstdn.social

Hi! I'm a Finnish author of , , and . I love as authors do (passionately and stereotypically) and photograph 🐞
📚

Toots in and .


Ammatti ja elämäntapa


:cofe4: 📚

Book cover: Isetin solmu, Royaumen aikakirjat 2 (Knot of Iset, The Chronicles of Royaume 2). Two women (witches) on a copper and black background, drawn manga style.
ALT text detailsBook cover: Isetin solmu, Royaumen aikakirjat 2 (Knot of Iset, The Chronicles of Royaume 2). Two women (witches) on a copper and black background, drawn manga style.
Greyish-green book cover of the novel Sarvijumala (Horned God) featuring a creature with a deer skull as a head and covered in insects and moss.
ALT text detailsGreyish-green book cover of the novel Sarvijumala (Horned God) featuring a creature with a deer skull as a head and covered in insects and moss.
Gold and violet book cover of children's novel Neiti Kymenen ihmeellinen talo (Miss Swift's Weird and Wonderful House) featuring leafless trees, sky full of stars and a woman dressed in Victorian era style. In the hem of her dress there's a house with three kids standing on the porch, looking in.
ALT text detailsGold and violet book cover of children's novel Neiti Kymenen ihmeellinen talo (Miss Swift's Weird and Wonderful House) featuring leafless trees, sky full of stars and a woman dressed in Victorian era style. In the hem of her dress there's a house with three kids standing on the porch, looking in.
Joyful turquoise cover of a pirate-y themed children's book Painajaispuoti - Kristallikallon tapaus (The Little Shop of Nightmares - The Case of The Cristal Skull, illustrated by Teemu Juhani). In the center there's a cheery looking darkhaired girl, surrounded by funny and spooky characters such as ghosts and zombie pirates.
ALT text detailsJoyful turquoise cover of a pirate-y themed children's book Painajaispuoti - Kristallikallon tapaus (The Little Shop of Nightmares - The Case of The Cristal Skull, illustrated by Teemu Juhani). In the center there's a cheery looking darkhaired girl, surrounded by funny and spooky characters such as ghosts and zombie pirates.
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Estelle Platini

@estelle@techhub.social · Reply to Pat's post

"Rewriting a passive construction to be active almost always makes what you’re saying clearer."

Example: Millions of dollars were embezzled from the company.
Revision: Two executives embezzled millions of dollars from the company.

Eva Parish: evaparish.com/blog/how-i-edit#
@patrascan @Nazani @technique @writing

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@signifikanten

@mlle@infosec.exchange

Welcome. It's not that I am , but I am rather with regards to the server I am on, so please allow to introduce myself, politely:

This is a rather private profile, with occasional toots around German and local , and my personal life decisions (they’ll bring me to hell, I bet, if you believe in such stuff).

I'm , and a person, and from that I think it is easy to conclude on the rest of my political views. If in doubt, please ask. Be prepared that most of my views are leaning - Hegelian.

Having worked in and considering myself as nerd for years, I am currently looking into and a bit more to find a more sustainable way of living as I am sure that humankind needs to change in that regards, and these four have to play a major role in that change.

Living in , I am happy to answer all questions around topics taking place in mid Europe, as I consider myself as European rather than German.

langs: , ,

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Terry Wallwork

@terrywallwork@mstdn.jp

Bible/Jesus AI chat, thanks Scathing Atheist podcast & Eli Bosnick (who is always trustworthy and never does anything for fun, ever) you can:

chatwithjesus.app/

Note: It understands Japanese, answers any question bibe related or not.

I got the AI to guess what fruit Mary of the Bible likes and it said Figs.

@piatpod


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bfuhrman

@bfuhrman@mastodon.social

Well, my previous instance seems to have died while changing hosts, so let's do the intro thing again.

I'm a and of (I play , , , , and do interactive computer programming in , , , and ). College prof in and , where I get to teach among other things. , fan, and aficionado, and I speak both and a decent amount of .

