Language Log » Concocted compound characters https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=71211
"People who don't know any Chinese characters will think the four glyphs pictured above are just typical Chinese characters, but won't be able to make any sense of them at all.
People who are minimally / partially literate in Chinese characters will recognize components of the four glyphs, but not one of the glyphs as a whole..."
A Chinese mastery shibboleth 😆 #languagelog
The afore-linked #dataviz piece about #Debate2024 in The Economist relies on linguistic analysis by Mark Liberman of #LanguageLog fame. https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=65935
Are you a #language #nerd? Do you love #etymology? Do the #cultural and #historical influences on language fascinate you?
The #LanguageLog is an #academic playground of language information. Been around a couple decades. Great source of interesting language #science.
On days like yesterday, I'm happy to not own stock - besides what my employer is giving as part of the contract.
The comic quoted by #languagelog is just right:
https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=65290
How would you pronounce it?
#LanguageLog Weekly Minutes Roundup (August 7-13):
Japanese: 197 (3.3 hours)
French: 39 (0.65 hours)
Korean: 36 (0.6 hours)
Spanish: 62 (1.03 hours)
Cumulative totals (since July 7):
Japanese: 948 (12.5 hours)
French: 328 (5.5 hours)
Korean: 258 (4.3 hours)
Spanish: 380 (6.3 hours)
#LanguageLog Minutes 2023-08-08:
Japanese: 40 (Anki, 1 episode tv)
French: 3 (Anki)
Korean: 5 (Anki)
Spanish: 2 (Anki)
#LanguageLearning #Japanese #French #Korean #Spanish #日本語 #Français #Español #한국어
#LanguageLog Minutes 2023-08-07:
Japanese: 38 (Anki, 1 episode TV)
French: 7 (Anki)
Korean: 9 (Anki)
Spanish: 7 (Anki)
#LanguageLearning #Japanese #French #Korean #Spanish #日本語 #Français #Español #한국어
#LanguageLog Weekly Minutes (July 31-August 6):
Japanese: 163 (2.7 hours)
French: 70 (1.2 hours)
Korean: 60 (1 hour)
Spanish: 19 (0.3 hours)
Cumulative totals (since July 7, 2023);
Japanese: 751 (12.5 hours)
French: 289 (4.8 hours)
Korean: 222 (3.7 hours)
Spanish: 318 (5.3 hours)
#Japanese #French #Korean #Spanish #LanguageLearning #日本語 #Français #Español #한국어
#LanguageLog Weekly Minutes Roundup (July 24-31):
Japanese: 275 (4.6 hours)
French: 117 (1.95 hours)
Korean: 54 (0.9 hours)
Spanish: 117 (1.95 hours)
Cumulative totals since 7/7/2023:
Japanese: 588 (9.8 hours)
French: 219 (3.65 hours)
Korean: 162 (2.7 hours)
Spanish: 299 (4.98 hours)
#LanguageLog minutes 2023-07-28:
Japanese: 47 (1 episode tv, anki, novel reading)
French: 10 (anki)
Korean: 13 (anki)
Spanish: 30 (Babbel, Anki, Mi Vida Loca)
#LanguageLog minutes 2023-07-27
Japanese: 48 (Anki, novel reading, 1 tv show)
French: 9 (Anki)
Korean: 10 (Anki)
Spanish: 14 (Anki, Babbel)
#LanguageLog minutes 2023-07-25:
Japanese: 27 (Anki)
French: 7 (Anki)
Korean: 7 (Anki)
Spanish: 8 (Anki)
#LanguageLog minutes 2023-07-24:
Japanese: 40 (Anki, 1 ep of TV)
French: 0
Korean: 0
Spanish: 26 (Babbel)
(Did French and Korean reviews for the day after midnight, so they'll be counted next day)
#LanguageLog Weekly Minutes Roundup (July 17-23):
Japanese: 206 (3.4 hours)
French: 75 (1.25 hours)
Korean: 69 (1.15 hours)
Spanish: 101 (1.68 hours)
Cumulative Totals (since July 7 2023):
Japanese: 313 (5.22 hours)
French: 102 (1.7 hours)
Korean: 108 (1.8 hours)
Spanish: 206 (3.4 hours)
#LanguageLog minutes 2023-07-22
Japanese: 34 (Anki, novel reading)
French: 40 (Part of TV episode, Anki)
Korean: 17 (Anki)
Spanish: 6 (Anki)
Finished my #Anki backlog again!
Right-wingers particularly enjoy displaying crass and puerile T-shirts as a means of tribalistic identity politics to trigger liberals and left-wingers, à la sports fans: https://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=59721
#languagelog #rightwingers #stupidity #triggering #culturewars #bs #identitypolitics #tribalism #markliberman #linguistics #sociolinguistics
An only partly apocryphal story about Xerox’s early work on personal computers. #111Words #Xerox #PaloAltoResearchCenter #PersonalComputers #LanguageLog https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2023/05/an-only-partly-apocryphal-story-about.html
Interesting article from #LanguageLog about irregular verb inflections:
