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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

Similar charts ranking languages by "difficulty" in function of the time needed to reach "proficiency" are regularly being shared on social media. www.economist.com/graphic-deta... Here's why they are to be taken with a mountain of salt 🧵 #langsky

Chart showing the number of weeks atneeded for an English speaker to learn different languages to general professional proficiency, ranging from 24-30 weeks to 88 weeks, with intermediate groups of 36 weeks and 44 weeks.

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

Several interesting BOOK 📚 feeds by genre in French! 🇫🇷 (and a SCI-FI FANTASY book feed in English 🇺🇸🇬🇧)

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

Anne L’Huillier won the Nobel prize in Physics today in the middle of class, and carried on with her lecture after. Dedication! 😃🧪

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May Helena Plumb @mayhplumb.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

from a FB friend — how common is it, cross-culturally, to assign names to inanimate objects? e.g. boats, cars, favored houseplants... I'm also curious about cross-linguistic tendencies in this type of naming... anymore know of research? (kinda #linguistics, is there also #anthropology?)

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

Non so niente di troppe cose per tenerne conto, però a volte affiora un'ignoranza che mi dà nostalgia. - Erri De Luca ("Tre cavalli") 🇮🇹 I can hardly keep track of the things I don’t know, but every now and then comes an ignorance that makes me nostalgic. - Erri De Luca ("Three horses") 🇬🇧🇺🇸

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

WAR INTERPRETERS A brilliant and poignant action thriller about the tragic fate of the Afghan war interpreters, who risked their lives for the U.S. military and were left behind in a country where they're considered traitors, and the veterans trying to fulfill the US duty. #langsky #xl8

Poster of The Covenant showing two US soldiers in full gear

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

Reposting this because I still see language-related posts floating around in the interfeedic void. To ALL: add your posts related to your field/displine/hobby to their respective feeds so that users with the same interests can more easily find them. Find relevant feeds on goodfeeds.co

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Tamreen @scriptor.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

Antarctic scientists showed tiny, early signs of a new accent after spending all winter in isolated groups talking to each other. Cool to see exactly how the process of language divergence starts #langsky

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Linguists Hear an Accent Begin

Residents of an overwintering station in Antarctica provided linguists with evidence of the first small changes in speech that may signal the development of a new accent.

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

Yesterday, I approached a Moroccan lady for directions and we started chatting, being both foreigners in Germany. She had an armful of flowers she'd just cut in her garden. Out of the blue, she gave me the bouquet with such a warm, generous smile. It made my heart melt and cry a little inside.

Mixed bouquet of flowers in a green vase on a wooden table with a chessboard in the foreground.

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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 29/09/2023

A few #ff just to mention some people I didn't know at The Other Place but love here Thank you to @robonabike.bsky.social @emgenius.art @jaynehilditch.bsky.social @carpeidiom.bsky.social @emms.bsky.social @jenbren.bsky.social @adamcsharp.bsky.social for general timeline improvement

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🧞‍♂️Emgenius.art @emgenius.art · 29/09/2023

Allez c'est parti pour la foire aux favoris #ff Je vous conseille deux têtes bien faites et bien pleines @carpeidiom.bsky.social qui a moults talents cachés (dont de motarde) et @swamilee.xyz du sud de la botte Deux belles âmes numériques à sang bleu bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Crippled Giraff Decals @crippledgiraff.bsky.social · 28/09/2023

There is no barrier of entry to make art.

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

THREAD PREFERENCES: You can now choose in which order you want replies to the same post to appear. You can also test the threaded mode and prioritise your follows. HOME FEED PREFERENCES: You can choose to only see replies betw ppl you follow.

Screenshot of Thread Preferences settings showing the possibility to choose between "oldest replies first", "newest replies first", "most-liked replies first", "random"

Screenshot of Thread Preferences settings showing the new "Threaded Mode"

Screenshot of the Home Feed preferences: showing the Reply Filters with the toggle "Followed users only"

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K. Sigler @ksigler.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

Dostoevsky’s "mind map" draft of Brothers Karamazov, 1880. I'm old enough to remember the days before word processing, but hell... Just a reminder that there is no one way to #write or one set of rules that will make you an "Author." Part of the hard work is figuring out what works for you

A photograph of a facsimile of Dostoevsky’s manuscript draft of The Brothers Karamazov, 1880. It is open, showing two pages with scattered handwritten notes often circled or outlined with lines connecting various sections of text together. It also has a diagram of a small turret or steeple

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

Remember to update to the latest Bsky 1.51 (including on Web!): - easier access to all your feeds (now # symbol left on Web & bottom on app) - add. suggested follows - improvements on thread readability, language settings and translation & many more. (Note: reply settings default again to 2).

