Tootfinder

Fun podcast, but I love reading A Way with Words at #WordOrigins #Language
...Bab…

Mox Nix (episode #1662)
You might be surprised to learn that a “hoosier” isn’t necessarily from Indiana. Around the St. Louis, Missouri, area, the term hoosier has a whole other meaning. And: Scotland is the home of the…

YouTube... started defaulting to auto-translated audio.
It would default to my "preferred language".
My #preference is the original #language, and I speak multiple ones. That is not an option though. So I have to manually change the audio track or turn off CC all the time - w…

Here is my latest Human Meme podcast episode!
#language

SWELL (old-timey use) Vs SWILL. What a difference a letter makes.
#English #language #difference

German-English connections: "anecken" and "to egg on." These words don't mean exactly the same thing, but they are related. Etymologically, they seem closely related. English is a Germanic language. And phrasal verbs offer up interesting connections.
#language #linguistics

Language learning has been part of me since high school. I'm solid in 2 non-English languages, crappy but survivable in 2 others. I've played with & started learning others many times.
I'm real busy rn, but language learning could be a fun thing to do for myself & make me feel like I'm still me.
But I'm stumped about my language picks. I learnt the obvious European languages in school; later tried key Asian languages. What do I want to do now?
African languages? I won't be getting a chance to use them much in Aus, & I'm unlikely to get to a stage where I can read literature.
I tried Slovenian/Slovene on a whim & really love it, but I'll never go there. Is the practical but unfun answer grind out more kanji/hanzi? Or is whimsically learning a language spoken by only 2.5 million people reasonable? I will continue struggling through with Ukrainian, 'cause I think it's important.
#LanguageLearning

ESSLLI 2025 is officially closed! Thank you all so much for being here 🥰 #esslli2025 #logic #language #information #rub

🤩Last day of #esslli2025 ! 😅
#logic #language #information #rub

Baumschule. Where trees are taught to behave from a very young age.
#nursery #German #Deutsch #language

#ESSLLI2025 ! #rub #logic #language

Just published:
Supplementing CEFR-graded vocabulary lists for language learners by leveraging information on dictionary views, corpus frequency, part-of-speech, and polysemy
A machine-learning method to suggest word candidates for CEFR-graded vocabulary lists.
#CEFR level of previously unlabeled words
#linguistics #CEFR #frequency #dictionary #LanguageLearning

Getting ready for #ESSLLI2025 ! #rub #logic #language #information

German, the language with the most compelling argument for camelCase and PascalCase.
#languages #German #Deutsch #readability #comprehension