You mean like every developer and automation geek & widget constantly working to anticipate my every next move down to last keystroke like some ubiquitous office-mate constantly swinging by regardless of time to 'offer a little advice with that'?
What a great I'dea!
I started writing a #blog this year to document the #stories behind the stories & to Change the Narrative on #Appalachia and #Appalachians.
I am poor at marketing the blog but the fabulous Amy Johnson Crow promoted my latest entry about Appalachian #Dialect and #Language.
Fun trivia: The #video in the blog kicked off my intiative to Change the Narrative. 
To read the blog & watch the short video:
https://ancestryroads.blogspot.com/2025/04/52-ancestors-week-14-language.html
A #subscribe would be great too.
The realisation that language change is real is really struck home when one looks up what the word "silly" used to mean.
MERRY ANDREW, or MR. MERRYMAN. The jack pudding, jester, or zany of a mountebank, usually dressed in a party-coloured coat.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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“… Silence will not protect #science. … One … response has been to obscure or rebrand ‘controversial’ areas like #diversity … to avoid scrutiny. … #Researchers are considering and being asked to make changes to #language in #grants and #manuscripts.” https://www.medpagetoday.com/opinion/second-opinions/114967
In defence of teaching Shakespeare and thoughts on teenage boredom, with some help from #MarkFisher https://angrysampoetry.wordpress.com/2025/04/07/the-language-of-shakespeare-and-teenage-boredom/ #education #literature #language #shakespeare
--Alamak! Malaysian loanwords ‘mat rempit’, ‘tapau’ and ‘terror’ among new additions to Oxford English Dictionary--
The full list of words:
alamak, int.
fish head curry, n.
half-boiled egg, n.
kaya, n.2
kaya toast, n.
ketupat, n.
mat rempit, n.
nasi lemak, n.
otak-otak, n.
steamboat, n.
tapau, v.
terror, adj.
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Other Malaysian loanwords already included in the OED are:
atas, adj.
bak kwa, n.
bak kut teh, n.
belukar, n.
changkol, n.
char kway teow, n.
chicken rice, n.
kain songket, n.
kopitiam, n.
laksa, n.
lepak, v.
mamak, n. and adj.
shophouse, n.
sotong, n.
teh tarik, n
TO COG. To cheat with dice; also to coax or wheedle, To cog a die; to conceal or secure a die. To cog a dinner; to wheedle one out of a dinner.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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The sound of "drinking" in Dutch!
#language #linguistics #onomatopoeia #maps
HUM DRUM. A hum drum fellow; a dull tedious narrator, a bore; also a set of gentlemen, who (Bailey says) used to meet near the Charter House, or at the King's Head in St. John's-street, who had more of pleasantry, and less of mystery, than the free masons.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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CLAPPER. The tongue of a bell, and figuratively of a man or woman.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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CLINCH. A pun or quibble. To clinch, or to clinch the nail; to confirm an improbable story by another: as, A man swore he drove a tenpenny nail through the moon; a bystander said it was true, for he was on the other side and clinched it.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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Some people don't have an inner voice — and the idea is so new that a clinical name, anendophasia, was only proposed for it in a paper last year. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2025/04/05/world/science-health/no-inner-monologue-study/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #worldnews #sciencehealth #brain #psychology #language
Join me once again in Faerie as we continue working on our dialect split! We'll be live in about an hour! #conlang #language #linguistics #dnd #ttrpg https://youtube.com/live/iyQ8ns6XMKg @conlang
TWIST. A mixture of half tea and half coffee; likewise brandy, beer, and eggs. A good twist; a good appetite. To twist it down apace; to eat heartily.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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It's the new fiscal year and that means meeting new colleagues and classmates. Learn how to properly introduce yourself in Japanese with a few set phrases. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/04/05/language/japanese-introductions-work-parents/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #language #nihongo #vocabulary #jlptn5
