stancarey , to random
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A smooth newt, Ireland's only newt species, and the first I've seen in an age. Encountered it in soil near Lough Corrib while planting hazel trees

stancarey OP ,
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Fun newt fact, or rather "newt" fact:

"A newt" used to be "an ewte", but the "n" jumped across thanks to rebracketing (misdivision, reanalysis, etc.)*

The word's Old English etymon, "eft", now refers more narrowly to the juvenile terrestrial stage of certain newts.

  • See also: adder, apron, nickname, umpire…

thecodingbeard , to random
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Today's #ai #generated #podcast is #up. #news #current #events #media

Today we #dive into the #world of #banking as #advocates #express #hope but remain wary of# banks' pledge to stop abusive e-transfers.

We'll also discuss the #struggle for #alone time that many #moms face, as #research suggests an #unfair #division of #labor is to #blame.

#Scientists need your help to find #zombie-#infected #cicadas filled with #gut #pudding. Yes, you heard that right.

https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/swift85/episodes/May-12--2024-e2ji84s

BeAware ,
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@thecodingbeard ... You don't need to #tag #random #words in your #posts.

It feels kinda #weird and #scummy #notgonnalie 😬😬😬

helenczerski , to random
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Suggestion of the day (otherwise known as If Helen Ruled The World edict 127):

We should stop describing ocean fish populations as fish "stocks". They're communities of a living organism, not stacked up items in a pantry waiting for us to take them. Just the use of the word implies that they only have value if we take them, and we need to kick that habit. The natural world is not there only for us to extract/plunder/take/damage for short-term gain (and sometimes not even that).

bibliolater , to linguistics group
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Walter W. Skeat and the Oxford English Dictionary

"Throughout his life, Skeat supported the OED by his reviews (today it seems incredible that once not everybody praised Murray’s work) and kept chastising his countrymen for their ignorance and stupidity when it came to philology. He never stopped complaining that people used to offer silly hypotheses of word origins, instead of consulting the greatest authority there was."

https://blog.oup.com/2024/04/walter-w-skeat-and-the-oxford-english-dictionary/

@bookstodon @linguistics

jeridansky , to random
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April 1, and sadly not a joke: Dictionary.com and Thesaurus.com get acquired:
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/ixl-learning-acquires-dictionary-com-121500032.html

April 12: The entire team of lexicographers at Dictionary.com gets laid off.
https://bsky.app/profile/korystamper.bsky.social/post/3kpxgzhx7eo2l

Susan_Larson_TN , to random
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KristinHenry , to random
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Starting to experiment with drawing ants and text in the same piece.

appassionato , to bookstodon group
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Roots of Happiness: 100 Words for Joy and Hope From Britain’s Most-Loved Word Expert by Susie Dent

This joyous collection of 100 positive words and their origins will show readers young and old just how wonderful language can be - and how you can use your words to make the world a happier place.

@bookstodon






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    Feeling awkward at a party rn, here’s a poem for courage 🤞

    @poetry @writingcommunity

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