@Mediagazer@mstdn.social2026-10-23 00:55:55
FIFA opens tender for US media rights to the 2030 World Cup, with a 2034 option; it prefers one buyer for English and Spanish rights and wants bids by Nov. 19 (Alex Sherman/CNBC)
https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/22/fifa-launches-tender-of-us-world-…
@clongclongmoo@social.bau-ha.us2026-09-25 07:36:34
@rae@bne.social2026-08-26 04:06:40
TIL: the well known Australian folk song "Brisbane Ladies" is actually an adaptation of an old English naval song "Spanish Ladies"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brisbane_Ladies?wprov=sfla1
@clongclongmoo@social.bau-ha.us2026-09-25 07:36:34
@tiotasram@kolektiva.social2026-09-30 06:11:41
Just because some words diffused across language boundaries without ever getting a proper orthographic update centuries ago doesn't mean we can't fix them today.
Think I might start spelling ylama and armadiylo and such like this and just wait for them to catch on. Definitely going to be pronouncing them closer to their source languages either way.
If you speak Spanish (or Quechua) do you have feelings about this? Obviously in Spanish the llama and armadillo spellings are correct (I don't know much about Quechua orthography, but assume llama is also correct there when written in roman characters).
#linguistics #orthography