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Hype for the Future 85A: Lexical Engineering in Iceland 🇮🇸
Introduction The Icelandic language contains numerous terms for gender identity and expression in numerous distinct types of terms, though these terms are rarely associated with the official language proper. Rather than being associated with the language proper, the Icelandic government actually engineers new terms in an effort to preserve the Old Norse roots of the language. Gender Identity and Expression Iceland has utilized lexical engineering in the Icelandic language to protect the […] -
Hype for the Future 49D: The Galician Language
In Galicia, the regional language is effectively as if a mix of Spanish and Portuguese. However, the overall syntax of the nation is significantly more akin to Portuguese than Spanish, though the orthography of the Galician language has often been criticized within Galicia for being excessively Castilianized. The regional movement of Reintegrationism in the Galician context attempts to dispel the Castilian concerns regarding linguistic syntax by promoting the idea that Galician and the […]https://novatopflex.wordpress.com/2025/12/19/hype-for-the-future-49d-the-galician-language/
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Hogmena
Captain Cook's Monument was busy this morning. Plenty of folk working up an appetite for their Christmas Dinner. Me, I dropped down the slope a bit and played with my pareidolia.
I always believed hogmanay is the name for the New Year celebrations in Scotland, yet it transpires that a related term had found currency south of the border. An excerpt from John Trotter Brockett's ostentatiously titled ...
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Smouts and Smeuses — A Cleveland Lexicon
Odd features of the landscape have always captivated my interest, though more often than not they tend to slip my mind upon returning home, overshadowed by more pressing matters.
One of these curiosities is this kink in the dry-stone wall below Easby Moor. It's almost as if two builders constructing the wall from opposite ends suddenly realised their walls wouldn ...
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Another (much longer!) list: 203 Most Beautiful Untranslatable Words (The Ultimate List: A-Z): https://www.theintrepidguide.com/untranslatable-words-ultimate-list/. Some of these are quite beautiful, profound, poignant, &/or humorous.
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28 Words That Don’t Exist in the English Language: The Power & Beauty of Untranslatable Words | Princely H. Glorious: https://medium.com/swap-language/28-words-that-dont-exist-in-english-you-ll-wish-they-did-e200ef1c3ae2.
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In our next #CrossAsiaTalk on March 2 from 6pm @stabi_berlin Oliver Corff will present his research on #Manchu #Lexicology and #Lexicography and what the “edit distance” between two dictionaries can tell about #Qing Manju knowledge and thought. All info here: http://sbb.berlin/9qmtgz