#englishlanguage — Public Fediverse posts

"My Baby You" is a song written and performed by #MarcAnthony, and was released as the fourth single of his first #Englishlanguage album #MarcAnthony.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hnh0yU5ef4U

Couple with unfortunate last name hilariously mourns the baby names they couldn’t use

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/unfortunate-last-name-for-new-baby-ex1/

I am staggered by the sheer hugeness of this.

The #WelshGovernment has a policy of bilingualism. All meetings include translators, so that speakers of English or Welsh can participate equally. But every member of the Welsh Cabinet is a native speaker of #Cymraeg, so the Cabinet meetings will be held in their native lsnguage.

#PlaidCymru #Wales

Imposing the #EnglishLanguage was a key component of the imperial project of Britishness. But the tide has turned. 💚 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

"My Baby You" is a song written and performed by #MarcAnthony, and was released as the fourth single of his first #Englishlanguage album Marc Anthony.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RizBylS2I2k

𝗔𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼 𝗘𝘁𝘆𝗺𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘆, 𝗶𝗹𝗹𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗵𝗼𝘄 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝗮𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗹𝗮𝗻𝗴𝘂𝗮𝗴𝗲𝘀

English "cow" comes from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₃-u-s [gwous], perhaps something like this (listen):
🔊 https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/cow-from-PIE-gwous.wav

which also developed into Dari گاو [gau] and Persian گاو [gov]:

🔊 https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-gwous-to-Persian-gov.wav

and very many other Indo-European languages, such as Ancient Greek βοῦς [bous]:

🔊 https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-gwous-to-Ancient-Greek-bous.wav

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@linguistics #linguistics #etymology #EnglishLanguage #AcousticPhonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Iranian #Persian #Dari #AncientGreek

What in the name of God is wrong with people who object to bilingual street signs?

If you don't read the #IrishLanguage, that's fine. The #EnglishLanguage sign is still there for you.

In #TheIrishTimes, Newton Emerson denounces "#Belfast’s aggressive signage policy". In reality, the only aggression is from #unionists who want the Irish language off their streets.

#EnoughAlready. Make all signs bilingual

Paywalled original: https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025/10/16/newton-emerson-no-the-irish-language-does-not-belong-to-us-all-stop-insisting-it-does/

Archived full text: https://archive.is/UaXGX

A tmesis is abso-freakin-lutely the coolest feature of the English language you don't know exists

https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.upworthy.com/tmesis-origins

"Why is The Great Vowel Shift also called the Great Vowel Movement?"

"Oh, that's because English took a huge dump on its own pronunciation."

#GreatVowelShift #GreatVowelMovement #EnglishLanguage #dump #pronounciation #BowelMovement

@DemocracyMattersALot

The #EnglishLanguage is #NotFitForPurpose.

With both multiples (2 and more), huge numbers, and entire categories all being designated by the same plural form.

"Those two ratbag Australians love Trump."
"Australians are catching Covid."
"Australians break the law if they join ISIS."

The Lowey's claim is doubtless true at some level. And with #Murdoch's #SkyNews pumping out #FoxNews type crap the sad fact is that, over some time period there are probably more fools made

@chrisminnick Thanks for sharing. What makes this a good narrator for you?

I ask because I've been in conversation this week about the existing #audio for the #EasyEnglish #Bible and some suggestions for the future.

#EnglishLanguage #audio #narration

Why the #Dutch always say what they mean - #BBCREEL

In my experience, this is absolutely spot-on, especially when dealing with people from the North of #Holland such as the #Frisians. They really tend to be quite #Honest and #Direct.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrEZwe1nbBU&ab_channel=BBCReel

#Language #Culture #DutchCulture #Directness #DutchLanguage #BritishCulture #EnglishCulture #English #EnglishLanguage #Directness #PlainSpeech #Rudeness #Politeness #Translation #Friesland #Friesian #Fries #NoordHolland