Antho Derv ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ—พ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿ’•

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Gay Aussie JA>EN translator in Japan 15+ yrs. Kobe/Kansai. Language nerd. Disco die-hard.
่Œถ้“๏ผˆ่ฃๅƒๅฎถ๏ผ‰ใ€ๆผขๅญ—ๆคœๅฎš๏ผ’็ดš๏ผˆๆบ–ไธ€็ดšๅ‹‰ๅผทไธญ๏ผ‰ใ€ๆฒ–็ธ„ไธ‰็ทš๏ผˆๅˆๅฟƒ่€…๏ผ‰
ProfessionJapanese>English Translator
InterestsLanguage, history, tea ceremony, synth music, ๆผขๅญ—
LearningJapanese, Spanish, ๆฒ–็ธ„ไธ‰็ทš
Websitehttps://davisity.com/
Antho Derv ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ—พ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿ’•Nov 5, 2023
Adelaide after sunset
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JohannaLaakso MOVED/MUUTTANUTNov 4, 2023
Recently, "Very Finnish Problems" posted a very strange list of "fun facts about the #Finnish #language". As a linguist, I wasn't amused at all, and here, finally, comes my own version: probably not that "fun", but at least with some real facts. https://kielioblog.wordpress.com/15-1-facts-about-the-finnish-language/
15 + 1 facts about the Finnish language

(A non-native English version of this blog post.) Recently, the blog called Very Finnish Problems published a list of โ€œfun factsโ€ about the Finnish language. As a typical killjoy linguist, I was a โ€ฆ

Kieliรถ โ€“ sekalaista aattelehdintaa kielestรค ja kielistรค
Antho Derv ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ—พ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿ’•Nov 4, 2023
Retro LibrarianNov 4, 2023
This one is for @GayOldTime
No tired fagged out feeling now!
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#Wine #VintageAdvertisement #Advertisement #ephemera #Retro #Vintage #WHT #whf
Antho Derv ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ—พ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿ’•Nov 4, 2023
Good evening from beautiful Adelaide 
Antho Derv ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ—พ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿ’•Nov 3, 2023
rา‰ustic cyอ beฬธrpuฬตnk๐Ÿค ๐Ÿค–Nov 3, 2023

Humor is relative

My inertial frame of reference is beyond your event horizon

*proceeds to do the Charleston*

Antho Derv ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ—พ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿ’•Nov 3, 2023
I was cornered into a discussion about ikigai and shinyoku today in Oz, please Godzilla, make it stop ๐Ÿ›‘
Antho Derv ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ—พ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿ’•Nov 2, 2023
Client on my back about my Word formatting (some indent issues/multi-level paragraphs - my bugbear/definitely not my forte...
Do I need to sign up for a course in Word? (and Excel?)
Show threadAntho Derv ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ—พ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿ’•Nov 2, 2023
It's starting to read like a Hitchhiker's Guide to The English Language.
And towards the end, it's just anecdote soup.
I feel it would be irresponsible to pass the book in without adding margin notes...
Antho Derv ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ—พ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿ’•Nov 2, 2023
Show threadDavidNov 2, 2023

@DervPerv I just googled the author, he's not a linguist and wrote about a little bit of everything. Maybe he's good at vulgarisation, but I'd doubt it to be totally accurate.

One of the best book I know about the history of English is "A History of the English Language" by Albert C. Baugh & Thomas Cable.

Antho Derv ๐Ÿณ๏ธโ€๐ŸŒˆ๐Ÿ‡ฆ๐Ÿ‡บ๐Ÿ—พ๐ŸŽถ๐Ÿ•บ๐Ÿ’•Nov 2, 2023
Wanted to read a book on the history of the English language. This book by Bill Bryson is an interesting read but certain information about Aussie English and about the Japanese writing system are patently incorrect, which casts doubts in my mind about other information.
Also his description of the British colonisation of Australia is bad even for 1990 standards.
First and maybe last time I'll read his work.
Definitely will seek out a more academically rigorous text next time.