#Vocabulary
The scandal at talent agency Johnny & Associates was made worse by a culture of “keeping the lid on a stinky thing.” https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2023/09/21/language/japanese-whistleblower-idioms-speaking/?utm_content=buffer60197&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #life #language #nihongo #vocabulary #johnnyassociates
Around 70% of survey respondents say jargon leads to misunderstandings that end up wasting time. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2023/09/15/language/business-japanese-buzzwords-baseball/?utm_content=bufferebece&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #life #language #nihongo #vocabulary #idioms #businessjapanese
🤔 What's the longest word in the #English language?
📖 In this throwback #video, @tomscott looks at how the definition of a word can affect the answer, and dives into incredibly long words like #pneumonoultramicroscopicsilicovolcanoconiosis and the Welsh #Llanfairpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.
👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/whats-the-longest-word-in-the-english-language
#STEM #linguistics #antidisestablishmentarianism #vocabulary
Some cool #vocabulary builders to consider:
• perdurable
• fug
• neotenous
• scumble
• pelagic
• morpheme
• muzzy
• felluca
• strophe
• quiddity
• rugose
• hummocks
• sententious
• exemplum
• recension
• aniconic
Japan is a society with many unspoken rules. Are you aware of the norms that govern your place of business? https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2023/09/08/language/living-japan-etiquette-trains/?utm_content=bufferb414f&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #life #language #nihongo #vocabulary #grammar #jlptn5 #jlptn3 #etiquette #livinginjapan
Frijoles! Porotos! Habichuelas! Alubias!
Scream as many as you want, but all of them are just #beans in #Spanish
https://mapologies.com/el-atlas/
#map #mapologies #español #vocabulary #learnspanish #castelano #aprendeespañol #mapa #languagemap #languagelearning #twitterele #ele #food #comida #frijoles #alubias #habas #fabes #habiechuelas #beans #cannedbeans #judias #poroto
It’s important to know how to speak to your child’s homeroom teacher at school so you can keep an eye on how they are doing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2023/09/03/language/japanese-school-teacher-meeting/?utm_content=buffer92442&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #life #language #nihongo #vocabulary #school #livinginjapan
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That. ⬆️ The three #asterisks, #fleurons or similar #dingbats used to tipografically separate subsections.
#English #vocabulary #typography
The words "fridge" in Spanish.
Which one is the best sounding one?
https://mapologies.com/el-atlas/
#spanish #map #mapologies #español #vocabulary #learnspanish #castelano #aprendeespañol #mapa #languagemap #languagelearning #twitterele #ele #spanishlearning #america #latinamerica #centralemerica #mexico #northamerica #america #nevera #refrigerador #refrigeradora #heladera #fridge #kitchen #appliance #electrodomestico #vocabulario
You don't need to be stressed out about your linguistic ability when you check into a Japanese hospital, so brush up on some terms beforehand. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2023/08/25/language/language-vocabulary-japanese-hospital/?utm_content=buffer0274c&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #life #language #nihongo #vocabulary #hospitals #livinginjapan
I only recently learned that people seem to refer to /palm muting/ as "chugging". Apparently, this has been the #vocabulary for several years now.
#deathmetal #deathcore #djent #progressivemetal #guitar #technique
I am a #word slurper collecting #words in a word treasure chest. My "Wortschatzkiste" has a double meaning: The German Wortschatz means #vocabulary but is built from the words for word+treasure.
Yesterday, thanks to @TimeCycles I could once again sip the deliciously untranslatable word (you have to feel it) #heimish.
This is the best try to define the word: https://www.heyalma.com/heimish-is-the-greatest-word-of-all-time/ Or if I try it in German: Saugemütlich und kindheits-heimelig. #linguistics #learningLanguages #translation
#Fun with #learning #languages In most instances, the English #toot or the German #tröt is changed into "publish". This makes posting in the Fediverse a little quieter.😉 Reading French, I often smile. #repouet for boosts (many write repouet apprécié) isn't only loud but can even stink. #Pouet is an #onomatopeia for a honk's or trumpet's sound, but also for a trumpet-loud fart. :catjam: So, feed the mammoth well! 🤣 In 2017 already a topic: https://github.com/mastodon/mastodon/issues/1099 #words #vocabulary
Problem word/phrase 2
to sleep with -
the direct definition means that people are sleeping near each other
unfortunately the most accepted definition is
"sleep with phrasal verb
sleep together | sleep with somebody
(informal) to have sex with somebody, especially somebody you are not married to"
https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/sleep-with
My issue with this phrase is that as a person on the asexual spectrum I have slept together in one bed with quite a few people but because this phrase has been co-opted by people who want to avoid saying directly that they and another person had sex I am unable to simply use the phrase. This means that when I want to go ahead and sleep in the same bed with someone I have to talk around the issue rather than just saying "let's sleep together" in order to make sure that I am not misunderstood. I do not know why I am the one who is forced to talk around a perfectly innocent action.
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#Vocabulary #WordsHaveMeaning #WordUsage #Sleep #Sex
Thoughts move through my mind like a #river, but I cannot #direct them onto the page. #Vocabulary acts like a #threshold, as if my words were a #keepsake of our conversations not to be shared. I choose the other #option and remain silent.
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#vssnature #vss365 #MicroPrompt #MastoPrompt #brknshards #rise365
#WritingCommunity
Get to know the terminology involved with new artificial intelligence technology. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2023/08/17/language/ai-chatgpt-and-the-creation-of-work-with-a-human-touch/?utm_content=buffer9651e&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #life #language #nihongo #vocabulary #ai #chatgpt
Walked past a place offering “booty facials” today. Clearly they do not understand the meaning of “facial”. Please suggest alternate terms for this service. #language #vocabulary #facial
“Is everything continuing to amaze and astound the tastebuds?”
Me: yes!
“Gorgeous”
#vocabulary
Bathtub in Spanish:
tina, bañera or bañadera
https://mapologies.com/el-atlas/
#spanish #map #mapologies #español #bath #vocabulary #learnspanish #castelano #argentina #cuba #casa #baño #bañera #tina #aprendeespañol #mapa #languagemap #languagelearning #twitterele #ele #spanishlearning
Sustainability-related vocabulary isn't the only way to get your thoughts across on sustainable food practices in Japanese. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2023/08/10/language/japanese-vocabulary-for-sustainable-eating-restaurants/?utm_content=buffer0b067&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #life #language #nihongo #vocabulary #sustainability
I just heard a new word today “photosplained” 😂📸 #photography #words #vocabulary
Spending time to learn the Japanese language's many homophones can result in a better understanding of definitions — and it's fun. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2023/08/03/language/japanese-language-homophones/?utm_content=buffer3f4ab&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #life #language #nihongo #vocabulary
Swedish street names can, when I think about their actual meaning, kick off all kinds of thoughts. In my hometown some of the major memories are bound up in the same named street.
That it means rope maker's street in the language I use most often eluded me. I think of Swedish things in Swedish aka why I don't know a lot of tree names in English but I know them without thinking in Swedish.
#sweden #swedish #vocabulary
Often used to mean energy or spirit, the Japanese word "ki" can be seen in many different types of idioms and phrases. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2023/07/28/language/japanese-vocabulary-ki-energy-soul-idioms/?utm_content=bufferb65c3&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #life #language #nihongo #vocabulary #idioms #aikido
I've been talking a lot about #Duolingo so let's talk now about #Babadum instead. I feel this is a much lesser known website, but it's a fantastic way of improving your #vocabulary (and just that) in an easy game like way. You don't even need to register to use it and they have many #languages (unfortunately not #Dutch). They use European #Portuguese by the way.
Whether it’s a trendy top from a chain store in Shibuya or a vintage piece from the backstreets of Kichijoji, know how to shop with a mind to sustainability in Japanese. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2023/07/21/language/fashion-fast-slow-discussing-shopping-ethics-japanese/?utm_content=buffer5e8b2&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #life #language #nihongo #sustainability #vocabulary #grammar #fastfashion #jlptn3 #jlptn4 #jlptn2
#Vocabulary / #dialect poll.
On a hot day, if I said I was going to go "swizzle off", would you know what I meant?
"maculate".
A lovely word that's now only used in the negative.
(From "The Tillotson Banquet" by Aldous Huxley.)
#Words #Vocabulary #Books #EnglishLanguage #Reading #Book #Bookstodon #BooksOfMastodon
#Language #LanguageLearning
#WordyWednesday: Bleb
(used in a mortuary context)
A blister on a dead body, filled with stinky liquid, which usually turns into an area of skin slip (moist peeling skin) after it's been drained. Not fun at all.
#HisAndHearsePress #Embalming #Embalmer #DeadBody #MortuaryScience #Bleb #Blister #Gross #Ew #Stinky #Vocabulary #WordOfTheDay
New #preprint: We present a new #dataset on the #German #language: DeReKoGram includes uni-, bi-, and trigram frequencies, lemma and POS information for a corpus of around 43 billion tokens.
We evaluate the distribution over the 16 datasets and present a (small) case study on #vocabulary growth.
At https://www.owid.de/plus/derekogram, we provide #Python, #Rstats and #Stata code that should help you getting started with the dataset.
Preprint available at https://doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-3139640/v1.
