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Yoïn van Spijk @yvanspijk.bsky.social · 05/03/2025

In Old English, the passive voice could be formed in two ways: A. 'hit is ġebrōht' = it is brought B. 'hit wierþ ġebrōht' = lit. it becomes brought, with 'weorþan' (to become) Sister languages such as German still use B: 'es wird gebracht' 'Weorþan' became 'to worth', but now it's all but gone:

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Seo Ealdenglisce Ƿicce @seoreadehenn.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

The word the mermaid's name comes from can be reconstructed to mean tranquility in Proto-Khaajokhiilo (presumably of substrate origin), which in Cêws shifted to mean 'beauty' :3

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Seo Ealdenglisce Ƿicce @seoreadehenn.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

2/2 This has developed to the point where the Cêws people have come to view it as their duty to protect the rest of the bay peoples from the 'barbarian hordes', given their position at the mouth of the bay.

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Seo Ealdenglisce Ƿicce @seoreadehenn.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

The Cêws word for barbarian is "Gøkkikel" (with the first component being supposedly imitative of barbarian languages), the people of Cêwkour fear and hate the southern barbarians to the point of paranoia due to frequent raids and repeated barbarian attempts to conquer their land 1/

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Yoïn van Spijk @yvanspijk.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

The English words 'no' and 'no' don't have the same origin. 'No', the opposite of 'yes', comes from West-Germanic *naiw ("never"). 'No' as in 'no pain, no gain' arose as a variant of 'none' and stems from *nain ("not any"). They only share the n-, from *ne ("not"). Click to learn more: 1/

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Yoïn van Spijk @yvanspijk.bsky.social · 04/01/2025

The German word 'Feuer' looks a bit like French 'feu' and both mean "fire". A coincidence! They're not etymologically related at all. 'Feuer' and 'fire' come from West Germanic *fuir, while 'feu' stems from Latin 'focus' (hearth), borrowed into English as 'focus'. Click my new graphic for more:

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Erika @eris148.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

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Erika @eris148.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

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terror @weedlejuice.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

People often think I’m up to something because of the way I scurry off as soon as I hear them coming but I have the physiognomy of a small rodent I literally can’t help but to scurry

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Yoïn van Spijk @yvanspijk.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

After a cosy Christmas fire, there are cinders in the fireplace, as well as ashes, which in French are called cendres. 'Cinder' and 'cendre' may look alike but they aren't etymologically related: they come from two unrelated words. However, 'cendre' did influence the spelling of 'cinder'. More:

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james @james.claims · 16/12/2024

Have ADHD and ever find yourself wracked with guilt and shame about how you have left all your friends on read for days, weeks, or months? And when you do finally muster up the courage to speak, it feels pathetic? Take heart. You will always be better at comms than Trust and Safety.

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Centurii chan @centuriichan.bsky.social · 25/12/2024

A paladins job isn't just about smiting evil. but creating goodness in their world. I hope everyone has a good Christmas

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Erika @eris148.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

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Erika @eris148.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

bwaa :3

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Erika @eris148.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

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Erika @eris148.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

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snacky @mulberrysdream.bsky.social · 18/11/2024

[if a cat could write a shopping list] -tuna -treats -plastic bags -a laser pointer??? -cardboard boxes

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Pikkuhiljaa @pikkuhiljaa.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

The finnish verb for to be enough, riittää, originally meant ‘to cover with thin ice’ if you ever feel you‘re going overboard with metaphors in #conlang ing, there is nothing more ridiculous than what natlangs do

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Yoïn van Spijk @yvanspijk.bsky.social · 15/12/2024

A lot of native speakers of English use 'to lay' instead of 'to lie': 'I'm laying here.' This isn't a recent thing: it started in the 14th century. Several sister languages of English, such as Frisian and Afrikaans, even merged the verbs for "to lie" and "to lay" completely. Click for more: 1/

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Pikkuhiljaa @pikkuhiljaa.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

#lexember Day 13 Śácamþaśá Pif ása Wuþitast, pif qáw látláty. /pif 'ɑːsɐ β̞ʷuθitɐst, pif 'qɑːβ̞ʷ lɑːtlɑːtɵ/ expression: parents make or break a child‘s life literally: A good parent is a dawn wanderer, a bad parent is a shade. (Clarification on mythology in reply) #conlang #conscript #langsky

„Pif ása Wuþitast, pif qáw látláty.” written in the Þeurilá script

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Seo Ealdenglisce Ƿicce @seoreadehenn.bsky.social · 14/12/2024

On the contrary, "woke" exists dialectally as the past participle of wake (presumably from a form in Middle English that underwent -en elision while the form standard today didn't), notably in AAVE whence the name of the movement originates.

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Just Animal Things @justanimalthings.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

If this photo reaches your timeline, everything will be okay ❤️

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Erika @eris148.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Moew!!!

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dr Quinn, medicine weirdo @pippibongsmoking.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

I'll be honest with you: screams endlessly

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Seo Ealdenglisce Ƿicce @seoreadehenn.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Time for me to translate 't Is Vlaams 't trekt op geen kloten and make it about saxish ig

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Seo Ealdenglisce Ƿicce @seoreadehenn.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Godddddddddddd i love you so muchhhhhhhhh <33333333333333333333

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thebes @vgel.me · 08/12/2024

this is my favorite fictional trope

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Yoïn van Spijk @yvanspijk.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

What do marshals and mares have in common? Both of these words derive from a Proto-Germanic word for "horse". The distant ancestor of 'marshal' was *marhskalk, which meant "horse attendant", so 'marshal' has made quite a carreer! Click my new graphic to learn more:

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Seo Ealdenglisce Ƿicce @seoreadehenn.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

with 8 i could instantly make a name for myself in the field of linguistics by deciphering the khitan script and writing the first khitan grammar :3

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Autumn (she/her) @fadedshotgun23.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

im gonna put you in the michaelwave

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Seo Ealdenglisce Ƿicce @seoreadehenn.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

- Yes - Lack of front rounded vowels - French, Latin - No but i plan on moving to a place where it is - 😺 - French (VOWELSSSSSSSSSSSS) - Nope, tho for some reason it seemed to come pre-installed on my phone - 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 #langsky

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