#orthography — Public Fediverse posts
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A quotation from Anthony Burgess
Languages never stand still. Modern spelling crystallizes lost pronunciations: the visual never quite catches up with the aural.
Anthony Burgess (1917-1993) English novelist
A Mouthful of Air: Language, Languages … Especially English, ch. 21 “Sounds from the Past” (1992)More about this quote: wist.info/burgess-anthony/7114…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #burgess #anthonyburgess #artifact #evolution #language #linguistics #orthography #passageoftime #pronunciation #spelling #timelag
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A quotation from Anthony Burgess
Languages never stand still. Modern spelling crystallizes lost pronunciations: the visual never quite catches up with the aural.
Anthony Burgess (1917-1993) English novelist
A Mouthful of Air: Language, Languages … Especially English, ch. 21 “Sounds from the Past” (1992)More about this quote: wist.info/burgess-anthony/7114…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #burgess #anthonyburgess #artifact #evolution #language #linguistics #orthography #passageoftime #pronunciation #spelling #timelag
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A quotation from Anthony Burgess
Languages never stand still. Modern spelling crystallizes lost pronunciations: the visual never quite catches up with the aural.
Anthony Burgess (1917-1993) English novelist
A Mouthful of Air: Language, Languages … Especially English, ch. 21 “Sounds from the Past” (1992)More about this quote: wist.info/burgess-anthony/7114…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #burgess #anthonyburgess #artifact #evolution #language #linguistics #orthography #passageoftime #pronunciation #spelling #timelag
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A quotation from Anthony Burgess
Languages never stand still. Modern spelling crystallizes lost pronunciations: the visual never quite catches up with the aural.
Anthony Burgess (1917-1993) English novelist
A Mouthful of Air: Language, Languages … Especially English, ch. 21 “Sounds from the Past” (1992)More about this quote: wist.info/burgess-anthony/7114…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #burgess #anthonyburgess #artifact #evolution #language #linguistics #orthography #passageoftime #pronunciation #spelling #timelag
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A quotation from Anthony Burgess
Languages never stand still. Modern spelling crystallizes lost pronunciations: the visual never quite catches up with the aural.
Anthony Burgess (1917-1993) English novelist
A Mouthful of Air: Language, Languages … Especially English, ch. 21 “Sounds from the Past” (1992)More about this quote: wist.info/burgess-anthony/7114…
#quote #quotes #quotation #qotd #burgess #anthonyburgess #artifact #evolution #language #linguistics #orthography #passageoftime #pronunciation #spelling #timelag
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I was up for hours this morning chatting with Claude about the meaning of Meaning, and I lived to tell the tale.
https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/capital-letters-trade-marks-and-other?r=pvxh5
#philosophy #ontology #truth #meaning #semantics #semiotics #orthography #language #metaphysics #orthography #deconstruction #typography #blog #substack #podcast #video
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I was up for hours this morning chatting with Claude about the meaning of Meaning, and I lived to tell the tale.
https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/capital-letters-trade-marks-and-other?r=pvxh5
#philosophy #ontology #truth #meaning #semantics #semiotics #orthography #language #metaphysics #orthography #deconstruction #typography #blog #substack #podcast #video
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I was up for hours this morning chatting with Claude about the meaning of Meaning, and I lived to tell the tale.
https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/capital-letters-trade-marks-and-other?r=pvxh5
#philosophy #ontology #truth #meaning #semantics #semiotics #orthography #language #metaphysics #orthography #deconstruction #typography #blog #substack #podcast #video
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I was up for hours this morning chatting with Claude about the meaning of Meaning, and I lived to tell the tale.
https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/capital-letters-trade-marks-and-other?r=pvxh5
#philosophy #ontology #truth #meaning #semantics #semiotics #orthography #language #metaphysics #orthography #deconstruction #typography #blog #substack #podcast #video
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I was up for hours this morning chatting with Claude about the meaning of Meaning, and I lived to tell the tale.
https://brywillis634737.substack.com/p/capital-letters-trade-marks-and-other?r=pvxh5
#philosophy #ontology #truth #meaning #semantics #semiotics #orthography #language #metaphysics #orthography #deconstruction #typography #blog #substack #podcast #video
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'No' - A Linguistic Tangle
Learn why the abbreviation 'no.' comes from French 'numéro' for number, not English 'no' for negation. Understand its history and digital issues.