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Sara💜

@SaraR@apobangpo.space

Hi!! Here’s my post:

I’m a born and raised in Honduras 🇭🇳 34 years old, currently living in Lexington, Kentucky, I live with my husband and my cat 🐈

I’m and ! My biases are V from BTS, Hoshi and Wonwoo from SVT and Beomgyu from TXT. Although I’m OT25, who am I kidding?

I love I speak three and currently learning .
Borahae 💜

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Julien

@julbriman@piaille.fr

Bonjour !

Je ne sais jamais quoi dire ici, sans doute parce que je suis l'archétype du mec trentenaire blanc cis de classe moyenne sans intérêt, le genre de profil omniprésent sur le Web et qui gagne à se faire discret. J'essaie donc de ne parler que lorsque j'ai quelque chose à dire (en général, c'est une blague nulle ou un bout de paroles de chanson).

Je garde un œil sur ces hashtags :




Hello! My is decent enough.

Hej! Jag kan tala bara lite .

Bore da! Dw i'n dysgu .

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Petar Toushkov

@cellfourteen@social.petertoushkov.eu

Stay with me, I forgot to make my when I moved here. I'm a fedizen since Feb. 2019, but I finally decided to settle at my own place. (It’s great, you should try it.) I live in , . Posting in and a little bit in , but I quite enjoy reading posts from other people on their native languages. I might post of my work about , , . Look out for and me being baffled by .

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Terry Wallwork

@terrywallwork@mstdn.jp

Tokyo Foreign Studies University has a lot of their course content available online:

東外大言語モジュール

coelang.tufs.ac.jp/mt/


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Terry Wallwork

@terrywallwork@mstdn.jp

Tadoku Tree House – Graded Readers by Japanese Learners!

sites.smith.edu/tadoku/


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eren 圣人 :tux:

@hellstabber@defcon.social

Hello World!

New instance, new

I'm Eren. I'm interested in , , , and . I read tech news and play games in my free time.

I've been on Mastodon for a long time. I have no idea how many times I've switched instances. I like all the platforms related to the Fediverse, so I ended up here because it was the best instance for me.

The stuff I write is mostly about daily life, the programming/software scene, and games. I mostly write in , but you can also see my toots in and

Happy tooting to everyone ^^

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Michael Weinhold

@weinhold@ieji.de

Meine Interessen:

🚴

⌨️ & ✏️

👨‍👩‍👦

🌻

🈳

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Rachel Sharp 🖋️

@wrrrdnrrrdgrrrl@eldritch.cafe

Another batch of birdsite folks, so I'll do again in case they're looking for their people and I'm their people.

I am a . She/they.

I speak and a little , , and and .

I have fairly severe / , , , .

I am a organizer with , most interested in and .

I enjoy , , , and lately I'm on a kick.

I do , , and , though these things are somewhat dialed back because my bones suck.

***

I will do my best to post accessibly, including image descriptions and avoiding flashing lights.

I will CW for things like violence, nudity, and hate speech.

I will not CW for cursing, food, politics, or eye contact. If you need CWs for these things, it's okay not to follow me! I just do all of these things a lot, so you wouldn't see most of my posts anyway.

If I see you, and you make interesting original posts, I might follow you. If you post a lot of sexually graphic content, I probably won't. It's not personal.

Hope to see you around 💜

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Janne Kiviluoto

@janne@toot.jkiviluoto.fi

Hi, after a hiatus of few years, I am trying a bit of public electronic communications again.

I have been doing computer stuff for living for quite some time.

I like to read books (mostly ebooks with a reader), recently I've tried to revive my photography hobby.

Used to skateboard a lot, still do at times.

Toots in and

"Kindness is our superpower."

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Terry Wallwork

@terrywallwork@mstdn.jp

If you want an AI Chat bot that can answer in Japanese this bot is good:

@poppinwillow

As is My AI chatbot on Snapchat. Though you will have to demand it speak Japanese before it will admit it understands Japanese!

snapchat.com/add/myai?share_id


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Kirt

@kirt@mastodon.social · Reply to LZVolk's post

@lzvolk @kirt@ecoevo.social

But is as interesting as biology, it even elvolves.

