#Vowel

Charlotte MacKechnie

c_mackechnie

How not to teach spelling (the 'don'ts'): Don’t introduce only 1 spelling of a vowel sound – and especially do not encourage children to use this 1 spelling whenever they

mikro bir dil konuşuyom

thisisnotaru

Thread - Writing in the Armeno-Turkish alphabet Armeno-Turkish was a way to write the Ottoman Turkish language using the Armenian alphabet. This script was not just used by Armenians,

Sāmapriya Vasu | Šamoprio Boš(u)

samopriya

#Ossetian for the Caucasian #carp is сардзан (Ir. šarzan, Digor. sarʣan) or сазан (Ir. šažan, Digor. sazan), both loaned from Turkic, the latter perhaps via Russian саза́н (sazán).According to Dybo

(slow)핫백1위 우주고래 🐳 🌌

hiraeth8221

Ok I guess we are having Thread No. 2 about hyung/hyungie/hyung-ah: This will also cover Jungkook-ie. Here we go But before we go into JK-ie, I want to make this

Uwe Edelheit (no, that's not my real name)

dietweeterei

1/ You probably have heard about the ominous letter "ß", which is only used in Standard #German orthography. It is used to write the sound [s]. Meet your new favourite

Ben Mitchell

OhBendy

It's quite instructive looking at fonts with problems! I see the same mistakes when Latin-accustomed designers tackle Southeast Asian scripts. Here are the main ones... 1. In Latin, we make

zev handel

ZevHandel

So here’s a cool thing about the Korean word “bibimbap” 비빔밥—aside from the fact that it’s the name of a delicious, healthy, and versatile food. The letter ㅂ appears

Prof Tanja Bueltmann

cliodiaspora

“Our language”... about that:English is a West Germanic language of the Indo-European family. It first came to these islands through Angles, Saxons and Jutes—migrants from the continent who brought their

Scott "Inside Joke for One" Paladin

scottpaladin

Hey sci-fi and fantasy writers, it's OK to put words like Aleahji'Quadkta or whatever into your stories. But just stringing semi-random letters together will only take you so far. So,

Clay Kaytis

ClayKaytis

Let’s spend some of our Friday eve doing some action analysis for animation.... The first thing that that caught my eye was the extra head bounce at the end. Most

Sāmapriya Vasu | Šamoprio Boš(u)

samopriya

Elamite word of the day!Achæmenid #Elamite 𒁇𒋼𒌨 bar-te-taš ('storage facility for (royal??) commodities') — loan from (late) Old Persian *𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘥ē𝘥𝘢 with -š suffixed as is often seen in nominal loans

David Mooney

DavidMooney

I've written a lot of #ManCity Sporcle quizzes down the last few years. If you want to try some #MCFC trivia, here's a thread of them. Some are easier than

Melanie “Stay Home” Gilbert

melanieinboston

This past December, the @HolocaustMuseum in Washington, D.C., accepted a donation of the book, "Fahnlein Fibel" from my family for their Nazi propaganda exhibit. Here's the story of this book

Christian Tu-Cheesy Potatoes

chrtucci

Here's a thread of examples of rhetorical devices in Taylor Swift lyrics: 1. ADNOMINATION: the repetition of words with the same root in a sentence.“That you never loved me, or

Jeff B., who on earth is this guy??

EsotericCD

Yup, spread of literacy + invention of movable type meant language got written down, reproduced easily, and thus by necessity formalized in terms of spelling and grammar. We can still

Adam W 🍓

wegottheflow

WHY IS ENGLISH SPELT LIKE THAT?: A thread So this is a topic I see misrepresented and misconceived CONSTANTLY but it’s one I’m very interested in so I’m gonna tackle

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