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CLAPPER. The tongue of a bell, and figuratively of a man or woman.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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CLINCH. A pun or quibble. To clinch, or to clinch the nail; to confirm an improbable story by another: as, A man swore he drove a tenpenny nail through the moon; a bystander said it was true, for he was on the other side and clinched it.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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TWIST. A mixture of half tea and half coffee; likewise brandy, beer, and eggs. A good twist; a good appetite. To twist it down apace; to eat heartily.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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Bonobos’ calls may be the closest thing to animal language we’ve seen.
@ArsTechnica reports: "300 aspects of each call were cataloged, letting researchers estimate meaning."
Ars Technica · Bonobos’ calls may be the closest thing to animal language we’ve seen
**Viking**
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“_Not only did viking helmets not have horns, the Norse people who sailed about the northern world were more likely to be peaceful merchants and traders than plundering raiders and pirates. Viking was an occupation, and an occasional gig at that, not an ethnic identity._”
Wordorigins.org Newsletter · vikingWe all have a solid idea of what a viking was, one of a band of a horned-helmeted, Old Norse warriors who ravaged northern Europe in the medieval period. And that idea is wrong. Not only did viking helmets not have horns, the Norse people who sailed about the northern
(03 Apr) Bonobos’ calls may be the closest thing to animal language we’ve seen
300 aspects of each call were cataloged, letting researchers estimate meaning.
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Archive: ais: https://archive.md/wip/L1OOX ia: https://s.faithcollapsing.com/gu8oj
#animal-intelligence #biology #bonobos #communication #language #science
Bonobos can combine, or compose, individual calls in nontrivial ways to create phrases with new meanings.
Original paper: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adv1170
The Guardian · Bonobos may combine words in ways previously thought unique to humans
HOBBY. Sir Posthumous's hobby; one nice or whimsical in his clothes.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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Today is day 2 of the Symposium on American Indian Languages.
Yesterday was great. I think. I was mostly outside of the talks trying to halp with organization and food and stuff.
But I did get to hear O'odham, Cherokee, Kichwa and Kiowa while learning about brilliant language work happening all over the Americas
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” A translation example where Google prefers the engineer being male to the relationship being straight.
From English "The engineer wrote her spouse." to Spanish "The [male] engineer wrote to his [male] spouse."
The bonobos are talking, like, in sentences. Your regular reminder that human exceptionalism has no visible means of support.
Ars Technica · Bonobos’ calls may be the closest thing to animal language we’ve seen
To shine a spotlight, a college student from Tennessee is currently creating an app to help people understand sign language easier and I want him to succeed before Duolingo get their paws on the idea.
Support indie developers! 
Irish 5-point Likert scale:
Cat - Middlin' - Grand - Savage - Mighty altogether
Inspired by https://mastodon.ie/@Tarbh/114273783046794813
mastodon.ieImbolc Healy-Rae-Nua (@Tarbh@mastodon.ie)In a hilarious case of "so this was *definitely* written by someone from Ireland!", I've just been asked to take part in a feedback survey, where the 5-point scale goes 'Poor - Fine - Good - Very Good - Excellent'.
"How was it?! "It was fine." Ouch!
The only way to make this more Hiberno-English would be to change "Good" to "Grand". #MastoDaoine
Every couple of days, my instance suggests me "Who to follow".
Some of the suggestions are actually pretty good, but that's not my point, here.
It's the phrase that irritates me.
I'd rather expect "Whom to follow".
Is it just me, or do other people feel the same (I'm not a native speaker, though).
Quick translations with 'translate-shell' in commandline:
" trans -b :{your_desired_language_code} '{PASTED-TEXT}' " and the translate-shell identifies the source language by default
To find your language code : 'trans -list-all'
An ' -p' option to play the audio of the translation is available as well, but i can't tell if all languages are complete .
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How dyslexia changes in other languages - BBC Future
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20230302-can-dyslexia-change-in-other-languages
BBCHow dyslexia changes in other languages
Hi everyone! Teach me something. #Introduction
I usually toot at @dragfyre@mastodon.sandwich.net, but jumped at the chance to open an account on a generalistic #education instance. A little about me:
Long-time volunteer teacher of #Bahai children's classes. Trained as EFL/#EAL teacher, working on further certification & interested in research. Main interests: #MoralEducation, #Virtues, #CS/#ICT and #language ed.
Looking forward to chatting and learning from you all!