Masthash

#English

Chris Allen
9 hours ago

#scotland have callled for a #ceasefirenow , and so have #wales. I’m truly ashamed to be #english and this is NOT my government. It does not represent me. #gaza

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14 hours ago

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#streaming #gaming #linux #videogames #english #deutsch #hatclan

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ASTROCOHORS CLUB
14 hours ago

New entry on our website: "Yars’ Revenge: Atari XP SOLD OUT Collectors’ Series! – Atari VCS / 2600"

https://astrocohors.club/2023/12/yars-revenge-atari-xp-sold-out-collectors-series-atari-vcs-2600/

#English #VideoSeries #GenXGrownUp #TheFateOfTheFuture

StreamerChat Admin
14 hours ago

JayGriffyuh is LIVE on Twitch
Playing: Dark and Darker
helloge its sunday(i do this cuz idk what day it is ever) - !twitter !youtube
Viewer count: 198
https://twitch.tv/jaygriffyuh
#RANK1 #THEBEST #DARKANDDARKER #Wizard #English #solo #highroller #DaD #TwitchCon

ASTROCOHORS CLUB
14 hours ago

Is anyone good with #English and #writing? I've written a few #scifi #smut stories (#homoerotic but not 100%, and with #robots and #androids) and could use one or more pairs of eyes on the stories before I publish them.

All of my works (everything I produce) is
​:ccbysa:​ (#ccbysa).

Let me know if you're interested and I'll grant you access to my Nextcloud where I have everything.

OK, it looks like the last one did not work, either. Now I will tag it in the text: #english (so that it’s assigned to its category by a micro.blog filter) and see what happens.

ƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞ
15 hours ago

@RustyBertrand
Excellent progress.
Please collect your Brian Blessed Award for advanced #English
:-)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfeMP4h8dhM

Bilingdle
17 hours ago
Dr Pink
18 hours ago

#LGBTQ English #Wikipedia deletion alert

Could you save this LGBTQ related #English Wikipedia article from deletion?

HIV Prevention Trials Network
* The

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV_Prevention_Trials_Network
Discussion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/HIV_Prevention_Trials_Network

#HIVAIDS

Dr Pink
1 day ago

#LGBTQ English #Wikipedia deletion alert

Could you save this LGBTQ related #English Wikipedia article from deletion?

Youngmi Mayer
* American stand-up comic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Youngmi_Mayer

#American

StreamerChat Admin
1 day ago

TheSpudHunter is LIVE on Twitch
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#1 STREAM TITLE TO CLICK ON - Attempting Solo Demigod rank while 1v5ing an entire Nation.
Viewer count: 27
https://twitch.tv/thespudhunter
#australian #survival #fps #hardcore #aus #oz #ANZ #SOLO #ranked #English

Writer Updated
1 day ago

Here is a selection of #iPhone apps that will help you #learn #English on the go. Udemy, eGrammar, eJoy, ELSA, and more! https://readerupdated.com/2023/09/11/best-iphone-learning-english-language/

Reader Updated
1 day ago

Here is a selection of #iPhone apps that will help you #learn #English on the go. Udemy, eGrammar, eJoy, ELSA, and more! https://readerupdated.com/2023/09/11/best-iphone-learning-english-language/

StreamerChat Admin
1 day ago

JonahVeil is LIVE on Twitch
Playing: World of Warcraft
WE BEAT KELRIS / Alt Grinding / Money Making || Crusader Strike || !thedaybefore !guild !gear !addons !Origin !ads
Viewer count: 92
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#Anime #MMO #Drops #Salt #English #cat #JonahVeil #DARKANDDARKER

Drayke Blazey
1 day ago

Drayke is going live from his Space Cave, playingVoid Crew. Drop by and say hi at https://www.twitch.tv/drayke_blaze, Posted: December 9, 2023 at 10:23PM

#Void Crew, #Twitch, #furry streamer, #furry, #streaming, #dragon, #english, #british, #vtuber, #vtuberen

StreamerChat Admin
1 day ago

JayGriffyuh is LIVE on Twitch
Playing: Dark and Darker
happy weekend- !twitter !youtube
Viewer count: 84
https://twitch.tv/jaygriffyuh
#RANK1 #THEBEST #DARKANDDARKER #Wizard #English #solo #highroller #DaD #TwitchCon

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2 days ago

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Benoît Sokal: „Sinking Island“ #3 [DE/EN]

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Bilingdle
2 days ago
Dr Pink
2 days ago

#LGBTQ English #Wikipedia deletion alert

Could you save this LGBTQ related #English Wikipedia article from deletion?

