Carpe Idiom
@carpeidiom.bsky.social
Linguist, researcher, writer, traveller,
Cultural commuter
Etymology | Linguistic diversity | 量词 nerd | Mongolian | Hebrew | Basque | Endangered languages | Multilingualism | MECFS/POTS
#Langsky Feed: https://tinyurl.com/3khcas3u
Cultural commuter
Etymology | Linguistic diversity | 量词 nerd | Mongolian | Hebrew | Basque | Endangered languages | Multilingualism | MECFS/POTS
#Langsky Feed: https://tinyurl.com/3khcas3u
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Similar charts ranking languages by "difficulty" in function of the time needed to reach "proficiency" are regularly being shared on social media.
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
Here's why they are to be taken with a mountain of salt 🧵
#langsky
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
Here's why they are to be taken with a mountain of salt 🧵
#langsky
October 4, 2023 at 8:09 AM
Similar charts ranking languages by "difficulty" in function of the time needed to reach "proficiency" are regularly being shared on social media.
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
Here's why they are to be taken with a mountain of salt 🧵
#langsky
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
Here's why they are to be taken with a mountain of salt 🧵
#langsky
Several interesting BOOK 📚 feeds by genre in French! 🇫🇷 (and a SCI-FI FANTASY book feed in English 🇺🇸🇬🇧)
Mes Feeds Lecture:
- LectureFR - LectureSFFF - Sci-Fi Fantasy books posts en anglais - BD,Comics,Mangas - Poésie
Feeds by:
- Livres FR @carpeidiom.bsky.social - Littérature LGBTQIA+ @vickysaintange.bsky.social - Littérature jeunesse @filledalbum.bsky.social - Micronouvelle @sobusydear.bsky.social
- LectureFR - LectureSFFF - Sci-Fi Fantasy books posts en anglais - BD,Comics,Mangas - Poésie
Feeds by:
- Livres FR @carpeidiom.bsky.social - Littérature LGBTQIA+ @vickysaintange.bsky.social - Littérature jeunesse @filledalbum.bsky.social - Micronouvelle @sobusydear.bsky.social
October 4, 2023 at 5:59 PM
Several interesting BOOK 📚 feeds by genre in French! 🇫🇷 (and a SCI-FI FANTASY book feed in English 🇺🇸🇬🇧)
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Anne L’Huillier won the Nobel prize in Physics today in the middle of class, and carried on with her lecture after. Dedication! 😃🧪
October 3, 2023 at 1:56 PM
Anne L’Huillier won the Nobel prize in Physics today in the middle of class, and carried on with her lecture after. Dedication! 😃🧪
Similar charts ranking languages by "difficulty" in function of the time needed to reach "proficiency" are regularly being shared on social media.
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
Here's why they are to be taken with a mountain of salt 🧵
#langsky
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
Here's why they are to be taken with a mountain of salt 🧵
#langsky
October 4, 2023 at 8:09 AM
Similar charts ranking languages by "difficulty" in function of the time needed to reach "proficiency" are regularly being shared on social media.
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
Here's why they are to be taken with a mountain of salt 🧵
#langsky
www.economist.com/graphic-deta...
Here's why they are to be taken with a mountain of salt 🧵
#langsky
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from a FB friend — how common is it, cross-culturally, to assign names to inanimate objects? e.g. boats, cars, favored houseplants...
I'm also curious about cross-linguistic tendencies in this type of naming... anymore know of research?
(kinda #linguistics, is there also #anthropology?)
I'm also curious about cross-linguistic tendencies in this type of naming... anymore know of research?
(kinda #linguistics, is there also #anthropology?)
October 2, 2023 at 9:36 PM
from a FB friend — how common is it, cross-culturally, to assign names to inanimate objects? e.g. boats, cars, favored houseplants...
I'm also curious about cross-linguistic tendencies in this type of naming... anymore know of research?
(kinda #linguistics, is there also #anthropology?)
I'm also curious about cross-linguistic tendencies in this type of naming... anymore know of research?
