#Language

Gabe González

gaybonez

"Latino" is an umbrella term originating in language coined by French colonizers to talk about people in Latin America that spoke Romance languages. Its meaning has changed over time, but

fruit springsteen

prismxp

Anti-government forces in Kenosha burned down a Department of Corrections outposts in the lakeside city. In WI, prison doesn’t end on release and criminalized citizens have been forced since 1995

David Neuzerling

mdneuzerling

I get so frustrated coding in Python. I (unsuccessfully) try to restrain myself here, because I like the idea that all languages are great, etc. The truth is that I’ve

Abhishek Avtans अभिषेक अवतंस 🌐

avtansa

An Indian Grammarian anecdote Once an Indian grammarian saw an empty Bullock cart and asked, 'Where is the pravetā (driver) of this cart?' Hearing that the driver came closer and

kirana

mybabywoozi

— 𝐚 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐣𝐢𝐜𝐡𝐞𝐨𝐥/𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐩𝐳𝐢 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚 𝐚𝐮𝐬, 𝐟𝐚𝐧𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬, 𝐚𝐨𝟑. ✧ i'm making this thread for myself because they are so rare to find but we can enjoy it together,

Ellen C Scott

EllenCScott

'people with a cervix' is factual and specific language. If you have a cervix, you need to get a cervical cancer check. Perhaps you're a trans man or nonbinary and

Sāmapriya Vasu | ḫa-am-ap-ri-a-ma-u-iš

samopriya

[Language enthusiasts who are not professional linguists]-VOC. If you were one, and got to study (as in *describe*, not necessarily *learn*) 5 languages of your choice, what would they be?

Motherfoclóir: Be Nothing Club

Motherfocloir

@danetyghe1 's discussions as @Motherfocloir last week where he compared the Irish & Welsh languages led me to muse a little about Cornwall and the Cornish Language Nuair a bhí

Torie Weiston-Serdan

TWeiston

Teaching #Covid_19: Educators: We have such an opportunity to create relevant teaching materials connected to #Covid19. Materials that explore every subject and that will help us and our youth make

Mihaela

MihaelaBarlovic

Things NOT to do and NOT to say during @CUBE_PTG live Promote you artist ESPECIALLY not like thisI didnt make a lot of ss with this but there were many

Mário Seabra Coelho

MSeabraCoelho

Samovar doesn't get enough credit for what it's doing for non-anglophone authors. Only 5% of people worldwide speak English as a native language. 95% of writers start at a very

Steve Byrne

byrnesong

This is a vital thread. It begs the question of what and who we think Scots is for, in the longer term. If we want it to be accessible to

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BreeNewsome

Y’all Black people don’t just “have” higher risk factors because of our skin color. We are killed by structural racism. Language matters. Gee, it’s just something about that Negro race

Dr. Victoria Grinberg

vicgrinberg

What it means having to work in foreign language: fear, time loss, lost opportunities. A triggered by a (kind of warranted) "please write in better English" in a recent referee

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gregorspamsa

Elated to have this piece feat. in BWR's new issue! It's been such a pleasure to work with the staff. Writing this was my first time working with experimental translation,

William Redding

dlockholmes_

I can’t stress enough how irritated I get when I learn a friend has allowed me to call them a name that is not THEIR name because “it’s easier for