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Hebrew by Inbal<p>🎨 Planning a trip to Israel? Don’t miss its bold, emotional, and unforgettable art scene — from world-class museums to hidden galleries in Jaffa.</p><p>Add even a little Hebrew, and your visit transforms from tourist to true cultural explorer. 🇮🇱✨</p><p>Drop an art emoji 🎨 if you’re ready to discover the magic of Israeli art!</p><p><a href="https://babka.social/tags/Art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Art</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Hebrew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Hebrew</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Gallery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gallery</span></a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Museum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Museum</span></a></p>
Martin Rundkvist<p>Having discussed "fjärd", here's another landscape feature that's super common around Stockholm but apparently nowhere in the <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a>-speaking world: "häll". It's an almost horizontal, smooth, slightly convex expanse of gneiss or granite bedrock. It's what's left of a taller outcrop after the inland ice has ground it down. Maybe there's a <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Scots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Scots</span></a> word for it?</p><p><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/geology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>geology</span></a></p>
Tatjana Scheffler<p>Getting ready for <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/ESSLLI2025" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ESSLLI2025</span></a> ! <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/rub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>rub</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/logic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>logic</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://fediscience.org/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a></p>
DJM (freelance for hire)<p>Enfin, j'ai trouvé l'explication complète de quelque chose que je comprenais globalement, sans avoir jamais fouillé totalement le sujet : la différence entre les "billions ou trillions" en langues françaises et anglaises.</p><p>FR : Échelles longue et courte <a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89chelles_longue_et_courte" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ch</span><span class="invisible">elles_longue_et_courte</span></a><br>EN : Long and short scales <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and</span><span class="invisible">_short_scales</span></a></p><p><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Numeration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Numeration</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Numerals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Numerals</span></a></p>
The Vulgar Tongue<p>TO CAT, or SHOOT THE CAT. To vomit from drunkenness.</p><p>A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)</p><p>--<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dictionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictionaries</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/slang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slang</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>
Papa Maccus Primus<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> word entrance: Diffuse. Easily confused with a door, appearing on a stage, or someone throwing someone into a trance. Not clear that it's an entrance for a vehicle. You didn't even know that's what I meant. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Swedish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Swedish</span></a> word infart: In ([directional] in) + fart (speed/journey). </p><p>Much clearer. <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a></p>
ts 🚉<p>Clanker wanker.</p><p>Slopper.</p><p>Unthinker.</p><p>Which is your favorite term for somebody who won’t do their work, relies on thieving generative AI to make garbage that another person has to completely fix anyway?</p><p><a href="https://thepit.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://thepit.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a></p>
LionelB<p>The Italian students heading back home from their language school. Sad really. I inagine they will treasure their experience for a very long time.</p><p><a href="https://expressional.social/tags/youth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>youth</span></a> <a href="https://expressional.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a></p>
Papa Maccus Primus<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> species name stink bug: Pretty descriptive. A stinky bug.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Swedish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Swedish</span></a> species name bärfis: Bär (berry) + fis (fart). Berry fart.</p><p>Less descriptive, but much cuter. <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a></p>
Papa Maccus Primus<p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> word archipelago = Derived from the Italian arcipelago, used as a proper name for the Aegean Sea, itself perhaps a deformation of the Greek Αιγαίον Πέλαγος. Later, usage shifted to refer to the Aegean Islands since the sea has a large number of islands.</p><p>Way too complex, detached and weird.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Swedish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Swedish</span></a> word skärgård = Skär (skerry) + gård (yard). Skerry yard.</p><p>Much better.<br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a></p>
Martin Rundkvist<p>Odd wording in some <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/ttrpg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ttrpg</span></a> back-cover prose.</p><p>"... a noble knight to save a lost kingdom."</p><p>Dude, you should have been here *before* the kingdom was lost. Then you might have made yourself useful.</p><p><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a></p>
Aby--not fast, just furious<p>There was a military expert on the ABC this morning, talking about the AUKUS/AUKMIN stuff and the probability of the US not fulfilling the contract for the subs they've agreed to delivering.</p><p>He was talking about the fact that the US is unable to even fulfil domestic contracts at the moment, and said that us shipyards are "a complete cluster-fiasco".</p><p>.."cluster-fiasco" will now be adopted into my vocabulary.</p><p><a href="https://aus.social/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AusPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AusPol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/UKPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UKPol</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AUKUS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AUKUS</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/AUKMIN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AUKMIN</span></a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a></p>
Club de TéléMatique :verified:<p>Luxembourgish learning: Lesson 18 – Internet and computers <a href="https://today.rtl.lu/luxembourg-insider/language/a/1979362.html" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">today.rtl.lu/luxembourg-inside</span><span class="invisible">r/language/a/1979362.html</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Luxemburg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Luxemburg</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Lux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Lux</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/learn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>learn</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a></p>
The Vulgar Tongue<p>GLAZE. A window.</p><p>A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)</p><p>--<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dictionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictionaries</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/slang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slang</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>
Zackary Goncz<p>Why Duolingo Stinks <br>The gamification of the app comes at the expense of learning, because the goal of the app isn't to maximize learning, but engagement. <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Duolingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Duolingo</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a> <br><a href="https://medium.com/@zag102/duolingo-stinks-gamification-is-a-double-edged-sword-2223d19142c0" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">medium.com/@zag102/duolingo-st</span><span class="invisible">inks-gamification-is-a-double-edged-sword-2223d19142c0</span></a></p>
Vzvzvz!<p>The sound of "wet strike" in Arabic!<br><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/onomatopoeia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onomatopoeia</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maps</span></a></p>
EllisGL<p>If I were to create a new <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/Programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Programming</span></a> <a href="https://phpc.social/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> it would ...</p>