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Dianora (Diane Bruce)The realisation that language change is real is really struck home when one looks up what the word "silly" used to mean.<a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Language</a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/LanguageChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageChange</a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/LanguageEvolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageEvolution</a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linguistics</a>

Stan CareyA brief history (and critique) of English spelling reform that I once wrote for <a href="https://mastodon.world/@HistoryToday" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@HistoryToday</a>: <a href="https://www.historytoday.com/brief-history-english-spelling-reform" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.historytoday.com/brief-history-english-spelling-reform</a> Supplementary notes on the history of English spelling reform: <a href="https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/the-history-of-english-spelling-reform/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/the-history-of-english-spelling-reform/</a><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#spelling</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EnglishUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnglishUsage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/LanguageChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageChange</a>

Stan Carey"Every" was originally a compound of two words in Old English: æfre (ever) + ælc (each), the former added for emphasis. You'll find "euerich" and the like in Chaucer. <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#words</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/LanguageChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageChange</a>

Stan CareyA thing about language that a lot of people don't know is that you can dislike a usage intensely – a pronunciation, a piece of grammar, etc. – without presuming to reject it on behalf of all people, in all places, for all time<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#words</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EnglishUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#EnglishUsage</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#grammar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/prescriptivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#prescriptivism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/LanguageChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageChange</a>

Stan CareyMerriam-Webster has started a slang dictionary, if you've been wondering what on earth "skibidi", "cheugy", or "high-key" means: <a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/slang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#slang</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/dictionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dictionary</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#words</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/neologisms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#neologisms</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/lexicography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lexicography</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/LanguageChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageChange</a>

Andrew AbdalianI guess it’s time for an <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#introduction</a>!I’m a linguistics PhD focusing on <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/LanguageRevitalization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageRevitalization</a>, <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/LanguageChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageChange</a>, <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/LanguageDocumentation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageDocumentation</a>, and <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/SecondLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SecondLanguage</a> teaching. I work with the Tunica Language Working Group on Tunica, an <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/IndigenousLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IndigenousLanguage</a> in Louisiana. I’m also interested in <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/CorpusLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CorpusLinguistics</a>, language and the law, <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/DoubleModals" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DoubleModals</a>, and <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/Humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Humor</a>. Outside of linguistics, I’m relearning the piano, keeping my two cats happy, and honing my trivia skills.

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