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

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

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

#lingustics Here's my swing at a new #academic #textbook for #teaching the use of #Language with #aliens.

In Japanese, R and L make the same sound. Because of this non-native speakers will usually hear the wrong sound. The speaker isn't mixing them up, they're just using a sound mid way between the two. New Mexican Spanish has something similar. Here B and V are the same. When I say bueno, someone who isn't from northern New Mexico hears vueno and when I say verde, they hear bherde. #NewMexico #Japan #Spanish #Japanese #lingustics

Toponymy – The Study Of Place Names
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toponymy <-- wiki page
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Toponymy_of_England <-- wiki, toponymy of England
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Celtic_toponymy <-- wiki, Celtic toponymy
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#GIS #spatial #mapping #geography #placenames #placename #toponymy #propernames #study #history #historicmaps #origin #lingustics

Trump means anal seepage in Klingon
#Trump #AnalSeepage #Klingon #Lingustics

I mean, this is very cool, but… new accents are developing all the time, and part of me wonders whether the only reason this is receiving any attention is here it’s emerging amongst a group of very, very educated people, as opposed to,

- Girls (can’t be taken seriously)
- Young people (always ruining things)
- Working class people (uncultured, uneducated)
- Bilinguals (impure)

When is it innovation and when is it corruption? #lingustics

From: @KathyReid
https://aus.social/@KathyReid@aus.social/111154244761282910

This LitHub article on English and the evolution in South Asia is such a treasure trove of references: https://lithub.com/a-distinct-medium-how-english-became-a-south-asian-literary-language/ #lingustics #english #india

I haven’t done a proper #introduction yet! I’m Carolee, white American trying to use my unearned privilege to make the world around me a place where my lived experience is no longer perceived as the default. I make mistakes but try to learn from them.

Staunch ally of the #LGBTQ community. 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️

Interested in learning #languages (fluent in English, learner in French, sign language, Scottish Gaelic, German, Spanish, Welsh, and Danish). Hobbyist in #accents of English and fan of #lingustics.

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'And then I was like...' - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3twHHIdgWI

#Language #Lingustics #English

#Neulateinische Publikation über die (stiefmütterliche) linguistische Forschung zum Neulateinischen (mit einer nützlichen Diskussion des Begriffs des Neulateinischen): Demo, Šime. 2022. „A paradox of the linguistic research of Neo–Latin. Symptoms and causes“. Suvremena lingvistika 48 (93). https://doi.org/10.22210/suvlin.2022.093.01.

@neolatin #Neolatin #lingustics

Time for a re-#introduction:

I am a researcher in #SignLanguage #Lingustics. I work at the #DGSCorpus project at #UniversitätHamburg, creators of the largest discourse corpus of #GermanSignLanguage. My background is in #ComputationalLinguistics (aka #NLP) and currently I focus a lot on #ResearchDataManagement and ethical #OpenScience for sign language data.
I program mostly in #Python and enjoy tinkering with #LaTeX.
I'm a big fan of Terry Pratchett's #Discworld. And of #cats. Cats are nice ❤️

Salve, concerning the very creative treatment of naming the birdsite here in the Fediverse ("fowl site", "old site", ...) which reminded an interlocutor of similar accounts in the past (e.g. "Micro$oft", ...), I have been asking myself if there's any research already done on derogative defacing of brand names, its functions and effects. If you have any hints, I'd be very grateful. Boosts very much appreciated. #lingustics