Grapefruit in Spanish: toronja or pomelo?
www.mapologies.com/el-atlas
#fruit #grapefruit #pomelo #toronja #map #mapologies #elatlas #vocabulary #etymology #español #southamerica #food #fruta #french #diminutivo #language #linguisticmap #arabic #dutch
Still not sure how to handle #vocabulary in #anki which has multiple translations (in both ways). I guess why standard layout of "two way" cards won't work like that.
So I need one card / note type for one direction and another for the other.
Problem word 1
Literally, it is an adverb. I have included a screenshot of the definition.
For me this is the important part
Now one of the most common uses, although often considered irregular in standard English since it reverses the original sense of literally (‘not figuratively or metaphorically’).
About 2012 there was a series of articles how the various dictionaries have officially acknowledged that the word is now most often used to mean figuratively.
I used to use the word a lot, now I have to always add that I mean it in the old definitive sense. I hate that for so many things I have to add extra explanations of what I mean, more on this issue in later entries.
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#Vocabulary #WordsHaveMeaning #WordUsage
I am going to do a two thread thing in this pinned post.
One will have a list of lessons that I believe that I have learned in life and that I wish that I had learned earlier. I know that I cannot go back and change things but a least I can keep them as reminders for myself so that I hopefully can remember not to repeat them, and if they help anyone else that is a bonus.
The other will be a list of words that I think have problematic usage and/or meanings. I have a few that I see as especially having issues. I decided to go ahead and write on this because of an encounter with someone else here who stated that they thought “offended” was problematic when I said that I was sorry that I had offended them. Offend is not one of my problem ones, though I may have to rethink that.
1/x & y
#Discussion #Vocabulary #Words #Meanings #WordsHaveMeanings #Advice #Lessons #Learning #Sage #YouCannotChangeThePast
Get to know the vocabulary surrounding symptoms of heatstroke, heat exhaustion and how to ask someone if they need help. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2023/07/07/language/summer-festivals-like-tanabata-back-full-force-yay-heatstroke-boo/?utm_content=bufferb83ba&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #life #language #nihongo #vocabulary #jlptn3
The Filipino (Tagalog), Bahasa Indonesia and Bahasa Melayu languages have similar words for "sick" "island" and more.
#Languages #TootSea #Malaysia #Indonesia #Philippines #Asia #Vocabulary #Austronesian
Is there a word for the opposite of a #scapegoat? For instance, the way false threats involving children have been used to drive transphobia and homophobia. The way false threats involving white women have been used to kill black men and boys, #EmmitTill to start.
What is the word for the opposite of a scapegoat: a group who is defined as helpless against an outgroup to drive fear?
If no word exists, do you have ideas?
#Vocabulary #WhatWord #Racism #Sexism #Homophobia #Transphobia #Question #Academia #Theory #Fascism
@UnFitz2
#TootRating = 9/10
Would have been 10/10 if you had hash tagged #vocabulary.
I know you'll do better next time, Babe. 🥥
I think use "Philippine" when referring to the country, the government, or something official. "Filipino" for culture, arts, or the people. People use them interchangeably a lot though. #Filipino #Philippines #Pinoy #Pilipino #Pilipinas #TootSea #Diction #Vocabulary #WordChoice
The Japanese have stripped "the" down to one or two of a greater number of tasks that the word normally does in English. We know this process as semantic narrowing. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2023/06/09/language/za-grammar-notes-properly-handle-japanese/?utm_content=buffere47f4&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #life #language #nihongo #vocabulary #prepositions
If you're a collective noun nerd, this is a gold mine.
https://sites.miamioh.edu/meyersde/the-collective-noun-catalog/
My favorite from a quick scan: a shudder of washing machines.
@riley @mcc
This is fascinating!
I've been studying #Czech, which shares a ton of #phonemes and #vocabulary with other #Slavic languages, but is written with a Latin-based character set (I say "Latin-based" because Czech uses an assortment of #diacritic marks as #pronunciation modifiers on an otherwise standard #Latin character set).
On several occasions, I've come across a #Russian or #Ukrainian word written in its native #Cyrillic script followed by a #phonetic pronunciation guide written in Latin characters, and consequently recognized the word as one that is shared with Czech. Those moments of recognition are just pure #linguistic glee.
Figure 3 ar round-robins, in the non-sports sense, and apparently an old idea.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Round-robin_(document)
#RoundRobin #language #vocabulary
This week on T&B, we're slowing down (a little!) to talk with Major Jackson about poetry, word games, and his new gig as host of The Slowdown. Join us at https://bit.ly/S3E14_RelishingWords or wherever you get your #podcasts.
#NYTSpellingbee #nytsb #nytimesgames #nytwordplay #spellingbee #wordplay #wordnerds #poetry #aglets #shoelaces #metgala #vocabulary #vocabularybuilding #hivemind
Why do Filipinos call it "brownout" and not blackout?