(kinda #linguistics, is there also #anthropology?)
Non so niente di troppe cose per tenerne conto, però a volte affiora un'ignoranza che mi dà nostalgia.
- Erri De Luca ("Tre cavalli") 🇮🇹
I can hardly keep track of the things I don’t know, but every now and then comes an ignorance that makes me nostalgic.
- Erri De Luca ("Three horses") 🇬🇧🇺🇸
- Erri De Luca ("Tre cavalli") 🇮🇹
I can hardly keep track of the things I don’t know, but every now and then comes an ignorance that makes me nostalgic.
- Erri De Luca ("Three horses") 🇬🇧🇺🇸
October 3, 2023 at 7:32 AM
Non so niente di troppe cose per tenerne conto, però a volte affiora un'ignoranza che mi dà nostalgia.
- Erri De Luca ("Tre cavalli") 🇮🇹
I can hardly keep track of the things I don’t know, but every now and then comes an ignorance that makes me nostalgic.
- Erri De Luca ("Three horses") 🇬🇧🇺🇸
- Erri De Luca ("Tre cavalli") 🇮🇹
I can hardly keep track of the things I don’t know, but every now and then comes an ignorance that makes me nostalgic.
- Erri De Luca ("Three horses") 🇬🇧🇺🇸
WAR INTERPRETERS
A brilliant and poignant action thriller about the tragic fate of the Afghan war interpreters, who risked their lives for the U.S. military and were left behind in a country where they're considered traitors, and the veterans trying to fulfill the US duty.
#langsky #xl8
A brilliant and poignant action thriller about the tragic fate of the Afghan war interpreters, who risked their lives for the U.S. military and were left behind in a country where they're considered traitors, and the veterans trying to fulfill the US duty.
#langsky #xl8
October 2, 2023 at 8:03 AM
WAR INTERPRETERS
A brilliant and poignant action thriller about the tragic fate of the Afghan war interpreters, who risked their lives for the U.S. military and were left behind in a country where they're considered traitors, and the veterans trying to fulfill the US duty.
#langsky #xl8
A brilliant and poignant action thriller about the tragic fate of the Afghan war interpreters, who risked their lives for the U.S. military and were left behind in a country where they're considered traitors, and the veterans trying to fulfill the US duty.
#langsky #xl8
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Reposting this because I still see language-related posts floating around in the interfeedic void.
To ALL: add your posts related to your field/displine/hobby to their respective feeds so that users with the same interests can more easily find them.
Find relevant feeds on goodfeeds.co
To ALL: add your posts related to your field/displine/hobby to their respective feeds so that users with the same interests can more easily find them.
Find relevant feeds on goodfeeds.co
Many disciplines/fields now have their own feeds. Feeds are to Bsky what library sections are to a library. Linguists and language nerds, use the #langsky or #linguistics tag to add your language-related posts to the dedicated "section" (= feed), instead o/t general one (where we might not see them)
October 1, 2023 at 5:29 PM
Reposting this because I still see language-related posts floating around in the interfeedic void.
To ALL: add your posts related to your field/displine/hobby to their respective feeds so that users with the same interests can more easily find them.
Find relevant feeds on goodfeeds.co
To ALL: add your posts related to your field/displine/hobby to their respective feeds so that users with the same interests can more easily find them.
Find relevant feeds on goodfeeds.co
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Antarctic scientists showed tiny, early signs of a new accent after spending all winter in isolated groups talking to each other. Cool to see exactly how the process of language divergence starts #langsky
Linguists Hear an Accent Begin
Residents of an overwintering station in Antarctica provided linguists with evidence of the first small changes in speech that may signal the development of a new accent.
www.scientificamerican.com
September 29, 2023 at 1:56 AM
Antarctic scientists showed tiny, early signs of a new accent after spending all winter in isolated groups talking to each other. Cool to see exactly how the process of language divergence starts #langsky
Reposting this because I still see language-related posts floating around in the interfeedic void.
To ALL: add your posts related to your field/displine/hobby to their respective feeds so that users with the same interests can more easily find them.
