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@headword@lingo.lol

Admin of lingo.lol

MA in #linguistics from University of Copenhagen. Amateur #typographer interested in everything in between #typography and linguistics, e.g.: #Unicode, #paleography, #neography, #IPA (#InternationalPhoneticAlphabet), other #PhoneticAlphabets, #lexicography, #onomastics, #PlaceNames, #MechanicalKeyboards

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headword, to italy
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Some interesting house numbers found in , . Well, the last one may be difficult to put in an address...

The number 33 in a very high contrast serif with flat-topped 3's and swirly ball terminals. The numbers are clearly hand-painted showing slight differences between them.
The number 34 in a high contrast serif. The number 4 is extreme, basically resembling a 7 rotated 180° with a tiny vertical line crossing the horizontal stroke.
A painting of a friendly-looking animal, which could be an elephant, an anteater or a tapir, though it has very large eyes and large flat feet.

lalah, to latin
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So what tag do we use for the Latin language?

headword,
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@lalah

I looked to see what hashtags @Minimus uses. There are some Latin hashtags, such as and . Otherwise it's mostly specific to the stories and characters, such as

tess, to random
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manic pixie torment nexus

https://www.theverge.com/2024/5/13/24155652/chatgpt-voice-mode-gpt4o-upgrades

headword,
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@trochee @tess

🎵 Manic Pixie Torment Nexus 🎵
🎵 Manic Pixie Torment Nexus 🎵
🎵 Manic Pixie Torment Nexus 🎵
🎶 Torment in a Ghost Shell 🎶
🎶 Pixie Power! 🎶

asl, to linguistics
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question, , please:

Why can "flip" take a direct object, but "flop" cannot!

Why can't I flop him!!

headword,
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@asl

Why, naturally, ‘flip’ is the transitive version of ‘flop’.

Much like ‘lay’ vs. ‘lie’ or ‘set’ vs. ‘sit’.

headword, to random
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Today, Lingo.lol is 18 months old!

🎂 :Schwan: :wug: :Schwerified: 🎂

I'm so happy that we have managed to build such a friendly little community here.

Speaking of which: Our database is growing, so the server costs have been going up as well. So please consider, if you could spare some donations for the upkeep: https://ko-fi.com/lingolol

I am also considering setting up a merch shop. What sort of stuff would you hypothetically like to see in such a shop?

simplebits, to random
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Make merch so you can make typefaces. Make typefaces so you can make merch. Seems to be a pattern over here for better or worse. Sending some ridiculous dice game instructions off to the printer before the font is even finished 😂✌️

headword,
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@simplebits I, for one, would love to play a game of

I knew about the Ptolemaic d-20 with the Greek alphabet on it. I never thought of the fact that the basic Latin alphabet has 20 consonants and 6 vowels (including y), which fits nicely with dice shapes.

Edent, to random
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Emoji Alchemy!

❄ + ⛄ = ☃
🌧️ + ☂ = ☔
🌦️ + 🌱 = 🌳
🔥 + 💧 = ♨️
🚰 + 🦠 = 🚱
🐟 + 🍚 = 🍣
🥕 + 🥬 + 🥒 + 🍅 = 🥗
🔒 + 🔑 = 🔓
🌌 + 🔭 = ☄️
🧔 + 💈 = 👨
🚬 + 🚫 = 🚭
🧬 + 🧫 + 🧪 = ☣️
🦘 + 🐨 = 🇦🇺
🥝 + 🧝 + 🐉 = 🇳🇿
🐄 + 🔪 + 🧀 = 🍔
🌽 + 🔥 + 🧂 = 🍿
👩 + 🎬 + 🎥 + 🎞️ = 📽️
🖌️ + 🎨 = 🖼️

Please reply with your own combinations.

headword,
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@Edent

📭+✉️=📬
🇦🇹+🌲=🇱🇧

headword,
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@Edent

❤️+🔥=❤️‍🔥
✉️+❤️=💌
☁️+⚡=🌩️
📷+💥=📸

headword, to graffiti
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:ASLw: :ASLh: :ASLa: :ASLt: :ASLs:
:ASLu: :ASLp: ❓⬆️

grammargirl, to random
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Were there ever any forensic linguists on the TV show CSI?

headword,
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@grammargirl Found two tv-series with some forensic linguistics in them (via Reddit):

❝
"Criminal Minds" (2005-2020) is a long-running TV show that I love. It's all about an FBI team using forensic linguistics, psychology, and behavioral analysis to solve some seriously twisted cases. Definitely worth a watch! If you're into true crime,
❞

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/11ssqjy/show_or_movie_recommendations_with_forensic/

headword,
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@grammargirl

❝
"Mindhunter" (2017-2019) on Netflix is fantastic. It's based on real events and takes a deep dive into the early days of the FBI's Behavioral Science Unit, with a focus on forensic linguistics and criminal psychology.
❞

https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/11ssqjy/show_or_movie_recommendations_with_forensic/

nicksherman, to random
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I just finished posting a bunch of new photos to Flickr, including stuff from a recent midwest USA roadtrip where I visited the Newberry Library, the Busy Beaver Button Museum, the Choo Choo diner (where food is delivered via model train), the town of Santa Claus in Indiana, and more.

