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talya (she/her) but even more queer💄🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈:jewish_anarchism:the fact that 'em, the short form of them, is not actually descended from the word them but from the middle English pronoun hem is genuinely mind blowing. <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%27em#English" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%27em#English</a> further reading and a great video overall: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEw-J-_8WGw" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PEw-J-_8WGw</a><a href="https://dybbuk.club/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://dybbuk.club/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://dybbuk.club/tags/englishlanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#englishlanguage</a> <a href="https://dybbuk.club/tags/pronouns" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#pronouns</a>

Twoowls Elt<a href="https://mindly.social/@alan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@alan</a> <a href="https://vmst.io/@jalefkowit" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@jalefkowit</a> surely it’s couldn’t? <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a>

David B. HimselfHas the meaning of the term "underrated" changed while I was not paying attention? I see it used in more and more ridiculous ways, but this one has to be the worst: "The Wildly Underrated Michelin 3-Star Park You MUST Visit!" It's been rated 3-star! That's the maximum possible. How is this underrated? Not to mention "wildly underrated." I just can't with people's stupidity anymore. <a href="https://firefish.city/tags/English" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#English</a> <a href="https://firefish.city/tags/EnglishLanguage" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a> <a href="https://firefish.city/tags/Underrated" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Underrated</a>

HeatherWas anyone else taught this? I learnt ITA in my earliest education. Unlike the people profiled in the article I've never had any trouble with spelling or any aspect of learning or using English and I'd wondered if that was *because* I'd been taught ITA but judging by this article I was just lucky!<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/jul/06/1960s-schools-experiment-created-new-alphabet-thousands-children-unable-to-spell" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.theguardian.com/education/2025/jul/06/1960s-schools-experiment-created-new-alphabet-thousands-children-unable-to-spell</a><a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/ITA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ITA</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/englishlanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#englishlanguage</a>

ThomasSolar Branka posted the Wittgenstein quote "If people never did silly things nothing intelligent would ever get done". I replied that "daft is the limiting case". Later I noticed that I didn't know the etymology of "daft" and found a socio-linguistical nugget. I propose you follow "daft" -> "silly" -> "nice" here and you may find a deep anthropological insight. <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/daft" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/daft</a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/@solarbranka/114796337986861619" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mastodon.world/@solarbranka/114796337986861619</a><a href="https://mastodon.world/@solarbranka" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@solarbranka</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sociology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#sociology</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a>

Barry CookSunday morning and fresh scones (lemon and rosemary) from a local bakery. Split the presentation with Devon method (clotted cream followed by jam) and Cornwall method (jam first topped with clotted cream), but the question still remains, does scone rhyme with ‘gone’ or ‘bone’? I know - just opening up a huge debate on what should be a relaxing Sunday! <a href="https://mas.to/tags/scone" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#scone</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/devon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#devon</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/cornwall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#cornwall</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/englishlanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#englishlanguage</a>

DoomsdaysCWSo, I do like using "whom" when appropriate (and when I remember). How to know when to use "whom" instead of "who"? Just turn the statement around. "Who I adore?" or "Whom I adore?" -- turn it around. "I adore him / her / them," then use "whom"! <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/FormalLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FormalLanguage</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForgottenGrammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ForgottenGrammar</a>

Your Autistic Life FR/EN/ESI move that Trump's executive orders be now called executive ordures.I have to say, I don't hear ordure often used in English. In fact, I cannot remember ever hearing it in English.But it exists.In French, it means trash. In English, it means shit.<a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ordure" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/ordure</a>Usage example:"Grab the toilet paper. The president produced another executive ordure."<a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#USPol</a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/DonaldTrump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DonaldTrump</a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/ordure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ordure</a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/trash" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#trash</a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/shit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#shit</a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/FrenchLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FrenchLanguage</a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a>

Alo Japan<a href="https://www.alojapan.com/1286879/how-japanese-introductions-literally-translate-to-english-is-a-wild-linguistics-lesson/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.alojapan.com/1286879/how-japanese-introductions-literally-translate-to-english-is-a-wild-linguistics-lesson/</a> How Japanese introductions literally translate to English is a wild linguistics lesson <a href="https://channels.im/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/EnglishTranslation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishTranslation</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Japan</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/JapanNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JapanNews</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Japanese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Japanese</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/JapaneseLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JapaneseLanguage</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/JapaneseNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JapaneseNews</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Languages</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#learning</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/LearningLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LearningLanguages</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/LiteralTranslations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LiteralTranslations</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#news</a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/tanslations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#tanslations</a> Is it just me or has the world become increasingly silent? Don’t get me wrong, we’re certainly bombarded by things fighting for our attention—ads, content distributed by…