Find relevant feeds on goodfeeds.co
To ALL: add your posts related to your field/displine/hobby to their respective feeds so that users with the same interests can more easily find them.
Find relevant feeds on goodfeeds.co
Many disciplines/fields now have their own feeds. Feeds are to Bsky what library sections are to a library. Linguists and language nerds, use the #langsky or #linguistics tag to add your language-related posts to the dedicated "section" (= feed), instead o/t general one (where we might not see them)
October 1, 2023 at 5:29 PM
Reposting this because I still see language-related posts floating around in the interfeedic void.
To ALL: add your posts related to your field/displine/hobby to their respective feeds so that users with the same interests can more easily find them.
Find relevant feeds on goodfeeds.co
To ALL: add your posts related to your field/displine/hobby to their respective feeds so that users with the same interests can more easily find them.
Find relevant feeds on goodfeeds.co
Yesterday, I approached a Moroccan lady for directions and we started chatting, being both foreigners in Germany. She had an armful of flowers she'd just cut in her garden. Out of the blue, she gave me the bouquet with such a warm, generous smile. It made my heart melt and cry a little inside.
October 1, 2023 at 8:44 AM
Yesterday, I approached a Moroccan lady for directions and we started chatting, being both foreigners in Germany. She had an armful of flowers she'd just cut in her garden. Out of the blue, she gave me the bouquet with such a warm, generous smile. It made my heart melt and cry a little inside.
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A few #ff just to mention some people I didn't know at The Other Place but love here
Thank you to @robonabike.bsky.social @emgenius.art @jaynehilditch.bsky.social @carpeidiom.bsky.social @emms.bsky.social @jenbren.bsky.social @adamcsharp.bsky.social for general timeline improvement
Thank you to @robonabike.bsky.social @emgenius.art @jaynehilditch.bsky.social @carpeidiom.bsky.social @emms.bsky.social @jenbren.bsky.social @adamcsharp.bsky.social for general timeline improvement
September 29, 2023 at 12:03 PM
A few #ff just to mention some people I didn't know at The Other Place but love here
Thank you to @robonabike.bsky.social @emgenius.art @jaynehilditch.bsky.social @carpeidiom.bsky.social @emms.bsky.social @jenbren.bsky.social @adamcsharp.bsky.social for general timeline improvement
Thank you to @robonabike.bsky.social @emgenius.art @jaynehilditch.bsky.social @carpeidiom.bsky.social @emms.bsky.social @jenbren.bsky.social @adamcsharp.bsky.social for general timeline improvement
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Allez c'est parti pour la foire aux favoris #ff
Je vous conseille deux têtes bien faites et bien pleines @carpeidiom.bsky.social qui a moults talents cachés (dont de motarde) et @swamilee.xyz du sud de la botte
Deux belles âmes numériques à sang bleu
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Je vous conseille deux têtes bien faites et bien pleines @carpeidiom.bsky.social qui a moults talents cachés (dont de motarde) et @swamilee.xyz du sud de la botte
Deux belles âmes numériques à sang bleu
bsky.app/profile/did:...
September 29, 2023 at 6:41 AM
Allez c'est parti pour la foire aux favoris #ff
Je vous conseille deux têtes bien faites et bien pleines @carpeidiom.bsky.social qui a moults talents cachés (dont de motarde) et @swamilee.xyz du sud de la botte
Deux belles âmes numériques à sang bleu
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Je vous conseille deux têtes bien faites et bien pleines @carpeidiom.bsky.social qui a moults talents cachés (dont de motarde) et @swamilee.xyz du sud de la botte
Deux belles âmes numériques à sang bleu
bsky.app/profile/did:...
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There is no barrier of entry to make art.
September 28, 2023 at 1:42 AM
There is no barrier of entry to make art.
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THREAD PREFERENCES:
You can now choose in which order you want replies to the same post to appear. You can also test the threaded mode and prioritise your follows.
HOME FEED PREFERENCES:
You can choose to only see replies betw ppl you follow.
