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Alliterative/Endless KnotHappy <a href="https://toot.community/tags/EnglishLanguageDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguageDay</a>! For a look back at the origins of this language, here’s our video on looking for the Earliest English Word: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5QxjzaL1Wc" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5QxjzaL1Wc</a><a href="https://toot.community/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Etymology</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Video</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/WordNerd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordNerd</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linguistics</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Language</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Words</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HistoricalLinguistics</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/LingComm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LingComm</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a> <a href="https://toot.community/tags/HistoryOfEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HistoryOfEnglish</a>

Your Autistic Life FR/EN/ESThe expression "unbridled" implies that things can be "bridled." This implies the existence of a bridle.The word bridle is not one that I think I've ever used, but I had an inkling as to what it is, and it turns out I was right:<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridle" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bridle</a><a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/unbridled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#unbridled</a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/bridle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bridle</a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a>

YavoSurly/adjective/(16th-century alteration of sirly): irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly : threatening, menacing, gloomy"The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, [...] and surly."<a href="https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/surly" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/surly</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WordOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordOfTheDay</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Words</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a>

Yavosimile/noun/: a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as (as in cheeks like roses)<a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/simile" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/simile</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WordOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordOfTheDay</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Words</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a>

Yavoinfallible/adjective/a : incapable of error : unerringb : not liable to mislead, deceive, or disappoint : certainc : incapable of error in defining doctrines touching faith or morals"[...] and this idea that he’s infallible." he said.<a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/upheaval" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/upheaval</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WordOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordOfTheDay</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Words</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a>

𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉<a href="https://aussie.zone/u/Zagorath" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Zagorath</a> A great post! Articles like this are often a bit dodgy, but Drs Turton and Lennon are doing fantastic, solid work, so it is great to see this news report about it in non-technical language.<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/phonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#phonetics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a>

Yavoupheaval/noun/a : the action or an instance of upheaving especially of part of the earth's crustb: extreme agitation or disorder : radical change"[...] some obstacles and/or upheaval may take place in your life" she wrote.<a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/upheaval" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/upheaval</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WordOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordOfTheDay</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Words</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a>

𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/GeoffreyChaucer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeoffreyChaucer</a> fans, <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/medievalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medievalists</a> , <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a> and <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/linguists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguists</a>Around 10 years ago, a Geoffrey Chaucer parody account on ye olde Twitter (Chaucer Doth Tweet) promoted “Whan That Aprille Day” on April 1st (but it perhaps should be 17th?)“On the first daye of Aprille, lat us make tyme to take joye yn alle langages that are yclept ‘old,’ or ‘middel,’ or ‘auncient,’ or ‘archaic,’ or, alas, even ‘dead.’ ...Yn thys celebracioun we shal reade of oold bokes yn sondrye oold tonges. We shal singe olde songes. We shal playe olde playes. Eny oold tonge will do, and eny maner of readinge. All are welcome. We shal make merrye yn the magical dreamscape of 'social media,' and eke, yf ye kan do yt, yn the 'real worlde' too. ... ”<a href="https://houseoffame.blogspot.com/2015/03/maken-melodye-on-whan-that-aprille-day.html?m=1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://houseoffame.blogspot.com/2015/03/maken-melodye-on-whan-that-aprille-day.html?m=1</a><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/WhanThatAprilleDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WhanThatAprilleDay</a> 2025 anyone?<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/medieval" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#medieval</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/classics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#classics</a>

Yavofacetious/adjective/a : joking or jesting often inappropriately | "just being facetious"b : meant to be humorous or funny : not serious | "a facetious remark"via Merriam-Webster<a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/facetious" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/facetious</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Words</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a>

Yavosecularism/noun/a : Religious skepticism or indifference. b : The view that religious considerations should be excluded from civil affairs or public education.via Wordnik<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WordOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordOfTheDay</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Words</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a><a href="https://www.wordnik.com/words/secularism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wordnik.com/words/secularism</a>

Colin MacleodWhy the **** do Americans keep saying "town hall" when they don't mean the building, they mean a community meeting (such as might take place within an actual town hall)! 🙄 <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/englishlanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#englishlanguage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/us" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#us</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/uk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#uk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.scot/tags/townhall" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#townhall</a>

