xkcd again, but now on linguists and their weird habits (mander.xyz)
I feel slightly offended. Because it’s true....
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I feel slightly offended. Because it’s true....
I got a weird problem involving both of my cats (Siegfrieda, to the left; Kika, to the right)....
Même texte en français ici. I’ll copypaste the English version here in case of paywall....
Context: my mum got some keikis of this orchid from a neighbour. She managed to grow them into a full plant, it even flowered (as per pic), but she has no idea on which species of orchid it is....
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Pir!
Link for the Science research article. The observation that societies without access to softer food kind of avoided labiodentals is old, from 1985, but the research is recent-ish (2019).
This recipe is great to repurpose lunch leftovers for dinner. It’s also relatively mess-free. Loosely based on egg-fried rice....
Further info: the linguist in question is Lynn S. Eekhof, and she has quite a few publications about the topic, worth IMO reading.
I’m sharing this mostly as a historical curiosity; Schleicher was genial, but the book is a century and half old, science marches on, so it isn’t exactly good source material. Still an enjoyable read if you like Historical Linguistics, as it was one of the first successful attempts to reconstruct a language based on indirect...
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Small bit of info: Charles III still speaks RP, but the prince William (heir to the throne) already shifted to SSBE. Geoffrey Lindsey has a rather good video on that.
This is a rather long study, from the Oxford Studies in Ancient Documents. Its general content should be clear by the title, and it focuses on three “chunks” of the former Roman empire: Maghreb and Iberia, Gallia and Germania, and the British Isles.
I’ve recreated a Linguistics community here in mander.xyz. As the sidebar says, it’s for everyone, regardless of previous knowledge over the field, so even if you’re a layperson feel free to drop by....