#abbreviations, #frenchlanguage, #linguistics, #orthography, #unicode
https://newsletter.tf/why-no-means-number-not-negation-french/
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'No' - A Linguistic Tangle
Learn why the abbreviation 'no.' comes from French 'numéro' for number, not English 'no' for negation. Understand its history and digital issues.
#abbreviations, #frenchlanguage, #linguistics, #orthography, #unicode
https://newsletter.tf/why-no-means-number-not-negation-french/
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'No' - A Linguistic Tangle
Learn why the abbreviation 'no.' comes from French 'numéro' for number, not English 'no' for negation. Understand its history and digital issues.
#abbreviations, #frenchlanguage, #linguistics, #orthography, #unicode
https://newsletter.tf/why-no-means-number-not-negation-french/
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'No' - A Linguistic Tangle
Learn why the abbreviation 'no.' comes from French 'numéro' for number, not English 'no' for negation. Understand its history and digital issues.
#abbreviations, #frenchlanguage, #linguistics, #orthography, #unicode
https://newsletter.tf/why-no-means-number-not-negation-french/
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The abbreviation 'no.' is from French 'numéro' meaning 'number'. This is different from the English word 'no' used for negation.
#abbreviations, #frenchlanguage, #linguistics, #orthography, #unicode
https://newsletter.tf/why-no-means-number-not-negation-french/ -
The abbreviation 'no.' is from French 'numéro' meaning 'number'. This is different from the English word 'no' used for negation.
#abbreviations, #frenchlanguage, #linguistics, #orthography, #unicode
https://newsletter.tf/why-no-means-number-not-negation-french/ -
The abbreviation 'no.' is from French 'numéro' meaning 'number'. This is different from the English word 'no' used for negation.
#abbreviations, #frenchlanguage, #linguistics, #orthography, #unicode
https://newsletter.tf/why-no-means-number-not-negation-french/ -
The abbreviation 'no.' is from French 'numéro' meaning 'number'. This is different from the English word 'no' used for negation.
#abbreviations, #frenchlanguage, #linguistics, #orthography, #unicode
https://newsletter.tf/why-no-means-number-not-negation-french/ -
Call for simplified spelling (1893) #language #English #orthography #linguistics
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Call for simplified spelling (1893) #language #English #orthography #linguistics
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Call for simplified spelling (1893) #language #English #orthography #linguistics
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Call for simplified spelling (1893) #language #English #orthography #linguistics
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Call for simplified spelling (1893) #language #English #orthography #linguistics
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1995 96 #INDIANA #PACERS #SEASON www.perplexity.ai/search/new?q... #HISTORY OF #POLISH #ORTHOGRAPHY www.perplexity.ai/search/new?q... #CRAIG #MACGILLIVRAY #FOOTBALLER chatgpt.com?prompt=Analy... semantic-map-engine.allgraph.ro/semantic-map... aePiot: Superior SEO through Web 4.0 semantic nodes.
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1995 96 #INDIANA #PACERS #SEASON www.perplexity.ai/search/new?q... #HISTORY OF #POLISH #ORTHOGRAPHY www.perplexity.ai/search/new?q... #CRAIG #MACGILLIVRAY #FOOTBALLER chatgpt.com?prompt=Analy... semantic-map-engine.allgraph.ro/semantic-map... aePiot: Superior SEO through Web 4.0 semantic nodes.
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RE: https://toad.social/@wdlindsy/116471800574911741
there is no El Quijote without the emdash.