You can now choose in which order you want replies to the same post to appear. You can also test the threaded mode and prioritise your follows.
HOME FEED PREFERENCES:
You can choose to only see replies betw ppl you follow.
September 27, 2023 at 9:34 AM
THREAD PREFERENCES:
You can now choose in which order you want replies to the same post to appear. You can also test the threaded mode and prioritise your follows.
HOME FEED PREFERENCES:
You can choose to only see replies betw ppl you follow.
You can now choose in which order you want replies to the same post to appear. You can also test the threaded mode and prioritise your follows.
HOME FEED PREFERENCES:
You can choose to only see replies betw ppl you follow.
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Dostoevsky’s "mind map" draft of Brothers Karamazov, 1880. I'm old enough to remember the days before word processing, but hell...
Just a reminder that there is no one way to #write or one set of rules that will make you an "Author." Part of the hard work is figuring out what works for you
Just a reminder that there is no one way to #write or one set of rules that will make you an "Author." Part of the hard work is figuring out what works for you
September 27, 2023 at 4:55 PM
Dostoevsky’s "mind map" draft of Brothers Karamazov, 1880. I'm old enough to remember the days before word processing, but hell...
Just a reminder that there is no one way to #write or one set of rules that will make you an "Author." Part of the hard work is figuring out what works for you
Just a reminder that there is no one way to #write or one set of rules that will make you an "Author." Part of the hard work is figuring out what works for you
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Do you have cool pics of Berlin's linguistic landscape = graffiti, ads, public signs, especially on language practices or in varieties other than (Standard) German?
Then please send them to me, we'll analyze them with my students of German Studies at Leiden Uni in our sociolinguistics class!
Then please send them to me, we'll analyze them with my students of German Studies at Leiden Uni in our sociolinguistics class!
September 27, 2023 at 9:12 AM
Do you have cool pics of Berlin's linguistic landscape = graffiti, ads, public signs, especially on language practices or in varieties other than (Standard) German?
Then please send them to me, we'll analyze them with my students of German Studies at Leiden Uni in our sociolinguistics class!
Then please send them to me, we'll analyze them with my students of German Studies at Leiden Uni in our sociolinguistics class!
Here's a very complete guide on Bluesky by
@emgenius.art.
The guide is in French, but you can use your browser's translator to read it in your language.
www.ecranmobile.fr/Bluesky-Manu...
@emgenius.art.
The guide is in French, but you can use your browser's translator to read it in your language.
www.ecranmobile.fr/Bluesky-Manu...
Bluesky ? Manuel de démarrage rapide
Tu en as marre de X (anciennement Twitter)? Marre de voir Elon Musk changer radicalement ton outil de microblogging préféré? Quelqu'un t'a donné un code d'accès pour BlueSky, "un nouveau résea.....
www.ecranmobile.fr
September 27, 2023 at 11:17 AM
Here's a very complete guide on Bluesky by
@emgenius.art.
The guide is in French, but you can use your browser's translator to read it in your language.
www.ecranmobile.fr/Bluesky-Manu...
@emgenius.art.
The guide is in French, but you can use your browser's translator to read it in your language.
www.ecranmobile.fr/Bluesky-Manu...
Remember to update to the latest Bsky 1.51 (including on Web!):
- easier access to all your feeds (now # symbol left on Web & bottom on app)
- add. suggested follows
- improvements on thread readability, language settings and translation & many more.
(Note: reply settings default again to 2).
- easier access to all your feeds (now # symbol left on Web & bottom on app)
- add. suggested follows
- improvements on thread readability, language settings and translation & many more.
(Note: reply settings default again to 2).
September 27, 2023 at 9:04 AM
Remember to update to the latest Bsky 1.51 (including on Web!):
- easier access to all your feeds (now # symbol left on Web & bottom on app)
- add. suggested follows
- improvements on thread readability, language settings and translation & many more.
(Note: reply settings default again to 2).