50+ Music"Words Get in the Way" is a song written by <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GloriaEstefan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GloriaEstefan</a> and released as the third single from her band, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/MiamiSoundMachine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MiamiSoundMachine</a>, on their second <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a> album, and ninth overall, <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/PrimitiveLove" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PrimitiveLove</a>. The song is a <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ballad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ballad</a> and became the highest-charting song off the album. <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6T2ar9OexA" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J6T2ar9OexA</a>

DoomsdaysCWSo, I'm realizing that very often, I don't use personal pronouns in my writing. For example, I just wrote, "Looking forward to posting more videos..." Yes, I know I should write, "I'm looking forward" or "I am looking forward" but I often find myself leaving out "I am". Been doing that for years now. Anyone else? Or is it just me? <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Grammar</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/GrammarQuestion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GrammarQuestion</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LanguageIsAVirus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LanguageIsAVirus</a>

𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉<a href="https://toot.community/@yvanspijk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@yvanspijk</a> Relatedly, the initial “w” is still retained in many (perhaps most) English speakers' pronunciation of e.g. “wren”, “write”, “writ”, “wrap”, in spite of those vowels being unrounded.<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/phonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phonetics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a>

𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉<a href="https://toot.community/@yvanspijk" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@yvanspijk</a> I'd maintain that “who”, “whom” and “whose” certainly DIDN'T lose the initial “W element”. It's still there, as the lips are rounded and the tongue dorsum is raised even before, and while, the [h] is sounded in these words.Speech doesn't work like alphabetic writing.<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/phonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phonetics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a>

Betsy Roberts Miller ⁂A new blog post at Geneanet (a French genealogy website) presents information on Pope Leo XIV's roots from Louisiana, Cuba, and France (his maternal grandparents); last week they did a post on his paternal European grandparents. <a href="https://historians.social/tags/LeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LeoXIV</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/FamilyHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FamilyHistory</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Genealogy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Genealogy</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/CreoleHeritage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#CreoleHeritage</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/Geneanet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Geneanet</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a> <a href="https://historians.social/tags/PopeLeoXIV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#PopeLeoXIV</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/genealogy" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@genealogy</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/geneadons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@geneadons</a> <a href="https://en.geneanet.org/genealogyblog/post/2025/05/pope-leos-maternal-roots" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.geneanet.org/genealogyblog/post/2025/05/pope-leos-maternal-roots</a>

Your Autistic Life FR/EN/ESNgl, the English translation of El eternauta that I'm using to help myself is pretty shitty."más de una veintena""more than a dozen"🤢 <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/ElEternauta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#ElEternauta</a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/TheEternaut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#TheEternaut</a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#translation</a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/crap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#crap</a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/SpanishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#SpanishLanguage</a>

Stan CareyHow frequent is vulgar language in online discourse across 20 different English-speaking regions?Corpus linguistics has the answer. Image and paper by Schweinberger & Burridge, 2025: <a href="https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2025.103946" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no">https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2025.103946</a><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/swearing" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#swearing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/profanity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#profanity</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#language</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/CorpusLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#CorpusLinguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#research</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#EnglishLanguage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/vulgarity" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#vulgarity</a>

VGC.369<a href="https://mstdn.social/@lowqualityfacts" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@lowqualityfacts</a> Can’t tell if I just learned something… or got misinformed.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Facts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Facts</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Funny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Funny</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/WordNerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#WordNerd</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LearnSomethingNew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#LearnSomethingNew</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/FunFact" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#FunFact</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Humor</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MindBlown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#MindBlown</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DidYouKnow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#DidYouKnow</a>

Jonathan EmmesediHmmm...I'm from southern England.<a href="https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/dialect-quiz-map.html?r=j2004450402020b00008j004010080010822010j2002000002" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/dialect-quiz-map.html?r=j2004450402020b00008j004010080010822010j2002000002</a><a href="https://c.im/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/AmericanEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#AmericanEnglish</a>

JdeBP<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@FourT4" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@FourT4</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@robpumphrey" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@robpumphrey</a> This is a good point. Why is there no non-rhotic choice? (-:<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/phonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#phonetics</a>

Absolute Memery 🎭reignited <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/GIF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GIF</a> <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/JPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JPG</a> <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/JPEG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#JPEG</a> <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/GifWar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GifWar</a> <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/GifWars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#GifWars</a> <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/Pronounciation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Pronounciation</a> <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/Spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Spelling</a> <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/HowToSpell" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#HowToSpell</a> <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#English</a> <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a>.<a href="https://tribe.net/tags/Meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Meme</a> <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/Memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Memes</a> <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/Humour" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Humour</a> <a href="https://tribe.net/tags/Humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#Humor</a>

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