The Lingoose
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She/They // Tradition does not bestow virtue or truth, only age - Trials of the Wind, Shiv Ramdas
What began as curiosity about the prefix ob- has led me to stumble upon the word OBAMBULATE.
v. To walk about, wander aimlessly.
I am delighted, and propose we un-obsolete it promptly.
#langsky
v. To walk about, wander aimlessly.
I am delighted, and propose we un-obsolete it promptly.
#langsky
August 8, 2025 at 9:45 AM
What began as curiosity about the prefix ob- has led me to stumble upon the word OBAMBULATE.
v. To walk about, wander aimlessly.
I am delighted, and propose we un-obsolete it promptly.
#langsky
v. To walk about, wander aimlessly.
I am delighted, and propose we un-obsolete it promptly.
#langsky
I am - and always will be - on team Let Ampersand Back Into the Alphabet.
#ampersand #alphabet #langsky
#ampersand #alphabet #langsky
July 24, 2025 at 8:09 AM
I am - and always will be - on team Let Ampersand Back Into the Alphabet.
#ampersand #alphabet #langsky
#ampersand #alphabet #langsky
July 24, 2025 at 8:07 AM
A cricket somehow made its way into the clock screen area of my microwave. It continues to live despite numerous uses of the microwave. I do not know how it got there. I do not know how to get it out.
July 23, 2025 at 1:28 PM
A cricket somehow made its way into the clock screen area of my microwave. It continues to live despite numerous uses of the microwave. I do not know how it got there. I do not know how to get it out.
April 22, 2025 at 8:45 AM
Why did the end of Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance feel like whiplash? I was happily stabbing my way through dungeons, and suddenly? Credits?
#gamecube #gamesky #baldursgatedarkalliance
#gamecube #gamesky #baldursgatedarkalliance
April 22, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Why did the end of Baldurs Gate: Dark Alliance feel like whiplash? I was happily stabbing my way through dungeons, and suddenly? Credits?
#gamecube #gamesky #baldursgatedarkalliance
#gamecube #gamesky #baldursgatedarkalliance
March 14, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Rises are red,
Violets are blue,
Singular they is older than singular you ❤️
Violets are blue,
Singular they is older than singular you ❤️
February 15, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Rises are red,
Violets are blue,
Singular they is older than singular you ❤️
Violets are blue,
Singular they is older than singular you ❤️
January 30, 2025 at 1:38 AM
January 29, 2025 at 3:16 AM
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RIP Bill Labov, 4.12.1927 - 17.12.2024.
Moved on from this mortal coil to that proverbial fourth floor 🛗🌥
#lingsky #billlabov
Moved on from this mortal coil to that proverbial fourth floor 🛗🌥
#lingsky #billlabov
January 10, 2025 at 4:59 AM
RIP Bill Labov, 4.12.1927 - 17.12.2024.
Moved on from this mortal coil to that proverbial fourth floor 🛗🌥
#lingsky #billlabov
Moved on from this mortal coil to that proverbial fourth floor 🛗🌥
#lingsky #billlabov
Remove before buming
January 10, 2025 at 4:43 AM
Remove before buming
Chants of Senaar is so good
December 27, 2024 at 4:58 AM
Chants of Senaar is so good
How did I get this far into my life not knowing that Boxing Day isn't a thing outside of Australia, NZ, the UK, and Canada? I thought it was attached to Christmas like the different parts of Easter are stuck together.
December 26, 2024 at 5:52 AM
How did I get this far into my life not knowing that Boxing Day isn't a thing outside of Australia, NZ, the UK, and Canada? I thought it was attached to Christmas like the different parts of Easter are stuck together.
The Christmas tree's up //
It's the first I've ever had //
Not grand, but perfect.
#Christmas #Christmastree #haiku
It's the first I've ever had //
Not grand, but perfect.
#Christmas #Christmastree #haiku
December 1, 2024 at 10:40 AM
The Christmas tree's up //
It's the first I've ever had //
Not grand, but perfect.
#Christmas #Christmastree #haiku
It's the first I've ever had //
Not grand, but perfect.
#Christmas #Christmastree #haiku
The iPad of my childhood
December 1, 2024 at 3:15 AM
The iPad of my childhood
Ok, but does anyone know what you're meant to do with old sketchbooks that you've used, like, 5% of and don't want anymore?
Am I meant to store this brick of paper forever now?
Is this how I die? Crushed by the ever-growing stack of abandoned ambitions?
Asking for a friend
#artsky
Am I meant to store this brick of paper forever now?
Is this how I die? Crushed by the ever-growing stack of abandoned ambitions?
Asking for a friend
#artsky
December 1, 2024 at 3:08 AM
Ok, but does anyone know what you're meant to do with old sketchbooks that you've used, like, 5% of and don't want anymore?
Am I meant to store this brick of paper forever now?
Is this how I die? Crushed by the ever-growing stack of abandoned ambitions?
Asking for a friend
#artsky
Am I meant to store this brick of paper forever now?
Is this how I die? Crushed by the ever-growing stack of abandoned ambitions?
Asking for a friend
#artsky
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Move over bouba-kiki!
New study on crossmodal iconicity shows [r] = rough and [l] = smooth, even in langs that conflate them.
The results show "that speech sounds are not just acoustic objects, but they also have a texture and a shape to them".
#iconicity 🐦🐦
New study on crossmodal iconicity shows [r] = rough and [l] = smooth, even in langs that conflate them.
The results show "that speech sounds are not just acoustic objects, but they also have a texture and a shape to them".
#iconicity 🐦🐦
The alveolar trill is perceived as jagged/rough by speakers of different languages
Typological research shows that across languages, trilled [r] sounds are more common in adjectives describing rough as opposed to smooth surfaces. In this study
pubs.aip.org
November 23, 2024 at 8:57 AM
Move over bouba-kiki!
New study on crossmodal iconicity shows [r] = rough and [l] = smooth, even in langs that conflate them.
The results show "that speech sounds are not just acoustic objects, but they also have a texture and a shape to them".
#iconicity 🐦🐦
New study on crossmodal iconicity shows [r] = rough and [l] = smooth, even in langs that conflate them.
The results show "that speech sounds are not just acoustic objects, but they also have a texture and a shape to them".
#iconicity 🐦🐦
