Today I had to be away most of the day for a school trip to Tohono O'odham Community College.
The pluses: amazing people, beautiful day, TOCC campus is gorgeous, there was a harris' hawk family hanging out nearby, the language work they're doing there is awesome.
The minuses: I had to drive the van (😱 ) and I had to be away from Gracie and Niko all day.
On balance, it was a plus. Now we are all sleepy though so #goodNightFriends
Any linguists out there? I'm interested in usage patterns for "scaredy cat" vs "fraidy cat". Surprisingly little information online (that I could find, anyways).
Surprised myself (and the other linguists) by trouncing them all by 50+ points (I bowled a 150 and a 155 in two of my games, and none of them broke 100)
Hope the other #linguists will let me play again next time
On the drive home my eleven year old and I decided that the team name should be bowbowlinglinguistuist
And I applaud his ideas about responsible reduplication.
We were talking about the #Filipinoo and #Tagalog languages a few days ago…
“The Japanese interest in PH indigenous languages”
“WITH close to 200 languages spoken all over the country (based on many different counts), the Philippines has such a large number of languages that the number of Filipino linguists documenting these languages might never be enough. Most linguistic studies done in the Philippines are in the realm of applied linguistics, but this is not surprising because there are many real-world language problems in developing countries like the Philippines. Actually, studies on (Philippine) English are more common among Filipino linguists than those on Philippine indigenous languages.”
London-based student Sophie Maclean has developed a formula that she claims can create the ultimate swearword. Here's a look at the mathematics behind the method and why unleashing a curse or two can genuinely reduce pain if you stub your toe.
For Friday fun, which of these words does Maclean claim is a mathematically perfect swear? You can find the answer in the article, or we'll reveal it tomorrow.
Okay, so the word picked by me and a comfortable plurality of other humans is not the one generated by the stochastic model, while the computer's choice has the fewest human votes (currently 10%). Coincidence? 🤔
I feel like this grad student should have consulted with some #linguists instead of a computer. Even I know enough #linguistics to recognize that those are the wrong consonants for English swear words, and I am only an amateur.
1/17 With the recent #coronation of #CharlesIII, there have been a lot of stories in the press talking about whether Canadians want to keep our traditional relationship to the British monarchy, or abandon it and choose a different head of state.
8/17 I don't know what to call the people who would fulfill this dual position. Undoubtedly the #historians and #linguists could come up with something fitting.
@blogoklahoma The word Oklahoma means “indian country.” We don’t recognize gender. Cherokee doesn’t even have a word that translates to gender. Native pronouns are genderless; Mvskoke has one pronoun: este. It means “person.” Role names (mom, dad) are assigned to who does that role, not by what body parts a person might have. We are all made by the Creator; “anti-gender” disrespects the Creator. #gender#nativeamericans#language#linguists