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Josi
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Cosas que me gustan: Linguistics, wandern, Franzbrötchen, nerdige Listen, and code switching. (she/her) 🏳️‍🌈

Just because you pelican, doesn‘t mean you pelishould.
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reminder of cryptogyny, the hiding of women's contributions to science, technology, engineering, and medicine:
"although three men received the Nobel Prize for penicillin, women participated significantly in the team effort that brought the drug to medical usefulness."

www.jstor.org/stable/jj.55...
November 15, 2025 at 9:08 AM
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linguistics.
who the hell called them "podcast hosts with whom I've developed an unhealthy parasocial relationship" and not

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earbuds.
February 3, 2026 at 8:17 PM
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um eure häuser warm zu halten nutzt ihr … HAIzungen???
February 2, 2026 at 5:37 PM
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Syntaxbaum des Tages just dropped
Lastenräder sind vermutlich bei vielen SUV-Fahrern eher unbeliebt - als Fluchtfahrzeuge taugen sie dann aber wohl doch …

#Satzsemantik
January 30, 2026 at 3:16 PM
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Now they league with the likes of “staycation”, “snowpocalypse”, and “stagflation”. The affixes have been liberated.

Call it what you want—Affixgate, Affexit, Affixception—but in linguistics these rogue word parts are known as *libfixes* (liberated affixes).
January 26, 2026 at 7:32 PM
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I was listening to the podcast @lingthusiasm.com and was suddenly struck by inspiration that I HAD to get out IMMEDIATELY. So without further ado, may I present.......

Cardinal Vowels
January 24, 2026 at 5:42 PM
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In addition to the standard word Uhu, German names for the Eurasian eagle-owl have included Schuhu, Huhu and Buhu, and I'll be damned if there are better owl names out there.
January 24, 2026 at 10:10 AM
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Yesterday it was cows using tools, today its penguins using satellite imagery.
January 20, 2026 at 6:44 PM
Jede Diskussion mit einem Mann über meinen Körper verkürzt mein Leben um 161 Minuten.
March 1, 2025 at 8:27 AM