Legal.io
* Legal.io, formerly LawGives, is a technology company for legal organizations and legal networks to match clients to lawyers, legal knowledge, and services

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Legal.io
Discussion: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Articles_for_deletion/Legal.io

#Internet #American #Online

Ebook Friendly
2 days ago

Here is a selection of #iPhone apps that will help you #learn #English on the go. Udemy, eGrammar, eJoy, ELSA, and more! https://readerupdated.com/2023/09/11/best-iphone-learning-english-language/

StreamerChat Admin
2 days ago

TheSpudHunter is LIVE on Twitch
Playing: Dark and Darker
#1 STREAM TITLE TO CLICK ON - Attempting Solo Demigod rank while 1v5ing an entire Nation.
Viewer count: 7
https://twitch.tv/thespudhunter
#australian #survival #fps #hardcore #aus #oz #ANZ #SOLO #ranked #English

Counting system used by Northumberland shepherds (UK). Love the sound of these words!
#TeamEnglish #EngChat #dialect #English

1. Yam 2. Tan 3. Tethera 4. Pethera 5. Pimp 6. Sethera 7. Lethera 8. Hovera 9. Covera 10. Dik 
11. Yan-a-dik 12. Tan-a-dik 13. Tethera-dik 14. Pethera-dik 15. Bumfit 16. Yan-a-bumfit 17. Tan-a-bumfit 18. Tethera-bumfit 19. Pethera-bumfit 20. Piggot

Most #books in #English seem to either lean to or revert entirely to standard US spelling ...

But I would have thought folk in the US would like a little bit of standard British English on occasion.

Make them feel a little closer to Hobbiton or something.

Knowledge Zone
2 days ago

#OnThisDay The eradication of the smallpox virus was certified (1979).

Birth Anniversary of American computer scientist Grace Hopper (1906). She led the development of COBOL, an early high-level #Programming #Language.

Birth Anniversary of #English #Poet John Milton (1608).

Today is International Anti-Corruption Day.

https://knowledgezone.co.in/news

StreamerChat Admin
2 days ago

JonahVeil is LIVE on Twitch
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#Anime #MMO #Drops #Salt #English #cat #JonahVeil #DARKANDDARKER

Слова «talons» и »claws» в английском языке обозначают острые, изогнутые когти у птиц и животных, но между ними есть некоторые различия.

«Claw» — это острый, изогнутый коготь, который используется для хватания и копания. Когти можно найти у различных животных, от домашних кошек до медведей и рептилий, таких как игуаны. Когти обычно короче и менее острые, чем талоны, и они используются для хватания и захвата добычи Source 0.

«Talon», с другой стороны, — это специальный коготь, который используется птицами-хищниками для охоты и убийства добычи. Талоны обычно длиннее и острей, чем когти, и используются для прокола и захвата добычи. Они также используются для сидения и подъема, и являются важным инструментом выживания для хищных птиц Source 0.

Важно отметить, что использование этих слов в предложении может зависеть от контекста. Например, если вы описываете острые когти гризли, то лучше использовать слово «claws». Если же вы описываете острые талоны сокола-сапсана, то лучше использовать слово «talons» Source 0.

В общем, «claw» обычно используется для описания когтей у млекопитающих и некоторых птиц, в то время как «talon» обычно используется для описания острых, изогнутых когтей у хищных птиц Source 0.

