#linquistics — Public Fediverse posts

I've been listening to podcasts about the Civil War and have been struck by how almost everyone mispronounces Ku Klux Klan, saying "CLUE" for the first part even though there is no "L". Among the offenders are commentators in Ken Burn's The Civil War, everyone on NPR news, and, if memory serves me, characters in the movie, BlacKkKlansman, which is astounding. I found an image from the 1930s that shows that it's not just a modern problem. Drives me nuts. #CivilWar #KuKluxKlan #KluKluxKlan #kkk #linquistics #language #history #spelling #racism #pennsylvania

I've been listening to podcasts about the Civil War and have been struck by how almost everyone mispronounces Ku Klux Klan, saying "CLUE" for the first part even though there is no "L". Among the offenders are commentators in Ken Burn's The Civil War, everyone on NPR news, and, if memory serves me, characters in the movie, BlacKkKlansman, which is astounding. I found an image from the 1930s that shows that it's not just a modern problem. Drives me nuts. #CivilWar #KuKluxKlan #KluKluxKlan #kkk #linquistics #language #history #spelling #racism #pennsylvania

I've been listening to podcasts about the Civil War and have been struck by how almost everyone mispronounces Ku Klux Klan, saying "CLUE" for the first part even though there is no "L". Among the offenders are commentators in Ken Burn's The Civil War, everyone on NPR news, and, if memory serves me, characters in the movie, BlacKkKlansman, which is astounding. I found an image from the 1930s that shows that it's not just a modern problem. Drives me nuts. #CivilWar #KuKluxKlan #KluKluxKlan #kkk #linquistics #language #history #spelling #racism #pennsylvania

I've been listening to podcasts about the Civil War and have been struck by how almost everyone mispronounces Ku Klux Klan, saying "CLUE" for the first part even though there is no "L". Among the offenders are commentators in Ken Burn's The Civil War, everyone on NPR news, and, if memory serves me, characters in the movie, BlacKkKlansman, which is astounding. I found an image from the 1930s that shows that it's not just a modern problem. Drives me nuts. #CivilWar #KuKluxKlan #KluKluxKlan #kkk #linquistics #language #history #spelling #racism #pennsylvania

Is it just me and my neurodiverse brain, or does everyone notice minutiae like this – and then feel compelled to blog about it?
👉https://philosophics.blog/2026/01/26/enough-anough-and-the-archaeology-of-small-mistakes/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social
What sorcery is this? 🪄 I often catch myself typing 'anough' for 'enough'. It's also closer to how I pronounce it. I may adopt this spelling out of spite. Does this happen in other languages?
#language #forensics #linquistics #phonetics #archaeology #cognition #signals #writing #prescription #english #ghoti #spelling #orthography #typos #enough

Is it just me and my neurodiverse brain, or does everyone notice minutiae like this – and then feel compelled to blog about it?
👉https://philosophics.blog/2026/01/26/enough-anough-and-the-archaeology-of-small-mistakes/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social
What sorcery is this? 🪄 I often catch myself typing 'anough' for 'enough'. It's also closer to how I pronounce it. I may adopt this spelling out of spite. Does this happen in other languages?
#language #forensics #linquistics #phonetics #archaeology #cognition #signals #writing #prescription #english #ghoti #spelling #orthography #typos #enough

Is it just me and my neurodiverse brain, or does everyone notice minutiae like this – and then feel compelled to blog about it?
👉https://philosophics.blog/2026/01/26/enough-anough-and-the-archaeology-of-small-mistakes/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social
What sorcery is this? 🪄 I often catch myself typing 'anough' for 'enough'. It's also closer to how I pronounce it. I may adopt this spelling out of spite. Does this happen in other languages?
#language #forensics #linquistics #phonetics #archaeology #cognition #signals #writing #prescription #english #ghoti #spelling #orthography #typos #enough

Is it just me and my neurodiverse brain, or does everyone notice minutiae like this – and then feel compelled to blog about it?
👉https://philosophics.blog/2026/01/26/enough-anough-and-the-archaeology-of-small-mistakes/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social
What sorcery is this? 🪄 I often catch myself typing 'anough' for 'enough'. It's also closer to how I pronounce it. I may adopt this spelling out of spite. Does this happen in other languages?
#language #forensics #linquistics #phonetics #archaeology #cognition #signals #writing #prescription #english #ghoti #spelling #orthography #typos #enough

