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"Summer Samba" (also known as "So Nice" or its original #Portuguese title, "Samba de Verão") is a 1964 #bossaNova and #jazzStandard song by Brazilian composer #MarcosValle with Portuguese lyrics by #PauloSérgioValle and #Englishlanguage lyrics by #NormanGimbel. Marcos Valle's recording was a top 10 hit in Rio de Janeiro that year. In the US, an instrumental recording by #WalterWanderley reached the top 40 on the pop chart and the #EasyListening top 10 in 1966.
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American in the UK baffled by common 3-letter word with 'multiple meanings'
https://web.brid.gy/r/https://www.mirror.co.uk/lifestyle/american-uk-baffled-common-3-36993073
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RE: https://toot.cat/@woozle/116324189191503185
Hi, I'm Courtney. I'm not autistic, but I do have ADHD, which does, at times, trigger neurodivulgence.
Also, I am liking the application of inflectional morphology to DuckDuckGo.
The existence of DuckDuckGo implies not only the existence of DuckDuckWent (as @woozle demonstrates below), but also of DuckDuckHaveGone and DuckDuckWillHaveBeenGoing.
It's completely delightful.
#EnglishLanguage
#grammar
#IHeartLanguage
#ILoveWords
#ADHD
#DAVE
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"Summer Samba" (also known as "So Nice" or its original #Portuguese title, "Samba de Verão") is a 1964 #bossaNova and #jazzStandard song by Brazilian composer #MarcosValle, with #Englishlanguage lyrics by #NormanGimbel; the original Portuguese lyrics are by #PauloSérgioValle, the composer's brother.
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Audio Etymologies of the Day
“Birch” comes from Proto-Indo-European *bʰerh₁ǵ-eh₂-, like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/birch-from-PIE-bherh1g.wav
(ignoring the suffix -eh₂ [a])*bʰerh₁ǵ-eh₂- also developed into Lithuanian beržas:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-bherh1g-to-Lithuanian-berZas.wavand Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian breza:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-bherh1g-to-BCMS-breza.wav#linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics
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Audio Etymologies of the Day
“Wain” comes from Proto-Indo-European *woǵʰ-, like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/wain-from-PIE-wogh.wav(Wag(g)on is a loan from Middle Dutch.)
*woǵʰ- also developed into Sanskrit वह्नि vahni “team of draft animals”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-wogh-to-Sanskrit-vahni.wavand Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, and Serbian voz “train, wagon”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-wogh-to-BCMS-voz.wav#linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Sanskrit #Bosnian #Croatian #Montenegrin #Serbian
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Audio Etymology of the Day
“(To)morrow” comes from Proto-Indo-European *mrk [mr̩:k], like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/tomorrow-from-PIE-mrHk.wav"Morn" is from the same root:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/morn-from-PIE-mrHk.wav*mrk also developed into Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, Serbian, and Slovenian mrak “dark, dusk”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-mrHk-to-Bosnian-mrak.wav@linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #acousticphonetics #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Bosnian #Croatian #Montenegrin #Serbian #Slovenian
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Audio Etymologies of the Day
"Smile" and "smirk" both come from Proto-Indo-European *smei-, like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/smile-from-PIE-smey.wav
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/smirk-from-PIE-smey.wav*smei also developed into Sanskrit स्मयते smayate:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-smey-to-Sanskrit-smayate.wav
and (independently but very similarly) into Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin, Serbian smejati:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-smey-to-BCMS-smejati.wav@linguistics #linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Sanskrit #Bosnian #Croatian #Montenegrin #Serbian
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Audio Etymologies of the Day
"Shoot" (to propel) comes from Proto-Indo-European *s-keud-, like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/shoot-from-PIE-skeud.wavThe derived form *s-kud-to-s, developed into Persian چست chost “quick”:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-skudt-to-Persian-chost.wavThe root *keud- also lies behind Bosnian-Croatian-Montenegrin-Serbian kidati, "to tear/break":
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-keud-to-BCMS-kidati.wav@linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage #phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Persian #Bosnian #Croatian #Montenegrin #Serbian
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Audio Etymologies of the Day
"Sell" comes from Proto-Indo-European *solh₁-éie- ([soleje] simulated here using French "soleil"!), like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/sell-from-PIE-solh1eie.wavThe related form *sl̥h₁- or *selh₁-possibly (debatably) developed into the initial [sl] cluster of Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian slati “to send”. If so:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-slh1-to-BCS-slati.wav
@linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage
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Audio Etymologies of the Day
"Seed" comes from Proto-Indo-European *seh₁-to- [se:to], like this (listen):
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/seed-from-PIE-seh1to.wavIts stem *seh₁- [se:], "to sow", also developed into Slovenian sejati:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-seh1-to-Slovenian-sejati.wav... and Bosnian, Croatian, Montenegrin and Serbian sijati:
🔈http://www.ancientsounds.net/eastern-origins/PIE-seh1-to-BCS-sijati.wav@linguistics #etymology #englishlanguage
#phonetics #ProtoIndoEuropean #Bosnian #Croatian #Serbian #Montenegrin #Slovenian