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A blog about linguistics by Michael Howard
Joined Sep 2018
Finally got my act together and started contributing to #wikipedia
Here's a list of the books I'm reading in #2020 –
https://fumbling.it/posts/my-2020-reading-list/
I pinky promise I'll get through them all (or at least lie very convincingly about doing so).
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Latin Dictionary’s Journey: A to Zythum in 125 Years (and Counting) - An interesting article about a very extensive Latin dictionary in the New York Times. https://t.co/JziD9INwdT #linguistics
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.docx isn't a format. It's a catastrophe.
In the latest episode of "Words I'm not entirely sure how to pronounce" – NZ fashion brand Kowtow.
Had an absolute blast learning about Ryūkyūan languages recently. Put some highlights into a post: https://fumbling.it/posts/fly-me-to-the-ksks/
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Inventing your own ad-hoc transcription system:
• no one else can understand it
• dull
Using the International Phonetic Alphabet:
• fun symbols
• puts you in the good company of linguists and opera singers
https://t.co/DxpDwMzQfk #linguistics
@jaranta Actually, I agree that URL shorteners are unnecessary. Particularly since, as mentioned, the URL takes a fixed amount of space in a toot/tweet and there's a lot of semantic/security value in the full link. I don't see myself using the shortened links all that often. But there are offline, promotional use cases (e.g. posters etc.) where it's useful to have a shorthand link.
Plus, it was a fun project to do on a Sunday afternoon!
Site's back online and in pristine condition ✨✨ While I was at it, I set up a URL shortener using yourls.org! Latest post can also be found at: https://fmblg.it/v
awgeez awgeez awgeez
Site's down. Having some serious server trouble post-reboot. Will work on a fix this weekend.
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New episode: We're looking into Indigenous signed languages with researcher Rodney Adams. Click through for a link to the full video interview in Auslan.
News: An unexpected discovery results in a lexicon boom for the Ngunnawal language. And who has faster language development — first-borns or second-borns?
Words of the Week: they, boomeranga
Really curious if there's any work on the influence
of #fairtrade on linguistic diversity and language maintenance. Been on my mind the past week...
@haagen Nice one! I'm looking into improving my note taking with Org too 🗒️ 👌
@haagen Yeah, you can definitely jump down the rabbit hole with Emacs, but there's no need to go all or nothing. I started out using it as a very basic text editor and just gradually did more and more with it over time.
If you're having trouble on a Mac, check out the wiki page: https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/EmacsForMacOS
Seems like there's a bunch of ways to get going 😀
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Ep 8: Lauren Gawne on Funding Fieldwork - @lingfieldnotes is a new podcast about doing linguistic fieldwork https://t.co/ej8TFMoyOd #linguistics
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Why spelling is hard -- but also hard to change - A new episode of @lingthusiasm! https://t.co/7KrZkFd31I #linguistics
Do any other teachers work with textbooks that are fine all the way through until that one bit that makes you say 'yikes, really?'
The first of this year's book reviews. Crystal's 'Begat' was an absolute pleasure. https://fumbling.it/posts/begat-david-crystal-review/
My two cents on #conlangs and where they fit within the world of linguistics and language diversity. Felt the need to write this after reading David Peterson's (wonderful) #TheArtOfLanguageInvention.
A blog about linguistics by Michael Howard
Joined Sep 2018
