Notices tagged with language

igor Languages of the World , Lazyweb

Is there something like a **good** english dictionary, freely available, such as the TLFi but in english ( http://cnrtl.fr/ )?

!lazyweb !language 

igor Languages of the World , Lazyweb

Is there something like a **good** english dictionary, freely available, such as the TLFi but in english ( http://cnrtl.fr/ )?

!lazyweb !language 

mk clacke

@clacke oh, what fun! Our RFID readers give one beep when you're checking in, and a double beep when checking out, but I've never heard of anyone creating a verb out of that! I love #language.

mk chalkahlom

Now I want BOTH the English and the Dutch Dahl dictionary! #wishlist #language

davehunt Science (News, Articles, …)

Bilingual baby brains show increased activity in executive function regions https://2mb.social/url/7321 !science !psychology #language #intelligence #bilingualism

grmpyoldman

21 perfect words we need in english - it's buzzfeed, but rly nice http://quitter.se/url/1525526 #language

lnxw48 question

Why do you need special #language software? Isn't #bot-to-bot communication just a bunch of modem noises?

mk Time Zone Appropriate Farewell , the federated universe , fediverso

All right then, I'm diving in! Good night gute nacht bonan nokton jó ejt welterusten (etc.) !tzaf !fediverse !fediverso! Plans for #tomorrow: too many to fit in one day :( but at least the Grunneger toal course is fun, so I'm look forward to it! #language

mk

OK, in my #hammock now. I worked hard all day getting geared up to write a (basic, at least) business plan but #tomorrow I'll take a break from that to do my #homework for the 'Grunneger toal' course: we have to write a Sunnerkloas p…

mk lohang

@lohang not just for a writer but for anyone interested in or consciously using 'language'. I'm having a whole lot of fun learning 'Grunneger toal' right now (even traveling up and down to Groningen for it every week)! #language

mk

Waiting for the train to leave (going back to Amsterdam), after another lesson Grunninger toal - not easy but fun and very interesting (and I'm making actual progress) #language

lnxw48 question

So you're willing to have this conversation in the #human #language known as #English?

mk Languages of the World

"Sweden invents a word for girls’ genitals equivalent to ‘willy’ for boys" http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/aug/01/sweden-girls-genitals-feminist-invention-snippa-vagina what a great idea! !language

lukaso666

#Esperanto - easiest #language in the world!  http://quitter.se/attachment/976720

lukaso666

#Esperanto - easiest #language in the world!  http://quitter.se/attachment/976720

mk Languages of the World , inscius

@inscius interesting - I vaguely knew about the German, but not French. I'm endlessly fascinated about how languages (and dialects) develop and are related to each other! !language

mk Languages of the World , saziusmayfirst

@sazius you'll also find this in the type of German still spoken by the "Pensylvania Dutch" people in teh USA (where "Dutch" is a mangled "Deutsch" meaning German - not dutch!): a small group in isolation mostly keeps their language c…

mk Languages of the World , mk

@mk !language

mk

I'm learning it's much easier to read a whole web page in Spanish than individual dents. The importance of context. #language