#englishlanguage — Public Fediverse posts
Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #englishlanguage, aggregated by home.social.
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"I before E, except after C" is an ancient proverb known to many in society. It was never scientific, with a deficiency of evidence, and not efficient at explaining English spelling. I can't in good conscience recommend it any more than other fallacies.
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A bus station is a designated area where buses stop to pick up and drop off passengers. It often features waiting areas, ticket counters, and schedules. For example, I arrived at the bus station just in time to catch my ride to London. 🇬🇧 #WordOfTheDay #Vocabulary #LearnEnglish #EnglishLanguage #LanguageLearning #BusStation #Travel #Education
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'English First' policies and
the uncomfortable waning of empire* “The English Language Bill demonstrated that New Zealand First was "trying to appeal to a racist fringe". Professor O'Sullivan >
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-03-05/new-zealand-first-pushes-to-make-english-an-official-language/106410158* "The English-only movement...is a political movement that advocates for the exclusive use of the English language in official United States government communication through the establishment of English as the only official language in the United States." >
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English-only_movement* “Australia is home to over 250 distinct Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander languages, comprising around 800 dialects, which are deeply connected to specific land, culture, and identity.” >
https://www.alt.nsw.gov.au/learn/nsw-aboriginal-languages-information* 'Scarily diverse' people from First Nations or from a culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds
https://theconversation.com/a-shadow-on-your-art-how-do-first-nations-and-culturally-diverse-authors-feel-about-representation-275446* "Monolingualism or unilingualism, is the condition of being able to speak only a single language." >
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monolingualism#EnglishLanguage #EnglishFirst #language #LanguagePolicies #monolingualism #MonolingualMindset #diverse #polyglots #MultilingualPeople #NormativeMonolingualism #ForcedAssimilation #settlersociety #Anglophones #FirstNationsPeoples #Gumbaynggirr
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How 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: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lingua.2025.103946
#swearing #profanity #language #linguistics #CorpusLinguistics #research #EnglishLanguage #vulgarity
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Our Linguistics Quiz has just been posted on our website!
https://youknowwhatblog.com/quizzes/linguistics-quiz/#grammar #englishlanguage #writing #languagelearning #grammarnazi #englishgrammar #learnenglish #grammartips #englishvocabulary #englishlessons #englishwriting #englishlanguagelearning #englishgrammarrules #englishlanguagearts #englishlanguagelearner #englishlanguageacademy #englishlanguagestudy #englishlanguageclass #englishlanguageproficiency #englishlanguageusage #TriviaTime #FunFacts
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Niche pre-Xmas request: are there any early modern English scholars out there? My son needs to find a (fairly small) corpus of EME text for his third-year project in computer science, to improve auto-parsing of text despite spelling variations in old English. Boosts welcome! #EarlyModernEnglish #ComputerScience #EnglishLanguage