iwsfutcmd @iwsfutcmd.bsky.social · 12/03/2025big fan of unintuitive development indices. e.g. this is the top 10 of something, try to guess what it is: 🇸🇨🇳🇷🇲🇩🇲🇳🇧🇧🇩🇴🇱🇹🇶🇦🇦🇲🇪🇪 (it's not obscure or trivia, this is a real index that has real-world consequences) will add hints if nobody gets it 230
iwsfutcmd @iwsfutcmd.bsky.social · 23/02/2025speaking of which, are there any in-depth analyses of Ladino? as in the word-for-word translations of the Jewish Bible into Judeo-Spanish, not normal everyday Judeo-Spanish 040
iwsfutcmd @iwsfutcmd.bsky.social · 23/02/2025once again, the categories of "straight" and "gay/lesbian" are practically useless in everyday discourse. all they tell you is who someone *won't* sleep with, and 9 times out of 10, the more important information is who someone *will* 130
iwsfutcmd @iwsfutcmd.bsky.social · 22/02/2025a fun metagame with this is trying to get it to return a *specific* language i was able to get it to return Javanese, which was pretty impressive on the quiz's part 130
iwsfutcmd @iwsfutcmd.bsky.social · 31/01/2025welp that's it. biting the bullet and crossposting to bluesky now 280
iwsfutcmd @iwsfutcmd.bsky.social · 31/01/2025im gonna start pronouncing it [ˈpʰækstn̩] for full english phonotactic dominance (no unfooted syllables constraint) 220