There’s also plenty of the usual photos of lettering, storefronts, antiques, pizza, cars, etc.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nicksherman/

Storefront of Mickies Dairy Bar in Madison, Wisconsin, with handpainted signage.
Weekly pass from June, 1935, for the Cleveland Railway Company.
Christen Carter holds up a collection of American Girl buttons at the Busy Beaver Button Museum.

headword,
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@nicksherman Nice Æ

janellecshane, to random
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learn the mammals with the help of dall-e3!

https://www.aiweirdness.com/learn-the-mammals-with-dall-e3/

headword,
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@janellecshane

LEJÖ̇N
LEJÖN
ELEJ̈ȦNT
ELIRÄNT
Ë̇LEÖRNT
ËLIÖḞȦNT
GIRFF
EILHA̐NT
VÅRRĠ
WŌ̈LG
VÄRR
ZJO̐RN
VÄ̈RN
BÄ̈̈R
BÖ̇̈ḂRȦ
ŻËBRA

MissingThePt, to random
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There once was a man from Kirupp
Who had just adopted a pup.
While some cried “he’s not tamed”
To the dog he exclaimed
“Never gonna give you up.”

-Limerickroll

headword,
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@MissingThePt

There once was a man full of virtue
Who'd never run 'round and desert you
He sang non-stop
Ne'er gon' give you up
Or tell a lie and hurt you.

pluralistic, to random
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Empty tomb

headword,
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@pluralistic The burial chamber of pharaoh Ptelephony

grammargirl, (edited ) to random
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If I say "Large language models will never try to make fetch happen," do you get the reference?

I'm trying to get a sense of how many people would find that confusing.

headword,
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@grammargirl

I even added a custom emoji for that :fetch:

MissingThePt, to random
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Fall rebrands as Summer+, includes premium content not available with regular Summer subscription such as 80° Halloweens.

headword,
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@MissingThePt Buy now and get the Daylight Saving Deal* with one extra hour of Summer+!

  • Not available in all regions. The extra hour is to be paid back in full in Thawesome Blossom™ (formerly known as Spring). Side effects include dark afternoons, confusion, jetlag, grumpiness, depression, traffic accidents, and heart attacks.
headword, to norge
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[4½ years ago today]

I wrote another blog post. This time about words that end in -wegian. http://christianmunk.dk/en/blog/ord-som-ender-paa-wegian

(First posted 20 Apr. 2019 [@]danishmunk@twitter.com)

headword, to random
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[1½ years ago today]

TIL that the Swedish word for ‘arm chair’ is ‘fåtölj’. This is not transparent for Danish speakers, as we say ‘lænestol’ (‘leaning chair’). The Swedes borrowed the word from French ‘fauteuil’, who borrowed it from Frankish ‘*faldistōl’ (‘folding chair’).

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/f%C3%A5t%C3%B6lj

(First posted 18 Apr. 2022 by me [@]danishmunk@twitter.com)

Neverfadingwood, to random
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Useful. Pinched from fb.

headword,
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@Neverfadingwood I think it actually takes one trillion (10¹²) microphones (10⁻⁶ phones) to make a megaphone (10⁶ phones)

mapologies, to Etymology
@mapologies@mastodon.social avatar

Let's slither into the curious of those slippery creatures called

https://mapologies.com/slug/

headword,
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@mapologies Not quite true for Danish. ‘Snegl’ is mostly used for snails (with a shell). The word for slug is ‘skovsnegl’ (‘forest’ + ‘snail’).

‘Skovsnegl’ is also slang for a thick moustache.

https://ordnet.dk/ddo/ordbog?entry_id=11046877&query=snegl

KiwiEV, to random
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What happens when you tell an AI image generator to recreate the scene of Jesus flipping over tables.
I mean, it's 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 correct. 😅

headword,
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@KiwiEV And Jesus said unto the pilgrims in the temple: “Ye have made my Father's house a den of thieves! But it is written, it shall be called a place of parkour.” And so, the son of God promptly did a backflip.

headword, to random
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So lovely to hear Rikke Thomsen singing in South Jutlandic dialect in church yesterday!

aaronm, to medievodons
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@medievodons and Art Historians, I need help with a word. Is there a specific term for "those little groups of three dots" one often sees in manuscript illumination? As example in Ott.lat.1562 f.1r. I feel like I've seen them so much they need a specific term, but I can't seem to recall one

headword,
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@aaronm @medievodons I was thinking ‘asterism’, but of course that mainly refers to three stars in that arrangement. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asterism_(typography)

stronglang, to random
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How Tippi Hedren used her spare time (The Birds, 1963)

Tippi Hedren, in the same spot, smiling now, saying, 'finding new four-letter words.'

headword,
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@stronglang The first four letter word is in the name: Berk! https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/berk

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