#Language

I do hope all these strenuous efforts from publishers like SpringerNature to deter authors from using RRS and immediate self-archiving of the accepted manuscript upon acceptance, result in a Streisand
Read more
Short thread on mantras and why their translation into other languages will not work (especially into English and other European languages)The question is asked “We can’t understand Sanskrit mantras, why
Read more
WeWork has created a grant program for Black businesses. The grant application buries you in mile's worth of legal language but the only section you need to read is the
Read more
I know my English is poor today, but I have something I want to talk to my overseas fans about.We doujinshi writers and manga writers cannot distribute our works abroad
Read more
One of the things that gets me about TERFs spamming my notifications insisting I'm in the wrong when asking for more inclusive language when we talk #endFGM is the fact
Read more
Some people asked me to discuss the @ACLU tweet on language deprivation so a brief thread incoming. My bona-fides? I have been deaf since infancy and "language deprivation scientist" is
Read more
Merrick, I'm not gonna @ u because I'm lazy and too tired to deal with basically everything at this point, but there are no contexts where a white person saying
Read more
The Igbo People Of Jamaica.During the trans-Atlantic slave trade, the Igbo people were taken to Jamaica as slaves in relatively high numbers between 1790 and 1809. The Igbos were spread
Read more
tips for learning japanese... for native english speakers... with zach... a thread (ok2rt) tip 1. go ahead and get over that stigma about "only learning jpn because you're a weeb".
Read more
My great grandfather apparently knew 15 languages and translated from English to Tamil, from Tamil to English and Sanskrit, and Sanskrit to English. My grandfather was all about English
Read more
A couple of reflections to kick off the day regarding language. The journalists following this thread may find this interesting. Others may tune out ...When @DanielAndrewsMP announced the hard lockdown
Read more
Why I won't be putting my pronouns in my email signature:This has now become "encouraged" at my university. A few in my department have embraced this (including one who seems
Read more
1. It's actually shameful to see how some dimwits consider themselves as defence experts and spit in their half knowledge on every issue related to national security and diplomacy. I'm
Read more
the professorial presence we need, now and in the future#HotDogHotDogHotDiggityDog #AcademicChatter #HigherEd https://twitter.com/DrKaylaHIED/status/1294116738221715459 You know, I also want to say, I equate this ideal of "professorial
Read more
Sanskrit, The superior languageMaharishi Panini was a genius who complied rules of sanskrit Grammar in shortest possible form in his text "Ashtadhyayi" a book of 8 chapters. There are thousands
Read more
There is a lot I like about this book. It's well-written, and includes a lot on the scientific study of groups (i.e. it's not a business book containing some CEO's
Read more