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"People who swear more are more intelligent" - or so it is said. I went looking for a source. It turns out the actual study showed that (as the study authors put it) "a voluminous taboo lexicon may better be considered an indicator of healthy verbal abilities rather than a cover for their deficiencies."
(https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S038800011400151X)

A voluminous taboo lexicon is a very different thing from a voluminous use of one taboo word, but somehow "people who know lots of words tend to also know lots of rude words" got morphed into "saying f**k a lot means you're smart".

The idea that swearing can reduce physical pain (different study obvs) is more accurate, but apparently the more one swears in general, the less it helps when in pain.
#swearing #language

The sound of "sneezing" in German!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps

🚀 Go: the "write once, run anywhere" #language, if by "anywhere" you mean "somewhere specific on #Linux." 🐧🔧 Tune in for the next thrilling installment of "How to #Overcomplicate #Server #Monitoring with Go!" 📈🙃
https://simpleobservability.com/blog/go-portable-until-isnt #Go #TechNews #HackerNews #ngated

In praise of inefficiency, failure and friendship: ten galvanizing reads for this festive season | Nature

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-04052-x

#inefficiency #failure #friendship #science #neuroscience #climate #climatechange #economy #sociology #education #media #religion #family #familylife #class #language #politics #law #polycrisis #gender #equality #genderequality #women #womensrights #ai #artificialintelligence

Go is portable, until it isn't

https://simpleobservability.com/blog/go-portable-until-isnt

#HackerNews #Go #Programming #Language #Portable #Go #Is #Not #Portable #Hacker #News #Tech #News

BAGGAGE. Heavy baggage; women and children. Also a familiar epithet for a woman; as, cunning baggage, wanton baggage, &c.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons

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BAGGAGE. Heavy baggage; women and children. Also a familiar epithet for a woman; as, cunning baggage, wanton baggage, &c.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

So this is what concurrency looks like now in the new ual language.

And it doesn't hurt to add ual syntax highlighting to bim, the barely improved editor! 🙂

#bim #ual #programming #language #uallang #golang #foss #forth #rust #rustlang #compsci

Hello from Christmas Island! #HelloWorld #ChristmasIsland #language #linguistics

Map of Christmas Island overlaid with a translation of the word "hello": Hello.

The sound of "hushing" in Ukrainian!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps

Map of Ukraine overlaid with "цить (tsyt)".

#Lexember
December 12 (Lūmanel 22)

Root: gh2rw3(-s) 'rot, decay'

- carothein [ 'ka:.ɾo.θeɪ̯n ] - to rot (away), to decay (intransitive verb)

aorist: ecariōthe
perfect: cecarõutha

related:
- carwos [ 'ka:.ɾwos ] - rot, decay (noun, PART case carwoa)
- carux [ 'ka:.ɾuks ] - rotten, spoiled (adjective, PART case caruca)

semein lyorem carucē - to speak with a rotten tongue - to speak evil, to deceive

@conlang #conlang #conlangs #language #linguistics #valannic

Runners-up included the characters for “rice” and “tall” or “expensive,” with voters citing a rising cost of living. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/12/12/japan/society/kanji-of-the-year-bears/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #society #kanji #nihongo #language #kiyomizutemple #kyoto #surveys

The sound of "kiss" in Vietnamese!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps

Hello from Laos! #HelloWorld #Laos #language #linguistics

Map of Laos overlaid with a translation of the word "hello": Sabaidee.

Finding out that people here pronounce Slough as "sloo" not "slau" is a bit jarring. According to Merriam-Webster, the word dates back to 12th century Middle English (and there's a similar German word with similar meaning) and the original seems to be similar to the modern British English way of saying it, so I wonder what happened after it arrived in the US? Whose man did this?

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/slough

#language

SBS Mandarin – SBS 普通话电台
Independent news and stories connecting you to life in Australia and Mandarin-speaking Australians...

Great Australian Pods Podcast Directory: https://www.greataustralianpods.com/sbs-mandarin/

#AusPods #Podcasts #Podcasting #Australia #News #CurrentAffairs #Culture #Identity #DailyNews #Language #Learning #Diversity #Mandarin

SBS Mandarin – SBS 普通话电台
Screenshot of the podcast listing on the Great Australian Pods website

#shortbreak #sorts #humor #funny #language #tonguetwister #hungarian #magyar #nyelvtörö #PalPeter

😂
Köd. 😎

(teljes láthatatlanság = complete invisibility)

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wkhrpUBolrg

The sound of "dull strike" in English!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps

KEEPING CULLY. One who keeps a mistress, as he supposes, for his own use, but really for that of the public.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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#books #literature #dictionaries #history #society #language #slang @histodons

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KEEPING CULLY. One who keeps a mistress, as he supposes, for his own use, but really for that of the public.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

Does modern English have a standard method in writing for specifying, for example, "be-lov-ed" instead of "be-loved"? I would use "belov'd" for the latter but it seems archaic, especially when few -ed verbs are enunciated the former way in modern English.

#English #language

Sad Nala Facts Widely Unknown #293

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FULL POST: https://naladahc.substack.com/p/sad-nala-facts-widely-unknown-293

#Polonia #language #NalaDrama

#language

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