[3 years ago today]
Glajle International Mowesmålsdaw! Glædelig international Modersmålsdag! Happy International Mother Language Day! https://lingoblog.dk/glajle-international-mowesmaalsdaw/
(First posted 21 Feb. 2021 by me [@][email protected])
#BestOfMyTweets #InternationalMotherTongueDay #InternationalMotherLanguageDay
[4 years ago today]
Det ville nu være nemmere med den sidste linje inkluderet, Familie Journalen. #familiejournalen #krydsogtværs #krydsord
[It would have been easier with the last line included, Familie Journalen.]
(First posted 23 Dec. 2019 by me [@][email protected])
[2 years ago today]
Glædelig lillejuleaften!
[Happy Little Christmas Eve!]
(First posted 23 Dec. 2021)
[3 years ago today]
Danish journalist translating Boris Johnson thinks the new cluster is called ‘Alas’ 🤭
(First posted 21 Dec. 2020 by me [@][email protected])
[1½ years ago today]
Unexpected antonym pair:
‘largesse’ n. (‘generosity’)
vs.
‘enormity’ n. (‘wickedness’)
#etymology #lexicography #linguistics
(First posted 5 June 2022 by me [@][email protected])
[2 years ago today]
Navnene ‘Rona’ og ‘Rhona’ var stille og roligt på vej frem i Danmark i 00’erne og 10’erne. Men ingen fik de navne i 2019, og det gik pludselig af mode i det nye årti. Hvad mon der skete?
[The names ‘Rona’ and ‘Rhona’ were slowly gaining traction in Denmark in the aughts and 10s. Bug nobody got those names in 2019, and in the new decade, they fell out of fashion completely. I wonder what happened?]
(First posted 3 Dec. 2021 by me [@][email protected])
[2½ years ago today]
I want to get in on the fun!
(First posted 1 June 2021 by me [@][email protected])
[4 years ago today]
Let's take a moment to appreciate that there are two different vertical lines, which can represent the glottal stop /ʔ/, and they both have descriptive, diminutive names. I don't know which is cuter: the “little stick” (palochka, ⟨ӏ⟩ ) or the “little skip” (saltillo, ⟨ꞌ⟩ ).
(First posted 25 Nov. 2019 by me [@][email protected])
[3½ years ago today]
May you have a ‘peperony’ and ‘jelapenious’ day!
(First posted 23 May 2020 by me [@][email protected])
Head·word /ˈhedˌwɜː(ɹ)d/ n.