#kb #English #phind

Intel-Graphy \ - v - /
2 days ago

Bro, English is both a pain in the ass for me, and a sinister colonial language that has been imposed to the world as the 'lingua franca'. The language is a common requirement to even get into college, get a job, work in science, etc. It's terrible.

https://brownpoliticalreview.org/2017/04/linguistic-colonialism-english/

#language #colonialism #english #racism

Courtesy of an old friend on FB.

#Christmas #Scrooge #English #Language

I am the Ghost of Christmas Future Imperfect Conditional, said the Spirit. I bring news of what would have been going to happen, if you were not to have been going to change your ways.
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3 days ago

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Koritsi
3 days ago

“Researchers found that the average 20-year-old American #English speaker knows about 42,000 unique words, and this number grows to about 48,000 by age 60. Some people will have even larger vocabularies.” #language #dictionary

https://theconversation.com/your-mental-dictionary-is-part-of-what-makes-you-unique-heres-how-your-brain-stores-and-retrieves-words-212751

Dailingual
3 days ago

Maybe this is a toot about Al 🟢, maybe this is a toot about AI 🤖 , either way the #English #language is suboptimal for #online #communication.

1/2

ospalh
3 days ago

Eh. I know that word has been in use for a long time. But still, i thought Susan was more conservative, language wise, and would hav used the three sillable version.

#mischievious #english #vocabulary #spelling
https://www.egscomics.com/egsnp/2017-06-30-ellen-demo-18

EGS-NP comic panel
Ellen (wearing something like a bikini, in the backgruond) is shooting Susan with a combination of two tranformation beams:
»Sorry Susan! Wasn’t sure what I was expecting. Have some shrinky FV5!«
Susan, sligtly smaller, with even longer hair and larger than usual breasts:
»That’s bett– I mean, oh no. How mischievious of you.«
Drew Naylor
3 days ago

"'"Strength is stored in the hair." - Samson' - Judges" - Bible

(I wish #English had more quote marks for layers beyond 2)

#BookOfJudges #Bible #Samson

Dr Pink
3 days ago

#LGBTQ English #Wikipedia deletion alert

Could you save this LGBTQ related #English Wikipedia article from deletion?

Mayfair, Fresno County, California
* Mayfair is a census-designated place in Fresno County, California, United States. Mayfair sits at an elevation of. The 2010 U.S. census reported Mayfair's population was 4,589

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mayfair%2C_Fresno_County%2C_California

#Censusdesignated

The Global Voice
3 days ago

🕘Z At the top of the hour it's The Fingertip Show Presented by Jorgen Hansson www.JorgenHansson.com in #English and #Swedish. Good ✌️music and fun!✌️ https://theglobalvoice.info:8443/broadband #audio #TGVRadio 🎉🎉🎉🎶🇸🇪🎶

Maxime Jaray
3 days ago

My latest #ebook "The Gentleman 3000", is arriving on various platforms (publish in progress) on preorder (release December 22).

#French version : https://books2read.com/u/mKX77v

#English version : https://books2read.com/u/mlpqlY

#writing #EroticWriting #gay #amwriting #auteur #writer #indieauthor

«In effort 2 protect what is seen as deterioration in use of #French #language in our neighbor 2 the north, #Quebec has now decided there r far 2 many foreign students in Quebec..speakng #English on the streets

In effort 2 help our northrn friends, we in #Vermont, #NewYork, #NewHampshire & elsewhere should not visit #Montreal, bcuz presence o so many English-speaking toursts will, if a4mentioned rationale is used, b detrimntal 2 preservation o French in Quebec»
#sarcasm

https://www.vtcng.com/stowe_reporter/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/boycott-quebec-help-preserve-french-language/article_a72f8506-8fcd-11ee-9b68-a367a7c26834.html

The Gamer's Tavern
4 days ago

The Gamer's Tavern is currently live streaming on Owncast, join Alex for a chat and some fun

The Expanse - A telltale series - episode 4

#streaming #gaming #videogames #english #chatting #owncast #videogames #TheGamersTavern #italiano

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4 days ago

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Seefahrer auf Abwegen: „Jack Keane“ #1 [DE]

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Terry Wallwork
4 days ago

From Anime to Fluency: Josh's Path to Learning 5 Languages - YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HPaTWSE1oPE

> 🌐 Welcome to the first episode of "How I Learned It," where we explore the exciting world of language learning through real-life stories! 🎓 In this episode...