- easier access to all your feeds (now # symbol left on Web & bottom on app)
- add. suggested follows
- improvements on thread readability, language settings and translation & many more.
(Note: reply settings default again to 2).
We should create a Bsky community for insomniacs where we could talk our middle-of-the-night nonsense or share unusual and bizarre legends with other sleep-deprived zombies like us.
September 27, 2023 at 7:19 AM
We should create a Bsky community for insomniacs where we could talk our middle-of-the-night nonsense or share unusual and bizarre legends with other sleep-deprived zombies like us.
LUFT HANSA. Originally written separately, is composed of the words Luft (air) and Hansa (Old High German for "group"), in reference to the shipping and trading tradition of the HANSEATIC LEAGUE, a league of merchant guilds and market towns in N. and Central Europe.
#langsky
#langsky
September 26, 2023 at 7:21 AM
LUFT HANSA. Originally written separately, is composed of the words Luft (air) and Hansa (Old High German for "group"), in reference to the shipping and trading tradition of the HANSEATIC LEAGUE, a league of merchant guilds and market towns in N. and Central Europe.
#langsky
#langsky
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The song that always helped me to focus and get back on track, when things go sideways in my head, is the one below. It allowed me put words on things I never understood consciously, to the point that it was literally a catharsis.
Ren - Hi Ren (Official Music Video)
Pre order my upcoming album Sick Boi here ! https://bio.to/Ren-Sick-BoiSubscribe Now! - https://bit.ly/RenYTSub- - -http://www.sickboi.co.ukRen - Hi Ren (Off...
www.youtube.com
September 24, 2023 at 12:37 PM
The song that always helped me to focus and get back on track, when things go sideways in my head, is the one below. It allowed me put words on things I never understood consciously, to the point that it was literally a catharsis.
Pont du Gard, France 🇫🇷
The world's highest Roman aquaduct, built in 40-60 CE.
The Pont du Gard has remained largely intact, due to the importance of its secondary function as a toll bridge. It is to this day one of the best preserved Roman aqueducts in the world.
📷📸 Motorbike roadtrip, 2017
The world's highest Roman aquaduct, built in 40-60 CE.
The Pont du Gard has remained largely intact, due to the importance of its secondary function as a toll bridge. It is to this day one of the best preserved Roman aqueducts in the world.
📷📸 Motorbike roadtrip, 2017
September 24, 2023 at 8:41 AM
Pont du Gard, France 🇫🇷
The world's highest Roman aquaduct, built in 40-60 CE.
The Pont du Gard has remained largely intact, due to the importance of its secondary function as a toll bridge. It is to this day one of the best preserved Roman aqueducts in the world.
📷📸 Motorbike roadtrip, 2017
The world's highest Roman aquaduct, built in 40-60 CE.
The Pont du Gard has remained largely intact, due to the importance of its secondary function as a toll bridge. It is to this day one of the best preserved Roman aqueducts in the world.
📷📸 Motorbike roadtrip, 2017
Tip: if you're not seeing some posts in your TL or feeds or you see no reactions to yours, it may be due to your language settings. It's best to uncheck all languages (in Content AND Post languages) otherwise you might not see some posts (even if written in a language you've selected) & vice versa.
September 24, 2023 at 8:01 AM
Tip: if you're not seeing some posts in your TL or feeds or you see no reactions to yours, it may be due to your language settings. It's best to uncheck all languages (in Content AND Post languages) otherwise you might not see some posts (even if written in a language you've selected) & vice versa.
#langsky
BASQUE-ICELANDIC PIDGIN
Basque whale hunters who sailed to the Icelandic Westfjords developed a unique pidgin language as a means of rudimentary communication with locals - not as you might expect a mixture between Basque and Icelandic, but between Basque and other Germanic & Romance words. 1/
Basque whale hunters who sailed to the Icelandic Westfjords developed a unique pidgin language as a means of rudimentary communication with locals - not as you might expect a mixture between Basque and Icelandic, but between Basque and other Germanic & Romance words. 1/
September 23, 2023 at 10:14 AM
#langsky