Cervantes had it published in 1605. that first chapter is considered THE MASTERPIECE of prose writing; and not just for its beauty. there’s whole polemics on his strategic use of the emdash and other orthographical marks because Cervantes literally established what we know as #prose #orthography with El Quijote.
technofascists have derided for so long the liberal arts ―to sell their lies of forever STEM jobs― that many are culturally illiterate.
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RE: https://toad.social/@wdlindsy/116471800574911741
there is no El Quijote without the emdash.
Cervantes had it published in 1605. that first chapter is considered THE MASTERPIECE of prose writing; and not just for its beauty. there’s whole polemics on his strategic use of the emdash and other orthographical marks because Cervantes literally established what we know as #prose #orthography with El Quijote.
technofascists have derided for so long the liberal arts ―to sell their lies of forever STEM jobs― that many are culturally illiterate.
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RE: https://toad.social/@wdlindsy/116471800574911741
there is no El Quijote without the emdash.
Cervantes had it published in 1605. that first chapter is considered THE MASTERPIECE of prose writing; and not just for its beauty. there’s whole polemics on his strategic use of the emdash and other orthographical marks because Cervantes literally established what we know as #prose #orthography with El Quijote.
technofascists have derided for so long the liberal arts ―to sell their lies of forever STEM jobs― that many are culturally illiterate.
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RE: https://toad.social/@wdlindsy/116471800574911741
there is no El Quijote without the emdash.
Cervantes had it published in 1605. that first chapter is considered THE MASTERPIECE of prose writing; and not just for its beauty. there’s whole polemics on his strategic use of the emdash and other orthographical marks because Cervantes literally established what we know as #prose #orthography with El Quijote.
technofascists have derided for so long the liberal arts ―to sell their lies of forever STEM jobs― that many are culturally illiterate.
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RE: https://toad.social/@wdlindsy/116471800574911741
there is no El Quijote without the emdash.
Cervantes had it published in 1605. that first chapter is considered THE MASTERPIECE of prose writing; and not just for its beauty. there’s whole polemics on his strategic use of the emdash and other orthographical marks because Cervantes literally established what we know as #prose #orthography with El Quijote.
technofascists have derided for so long the liberal arts ―to sell their lies of forever STEM jobs― that many are culturally illiterate.
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Some thoughts on #conlang writing systems, and how my relationship to them has evolved over time: https://kechpaja.conlang.org/blog/2026/03/26-rambling-thoughts-on-writing-systems.html
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Some thoughts on #conlang writing systems, and how my relationship to them has evolved over time: https://kechpaja.conlang.org/blog/2026/03/26-rambling-thoughts-on-writing-systems.html
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Some thoughts on #conlang writing systems, and how my relationship to them has evolved over time: https://kechpaja.conlang.org/blog/2026/03/26-rambling-thoughts-on-writing-systems.html
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Some thoughts on #conlang writing systems, and how my relationship to them has evolved over time: https://kechpaja.conlang.org/blog/2026/03/26-rambling-thoughts-on-writing-systems.html
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Some thoughts on #conlang writing systems, and how my relationship to them has evolved over time: https://kechpaja.conlang.org/blog/2026/03/26-rambling-thoughts-on-writing-systems.html
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Although I am easily distracted, it is never for nought. Today, I've been thinking of the orthography and morphology of Parsifal whilst trying to decide which version to run with.
My first 'real' encounter with Perceval was Chrétien de Troyes' unfinished version, but Wagner's version seems to have stuck with me.
#bliog #philosophy #language #spelling #variation #substack #writing #linguistics #orthography #morphology #Parsifal #FisherKing
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Although I am easily distracted, it is never for nought. Today, I've been thinking of the orthography and morphology of Parsifal whilst trying to decide which version to run with.
My first 'real' encounter with Perceval was Chrétien de Troyes' unfinished version, but Wagner's version seems to have stuck with me.