#Japanese #English #日本語 #英語 #LearningEnglish
#LearningJapanese #日本語の勉強 #英語の勉強 #Japan #JapaneseCulture

AmyFou
4 days ago

After much effort, I was able to find & fill the gap, but at first this read to me like a "More people have been to Russia than I have" sentence:

"Republicans are more likely to say White people experience racism than Black people"

Also, I haven't had my ☕ yet so maybe this is parsable on a first try to everyone else?

#linguistics #english #headlines

screencap of headline:

"New research undercuts Republican views of racism.
Republicans are more likely to say White people experience racism than Black people. That’s not true."
kat
4 days ago

i was told by the wise to make an #introduction post, so:

hi all i'm kat or katie!! i'm #autistic and #queer and i like #literature and #words and #language and #books and #writing and #podcast.

i competently speak #português #english #français #español #deutsch and incompetently a few others.

i also do computer stuff? i like being a tech nerd among the humanists and a book nerd among the techies.

i'm animalcule on bluesky but that was taken here.

Jos Dingjan
4 days ago

PSA:

“Hartelijk dank” & “Heartily dank” have very different meanings.

#Dutch #English #Dunglish

Terry Wallwork
4 days ago

Only the most important articles for me:

The Bizarre Mariko Aoki Phenomenon | Tokyo Weekender

https://www.tokyoweekender.com/japan-life/news-and-opinion/bizzare-mariko-aoki-phenomenon/

> A look at Mariko Aoki, who once wrote an essay for a Japanese magazine in the mid-1980s about an unexplained urge to poop while in bookstores.

#Japanese #English #日本語 #英語 #LearningEnglish
#LearningJapanese #日本語の勉強 #英語の勉強 #Japan #JapaneseCulture #poop #Bookstore #MarikoAoki

apple502j
4 days ago

The act of censuring is called censureship, not censorship. #English #ABCNews

"Bowman faces censorship for pulling fire alarm" on ABC News website headline.
Yahia Lababidi
5 days ago

Grateful for the #translation of my #poetry into Spanish 😇

by Argentinian #writer/#artist, Blanca Strepponi 🙏🏼✨

For my lucky #poem in #English, click on link, below👇🏼

youtu.be/lDhKYQBvNsc

Hoping that, one day in the not-too-distant future, I might look forward to an entire #book of mine in #Spanish. 🙌🏼

#bookstodon #books #writing #WritingCommunity #poetrycommunity #animals

Glisten Language App
5 days ago

Glisten for iPad is nearly ready, including a new text slow reveal mode. Want to help beta test it? Here are the details: https://glisten.ist/2023/12/06/glisten-coming-to-ipad/

#languageapp #languagelearning #langtoot #english #spanish #french #languages #language

Luca da Firenze
6 days ago

Is #UK going back on #Brexit ?
#Brits want to return to the #EU ?
...
of course they want.

but
the real question is...
Does the EU want the Brits back?

This is NOT a stupid question
the #English have always created problems for the EU
demanded more money than any other Nations
and they had the 'veto' vote (who they used 'too much')
Therefore
the real question is...
does the EU want the #UK back?
... not so sure so.

New Episode: hpr4002 :: Today I learnt - 2023-11-24

Hosted by Dave Morriss on 2023-12-05 is flagged as Explicit and is released under a CC-BY-SA license.

Tags: #learning, #learned, #learnt, #TIL, #English, #French, #phonetics, #IPA, #tirelire.

https://hackerpublicradio.org/eps/hpr4002/index.html

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1 week ago

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Tactical Piracy: „Shadow Gambit: The Cursed Crew“ #10 [DE/EN]

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Koritsi
1 week ago

#NewZealand central bank chief defended its use of the Maori language in official communications on Wednesday, as the country’s new centre-right government looks to roll back the use of the #Indigenous language in the public sector.

