Jane Goodall's first scientific paper was sent back to her with amendments, the editor having replaced every "he"/"she" (referring to chimpanzees) with "it", and every "who" with "which". She changed them back, refusing to mark non-human animals as inferior.
https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2015/05/27/annals-of-animals-which-get-who/

#JaneGoodall #language #EnglishUsage #grammar #PoliticsOfLanguage #pronouns #science #animals

If you don’t dispose of your garbage properly, you may wind up with a bear at your doorstep. Or, even worse, an angry neighbor. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/10/03/language/garbage-sorting-bear-japan/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #language #nihongo #vocabulary #bears #garbage #livinginjapan

Jane Goodall's first scientific paper was sent back to her with amendments, the editor having replaced every "he"/"she" (referring to chimpanzees) with "it", and every "who" with "which". She changed them back, refusing to mark non-human animals as inferior.
https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2015/05/27/annals-of-animals-which-get-who/

#JaneGoodall #language #EnglishUsage #grammar #PoliticsOfLanguage #pronouns #science #animals

I almost forgot.

The publication Writing Systems of the Otherworld has hit the shop at @boldmonday
https://boldmonday.com/products/posters #Ad

Produced by #Alphabetum, The Hague (Akiem Helmling), printed with Pantone Gold and Black.
Text by Tim Brookes from @Endangeredalphabets
#WritingSystems #Language #ConLangs #EndangeredAlphabets

Here's something on Stephen Miller and the fascist rhetoric he used at Charlie Kirk's memorial last weekend. We're on the brink of the most violent stupidity.

I hope you'll read and share.

#uspol #democracy #fascism #maga #trump #language #history

https://xankarn.net/2025/09/25/storm-season-stephen-millers-america/

What in the sweet suffering blue holy ever-loving literal shitting fuck? @IvaCheung looks at how we intensify a popular phrase:
https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2016/01/29/when-fucks-get-real/

#language #idioms #swearing #profanity #intensifiers

Ed Sheeran’s on the map — literally. Tokyo’s “Oh! Ed!” campaign isn’t just PR, it’s a lesson in Japan’s playful spelling magic. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/09/26/language/missing-vowels-japanese-language/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #language #nihongo #grammar #vocabulary #edsheeran

More than half of Europeans can speak at least two languages!

💬 I'd love to hear: What is your favorite word or phrase in another #language? Two of mine are:
🇪🇸 Ha pasado un ángel (an angel passed by), used to describe a sudden silence in conversation
🇩🇪 Verschlimmbessern (verschlimmern+verbessern): to make something worse in a failed attempt to improve it

🌐 Download the European Centre for Modern Languages activity kit: https://edl.ecml.at/en/Events/EDL-activity-pack

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#TagDerSprachen #EuropeanDayofLanguages

More than half of Europeans can speak at least two languages!

💬 I'd love to hear: What is your favorite word or phrase in another #language? Two of mine are:
🇪🇸 Ha pasado un ángel (an angel passed by), used to describe a sudden silence in conversation
🇩🇪 Verschlimmbessern (verschlimmern+verbessern): to make something worse in a failed attempt to improve it

🌐 Download the European Centre for Modern Languages activity kit: https://edl.ecml.at/en/Events/EDL-activity-pack

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#TagDerSprachen #EuropeanDayofLanguages

Here's something on Stephen Miller and the fascist rhetoric he used at Charlie Kirk's memorial last weekend. We're on the brink of the most violent stupidity.

I hope you'll read and share.

#uspol #democracy #fascism #maga #trump #language #history

https://xankarn.net/2025/09/25/storm-season-stephen-millers-america/

I almost forgot.

The publication Writing Systems of the Otherworld has hit the shop at @boldmonday
https://boldmonday.com/products/posters #Ad

Produced by #Alphabetum, The Hague (Akiem Helmling), printed with Pantone Gold and Black.
Text by Tim Brookes from @Endangeredalphabets
#WritingSystems #Language #ConLangs #EndangeredAlphabets

What in the sweet suffering blue holy ever-loving literal shitting fuck? @IvaCheung looks at how we intensify a popular phrase:
https://stronglang.wordpress.com/2016/01/29/when-fucks-get-real/

#language #idioms #swearing #profanity #intensifiers

The 2025 #IgNobel Peace Prize went to researchers who proved a popular myth: a small dose of #alcohol can improve foreign language pronunciation!

In their study, 50 German students speaking Dutch were rated by native speakers. Those who had a drink sounded clearer and more fluent, even though they didn’t feel any more confident themselves.

🥂 https://doi.org/10.1177/0269881117735687

Maybe this is just about reducing #language anxiety. Either way… sounds like a perfect theme for a new #Erasmus project. 😉🍷

The 2025 #IgNobel Peace Prize went to researchers who proved a popular myth: a small dose of #alcohol can improve foreign language pronunciation!

In their study, 50 German students speaking Dutch were rated by native speakers. Those who had a drink sounded clearer and more fluent, even though they didn’t feel any more confident themselves.

🥂 https://doi.org/10.1177/0269881117735687

Maybe this is just about reducing #language anxiety. Either way… sounds like a perfect theme for a new #Erasmus project. 😉🍷

Autumn in Japan isn’t announced — it creeps in. And the language is built to catch every little change. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/09/18/language/japanese-grammar-tekuru-teiku/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #language #nihongo #vocabulary #grammar #jlptn3

In a first, the Japan Foundation has dispatched five language "partners" to India under a six-month program to assist in Japanese language education in the South Asian country. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/09/16/japan/japanese-language-education-india/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #japan #indiajapanrelations #language #languageteachers #nihongo