#bliog #philosophy #language #spelling #variation #substack #writing #linguistics #orthography #morphology #Parsifal #FisherKing
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Although I am easily distracted, it is never for nought. Today, I've been thinking of the orthography and morphology of Parsifal whilst trying to decide which version to run with.
My first 'real' encounter with Perceval was Chrétien de Troyes' unfinished version, but Wagner's version seems to have stuck with me.
#bliog #philosophy #language #spelling #variation #substack #writing #linguistics #orthography #morphology #Parsifal #FisherKing
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Although I am easily distracted, it is never for nought. Today, I've been thinking of the orthography and morphology of Parsifal whilst trying to decide which version to run with.
My first 'real' encounter with Perceval was Chrétien de Troyes' unfinished version, but Wagner's version seems to have stuck with me.
#bliog #philosophy #language #spelling #variation #substack #writing #linguistics #orthography #morphology #Parsifal #FisherKing
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Although I am easily distracted, it is never for nought. Today, I've been thinking of the orthography and morphology of Parsifal whilst trying to decide which version to run with.
My first 'real' encounter with Perceval was Chrétien de Troyes' unfinished version, but Wagner's version seems to have stuck with me.
#bliog #philosophy #language #spelling #variation #substack #writing #linguistics #orthography #morphology #Parsifal #FisherKing
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An example of my Finnish-based orthography for British English (State Anthem of the Soviet Union):
Juunaitit voorevör in vrentsip änt leipör,
Aa maiti ripapliks vil evör intsuo.
Tii kreit Sovjet Juunjön vil liv truu tii eitsiis.
Tii triim ov ei piipöl, tee vootres sikjuo!(koorös:)
Lonk liv aa Sovjet matölänt,
Pilt pai tii piipöl's maiti hänt.
Lonk liv aa piipöl, juunaitit änt vrii!
Stronk in aa vrentsip trait pai vaa,
Lonk mei aa krimsön vläk inspaa,
Sainink in kloori voor ool men tuu sii!Truu teis taak änt stoomi vail kreit Lenin let as,
Aar ais soo tii prait san ov vriitöm öpav,
Änt Staalin, aa liitö, vit veit in tii piipöl,
Inspaat as tuu pilt ap tii länt tät vii lav!(koorös)
Vii voot voo tii vjuutsö, tistroit tii inveitör,
Änt proot tuu aa houmlänt tii loröls ov veim!
Aa kloori vil liv in tii mem'ri ov neisöns,
Änt ool tsen'reisöns vil onö höö neim!(koorös)
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More about the orthography:
https://qalle.neocities.org/ortho -
An example of my Finnish-based orthography for British English (State Anthem of the Soviet Union):
Juunaitit voorevör in vrentsip änt leipör,
Aa maiti ripapliks vil evör intsuo.
Tii kreit Sovjet Juunjön vil liv truu tii eitsiis.
Tii triim ov ei piipöl, tee vootres sikjuo!(koorös:)
Lonk liv aa Sovjet matölänt,
Pilt pai tii piipöl's maiti hänt.
Lonk liv aa piipöl, juunaitit änt vrii!
Stronk in aa vrentsip trait pai vaa,
Lonk mei aa krimsön vläk inspaa,
Sainink in kloori voor ool men tuu sii!Truu teis taak änt stoomi vail kreit Lenin let as,
Aar ais soo tii prait san ov vriitöm öpav,
Änt Staalin, aa liitö, vit veit in tii piipöl,
Inspaat as tuu pilt ap tii länt tät vii lav!(koorös)
Vii voot voo tii vjuutsö, tistroit tii inveitör,
Änt proot tuu aa houmlänt tii loröls ov veim!
Aa kloori vil liv in tii mem'ri ov neisöns,
Änt ool tsen'reisöns vil onö höö neim!(koorös)
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More about the orthography:
https://qalle.neocities.org/ortho -
An example of my Finnish-based orthography for British English (State Anthem of the Soviet Union):
Juunaitit voorevör in vrentsip änt leipör,
Aa maiti ripapliks vil evör intsuo.