And if thou really didn't care, I don't think thou would jump into a thread to say that 😉

I'm not confident about those verb conjugations. I abandoned my goal of resurrecting the singular "you" a decade ago, but I have rather strong feelings about / informal / new plurals like

The "you" should be at least 3 words, but it could be worse…

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Kirt

@kirt@mastodon.social · Reply to Kirt's post

There is actually a strong precedent for using the plural in formal situations in English.

This is probably the story behind why I call thee "you" - unless I'm on a rant about the history of and the problems with the current set.

The current standard English word "you" has at least 3 distinct meanings, and corresponds to about half a dozen words in any sensible

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C. Bluebird

@bluebirdblvd@mas.to · Reply to C. Bluebird's post

cont.: Briefly before I was ill, I also worked as an professor in several departments, teaching all sorts of topics. But no matter the subject, I focused on guiding my to become enthusiastic life-long . >>

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Tero Keski-Valkama

@tero@rukii.net

I am a and a . I live in , , , .

I post mainly , and things, mainly in , occasionally in as well.

This account is on .

Add me on the other platforms as well!

,

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Isaura Castelao-Huerta

@icastelaohuerta@sciences.social

Hello! I am a researcher working on , and in . Currently I am at -IPN in and previously I was at in . I publish in and . I will be sharing my articles.
@academicsunite @edutooters @sociology

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Angela Miller

@Alternatecelt@mastodon.scot

Jist mah wee list o hings Ah like, but.

Nae doubt that'll get langer!

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Alexey Skobkin

@skobkin@lor.sh

Finally we're publishing our second fedi collab!

🎸🎸

This time we're playing cover of Like Flames by MindaRin which is also known as "Tensei Shitara Slime Datta Ken" / "That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime" opening.

Blue guitar - @blue
Black guitar - @skobkin

Hope you'll like it!

youtube.com/watch?v=m16RUVGxTe

Like, boost and let's make more fedi content! 🙂

SoundCloud:
soundcloud.com/skobkin/like-fl

MP3: disk.yandex.ru/d/taaadhvaW4Iqa
FLAC: disk.yandex.ru/d/lQxzrjTgKNV3e

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foncu :gaysper: 🌹

@foncu@paquita.masto.host


- Podéis llamarme ... o .
- de
a en 2010 para hacer un y me quedé.
- Tengo el mejor del mundo
- Hablo muy alto y mucho.
- Me gustan los : aunque sigo peleando contra el . Quiero aprender y
- Me gusta la y buscar soluciones a los
- Adoro en , a veces hago pero no muy en serio.

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zombiecide

@zombiecide@polyglot.city

Copying my last hashtaggy

My two and I go on walks together.

I love : they make me happy-happy. (, , , , , smatterings)
My other love is , especially and , but also .

I rub fabrics and textures (), love and (, , , ), and music (, ) and when I have the spoons, and .

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Morten

@bech@mstdn.dk

Hi, 👋

A short : I'm Morten. I am a frontend web developer, designer, sparetime illustrator, librarian, husband, and father of two. I am a fan and I also like lifting weights.

🤖 I work with frontend web development, UI design, and sometimes web graphics at a local TV station in the western part of , called TV MIDTVEST.

🐘 I've been on Mastodon since 2018, but just recently started exploring it (November ‘22). I will be tooting in and .

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aquacube 💫

@aquacube@fedibird.com

Hi from Japan! Joined here in case birdsite dies...
& speaker. I like and recently resumed studying and sometimes for fun but still a beginner.
I love ( & ), , , , abroad, , and .

はじめまして。
語学に興味あり、英語中心に、時々ドイツ語（長くやってるけど片言ビギナー）とアイルランド語（入口レベル）を勉強中。
インディーゲームやFF14などプレイしていることが多いですが、他にもボドゲ、お絵描き、映画、文具、海外旅行、ビール、ワイン等々。
よろしくお願いします。

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Sunflower Björnskalle 🌻

@apodoxus@mastodon.online

Okay, let me do a better now that there's a bajillion more people here. I'm a former hacker, worked in , still into and , currently more interested in , both being in it and studying it.

