The Layman's Linguist
Fun facts, exhaustive etymologies, & informative infographics for both linguists & laypeople
- I don't know if a loud and proud Anglo-German should be gleefully mocking ANYONE for having to live under an ultra-right-wing leader rewriting the law to suit his own plans while our most vulnerable populations simply suffer and die without proper medical attention. Or is that too on-the-nose?
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- Just one linguist's opinion: <WOOF> is specifically a deep booming type of bark <BARK> is the general term and thus includes woofs but also all other kinds of barks—not whines or yelps. It's also more likely to be the verb: eg, "the dog barks" > "the dog woofs" See: their respective etymologies
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- Quick accessibility question: This is the first video I've posted to BlueSky and I definitely made sure to add a description and captions under alt text but I don't see an "alt" button to view them like on photos. Am I missing something obvious or is there an accessibility feature I'm missing?
- TikTok creator and indigenous activist Che Jim has been sharing a lot of informative videos recently of isolated petroglyphs (some practically inaccessible) around the US Southwest and I really recommend checking them out! Here's a fun one just for chuckles:
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- Reposted by The Layman's Linguistokay chat how do we make a scots translation of pghrt.diy happen because the comedic potential here is significant on top of the important linguistic potential
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- A critical takeaway from this: "Existing large language models have instead shown a 'sycophantic' tendency to produce outputs that favorably reflect a human request. […] They are 'not going to produce the level of conflict and diverse perspectives that are required for really pathbreaking work.'"
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- *incorrect buzzer sound*
