#introductions

I'm the Qwyrdo, a #Nonbinary #ActuallyAutistic #Buddhist #witch with *lots* of special interests, not limited to:

* #Calligraphy
* Fantasy #cartography
* The age of sail and historic naval combat
* #Science
* #Astronomy
* #Linguistics and #conlanging
* #EarlyMusic

... and probably other important ones that aren't coming to mind at the moment.

Pronouns are they/them or ze/zer.

Oh. #Queer and #neuroatypical and #Trans.

Please read my profile, too! ∑:ᴈ

#introductions

I'm the Qwyrdo, a #Nonbinary #ActuallyAutistic #Buddhist #witch with *lots* of special interests, not limited to:

* #Calligraphy
* Fantasy #cartography
* The age of sail and historic naval combat
* #Science
* #Astronomy
* #Linguistics and #conlanging
* #EarlyMusic

... and probably other important ones that aren't coming to mind at the moment.

Pronouns are they/them or ze/zer.

Oh. #Queer and #neuroatypical and #Trans.

Please read my profile, too! ∑:ᴈ

Dear readers of #mastodon!

Is anyone familiar with academic literature on communicative efficiency in short-form videos like #tiktok? I'm thinking of ways in which #influencers may adjust their speech to fit into bite-sized clips? Is there any?

If not specifically on language, then maybe something in #psychology on how things like rapid speech might (negatively) affect our comprehension, memory, etc. Again, ideally in short-form videos.

Thank you so much!

#linguistics #academia

Dear readers of #mastodon!

Is anyone familiar with academic literature on communicative efficiency in short-form videos like #tiktok? I'm thinking of ways in which #influencers may adjust their speech to fit into bite-sized clips? Is there any?

If not specifically on language, then maybe something in #psychology on how things like rapid speech might (negatively) affect our comprehension, memory, etc. Again, ideally in short-form videos.

Thank you so much!

#linguistics #academia

Hello everyone! 👋

After having run a project account for a while, I thought it's high time to put a face to my research. So here I am: an English linguist with an interest in the language of fake news and spoken language (not always together, actually I prefer to take a break from fake news sometimes 😆). Will post about both, but especially about the role of language in 'implicit' deception, persuasion and manipulation - you know, things beneath the surface that make linguists giddy!

Cheers!
#introduction #introductions #linguistics

Hello everyone! 👋

After having run a project account for a while, I thought it's high time to put a face to my research. So here I am: an English linguist with an interest in the language of fake news and spoken language (not always together, actually I prefer to take a break from fake news sometimes 😆). Will post about both, but especially about the role of language in 'implicit' deception, persuasion and manipulation - you know, things beneath the surface that make linguists giddy!

Cheers!
#introduction #introductions #linguistics

In NYT (don’t ask), I read the phrase “some bags bearing maple leafs”.

Now I’m just an American, but I understand “Maple Leafs” to refer to the hockey team, but that “maple leaves” is used (derp) in all other cases.

Would Canadadia put their elbows down for a minute and hip me to wutz wut? Thanks!

(And good morning fedi I’m definitely the weirdo today)

#Canada #Canadadia #MapleLeafs #linguistics

Do we have any #linguistics experts here on Mastodon? I have a dumb question.

There are a lot of words that are antonyms, but I wonder how many of them have a singular point of origin.

For instance, Michael Jackson's "Bad" sort of popularized the concept of "bad" being "good" or "cool", but I don't think he was the point of origin, he was just a super spreader.

I'm looking for ones that have a SINGLE POINT OF ORIGIN. Like a linguistic mitochondrial eve, a single moment where a word's use flipped on it's head.

Do we have any #linguistics experts here on Mastodon? I have a dumb question.

There are a lot of words that are antonyms, but I wonder how many of them have a singular point of origin.

For instance, Michael Jackson's "Bad" sort of popularized the concept of "bad" being "good" or "cool", but I don't think he was the point of origin, he was just a super spreader.

I'm looking for ones that have a SINGLE POINT OF ORIGIN. Like a linguistic mitochondrial eve, a single moment where a word's use flipped on it's head.

I've set up a linguistics group on fedigroups.social

@linguistics

#linguistics

@alice hi! I'm Alex, transmasc yarn dragon and #hopepunk word wizard. #AMA about #knitting, #Minecraft, #SFF #worldbuilding and #linguistics including grammar/usage and #etymology. If I didn't know it, I'll know how to find out!

#FollowFriday

I've set up a linguistics group on fedigroups.social

@linguistics

#linguistics

Hallo!
Hello!
Привет!
toki a!

I'm new here on Conlang Network. :)
I've been part of the conlanging hobby since I was a young teenager, but I've not worked on anything conlang-related in quite a while.

I've pursued #linguistics in university because of my #conlanging hobby; and I'm a professional in the translation/localisation industry, specialising in video games and other media.

I speak #German and #English natively ( #bilingual) and have been learning a bit of #Russian on the side. I am fluent in #tokipona, which I've been learning for over seven years now.

#conlang #linguistics #introduction #newHere #intro

YouTube has a new "auto-dubbing feature" and I got hit with it a few days ago. I was watching videos about international ferry trips, and one of the videos I had queued up started with an artificial voice speaking English.

Someone clearly thinks this is awesome and The Future, like a babel fish. But there are problems:

1. Some people understand more than one language.
2. Translations aren't always reliable.
3. I wanted to hear the guy's real voice and tone.

#linguistics #translation

"Working in the Nazi Bar"

https://linguacelta.com/blog/2025/09/Summer.html

A blog post about #linguistics, #XML, and the ethics of some of the people we call colleagues.

(It has religious fundamentalism, political intrigue, and academic misconduct. Probably not quite what you were expecting from lingustics and markup technologies!)

"Working in the Nazi Bar"

https://linguacelta.com/blog/2025/09/Summer.html

A blog post about #linguistics, #XML, and the ethics of some of the people we call colleagues.

(It has religious fundamentalism, political intrigue, and academic misconduct. Probably not quite what you were expecting from lingustics and markup technologies!)

The surprisingly connected origins of "helicopter" and "wallet".

#etymology #wordnerd #linguistics#HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #helicopter #wallet #turning

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/kHN00ceP8zs