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nikol

@nikol@mastodon.bida.im

mastodon.help/ è molto utile ed è tradotto in:






È in aggiornamento.

Credits:
@Ca_Gi
@umpi@puntarella.party

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alemanita

@Alemanita@mastodon.social

Estáis todes con las presentaciones y aunque la mayoría me conocéis de Twitter, ahí voy:

Soy una andaluza de culo inquieto. Me dedico a la , sobre todo a la , y lo hago desde , y a español. Me interesan los (para qué engañarnos), las tonterías, en general, las cosas de , el de ropa, la y los libros de casi cualquier tema, además de conocer a gente de todo tipo y todos los idiomas y países posibles.

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Sara

@sararicog@universeodon.com

Here’s my intro post:

I’m a born and raised in Honduras 🇭🇳 32 years old, currently living in Lexington, Kentucky, I live with my husband and my cat 🐈

Hobbies and fandoms:
📚
🎶
💜
⚡️
🐍 pride
📺
🥾
✍️

Interests:
📖 and Studies
📕 PhD in Hispanic Studies
🖼️
🧳
🗣️ (speak three )

Hi!!! 👋🏽

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kaukamieli

@kaukamieli@c.im

I love .
I play .
I live in a car when it's not too cold.
I'm a software engineer. I've dabbled with
I play .
I do some and visit .
I speak and , and try to learn .
My politics are .
As for religion side, I'm an .
When I was younger I did some .
I'm a straight cis male.
I don't drink or smoke or do drugs.
And ladies, I'm single. Wait, this was not a tinder profile? Nevermind then.

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umbeebmu

@umbeebmu@mastodon.sdf.org


He.

Languages in preference order:
,
learning



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HRH ginsterbusch

@ginsterbusch@kosmos.social

Hello World! I'm a , , , sight-impaired (aka ) person. Working as a professional and since the late 1990s, with since 2004. Founding Committee member. Native speaker, near-native .

Our passions include , , , , , , , , , , , , ,

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Seán Wright🌷💀⏳ ライトショーン

@sbwright@mas.to

My . I am a teacher librarian, teaching mainly and senior .

I enjoy when I am not injured (plan to do the early next year). My other interests include , learning languages and . I have written a short book of but am a lapsed poet due to work commitments.

I am a hobbyist and retired . A student of practical philosophy, I follow the school

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Jorge 🇪🇺 🌍🛰️

@lithospheric@mastodon.xyz

Hi, Jorge here. My

I am originally from Spain, but I have been living for nearly 20 years in the , lately in .

I work with satellite images, producing geological maps and cross-sections. I work in mineral and oil&gas exploration.

My interests are , , music/instruments and current affairs.

I write in and .





A Variscan chevron fold deforming Carboniferous turbidites in Devon, UK. Oh, and me posing on top of it.
ALT text detailsA Variscan chevron fold deforming Carboniferous turbidites in Devon, UK. Oh, and me posing on top of it.
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Amélie H. Rimesetluttes

@amelieh2@framapiaf.org

Je n'avais pas remis les pieds ici depuis 5 ans ! Le tour de mes centres d'intérêt en hachetagues pas du tout classés par ordre d'importance :)





et








et lutte contre la du avec mon binôme @CCailleaux
Ich spreche sehr gerne
but I can speak too if it's an emergency

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Jyn Erso Lives!

@jynersolives@mastodon.social

German nerd in my late 40s (he/they), living between 🇩🇪 & 🇮🇹 , posting in und auf about, well, nerd stuff and sometimes politics.

My main nerd interest is / and the occasional stuff. And I love on my and .

When it comes to I'm all for the (yes, warts and all) and . Currently a bit obsessed with , you should check out (the book)!

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Laura

@laescude@mastodon.social · Reply to Laura's post

I think I need to add more hashtags to my I’m all about , and I organize local events for .

I work in for . I recently joined so I’m new to ! I started with and now (I like a challenge).

I will toot in pero también en . I’m learning .

I live in and I originally studied . I’m remodeling a house in downtown San José - enthusiast.