#Maori #language #English #communications #NZ

https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/new-zealands-central-bank-defends-maori-language-use-2023-11-29/

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1 week ago

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Open Sunday: „American Truck Simulator“ Kansas DLC & Farm Machinery DLC & Update 1.49 [DE/EN]

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Martin De Wulf
1 week ago

Heard the French expression "on est un con" https://fr.wiktionary.org/wiki/on_est_un_con a few days ago.

Translated to english it could be "They is an idiot", which in the end mean that if you don't specify who is "they" in one assertion, it's probably worthless.

You know, it happens in assertions like "Vaccines don't work, while they want to make you believe the opposite".

Is there a similar expression in English? Because I could use that a lot.

#english #french

Michał Górny
1 week ago

I disagree with the notion that #English spelling and pronunciation are pretty random.

Every language has defined spelling and pronunciation rules. So does English.

Every language has loan words. Some loan words preserve the original spelling and pronunciation while others are naturalized.

It's just that English has lots of loan words from different languages, that use spelling from another language and pronunciation from yet another. It's as simple as that (plus some drift).

Your Autistic Life
1 week ago

Few people know that the word algebra comes from an Arabic expression, which once translationed into English means "the gibr."

(Yes, I typed translationed and I'm keeping it there. Screw your social conventions! Hahahahahahaha!)

#algebra #Arabic #English #translation

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1 week ago

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Benoît Sokal: „Sinking Island“ #2 [DE/EN]

#streaming #gaming #linux #videogames #english #deutsch #hatclan

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Quinn Dombrowski
1 week ago

Manish Goregaokar & Ben Joeng are acting out a scenario of a #Unicode proposal user community interview for #English, were #Latin not the basis for #ASCII. Actually justifying C vs G, explaining capital letters, etc is a fun and funny thought experiment for an Anglophone audience. #MultilingualDH

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1 week ago

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Deadly Friday: „ELEX“ #9 [DE/EN]

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Jozef Mlích
1 week ago

Nemomobile in November 2023

In November, Nemomobile integrated Qt6, enabling 100+ packages, including Lipstick, for operational end-user apps. Crucial fixes include Maliit keyboard compatibility. Qt Quick controls saw improvements. Compatibility achieved on Jelly Star.

https://blog.mlich.cz/2023/12/nemomobile-in-november-2023/

#AdventOfCode #English #Movember #nemomobile #Qt6

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2 weeks ago

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Schöne neue Welt: „Kaptain Brawe: A Brawe New World“ [DE]

#streaming #gaming #linux #videogames #english #deutsch #hatclan

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bbbhltz
2 weeks ago

I think I've found my winners for "Unfortunate English Mistakes" this year...

In the "One Letter Makes a Difference" category:

"American companies are hunting minorities; especially Hispanics and Blacks."

and...

In the "Unfortunate set of typos in the same phrase" category:

"Blackock is the largest asses manager in the world."

#english #grammar

Tucker Carlson's Nuts
2 weeks ago

🥥 When it comes to the #ElginMarbles, the #English don't have a plinth to stand on. 🥥

Kyle Memoir
2 weeks ago

The word ‘very’ in English is one we could (very) easily live without.

‘Very very’ is a phrase that ought to be criminalized.

#english #very

alex
2 weeks ago

Guess I should probably do an #introduction! Names Alex (they/ze). I'm a university student currently studying #English and #Creative Writing in hopes of being an author one day! I'm currently residint on the east coast of Turtle Island. I enjoy #crocheting, #knitting, drinking #tea, and #vampires. Would love to follow queer #artists and other queer #creatives on here!

#Joomla module new release:
💡 zitat-service.de 2.0.2

Now also for #joomla5. The Joomla module displays a random #quote from the collection of the user community.

The selection of quotes can be limited by language (#Deutsch 🇩🇪, #English 🇬🇧, #Español 🇪🇸, #日本語 🇯🇵 and #Українська 🇺🇦), author, category, or the quotes set by an user. #OpenSource and free.