#SeriousQuestion #FilipinoEnglish #StrangeWords #Filipinism #Languages #Vocabulary #Philippines #Filipinos #GlobalEnglish #English #WorldEnglish #Asia #TootSea
#WordyWednesday: Half Couch vs Full Couch Casket
Most American caskets are half couch. What does that mean?
A half couch casket has a two-piece lid. The top half opens to reveal the deceased’s face and torso while the lower half remains closed to conceal the legs.
These caskets open on the left (it’s just the industry standard, likely because we tend to approach the casket and touch the person with our right hand while turned slightly toward their face; it just works better this way). The inside of the foot end of the casket is often “unfinished,” meaning that it’s spartan rather than upholstered in pleated fabric. We can’t spontaneously decide to reverse a body in a casket, but we can custom order a casket built to open in the opposite direction (like if the right side of a person is too disfigured for viewing).
Note: even though YOU only see the top lid open, rest assured that WE can open both lids to get the body inside. Once the body is nicely tucked in, we close the lower lid.
A full couch casket has a one-piece lid to showcase the entire body, head to toe. They’re uncommon, typically only seen in certain parts of the country. Some include an inner leg covering and/or a foot pillow. Funeral directors must accommodate a few details differently: standard casket flower sprays can only be placed on top when it’s fully closed (or a long simple garland is draped along the hinge panel inside), and similarly, the flag cannot be draped unless the lid is fully closed. Half couch caskets allow flower sprays or a pleated flag to be draped over the closed foot panel during viewing.
Either way, please bring pants for your loved one. Whether we can see their legs or not, they ought to be properly dressed. Full couch caskets expose the feet too, which is rough for us when the feet are swollen. Putting shoes on is really hard! It’s also tricky to keep the feet together rather than splaying out (this is a better reason to tie shoelaces together rather than making the zombie apocalypse funnier).
Which would you prefer? Full or half couch?
#HisAndHearsePress #Casket #Coffin #FullCouch #HalfCouch #Funeral #MortuaryScience #Vocab #Vocabulary #Caskets
#WordyWednesday: Ossilegium ☠️
A noun meaning the act of collecting bones for placement in an ossuary after the rest of the body has decomposed. FYI, an ossuary is a building or structure to house bones or cremated remains. (I’ll do one of these on ossuaries later!)
The collected bones may be stored in individual boxes, small niches, or arranged into magnificent displays with many other skeletons.
Many cultures performed this as a means of conserving burial space. Ancient Greeks even collected bones from funeral pyres and washed them with wine and oil before placing them in urns.
Pronounced oss-ih-LEE-gee-um.
Not to be confused with the metal band by the same name 🤘🏻
#HisAndHearsePress #Ossilegium #Ossuary #Skeleton #Bones #Crypt #Cemetery #Decomposition #MortuaryScience #Vocab #Vocabulary #WordOfTheDay
Useless Facts, Badly Drawn #12: #hippopotomonstrosesquippedaliophobia is the fear of long words. Just.... why?
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#fearoflongwords #english #englishisinsane #language #linguistics #words #vocabulary #trivia #funfacts #strangebuttrue #cartoon #cartoons #webcomic #bizarrefacts #comic #art #comicstrip #art #wtf #why #whywouldyoudothis #insanity #nextleveltrolling #longwords #bigwords #whyisthisathing #uselessfacts #themoreyouknow #didyouknow #uselessfactsbadlydrawn
@To when I started to learn English and for a few years I struggled with lack of #vocabulary. My vocabulary and English expanded immensely when I started to read #manga in English, the Dragon Ball books at the time. I had a paper dictionary at hand where I looked up every single word I didn't know. I also took note of the meanings. Two books or so later my English had completely transformed 😄
How many of these #dialect words are used outside Yorkshire, England?
I'm reading an old collection of stories in 'Once a Week' (vol. 6, March-August 1877). In "The Domestic Confessions of Mrs. Chignal," I find several phrases like this: "for if the horrible, stupid girl had not gone off fast asleep again"
There is no "if/then" set; it stands alone. It means "can you believe it," like there's an implied "God smite me if..." or we might say "fuck me if...".
Was this common? #linguistics #AmEditing #vocabulary
@korystamper @grammargirl @stancarey
#vocabulary
#dutch : radio
#french : radio
#english: radio
#german : Funkgerät 😯🤨
#gargoyle
French gargouille, "throat" , "gullet"
Latin gurgulio, gula, gargula ("gullet" or "throat")
derived from the root gar, "to swallow"
Gurgling sound of water (Portuguese, Spanish garganta, "throat"; gárgola, "gargoyle")
#Etymology #language #TeamEnglish #vocabulary
TIL: Niblings is a fun word to refer to your nieces and nephews. The term fuses “niece”, “nephew”, and “sibling” into one word.