You can’t add regional format without also adding keyboard layout, even if you don’t need second English layout (who does?)
Why? Because it’s not YOUR computer anymore.
Thanks @rasie1 for the picture
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Hello from Bouvet Island! #HelloWorld #BouvetIsland #language #linguistics
TABBY. An old maid; either from Tabitha, a formal antiquated name; or else from a tabby cat, old maids being often compared to cats. To drive Tab; to go out on a party of pleasure with a wife and family.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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"The font becomes a sign of life on the verge."
Nicole Rudick for Broadcast (Pioneer Works): https://longreads.com/2025/03/31/barnabys-futura-fantasy/
Ilōre Nelwa Gālwýs!
Today New Moonyear!
Zodiac: Cālas Celbeä Cīrwamāre
Year of the Donkey, temperament: fire-spirited
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Week 13
yūgethein [ 'ju:.ge.θeɪ̯n ] - to count, to calculate (intransitive verb)
root: *jógh2
aorist: eyũxathe
perfect: yeyūgetha
related (same root):
yunthes [ 'jun.θes ] - calculation, reasoning (noun, PART sg case: yuntheda)
yūx [ 'ju:ks ] - 1. pebble, small rock; 2. number (noun, PART sg case: yūga)
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TO CUTTY-EYE. To look out of the corners of one's eyes, to leer, to look askance. The cull cutty-eyed at us; the fellow looked suspicious at us.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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Pronouncing “Debian” with the accent on the second syllable
Dive into the world of "waka" poetry, a classic Japanese style that is said to date back to the seventh century. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2025/03/28/language/waka-poetry-japanese/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=mastodon #life #language #nihongo #vocabulary #poetry
The Japan Times · Attempting the classics: The world of <em>waka</em> poetry
The name Kohen (or Cohen) is skyrocketing in popularity, but only in red states, while Mira is all over blue states. What's driving the popularity of these traditionally Jewish names? Forward's Benyamin Cohen and Mira Fox have thoughts. Mira: "Does Cohen mean anything else, besides being a priest?" Benyamin: "Sure, it means, 'Hi, I’m a Jew.'"
The Forward · How two Jewish names — Kohen and Mira — are dividing red and blue statesBaby names reflect America’s political and religious divides — with Jewish names like Kohen and Mira gaining traction in different places.
Talking about #racism in Swedish is extremely difficult for a simple reason of #language. "Ras", the Swedish cognate of "race", does not mean "ethnic/cultural group of people". It means "dog breed". So unlike in English, where race can mean "family", "tribe" or "nation", the Swedish word "rasism" has an indelible connotation of genetics. Dog breedism.
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The word “crisp” originates from the Latin adjective “crispus,” meaning “curled,” “wrinkled,” or “having curly hair”.
It entered Old English as “crisp,” describing something curly or wavy, such as hair or wool.
Over time, “crisp” evolved to mean “brittle” by the 1520s, possibly due to the effect of cooking on flat items.
In the 19th century, #crisp came to describe things as “neat” or “fresh”.
WIE GEHTS FRAU MASTADON
[sic]
(Housemate sent me this and it seemed highly relevant to my #mastodon feed filled with dinosaur lovers, language obsessers, and people who speak German)
[Auf Deutch in das alt-text]
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I JUST REALIZED WE DON’T EVEN KNOW WHAT DINOSAURS SOUND LIKE! THEY COULD’VE BEEN SPEAKING FLUENT GERMAN FOR ALL WE KNOW
[Mir ist gerade aufgefallen, dass wir nicht einmal wissen, wie Dinosaurier klingen! Sie hätten auch fließend Deutsch sprechen können.]
@democracykills
it’s too early for this
[Dafür ist es noch zu früh]
@redvinesgiraffe
GUTEN MORGEN HERR PTERODACTYL
@fieldbears
WIE GEHTS FRAU MASTADON
@marvelous-freeman
Oh my god neither of those are dinosaurs and there’s 145 million years separating them both, this post is a palaeontological disaster.
[Oh mein Gott, keiner von beiden ist ein Dinosaurier, und zwischen ihnen liegen 145 Millionen Jahre. Dieser Beitrag ist eine paläontologische Katastrophe.]](https://media.infosec.exchange/infosec.exchange/media_attachments/files/114/219/442/043/998/217/original/be624e25d661ace9.png)
The Quebec Board of the #French Language was established OTD in 1961 https://cromwell-intl.com/travel/france/loire-valley/?s=mb #travel #language
Bob's Pages of Travel, Linux, Cybersecurity, and MoreLoire River Valley, the Heart of FranceTraveling along the lower Loire river valley around Saumur. Richard Lionheart, Joan of Arc, Leonardo da Vinci, Henry II, and Eleanor of Aquitaine in Fontevraud, Chinon, Amboise, and Chenonceau.
Week 12
Root *póth3
potho [ 'po.θo ] - whole, complete, entire (adjective)
derived:
pothovad [ 'po.θo.ʋad ] - wholeness, completeness, entirety (noun, PART sg case: pothovadha).
pothre [ 'po.θɾe ] - completely, entirely (adverb)
related:
pothothein [ 'po.θo.θeɪ̯n ] - to be whole, to be complete (intransitive verb, medium form)
aorist: epõisōthe
perfect: pepothotha
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Using flash cards to learn some Banu ochoa 
I mean when the game doesn't work, might as well learn the Banu language, right? 
MOBILITY. The mob: a sort of opposite to nobility.
A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)
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