#language post

[mooncaps]

"That's just a made up word."

All words are made up, friend. Language has meaning because we give it meaning. Words mean things because we use them to express things to each other. We can make and do make new words as well as redefine the meanings of old words. Language isn't static. "Smartphone" was not a word that existed in 1973, but it does in 2023 and the word's meaning is commonly understood across English speaking societies. We shape language together as a species by communicating with each other. And sometimes we do that by inventing new words, using them, and explaining them to others who don't know about the new thing, until those words become common knowledge.

[phyripo]

Het is het waard te vermelden dat mijn blogtitel ('liquorice propaganda') in het Nederlands 'droppropaganda' is. Afgekort dropaganda :)

[wordsoup420]

Is there a word in any language for the emotion/concept/situation/phenomenon where it's sorta like a fond 'i hate you'? Like one would do to a sibling, an old kinda sorta friend, a crush, ect. Particularly when done in reaction to some sort of teasing?

[starchild--27]

one of my favourite german expressions gotta be "Welpenschutz" (literally: puppy protection). it's used when the youngest person(s) in a group or the one(s) with less experience is(are) treated with more consideration/less strictly.

adorbs.

[ertrunkenerwassergeist]

English-Hadnissa Dictionary: A

to accompany s.o. = komalne

adoptive father = memocrisi

papa = mocri, moci

adoptive mother = namacrisi

mama = macri, maci

age = sinehax

and = ala

to appear = ogirne

to be awake = uristne (run)

[languagelearningcorner]

Expressions/Feedback-Persian

How interesting-(che jāleb) چه جالب

Really-(vāgh?an) واقعا

How strange-(che ajeeb) چه عجیب

I can’t believe...- (bāvaram nemishe) باورم نمیشه

Exactly- (daghighan) دقیقا

I agree-(movāfegham) موافقم

I disagree- (mokhālefam/movāfegh nistam) مخالفم/موافق نیستم

How cute- (che bā mazeh/ che bā namak)- چه بامزه/ چه با نمک

I didn’t know that -(man ino nemidoonestam) من اینو نمیدونستم

*Please don’t hesitate to let me know if there are any typos/mistranslations/mis-transliterations:)

[blindbeta]

I’m autistic and I’ve often asked myself if able-bodies includes me or not. Considering I have no physical disabilities but my ability to control my limbs have become very fluxiating as of late. I would say I’m able-bodied as a short hand though.

Oh ok. That makes sense. Thanks!