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One Word Sunday – Blue
One Word Sunday, driven by Travel with Intent is asking for a photo with the word or the meaning "Blue".Blue can be either a color or a mood. The picture I have chosen, shows both: The color and the mood. -
One Word Sunday – Blue
One Word Sunday, driven by Travel with Intent is asking for a photo with the word or the meaning "Blue".Blue can be either a color or a mood. The picture I have chosen, shows both: The color and the mood. -
One Word Sunday – Blue
One Word Sunday, driven by Travel with Intent is asking for a photo with the word or the meaning "Blue".Blue can be either a color or a mood. The picture I have chosen, shows both: The color and the mood. -
One Word Sunday – Blue
One Word Sunday, driven by Travel with Intent is asking for a photo with the word or the meaning "Blue".Blue can be either a color or a mood. The picture I have chosen, shows both: The color and the mood. -
One Word Sunday – Blue
One Word Sunday, driven by Travel with Intent is asking for a photo with the word or the meaning "Blue".Blue can be either a color or a mood. The picture I have chosen, shows both: The color and the mood. -
One Word Sunday – Swirl
For the “One Word Sunday Challenge” by “Travel with Intent”, for this Sunday the word "Swirl" should be the subject of a picture, a photo a story etc. The lightpainting artist was Olaf Schieche and I took the picture with an exposure time of 820 seconds. -
'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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Audio Etymologies of the Day
As posted before, “one” comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ói-nos [oinos], like this:
🔊 https://ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/one-from-PIE-h1oinos.wav
The variant form *h₁ói-wos "one" developed into Ossetian иу [ju]:
🔈https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1oiwos-to-Ossetian-yu.wav
Pashto یو yau:
🔊 https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1oiwos-to-Pashto-yau.wavand Ancient Greek οἶος hoios “only”:
🔊 https://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h1oiwos-to-AncientGreek-hoios.wav@linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Ossetian #Pashto #AncientGreek
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Audio Etymologies of the Day
“Swan” comes from Proto-Indo-European *swenh₂ [swenɐ], “to sound” (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-swenh2.wav
(I thus infer that swans of the PIE homeland weren't Mute swans, Cygnus olor 🤓 )*swenh₂ also developed into Ossetian хонын [xonɨn] “to call, invite”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-swenh2-to-Ossetian-xonyn.wavLatin sonō, “to sound”, is also from the same root.
Image source: screenshot from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GG9fl7C1QiA
#linguistics #etymology #EnglishLanguage #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Ossetian
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Audio Etymologies of the Day
“Six” comes from Proto-Indo-European *sweḱs, like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/six-from-PIE-sweks.wav*sweḱs is from earlier *ḱsweḱs; a surviving outcome of the initial *ḱ is heard in #Ossetian æхсæз akhshazh:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-ksweks-to-Iron-axSaZ.wav*(ḱ)sweḱs also developed into #Pashto شپږ shpag:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-ksweks-to-Pashto-shpag.wavand #Persian شش shesh:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-sweks-to-Persian-shesh-shish.wav
@linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Iranian -
Audio Etymologies of the Day
“Thou”, now rather restricted in its use, comes from Proto-Indo-European *tuh₂ [tuɐ], like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/thou-from-PIE-tua.wav*tuh₂ [tuɐ] developed into Persian تو tu:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-tua-to-Persian-tu.wavBalochi تئو tau:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-tua-to-Balochi-tau.wavOssetian ды du ~ de:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-tua-to-Iron-dE.wavGerman du and French tu are also from this root.
@linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Persian #Balochi #Ossetian
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Audio Etymologies of the Day
“Ten” comes from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̩, like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/ten-from-PIE-dekm.wav*déḱm̩ also developed into Ossetian дæс das:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-dekm-to-Digor-das.wavPashto لس las:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-dekm-to-Pashto-las.wavThe suffixed form *déḱm̩-t became Lithuanian dešimt:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-dekmt-to-Lithuanian-deSimt.wavand Bosnian deset:
http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-dekmt-to-BCS-deset.wav@linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Ossetian #Pashto #Lithuanian #Bosnian
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Audio Etymologies of the Day
"Sweat" comes from Proto-Indo-European *swoid-, like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/sweat-from-PIE-swoid.wav*swoid- also developed into Sanskrit स्वेदते sveedate:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-swoid-to-Sanskrit-sveedate.wavBalochi ہید hed:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-swoid-to-Balochi-hed.wavand Iron Ossetian хид khid:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-swoid-to-Iron-xid.wav@linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Sanskrit #Balochi #Ossetian
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Audio Etymologies of the Day
"Sore" and "sorry" come from Proto-Indo-European *sh₂ei-ro- [sairo], like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/sore-from-PIE-sh2eiro.wav
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/sorry-from-PIE-sh2eiro.wav*sh₂ei-ro- is a form of *sh₂ei- [sai] “afflict, bind”, which developed into Latvian saiklis “string, band, connection”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-sh2ei-to-Latvian-saiklis.wav
and Ossetian хид khid “bridge” → Hungarian híd
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-sh2ei-to-Ossetian-khid.wav@linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Ossetian #Latvian
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Audio Etymology of the Day
English "I" comes from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éǵh₂ [heɟɐ̥], something like this (ignoring the final [ɐ̥]):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/I-from-PIE-h2eg.wav
The same root developed into Ossetian æз [az], something like this:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-h2eg-to-Ossetian-az.wav
(Compare Pashto زه za [zə] 🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/Pashto-za-M1.wav)
@linguistics #audio #etymology #phonetics #EnglishLanguage #ProtoIndoEuropean #Ossetian #Pashto
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Facebook Apologizes for Vulgar Translation of Chinese Leader’s Name - “This should not have happened and we are taking steps to ensure it doesn’t happen again,” the com... more: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/world/asia/facebook-xi-jinping.html?emc=rss&partner=rss #translationandinterpreters #computersandtheinternet #englishlanguage #aungsansuukyi #socialmedia #facebookinc #xijinping #myanmar #china