#languages

Friend of a friend reports that another friend got a job in tech straight out of university, zero experience, because they had learned three medieval languages for their degree, and could read a #knitting pattern.

The interviewer allegedly said:

"Well, you won't have any problems learning to code, will you !!"

#FibreArt #FiberArt #FibreArts #FiberArts #Languages #Coding

I'm fascinated by languages. And by accents, by the way people pronounce the same language so differently.

I would like to know/feel if this is spoken with a special accent, if you can hear the region or education this speaker comes from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hEkbSV8aYrs&t=514s

It's interesting because I know some people speaking exactly like her and it's the #American I understand best (for some regions, I have difficulties to understand anything). I'm curious!

#languages #pronounciation #pronounce #English

What's that, girl? Two children are lost somewhere in this bookshop?

Yeah, I should probably find them and take them home for lunch.

#note #book #books #shopping #dog #dogs #children #language #languages #pets #parenting #witney

Via: https://danq.me/2025/05/10/26550/

I have now requested that my #Duolingo account be deleted, due to their #AI first approach.

What other #language #learning apps would you recommend instead?

I'm particularly interested in #German, #Japanese, and #ScottishGaelic.

#education #languages #linguistics

Sooo excited to see a project like this!

Librelingo, FOSS alternative to duolingo

https://librelingo.app/

@librelingo

#Languages #Duolingo #librelingo #CommunityDriven #FOSS #learning

If you've been using Duolingo to learn German, Spanish, or French, give Seedlang a try. Real people, for the love of languages, create learning content there! https://www.seedlang.com #Languages #LanguageLearning #Seedlang

Question for non-native English speakers: would you say there is enough high-quality scientific information for those with non-science backgrounds in your language? (You can also add your language in the comments and elaborate if you’d like.)

In my native language (Romanian), I’ve noticed there is a vacuum that in recent years has been filled alarmingly fast by pseudoscientific, new agey hogwash. Trying to point people towards high-quality information is quite a daunting task, since there is very little available, so I’m curious how this looks in other languages.

Please consider boosting for reach. Thanks!

#science #SciComm #languages #misinformation

Я иногда из интереса ищу информацию про нивхский язык. У него невероятно сложное произношение, которое, думаю, даже посложнее вьетнамского. Очень много разных согласных, которые вдобавок часто следуют друг за другом. Вот как вам, например, четыре буквы Г: Г, Ӷ, Ғ и Ӻ? А четыре К: К, К’, Ӄ и Ӄ’?
#languages

Greetings! I've moved instances so now it's time to rewrite an #intro

I love #languages #linguistics and #etymology. I'm hesitant to list what languages I study as my interests tend to shift, but I know a few phrases in some European languages. Speaking is the hardest part of using a language given that darn real-time compilation aspect, so it's safe to say reading is the easiest to get a grasp of. I've really gotten in to #Latin of late thanks to my dealings with learning plant species.

Speaking of which, I'm also really into #NativePlants, #ReWilding and #Permaculture. I've spent over the past 2 years converting my traditional American hellscape of a lawn into a recovering (thriving, even?) ecosystem of native plants. It's not much, but it's work Currently I'm tracking over 110 species I've either transplanted or nurtured. How am I tracking that? Well, I'm also into #SoftwareEngineering

For that project, I just built a simple, local CRUD webapp with some mapping functionality for logging where I plant things, how they're doing and some basic info about them. Outside of work I work on a lot of small projects like the one above, but they've all felt so much more interesting than the work I get paid to do. That's how life goes, I suppose. Anyway, brief list of what I've built: DIY 6 Zone Automated Sprinkler system with ball valves (!) controlled by an ESP32 running ESPHome, A local webapp that (among other things) uses diceware to create unique passwords, A Slack bot for friends that admins a game of Cards Against Humanity, I built a web scraper service for a local nonprofit to better collect municipality permit data, I've gone through 3 iterations of installing 5v LED strips on a bike of mine to stay visible, I've probably written countless automations in #HomeAssistant. One thing remains true for most of my projects: I always end up overengineering the solution lol. It's a double-edged sword, but I'm trying to either embrace it or learn when to avoid it, depending on my mood for that day.

Last, let's talk about reading. I love #SciFi, but primarily #HardSciFi. Anything where there's more focus on the technology being used. Isaac Asimov, Arthur C. Clarke, Greg Egan, Kim Stanley Robinson's Mars Trilogy. Always eager to take some book recommendations.

Anyway, I think that's enough of an intro to satisfy the Mastodon.

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Trump’s order making English the official language is unnecessary, disregards the U.S.'s multilingual reality, and signals a restrictive stance on immigration and identity. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/commentary/2025/03/14/world/america-official-language/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #commentary #worldnews #us #donaldtrump #english #languages

I like when languages double up a word to give it emphasis or a new meaning. Like कभी - कभी (kabhi kabhi) in Hindi for "sometimes", or थोड़ी - थोड़ी (thodi thodi) for a little bit, like "mujhe ko thodi thodi Hindi samajhati hoon" (I understand a little bit of Hindi).

#languages #Hindi

'Times may be getting tougher but a hell of a lot of people are committed to doing good. And the best of the good is the #nature that makes up our planet.' https://steadyhq.com/en/naturematchcuts/posts/718b5dba-b9d3-448b-96a7-38e99d4ef017

My new blog post about #writing in hard times, developing a story, messy mind palace rooms, #accents, and the sweet poison of #passion. @writers @writing

#storytelling #podcasting #blog #naturelovers #accent #languages #interviews #moreThanHuman #creativity #journalism #solarpunk #hopepunk #author

Question for my fellow #AuDHD folx: Has anyone found a good anguage learning method you've been able to stick with? I seriously need to re-up and improve my #Spanish skills as sometimes I get folded into work conversations that started out in Spanish, and I'd like to be able to understand them better. I also feel like learning Spanish better would help me to understand the challenges my students face with English. Boosts welcome and appreciated. @ActuallyAutistic @ActuallyADHD

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#Languages #LanguageLearning #Actuallyautistic #ActuallyAdhd #actuallyAuDHD

It was a lovely celebration today on the University of Arizona mall, for International Mother Language Day. Lots of activities including sidewalk-chalk writing in people's languages, Navajo students reading their original poems in Navajo and English. We were fortunate that two Yaqui/Hiaki elders came by and checked our signage to make sure it was correct. They approved!

#IMLD #InternationalMotherLanguageDay #languages #linguisticDiversity @linguistics

Happy International Mother Language Day to all who have Language!

I'll be hanging out with the wonderful people of the American Indian Language Development Institute (https://aildi.arizona.edu) and pretending to be an extrovert today ...

...whatever you're up to, I hope you can do it in your mother language(s)!

#IMLD2025 #InternationalMotherLanguageDay #languages @linguistics

@neve
Have I invented fictional words?

The closest I've come is swear words in some of my stories--if you're creating a fantastical world, people cuss differently.

The people who I refer to who created an amazing language is Lee & Miller's Liaden. Example: melant'i - the necessity that drives honorable actions in any given situation.

It's entered the vocab in our home.

#Writephant #languages #words #WritingCommunity #amwriting #writersofmastodon

I'm pretty sure this is the very reason #Tolkien started this invented #languages thing.

#Quenya #fantasy

I'm thinking about creating a twin profile in a Spanish speaking instance to publish only in Spanish and letting this one in English only. Any thoughts on this? If you speak and publish in multiple #languages how do you manage this?

#AskFedi #Fediverse #Mastodon

I should remember that replies also has the language selector Sorry guys if you're subscribed to one language and have received some messages in another.

#mastodon #languages