Is it just me and my neurodiverse brain, or does everyone notice minutiae like this – and then feel compelled to blog about it?
👉https://philosophics.blog/2026/01/26/enough-anough-and-the-archaeology-of-small-mistakes/?utm_source=masto&utm_medium=social
What sorcery is this? 🪄 I often catch myself typing 'anough' for 'enough'. It's also closer to how I pronounce it. I may adopt this spelling out of spite. Does this happen in other languages?
#language #forensics #linquistics #phonetics #archaeology #cognition #signals #writing #prescription #english #ghoti #spelling #orthography #typos #enough

#AmReading Bellos' "Is that a Fish in Your Ear?" and being reminded of my lowbrow tastes. In a passage about the impact of non-L1 poetry learned long ago, he cites Rilke's "Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?" - while I went straight to German too -Morgenstern's
"Es war einmal ein Lattenzaun, mit Zwischenraum, hindurchzuschaun" which I especially love for the 'punchline' at the end. 😀
@bookstodon #poetry #translation #nonfiction #linquistics

#AmReading Bellos' "Is that a Fish in Your Ear?" and being reminded of my lowbrow tastes. In a passage about the impact of non-L1 poetry learned long ago, he cites Rilke's "Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?" - while I went straight to German too -Morgenstern's
"Es war einmal ein Lattenzaun, mit Zwischenraum, hindurchzuschaun" which I especially love for the 'punchline' at the end. 😀
@bookstodon #poetry #translation #nonfiction #linquistics

#AmReading Bellos' "Is that a Fish in Your Ear?" and being reminded of my lowbrow tastes. In a passage about the impact of non-L1 poetry learned long ago, he cites Rilke's "Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?" - while I went straight to German too -Morgenstern's
"Es war einmal ein Lattenzaun, mit Zwischenraum, hindurchzuschaun" which I especially love for the 'punchline' at the end. 😀
@bookstodon #poetry #translation #nonfiction #linquistics

#AmReading Bellos' "Is that a Fish in Your Ear?" and being reminded of my lowbrow tastes. In a passage about the impact of non-L1 poetry learned long ago, he cites Rilke's "Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?" - while I went straight to German too -Morgenstern's
"Es war einmal ein Lattenzaun, mit Zwischenraum, hindurchzuschaun" which I especially love for the 'punchline' at the end. 😀
@bookstodon #poetry #translation #nonfiction #linquistics

#AmReading Bellos' "Is that a Fish in Your Ear?" and being reminded of my lowbrow tastes. In a passage about the impact of non-L1 poetry learned long ago, he cites Rilke's "Wer, wenn ich schriee, hörte mich denn aus der Engel Ordnungen?" - while I went straight to German too -Morgenstern's
"Es war einmal ein Lattenzaun, mit Zwischenraum, hindurchzuschaun" which I especially love for the 'punchline' at the end. 😀
@bookstodon #poetry #translation #nonfiction #linquistics

"This Piss Time" vs "These Piss Times", Discuss.

#linquistics #language #shitpost #memes #funny

"This Piss Time" vs "These Piss Times", Discuss.

#linquistics #language #shitpost #memes #funny

"This Piss Time" vs "These Piss Times", Discuss.

#linquistics #language #shitpost #memes #funny

"This Piss Time" vs "These Piss Times", Discuss.

#linquistics #language #shitpost #memes #funny

Question for those who know #asl or other forms of #signlanguage, and especially those who are also familiar with #linquistics and #phonetics... presumably there are dialects in sign languages, but are there accents? Shibboleths, localized mannerisms, subtle differences in how far or vigorous motions are made, or how they're combined with other attributes of body language?

Question for those who know #asl or other forms of #signlanguage, and especially those who are also familiar with #linquistics and #phonetics... presumably there are dialects in sign languages, but are there accents? Shibboleths, localized mannerisms, subtle differences in how far or vigorous motions are made, or how they're combined with other attributes of body language?

Question for those who know #asl or other forms of #signlanguage, and especially those who are also familiar with #linquistics and #phonetics... presumably there are dialects in sign languages, but are there accents? Shibboleths, localized mannerisms, subtle differences in how far or vigorous motions are made, or how they're combined with other attributes of body language?

Question for those who know #asl or other forms of #signlanguage, and especially those who are also familiar with #linquistics and #phonetics... presumably there are dialects in sign languages, but are there accents? Shibboleths, localized mannerisms, subtle differences in how far or vigorous motions are made, or how they're combined with other attributes of body language?

Question for those who know #asl or other forms of #signlanguage, and especially those who are also familiar with #linquistics and #phonetics... presumably there are dialects in sign languages, but are there accents? Shibboleths, localized mannerisms, subtle differences in how far or vigorous motions are made, or how they're combined with other attributes of body language?