Yavoresuscitate/verb/a : to revive from apparent death or from unconsciousnessalso: revitalize<a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resuscitate" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/resuscitate</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WordOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordOfTheDay</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Words</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a>

Yavovicarious/adjective/a : Experienced or felt by empathy with or imaginary participation in the life of another person. "read about mountain climbing and experienced vicarious thrills."b : Endured or done by one person substituting for another. "vicarious punishment."c : Committed or entrusted to another, as powers or authority; delegated.<a href="https://www.wordnik.com/words/vicarious" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.wordnik.com/words/vicarious</a><a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WordOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordOfTheDay</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Words</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a>

JdeBP<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@FourT4" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@FourT4</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/@robpumphrey" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@robpumphrey</a> The earliest that I found with a 30 second Google Books trawl was 1882, in a book by Frank Hugh Foster.The title of the book?"The Doctrine of the Transcendent Use of the Principle of Causality in Kant, Herbart and Lotze."Ah, Kant.So you can guess why it used "in and of itself". The whole sentence was "Yet it is what it is in and of itself, as every other principle or thing is."So a double-word score for managing to have "it is what it is" in the sentence as well.Later on the same page: "Similarly, it is true of the passive power, that it is as passive the same, and not the same with itself."Philosophers and theologians: giving LLMs a run for their money for nigh on 3 millennia.And the LLMs are almost certainly trained on this stuff. Frank Hugh Foster is out of copyright. There's a happy thought for the day.<a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philosophy</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AI</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LLM</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/Scrabble" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Scrabble</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/bafflegab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bafflegab</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/theology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#theology</a>

Eugene Alvin Villar 🇵🇭<a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/TIL" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TIL</a> that the two forms of the indefinite article, ‘a’ and ‘an’, which are used depending on whether the succeeding noun starts with a vowel sound, also happens with the definite article, ‘the’, via differing pronunciations.“the start“ → /ðəstɑɹt/ “the end” → /ðiɛnd/ or /ði:ɛnd/<a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a>

Your Autistic Life FR/EN/ESWhy are cars always asking, "why?":derpface: Because they go vroom vroom (pronounced varum varum).:derpface: <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/GermanLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GermanLanguage</a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a> <a href="https://mast.yourautisticlife.com/tags/warum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#warum</a>

Yavosurmount/verb/a : to prevail over : overcome surmount an obstacle b : to get to the top of : climb c : to stand or lie at the top of d : obsolete : to surpass in quality or attainment : excel"[...] the gods need no companions and they surmount death" he explained.<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WordOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WordOfTheDay</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Words</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a> Quote is from video by Prof. Sam Vaknin, reflecting on the rise of narcissism and the recent passing of Gene Heckman and his wife:<a href="https://bit.ly/4iuGgjE" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://bit.ly/4iuGgjE</a>

Sylke’s home cookingI don’t know who created this graphic and can’t give credit but I find it very interesting as my beloved topics of cooking and linguistics intermingle here, so I had to post it. I always find it interesting how loan words start to change in meaning in their new language environments. The underlying etymology can be found here: <a href="https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/katsu" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/katsu</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.eu/discover/tags/katsu?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#katsu</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.eu/discover/tags/KatsuCurry?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#KatsuCurry</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.eu/discover/tags/linguistics?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.eu/discover/tags/loanword?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#loanword</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.eu/discover/tags/JapaneseLanguage?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JapaneseLanguage</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.eu/discover/tags/EnglishLanguage?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a>

Tim_Eagon<a href="https://youtube.com/watch?v=PCE4C9GvqI0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://youtube.com/watch?v=PCE4C9GvqI0</a><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linguistics</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/YouTube" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YouTube</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/RobWords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RobWords</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/GermanicLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GermanicLanguages</a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a>

Bytes Europe‘Serving Kant’ no more: Malta’s Eurovision entry faces censorship over ‘C-word’ controversy <a href="https://www.byteseu.com/806660/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.byteseu.com/806660/</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EBU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EBU</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EnglishLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnglishLanguage</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/EurovisionSongContest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EurovisionSongContest</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Languages</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/Malta" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Malta</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://pubeurope.com/tags/PopMusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PopMusic</a>

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