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  1. "Tonight do not miss Space 1999 with Martin Baby Stroller, Barbara Bath, and Barry Walrus."

    I jest but French is my mother tongue, and my English when Space: 1999 was first broadcast was very iffy.

    So Landau registered as the French word landau, which means baby stroller. Bain registered as the French word bain, which means bath. Morse registered as the French word morse, which means walrus.

    #Space1999 #FrenchLanguage #EnglishLanguage #BabyCarriage #bath #walrus

  2. "Tonight do not miss Space 1999 with Martin Baby Stroller, Barbara Bath, and Barry Walrus."

    I jest but French is my mother tongue, and my English when Space: 1999 was first broadcast was very iffy.

    So Landau registered as the French word landau, which means baby stroller. Bain registered as the French word bain, which means bath. Morse registered as the French word morse, which means walrus.

    #Space1999 #FrenchLanguage #EnglishLanguage #BabyCarriage #bath #walrus

  3. "Tonight do not miss Space 1999 with Martin Baby Stroller, Barbara Bath, and Barry Walrus."

    I jest but French is my mother tongue, and my English when Space: 1999 was first broadcast was very iffy.

    So Landau registered as the French word landau, which means baby stroller. Bain registered as the French word bain, which means bath. Morse registered as the French word morse, which means walrus.

    #Space1999 #FrenchLanguage #EnglishLanguage #BabyCarriage #bath #walrus

  4. "Tonight do not miss Space 1999 with Martin Baby Stroller, Barbara Bath, and Barry Walrus."

    I jest but French is my mother tongue, and my English when Space: 1999 was first broadcast was very iffy.

    So Landau registered as the French word landau, which means baby stroller. Bain registered as the French word bain, which means bath. Morse registered as the French word morse, which means walrus.

    #Space1999 #FrenchLanguage #EnglishLanguage #BabyCarriage #bath #walrus

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

  6. "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.
    youtube.com/watch?v=RizBylS2I2k

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

    The English word “barrow”, i.e. a burial mound, comes via Proto-Germanic *berga from a Proto-Indo-European ancestor *bʰerǵʰ-os, meaning “height” and by extension “hill, mountain”.

    🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    The same Proto-Indo-European root *bʰerǵʰ- also developed into Persian برج borj “tower”:

    🔊 ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    The Arabic word برج burj “tower”, as in the name of the Burj Khalifa tower, is not a Semitic word but is a loan-word from Persian.

    Kurdish برج berdz (Kurmani birc), Balochi برز ئه borza “height”, and English “borough” (originally referring to a town with raised fortifications), are also descended from *bʰerǵʰ-.

    @linguistics #linguistics #etymology #EnglishLanguage #AcousticPhonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Iranian #Persian #Arabic #Kurdish #Balochi

  8. Hello English-speaking #filmfans and cineasts in the #fediverse. I could need some #mastohelp.

    Is there something like a widely accepted and known abbreviation for the expression "original version/track with (English) subtitles" in #English? (I am thinking about a similar short form, like the German #OmU for "Original mit Untertiteln").

    Asking for a friend. ;) All hints are greatly appreciated. Thank you!

    #cinema #filmfestival #englishlanguage #abbreviations

  9. Audio Etymologies of the Day

    “Wasp” comes (via Anglo-Saxon waps) from Proto-Indo-European *h₁wobʰ-seh₂, a form of *h₁webʰ-, “weave”. Ignoring the -seh₂ suffix, like this (listen):
    🔈ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    *h₁webʰ- also developed into Balochi گْوَپت gwap “weave”:
    🔈ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Balochi

  10. Audio Etymologies of the Month

    “Month” comes, via Anglo-Saxon mōnaþ, from Proto-Indo-European *méh₁-not [me:not], like this (listen):
    🔈ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    It is related to *méh₁-nos [me:nos], #moon, which led to Latin mensis:
    🔈ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    The stem *méh₁- "measure" also developed into Persian, Balochi and Urdu ماه mah:
    🔈ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    @linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Persian #Balochi #Urdu #Latin

  11. Audio Etymologies of the Day

    “Barrow” (a mound) comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerǵʰ-os (listen):
    🔈ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    *bʰerǵʰ- also developed into Persian برج borj “tower”
    🔈ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    Kurdish برج berdz (Kurmani birc), Balochi برز ئه borza “height”, English "borough", and Arabic برج burj “tower” are also from *bʰerǵʰ-

    More at ancientsounds.net/#barrow

    #linguistics
    #etymology
    #englishlanguage
    #acousticphonetics
    #phonetics
    #ProtoIndoEuropean
    #Persian #Arabic #Balochi

  12. Audio Etymologies of the Day

    “Thirst” comes from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥s-tu like this (listen):
    🔈ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig
    (I've omitted the final [u])

    The related form *tr̥s-no- developed into Persian تشنگی teshne:
    🔈ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    and Balochi تُنَّگ tunnag “frog, thirsty one”:
    🔈ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    The stem *ters- also underlies Latin terra, "(dry) land".

    @linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Persian #Balochi

  13. Audio Etymologies of the Day

    “Swine” comes from Proto-Indo-European *suh₁-īno- [su:hi:no], like this (listen):
    🔈ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    *suh₁-īno- is derived from *suh₁- “pig” (cf. English “sow”). A derived form, *suh₁-kas, developed into Balochi ہوک‎ huuk:
    🔈ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    The Persian pronunciation is خوک‎ [χu:cç]:
    🔈ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    “Hog” is unrelated.

    @linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Balochi #Persian

  14. Audio Etymologies of the Day

    "Sow" (pig) comes from Proto-Indo-European *suh₁- (pronounced [su:], earlier [su:h]) like this (listen):
    🔈ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    Plural "swine" is from suh₁-īno- [su:hi:no]:
    🔈ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    The derived form *suh₁-kas developed into Balochi ہوک‎ huuk “pig”:
    🔈ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    *suh₁- also developed into Ancient Greek ὗς hüs “pig”:
    🔈ancientsounds.net/eastern-orig

    @linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Balochi