Tii kreit Sovjet Juunjön vil liv truu tii eitsiis.
Tii triim ov ei piipöl, tee vootres sikjuo!(koorös:)
Lonk liv aa Sovjet matölänt,
Pilt pai tii piipöl's maiti hänt.
Lonk liv aa piipöl, juunaitit änt vrii!
Stronk in aa vrentsip trait pai vaa,
Lonk mei aa krimsön vläk inspaa,
Sainink in kloori voor ool men tuu sii!Truu teis taak änt stoomi vail kreit Lenin let as,
Aar ais soo tii prait san ov vriitöm öpav,
Änt Staalin, aa liitö, vit veit in tii piipöl,
Inspaat as tuu pilt ap tii länt tät vii lav!(koorös)
Vii voot voo tii vjuutsö, tistroit tii inveitör,
Änt proot tuu aa houmlänt tii loröls ov veim!
Aa kloori vil liv in tii mem'ri ov neisöns,
Änt ool tsen'reisöns vil onö höö neim!(koorös)
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More about the orthography:
https://qalle.neocities.org/ortho -
An example of my Finnish-based orthography for British English (State Anthem of the Soviet Union):
Juunaitit voorevör in vrentsip änt leipör,
Aa maiti ripapliks vil evör intsuo.
Tii kreit Sovjet Juunjön vil liv truu tii eitsiis.
Tii triim ov ei piipöl, tee vootres sikjuo!(koorös:)
Lonk liv aa Sovjet matölänt,
Pilt pai tii piipöl's maiti hänt.
Lonk liv aa piipöl, juunaitit änt vrii!
Stronk in aa vrentsip trait pai vaa,
Lonk mei aa krimsön vläk inspaa,
Sainink in kloori voor ool men tuu sii!Truu teis taak änt stoomi vail kreit Lenin let as,
Aar ais soo tii prait san ov vriitöm öpav,
Änt Staalin, aa liitö, vit veit in tii piipöl,
Inspaat as tuu pilt ap tii länt tät vii lav!(koorös)
Vii voot voo tii vjuutsö, tistroit tii inveitör,
Änt proot tuu aa houmlänt tii loröls ov veim!
Aa kloori vil liv in tii mem'ri ov neisöns,
Änt ool tsen'reisöns vil onö höö neim!(koorös)
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More about the orthography:
https://qalle.neocities.org/ortho -
An example of my Finnish-based orthography for British English (State Anthem of the Soviet Union):
Juunaitit voorevör in vrentsip änt leipör,
Aa maiti ripapliks vil evör intsuo.
Tii kreit Sovjet Juunjön vil liv truu tii eitsiis.
Tii triim ov ei piipöl, tee vootres sikjuo!(koorös:)
Lonk liv aa Sovjet matölänt,
Pilt pai tii piipöl's maiti hänt.
Lonk liv aa piipöl, juunaitit änt vrii!
Stronk in aa vrentsip trait pai vaa,
Lonk mei aa krimsön vläk inspaa,
Sainink in kloori voor ool men tuu sii!Truu teis taak änt stoomi vail kreit Lenin let as,
Aar ais soo tii prait san ov vriitöm öpav,
Änt Staalin, aa liitö, vit veit in tii piipöl,
Inspaat as tuu pilt ap tii länt tät vii lav!(koorös)
Vii voot voo tii vjuutsö, tistroit tii inveitör,
Änt proot tuu aa houmlänt tii loröls ov veim!
Aa kloori vil liv in tii mem'ri ov neisöns,
Änt ool tsen'reisöns vil onö höö neim!(koorös)
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More about the orthography:
https://qalle.neocities.org/ortho -
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 -
Illustration by Paul Franck, from The Proper Art of Writing (1655).
Source: The Getty / Internet Archive
Available to buy as a print.
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/f07a6433-6f65-4717-8674-91f30478f765
#alphabets #letters #calligraphy #typography #orthography #design #writing #lettering #art #publicdomain
