Canada does the whole thing where it has two official languages, which is cool & all but like

learning two languages seems like a mess, so what if we invented a new language that's so easy any citizen can learn it that we use for public announcements

toki pona is cool in that I can speak a language pretty intermediately after ~3-4 months of learning, but it's obviously not geared towards talking about political issues.

if this happens, we just change the problem from politicians being required to spend several years of their lives language learning to every single person who wants to engage with the government having to spend several months. I'm not sure how much better this idea is, and (as stated on the content warning) I have not fully developed this thought yet.

To be clear to Esperantists: Your language is too difficult for this use case go away
(like it'd be cool if everyone learned Esperanto, but what a time commitment that would be, eh?)

#canada #capol #politics #language #lingustics #tokipona #toki_pona #esperanto #conlangs #constructedlangauge #conlang

I've always loved the illustrations in the Hobbit

Also, name the edition I'm reading 😁

#bookstodon #tolkien #lingustics

Rice was first cultivated in the Far East as early as 10,000 years ago. From there, rice cultivation gradually spread westward. This movement is mirrored by the journey of the word for rice across languages. In English, the word rice comes from Old French ris, which was borrowed from Old Italian riso. That, in turn, derives from Byzantine Greek ὄρυζα (óruza).

Source: https://mapologies.com/cereals

#mapologies #map #etymology#etymologymap #languages #cereals #rice #food #lingustics #words #history

June 26th @ 8:30pm EST, “Script Adaptation Gone Wrong” Livestream
https://www.youtube.com/@NeographyAtoZ

#neography #orthography #language #lingustics

Before you continue to YouTube

Unrelatiert zum Thema: Ist das Englisch in dem Video australisch (meine Vermutung), britisch oder irgendeine obskure US-Varietät?

#Fedihelp

#Lingustics #Language #Linguistik

How easily can you tell if text such as a hotel review is by a human or AI? You can test your skill in this survey run by Lancaster University: https://lancasteruni.eu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3WrOLkOBfzUo8DA

Tried after fascinating talk on the subject by forensic linguist Professor Claire Hardaker (@drclaireh) at CYBERUK 2025 last week.

(There's an audio edition for spotting AI-generated speech too at https://www.lancaster.ac.uk/linguistics/news/bot-or-not-audio-edition-can-you-tell-whos-talking)

#GenAI #deepfake #lingustics

Bot or Not: Text Edition v1, Lancaster University

A survey run by Lancaster University that investigates people's ability to detect differences between human and AI text. An interactive challenge to test your confidence in spotting AI generated content.

we say “i am dysphoric about X” when a body part doesn't fit (e.g. “i am dysphoric about my voice”).

what's the opposite? when something makes you feel really good? “euphoric”? “i am euphoric about my X”? 🤔 🤔 🤔

#trans #transgender #language #lingustics

I don't want to tell that young American man what his name means in our culture, ignorance is bliss perhaps.

So I'll turn it around, whats the funniest sounding British name that is also a body part that you know of?

#UK #Culture #Lingustics

This is such a lie, SR-Research.

#academicChatter
#lingustics
#psycholinguistcs

There's a quote I've never thought to source because it always just seemed to be a thing in the ether - y'know?

“None of you seem to understand. I’m not locked in here with you. You’re locked in here with me!”

But apparently this can be traced back to a specific source, and that source is Watchman the original comic by Alan Moore. First published in 1986.

#quote #lingustics #comics #Zeitgeist