#snicksnack

[linguenuvolose]

May 2026

[capriciouswrites]

OMG TRICK OR TREAT SAF

Sakura doesn’t notice at first -- no one notices at first. It’s easy not to notice, at first. She has a good skin care routine -- which she’s yelled about loudly enough that most people are familiar with it -- and she’s always looked young for her age. People start to notice when it’s obvious that Ino -- someone whose skin care routine is even more in depth than Sakura’s, which they are, again, aware of via yelling -- looks older than her. But there’s an easy explanation for that -- after all, wasn’t Sakura’s teacher known for her youthful henge? So people roll their eyes but they don’t comment where Sakura can hear them, and she doesn’t notice anything different -- because there isn’t anything different for her to notice. Quite literally.

accepting trick or treaters all month! May get a snippet of a wip or something new!

[apsvin]

Snabb observation jag vill dela;

G som i gemenskap går så OTROLIGT hårt när man är drucken. Speciellt den Nürnberg dressing-room scenen. Det är en sådan absolut skitfilm men FAN vad bra den är. Vi har en tendens i min lilla krets att dra på G sisådär 4-5h in i varje häng-kväll. Tips. Vi hörs.

[linguenuvolose]

One of my recent favourite linguistic phenomena are words for geological aspects that are only used about nature in the region where the language is spoken.

Like in Swedish “fjäll” refers to mountains above the tree line, exclusively in the Nordic countries. It’s not that that’s the name of our mountain range, it’s just what we call mountains here. I can’t say that I’m going to the Italian “fjällen” because they do not exist. I’d have to say “berg” which is a more general word for mountain (which can also be used for Nordic mountains of course, although “fjällen” is way more common and also gives a very different picture in my opinion). Another example would be “älv” (big river) and, interestingly according to the dictionary of the Swedish Academy, a similar but not exactly equivalent feature, “flod”, has the usage note “mainly describing a feature abroad”. Personally I had never thought of this and to me there could be a “flod” in Sweden but not an “älv” abroad.

What fascinates me about this is that these are in no way features unique to here. Like how you’d think a “fjord” has a specific name because it’s so common in Norway and so uncommon elsewhere. Both “fjäll” and “älvar” are extremely common everywhere so why are they only used for our “fjäll” and “älvar”?

Anyway if anyone knows if this phenomenon has a name, if it has been studied and, most importantly, if you can think of any of these in your own language I’d love to hear about it!

[linguenuvolose]

November 2025

[linguenuvolose]

It is okay to email my old supervisor. He has always supported me. He will be happy to hear from me. He will not think I’m rude. Even if he can’t help me he’ll be sweet about it. Emailing him does not warrant a fight or flight response. The sooner I email the better.

[linguenuvolose]

Happy international mother language day to everyone and especially to those of you who speak a minority, endangered or stigmatised language!

[linguenuvolose]

My grandma used to collect egg cups and when she passed away I got a couple of them. This morning my boyfriend had a boiled egg out of one of them and it felt so beautiful and important to me that I started crying. The idea that these two people who mean so much to me and never met still get to be connected