Demo page for the module: https://joomla.zitat-service.de

There are two light grey boxes against a light green background with stylised flowers. The upper one shows the five flags of Ukraine, Spain, Japan, Germany and England. The lower box contains the quote "In theory, there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice, there is." Below this, the author "Yogi Berra" is named.
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3 weeks ago

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Moorhuhn Adventure: „Der Fluch des Goldes“ #1 [DE]

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Mina
3 weeks ago

Dear native speakers of #English, please help me to settle a question:

If you hear "half six" as a time descriptor, do you understand it, and does it mean 6:30 or 5:30?

I know, in the South East of England it's a common way of stating the time, and it means 6:30.

But elsewhere?

Stephen J. Carrington
3 weeks ago

@RickiTarr The word "Quay" pops up a dozen times in each of the hundreds of Enid Blyton adventure books I read as a young kid. (Famous Five, Secret Seven, etc). With a qua- like "quasar" & "quack", I pronounced quay as "Kway" for years. It's just not commonly used irl unless you live in a harbour, I guess? 🤷

Anyways - apparently Quay is properly "Key".

https://dictionary.cambridge.org/us/pronunciation/english/quay

#bookstadon #words #english

Martin Holland
3 weeks ago

I'll do it again in #english, maybe it is of interest for others too:

@heiseonline is on of the biggest official accounts on #Mastodon by a german media organization. It's now a year old and I had a look into the ~62k followers. Turns out, that federation in the #fediverse seems to work: Less than a fourth are from mastodon.social, the rest are on more than 1900 different instances.

#MastodonMigration #TwitterMigration #SocialMedia #analytics

Original Post:
https://social.heise.de/@mho/111450312122480440

Number of accounts following @heiseonline from each instance

I think the impulse that leads some people to call Jira tickets just "Jiras" is the same as the one that has people calling blog posts "blogs". Either way, it drives me nuts.

It's also probably the same that got Senator "Series of Tubes" Stevens to say "I sent an internet the other day".

#PetPeeves #English #usage #terms #grammar

Just heard Dove Cameron's "Sand", and while #grammar sticklers might want to reflexively quibble with her on the less/fewer front, I am 100% willing to put it aside, because "I have less pieces of you than…" parallels the "more pieces" in the previous line, and the demands of meter here *absolutely* trump those of grammar. Jamming "fewer" in there would've been lumpy and killed the (heart-rending!) emotional charge.

Lyrics: https://genius.com/Dove-cameron-sand-lyrics
Music: https://tidal.com/browse/track/327342649
#English #usage

ƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞ
3 weeks ago

@kelvin0mql
See if you can goad them into saying the name of the letter 'H' (aitch).
:-)
#English #language #pronunciation #grammar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qmVnr7rsWrE

About me: #introduction #presentation

Country: México
🇲🇽
Timezone: UTC-6
Pronouns: She/They
Major: Computer Systems Engineering
I speak:
-
#Spanish
-
#English
-
#Portuguese
-
#French
-
#Esperanto
I can code in:
- C/C++
- Python
- JavaScript
- Java
- Rust
- BASIC
Interests:
#GNU_Linux, #FOSS, #Software Development, #Music, Languages/Linguistics, Mycology
Hobbies: Music production, language learning, reading, videogames, video/film production,
#philosophy
I also have accounts in:
Mastodon, Lemmy, PeerTube

Mignon Fogarty
4 weeks ago

I don't recommend you use "irregardless," but it first appeared in print more than 200 years ago!

In this week's Grammar Girl podcast, Susan Herman looks at the history of this much-hated word, why dictionaries include it, and if it will ever move beyond its "nonstandard" status.

