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Vzvzvz!<p>The sound of "yawning" in Japanese!<br><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/onomatopoeia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onomatopoeia</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maps</span></a></p>
Vzvzvz!<p>The sound of "snake hissing" in Hindi!<br><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/onomatopoeia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onomatopoeia</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maps</span></a></p>
The Vulgar Tongue<p>CRAB LANTHORN. A peevish fellow.</p><p>A selection from Francis Grose’s “Dictionary Of The Vulgar Tongue” (1785)</p><p>--<br><a href="https://zirk.us/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/literature" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>literature</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/dictionaries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dictionaries</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/society" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>society</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://zirk.us/tags/slang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>slang</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/histodons" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>histodons</span></a></span></p>
Vzvzvz!<p>The sound of "baby crying" in Estonian!<br><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/onomatopoeia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onomatopoeia</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maps</span></a></p>
Stan Carey<p>Pronouns, podcasts, and (hallucinating) parrots: a fresh batch of language links on the blog <br><a href="https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2025/07/10/link-love-language-80/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stancarey.wordpress.com/2025/0</span><span class="invisible">7/10/link-love-language-80/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/links" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>links</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>blog</span></a></p>
Gauff 🇪🇺<p>I'm seeing so many posts in <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>German</span></a> in my timeline, and I cannot speak German 😅</p><p>My instance is <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/French" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>French</span></a> , I'd love to make German friends, but <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> is a barrier 😕</p><p>Is it because we don't specify the language we use in each post? Are there any option to detect languages and <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/translate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>translate</span></a> <a href="https://piaille.fr/tags/toots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>toots</span></a> ?</p>
Vzvzvz!<p>The sound of "laughter" in Somali!<br><a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/onomatopoeia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>onomatopoeia</span></a> <a href="https://stefanbohacek.online/tags/maps" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>maps</span></a></p>
Rowan Brad Quni<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://openbiblio.social/@pampel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>pampel</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@BarcelonaDORI" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>BarcelonaDORI</span></a></span> I agree wholeheartedly, and point out that <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/AI" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>AI</span></a> (<a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/LLM" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LLM</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> model) is very much an <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/information" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>information</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.science/tags/system" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>system</span></a></p>
Daniel<p>The word junction literally means joint. In fact, they're the same word: joint came through French, while junction was taken directly from Latin.</p><p>But they're also related to yoke: it's the thing that joins two animals together.</p><p>And all of those are related to the word yoga. Though I'm not sure what the exact development of meaning is. Wikipedia refers both to ideas of "yoking in the senses", thereby restraining them, and to *connecting* to some divine power or spirit.</p><p>I don't have the background to weigh in on that debate, but it's clear the words have a joint history.</p><p><a href="https://autistics.life/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://autistics.life/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a></p>