Why is there a G in SIGN? The (kind of annoying) reasons some words end with "gn".

https://tube.blueben.net/w/pxtcfLHYe9kSCjgbbSyNP8

TO BRUSH. To run away. Let us buy a brush and lope; let us go away or off. To have a brush with a woman; to lie with her. To have a brush with a man; to fight with him. The cove cracked the peter and bought a brush; the fellow broke open the trunk, and then ran away.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Quebec English rights group rebrands for its 30th anniversary
Sylvia Martin-Laforge, the director general of what will now be known as TALQ, explains why the Quebec Community Groups Network has adopted a new name — and how it speaks to the group's goal of building stronger bridges with francophones.
#politics #anniversary #group #language #Quebec
https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.6785542?cmp=rss

Thank you #Google #YouTube #algorithms this is right on the #money.

And, definitely the latter... https://youtube.com/shorts/-fq6jhILiPw?si=fpzTVxu3tUvc9GLy

#math is a derivative of #philosophy and the #human #mind, not a #universal #language. Like us it is deeply flawed: #zero (placeholder or #nothing?), #infinity, base-10, decimals, the list goes on...

DAMPER. A luncheon, or snap before dinner: so called from its damping, or allaying, the appetite; eating and drinking, being, as the proverb wisely observes, apt to take away the appetite.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Some divisions are structural. Others are taught in silence.
Sometimes, what we defend as "identity" is just a reaction to how we’ve been seen, not who we are.

This reflection doesn’t offer answers. It just lingers in the space between ego and connection.

https://www.clickworlddaily.com/2025/06/what-if-skin-between-us-was-never-enemy.html

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NICKIN, NIKEY or NIZEY. A soft simple fellow; also a diminutive of Isaac.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Today's #Guardian column on that newspaper's use of British "got" vs American "gotten" has over 2000 comments and counting. Make of that what you will

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/jun/04/use-word-gotten-some-readers-upset

#Art historian Donato Loia is talking to us on the latest episode of Plain Reading! #Music, #language, #attention, the #universal: we're covering it all. And oh yes, #Books !

https://plainreading.libsyn.com/language-and-attention-donato-loia

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https://www.alojapan.com/1290091/from-india-soft-power-punching-harder-with-opportunity-and-skill/ From India, Soft Power Punching Harder With Opportunity and Skill #Economy&Tech #immigration #India #Japan #JapanIndia #JapanNews #language #migration #news #SJaishankar #SpecifiedSkillsWorker #TechnicalInternTraining Global labor migration has recently gained immense traction, with many countries experiencing labor shortages. In the current geopolitical landscape, there has been a rise in the international demand for skilled and semi-ski…

My German is really really bad, but I like that quote from Ludwig Wittgenstein :

"Die Grenzen meiner Sprache bedeuten die Grenzen meiner Welt."

Ludwig Josef Johann Wittgenstein (26 April 1889 – 29 April 1951) was an Austrian philosopher who worked primarily in logic, the philosophy of mathematics, the philosophy of mind, and the philosophy of language.

FAWNEY RIG. A common fraud, thus practised: A fellow drops a brass ring, double gilt, which he picks up before the party meant to be cheated, and to whom he disposes of it for less than its supposed, and ten times more than its real, value. See MONEY DROPPER.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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Sometimes I find gestures as a method of communication fascinating. We're so used to verbal communication as the norm, but sometimes we switch to gestures because they're more succinct or something.

These thoughts brought on by my partner saying "sometimes Hollywood doesn't let directors really exercise their creative freedom outside the 3 act structure, and thats why Thor is so" *poses like a Greek statue"
#language #linguistics #communication #verbal #nonverbal #gestures

I made a survey for conlangers about the IPA. I'd especially like answers from novice and beginner conlangers and those that don't use IPA to document their languages. #conlang #language #linguistics https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1T1cTmUGMZvCt00lL11ahmoNVRKZkYi3KXwYOw-n9lsA/edit

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DOASH. A cloak. Cant.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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French has a confusing adjective, INÉDIT, whose main sense is exactly what it looks like: not previously edited, not published. But in Le Monde it always means "previously unseen, surprising". Yesterday they called the drone attack on Russian air bases "unedited".

CARAVAN. A large sum of money; also, a person cheated of such sum. CANT.

A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)

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