APPLE PODCASTS: https://applepodcasts.com/GrammarGirl

SPOTIFY: https://spoti.fi/454uDte

TRANSCRIPT: https://grammar-girl.simplecast.com/episodes/irregardless/transcript

YOUTUBE: https://youtu.be/aJ78C228AD4

#GrammarGirl #podcast #English

A teenage girl with long red hair, cringing, and covering her face with her hands. The text at the bottom reads What's up with irregardless. 954 Grammar Girl Podcast. Apple Podcasts. Spotify. Tune in. Castbox. Overcast.
ƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞ
1 month ago

@PSiReN @selzero
I've seen these tags used a great deal today and I feel I should point out they are both factually (as far as I know) and grammatically incorrect. A somewhat more accurate and less controversial phrase would be #PigSquicking .
I hope this helps.
#English #grammar #PigAbuse #politics

Axel Rauschmayer
1 month ago

It’s good to have built-in #English spell checking on computers: receive vs. retrieve. To make things even more confusing, sieve is pronounced “siv”.

Black Flag Medical
1 month ago

An interesting new medical training course started appearing on #Ukrainian #medical social media feeds.

Whole Blood Field Transfusion Course

https://thor.podia.com/

Available at no financial cost in both #English and Ukrainian.

Course and content provided by the THOR (Trauma, Hemostasis and Oxygen Research) network.

https://rdcr.org/

Looks very interesting! Add it to the list.

#medmastodon #medicine #trauma #blood #Ukraine

Very happy to learn that if I ever expatriated to Ireland, I'd be able to use both "amn't" (as per the article) and"youse" (mentioned in comments) without, apparently, anyone batting an eye!

As a child, I was taught that "amn't" is incorrect, and never to use it, and social disapproval has kept me in check, but in my heart of hearts, I've always felt it *should be* the right word.

https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2014/03/04/amnt-i-glad-we-use-amnt-in-ireland/ #English #grammar #Ireland

it's interesting to see what names #languages give to the place various forms of public transportation pick up passengers at.
#French: arrêt de bus, arrêt de tramway, station de métro, gare
#English: bus stop, tram stop, metro station, train station.

meanwhile in #Hebrew (and I think in #Yiddish as well?) it's all the same word, lol

Is there a language that distinguishes between the words for tram stop and bus stop, making this a four-way distinction? I'm yet to find one.

#linguistics

@signifikanten
1 month ago

Welcome. It's not that I am #NewToMastodon, but I am rather #neuhier 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 #politics, #football and my personal life decisions (they’ll bring me to hell, I bet, if you believe in such stuff).

I'm #antifascist, and a #nocar 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 #left - Hegelian.

Having worked in #ops and considering myself as #philosophy nerd for years, I am currently looking into #dev and #infosec 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 #Leipzig, #Germany I am happy to answer all questions around topics taking place in mid Europe, as I consider myself as European rather than German.

langs: #english, #french, #german

I have a question to Canadian 🇨🇦 users here: Is is common to say the German word "und" in Canada instead of "and"?

I ask because Linus seems to say "und" at 3:33 ("there und there") and I've never noticed that in the English language before.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1AoSXyVbCe4

Or is it just slang / a personal habit?

#canada #english #language

Mathias Bolt Lesniak
1 month ago

The #TYPO3 #CodeOfConduct is short and sweet at 157 words — and available in 17 languages. 🇺🇳 More translations are very welcome! (Contact me if you want to add one.) https://typo3.org/coc

#translation #arabic #chinese #croatian #danish #dutch #english #french #german #hindi #indonesian #italian #norwegian #spanish #SwissGerman #Urdu #welsh #CCBY

ƧƿѦςɛ♏ѦਹѤʞ
1 month ago

@mina
I completely sympathise!
Going right back to the BBC Micro I used to find ways of substituting proper #English for annoying pandering Americanisms :-)
#maths #humour #language #ThoseFunnyAmericans
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JYqfVE-fykk

Sean Murthy
1 month ago

Diphthong. A word that's all sexed up just to distract from the fact that it conveys a rather ordinary concept.

A shame that (even) words (have to) resort to such cheap tricks to get attention. ☹️

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diphthong

#english #language

The Other Brook
1 month ago

I was talking with my friend yesterday and she mentioned the only reason she hasn't started a Mastodon account is she keeps being indecisive about what instance to join. Does anyone have a good instance suggestion for a #literary #translator of #Finnish (aka #Suomi) novels into #English?