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 27/09/2023

We should create a Bsky community for insomniacs where we could talk our middle-of-the-night nonsense or share unusual and bizarre legends with other sleep-deprived zombies like us.

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 26/09/2023

LUFT HANSA. Originally written separately, is composed of the words Luft (air) and Hansa (Old High German for "group"), in reference to the shipping and trading tradition of the HANSEATIC LEAGUE, a league of merchant guilds and market towns in N. and Central Europe. #langsky

The name Luft Hansa was first used in 1924. This advertisement poster, by Otto Arpke, dating from 1930 shows an elegantly dressed women with a hat and a man with a cap reading a newspaper, seemingly in the open air, at an airport with an airplane landing in the background.

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Clandestino @clandestino.be · 24/09/2023

The song that always helped me to focus and get back on track, when things go sideways in my head, is the one below. It allowed me put words on things I never understood consciously, to the point that it was literally a catharsis.

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Ren - Hi Ren (Official Music Video)

Pre order my upcoming album Sick Boi here ! https://bio.to/Ren-Sick-BoiSubscribe Now! - https://bit.ly/RenYTSub- - -http://www.sickboi.co.ukRen - Hi Ren (Off...

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 24/09/2023

Pont du Gard, France 🇫🇷 The world's highest Roman aquaduct, built in 40-60 CE. The Pont du Gard has remained largely intact, due to the importance of its secondary function as a toll bridge. It is to this day one of the best preserved Roman aqueducts in the world. 📷📸 Motorbike roadtrip, 2017

Roman aquaduct set against a blue sky with several small boats or kayaks in the water beneath.

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 24/09/2023

Tip: if you're not seeing some posts in your TL or feeds or you see no reactions to yours, it may be due to your language settings. It's best to uncheck all languages (in Content AND Post languages) otherwise you might not see some posts (even if written in a language you've selected) & vice versa.

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 23/09/2023

Green reflections, Lake Annecy, France 📸📷🇫🇷 #Saturdaymorningmood #ThrowbackSaturday

View of a lake with green reflections of the trees on both sides and small boats lined up on one side

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 23/09/2023

Many disciplines/fields now have their own feeds. Feeds are to Bsky what library sections are to a library. Linguists and language nerds, use the #langsky or #linguistics tag to add your language-related posts to the dedicated "section" (= feed), instead o/t general one (where we might not see them)

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 22/09/2023

A few multilingual TV series: TEHRAN Persian, Hebrew and English TOKYO VICE Japanese, English DROPS OF GOD French, Japanese, English, (Italian) THE GIRL FROM OSLO Norwegian, English, Arabic, Hebrew SUBURRA Italian, Romanesco, Sinte Romani, Latin FAUDA Hebrew, Arabic #langsky 🎥

Collage of the posters of six TV series: Fauda, Suburra, The Girl from Oslo, Drops of God, Tehran, Tokyo Vice.

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Opale Art @weareopaleart.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

« Imperfection is beauty, madness is genius and it's better to be absolutely ridiculous than absolutely boring. » Marilyn Monroe — © Dane Shoe

Acrylique & collage.
Marilyn Monroe. Portrait.

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 22/09/2023

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 22/09/2023

One of the most irregular verbs of the French language, ALLER (to go), is derived from THREE different Latin verbs: IRE ➡️ irai, irons... / irais, irions... VADERE ➡️ vais, vas, va, vont AMBULARE ➡️ allons, allez / allais, allions... / allai, allâmes... #langsky #etymology #French

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 22/09/2023

Probably the first example of boustrophedon writing on Bluesky.

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 21/09/2023

#Wordoftheday BOUSTROPHEDON: an ancient way of writing in alternate lines from R to L and L to R, instead of always from L to R (English), or R to L (Hebrew, Arabic). Lit. "turning as an ox in plowing", from Greek βοῦς (bous, ox) and στροφή (strophei, turning spec. of a horse or ox) #langsky

Old Sabaic boustrophedon inscription c. 700 BC, Yemen

An example of an English text in Boustrophedon.

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

Good morning Bsky! ☀️☕📚✍️ What are you up to today? #langsky #shelfie

Hand holding a colourful cup in front of bookshelves.

