Lvxferre [he/him]M · edit-216 days agoSmall discussions thread - 2025/Apr/04plus-squarepinmessage-squaremessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10
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Hamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz · 4 days agoHow to cope with English spellingplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square16fedilinkarrow-up18arrow-down10
arrow-up18arrow-down1message-squareHow to cope with English spellingplus-squareHamartiogonic@sopuli.xyz · 4 days agomessage-square16fedilink
koavf@lemmy.ml · 4 days agoLanguage Log » Are all writing systems equally easy / hard?plus-squarelanguagelog.ldc.upenn.eduexternal-linkmessage-square8fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10
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koavf@lemmy.ml · 15 days agoBonobos use a kind of syntax once thought to be unique to humansplus-squarewww.newscientist.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down10
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antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 18 days agoLongest Known Inscription in the Undeciphered Linear A Script of Minoan civilization, Found on an Ivory Scepter in Knossosplus-squarewww.labrujulaverde.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up153arrow-down11
arrow-up152arrow-down1external-linkLongest Known Inscription in the Undeciphered Linear A Script of Minoan civilization, Found on an Ivory Scepter in Knossosplus-squarewww.labrujulaverde.comantonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 18 days agomessage-square6fedilink
antonim@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 19 days agoLanguage Science Press: "Negation in English and other languages" by Otto Jespersenplus-squarelemmy.dbzer0.comimagemessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down11
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Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish · 21 days agoWhy YouTubers (and AI) get these English features wrong [weak forms and deaccenting]plus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
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Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish · 21 days agoThe etymology of fencing was a tradeplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square14fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down10
arrow-up131arrow-down1message-squareThe etymology of fencing was a tradeplus-squareZagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square14fedilink
Zagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish · 21 days agoResearchers fear the British spoken 'r' is ready to roll away from the last bastion of rhoticityplus-squarephys.orgexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down12
arrow-up144arrow-down1external-linkResearchers fear the British spoken 'r' is ready to roll away from the last bastion of rhoticityplus-squarephys.orgZagorath@aussie.zoneEnglish · 21 days agomessage-square11fedilink
IndigoGollum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days ago(Meta) Regular small questions threadplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up114arrow-down11
arrow-up113arrow-down1message-square(Meta) Regular small questions threadplus-squareIndigoGollum@lemmy.worldEnglish · 23 days agomessage-square9fedilink
Tony Bark@pawb.socialEnglish · 25 days agoTo the brain, Esperanto and Klingon appear the same as English or Mandarinplus-squarenews.mit.eduexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up127arrow-down10
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Nemeski@lemm.ee · 1 month agoGenomic study indicates our capacity for language emerged 135,000 years agoplus-squarephys.orgexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up152arrow-down11
arrow-up151arrow-down1external-linkGenomic study indicates our capacity for language emerged 135,000 years agoplus-squarephys.orgNemeski@lemm.ee · 1 month agomessage-square6fedilink
mapto@masto.bg · 1 month agoAs English as you can get in America... and probably around the worldplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up116arrow-down10
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koavf@lemmy.ml · 1 month agoThe surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed how we use languageplus-squarewww.bbc.comexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10
arrow-up115arrow-down1external-linkThe surprisingly subtle ways Microsoft Word has changed how we use languageplus-squarewww.bbc.comkoavf@lemmy.ml · 1 month agomessage-square1fedilink
fossilesqueMEnglish · 2 months agoThere’s a Word for That: Can language describe everything we feel—and should it?plus-squarewww.bostonreview.netexternal-linkmessage-square2fedilinkarrow-up113arrow-down10
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Deebster@infosec.pubEnglish · edit-22 months agoSocial media is changing the way you talk - Adam Aleksic's TEDx Talkplus-squarewww.youtube.comexternal-linkmessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down10
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fossilesqueMEnglish · 2 months agoAncient switch to soft food gave us an overbite—and the ability to pronounce ‘f’s and ‘v’splus-squarewww.science.orgexternal-linkmessage-square4fedilinkarrow-up131arrow-down10
arrow-up131arrow-down1external-linkAncient switch to soft food gave us an overbite—and the ability to pronounce ‘f’s and ‘v’splus-squarewww.science.orgfossilesqueMEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square4fedilink
conlangliker862@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 2 months agoThe Syntax of Natural Language [book]plus-squarescholarship.claremont.eduexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up112arrow-down10
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fossilesqueMEnglish · 2 months agoAncient-DNA Study Identifies Originators of Indo-European Language Familyplus-squarehms.harvard.eduexternal-linkmessage-square1fedilinkarrow-up119arrow-down10
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Lvxferre [he/him]M · edit-22 months ago[Meta] Requesting community feedback on potential rule changesplus-squaremessage-squaremessage-square13fedilinkarrow-up118arrow-down10
arrow-up118arrow-down1message-square[Meta] Requesting community feedback on potential rule changesplus-squareLvxferre [he/him]M · edit-22 months agomessage-square13fedilink