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 20/09/2023

1/n 🧵 I see lots of new users complaining about missing hashtags etc. Please, just take the time to see how Bsky works. This place is not designed to be a Twitter clone. Custom feeds have all the same advantages (and more) as hashtags on Twitter, without the defects. They are the magic tool here.

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 19/09/2023

Chemical elements named after the city where they were discovered: Strontium < Strontian, a village in Scotland Lutetium < Lutetia, the Latin name for Paris Darmstadtium < Darmstadt, a city in Germany Hafnium < Hafnia, Latin name for Copenhagen Berkelium < Berkeley, CA #langsky #etymology

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 19/09/2023

Golden hour on my side of the world. Good morning Bsky! ☀️☕🥐

Sunrise over a city with a church and a tree in the background under a gold-coloured cloudy sky.

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Alisa Bokulich @alisabokulich.bsky.social · 10/09/2023

🥳 Happy Birthday to Stephen Jay Gould (1941-2002) who had the remarkable gift of weaving engaging stories & academic insights seamlessly between #paleo #evobio #histsci & #philsci with an eye to social justice & making the world a better place. (Covers of two books of his I teach from)

Cover of Gould's book The Mismeasure of Man

Cover of Gould's book Time's Arrow Time's Cycle

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 15/09/2023

Anyone interested in doing a FREE online course on the Egyptian hieroglyphic script (in #French) ? The MOOC is organised by the Departement of Egyptology o/t University of Liège 🇧🇪 and the Institut Français d'Archéologie Orientale. www.fun-mooc.fr/fr/cours/les... #langsky #linguistics

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 08/09/2023

NEW @yellowmint.xyz.wf created a thread splitter for Bluesky! Just paste your text into the upper box and the tool will automatically split the text into separate posts. No need to manually mark or number your threads anymore, "the tool does (almost) all the work" lemonmeant.github.io/splitter/

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Thread Cutter

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FKA csen_nomads @csennomads.bsky.social · 06/09/2023

Recently-discovered inscriptions in Tajikistan helped scholars decipher an ancient script that’s eluded scholars for 70 years. From this breakthrough they identified a previously unknown Middle Iranian language they associate with the Kushan Empire: www.livescience.com/archaeology/... 1/n

Inscription on a rock surface near Almosi Gorge, Tajikistan, during a clear, sunny day, with mountains and glacier in right background. Unknown Kushan script.

Image source: https://www.heritagedaily.com/2023/07/archaeologists-decipher-ancient-kuschana-script/148017

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Nicola Griffith SHE IS HERE out now! @nicolaz.bsky.social · 07/09/2023

This is heartbreaking. One of only two major prizes for disability literature is failing after just 3 years. Please repost, like, etc. Someone must have some ideas/support/money. ♿️ 📚💙

I have been the primary administrator of The Barbellion Prize since it was first awarded in 2020. At first I was able to fulfil my duties, but ongoing events (especially regarding my health) mean that I am struggling to maintain the prize and communicate with others to practically support me. There is no solid plan for The Barbellion Prize to function without me administering or co-ordinating it, and it has become too difficult given my ongoing medical issues — and other events. As such, the prize will be put on an indefinite hiatus until we have concrete support from a sponsor or suitable administration that can keep the prize going. The 2023 Barbellion Prize will unfortunately not be able to be fulfilled due to administrative difficulties and my own poor health. We may be able to continue in 2024 under better circumstances. […] If you have any questions then please feel free to send an email to: TheBarbellionprize@mail.com

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 08/05/2023

Maltese, the language spoken on Malta, is an interesting linguistic curiosity! It is based o/t now extinct Siculo-Arabic, spoken by the people who set off from Sicily to settle in Malta ca. 1048-49. It's also the only Semitic language of the EU 🇪🇺 and the only one written in Latin script. #langsky

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 12/05/2023

The sad life of the brilliant Lucia Joyce, artist and daughter of the author of 'Finnegans Wake'. How many women like her were institutionalized simply because they were just a little too sensual, too brilliant, too wild or too eccentric and refused to fit the mold? #booksky #biography

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ABR @abr.bsky.social · 05/09/2023

This is a fractally complex rabbit hole. For a long time, typewriters lacked a “1” key, with the expectation that “I” would serve the purpose. They were the same shape, after all, and all you were coding was display, not semantics.

Picture of a mechanical typewriter keyboard, showing the absence of a “1” key

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mrs against méabh! @seawithoutshore.bsky.social · 04/09/2023

The Irish is spéaclaí, which looks a lot like the English 'spectacles', but not AS similar as a lot of other loanwords we have, so I wonder what happened there

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