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Public Domain Image Archive<p>Illustration by Paul Franck, from The Proper Art of Writing (1655).</p><p>Source: @gettymuseum@mastodon.social / Internet Archive</p><p>Available to buy as a print.</p><p><a href="https://pdimagearchive.org/images/bcd9623d-12c1-41e0-991b-c5f6cff66f0f" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">pdimagearchive.org/images/bcd9</span><span class="invisible">623d-12c1-41e0-991b-c5f6cff66f0f</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/alphabets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>alphabets</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/letters" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>letters</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/calligraphy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>calligraphy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/typography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>typography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/orthography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orthography</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/design" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>design</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/lettering" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lettering</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/publicdomain" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>publicdomain</span></a></p>
Dianora (Diane Bruce)<p>quote from article Can you say “phantom breaking?” (Source elided)</p><p>The question I have now is how can one break a phantom? </p><p>😀 </p><p><a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Orthography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Orthography</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linguistics</span></a></p>
C. Buck<p>June 26th @ 8:30pm EST, “Script Adaptation Gone Wrong” Livestream<br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@NeographyAtoZ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">youtube.com/@NeographyAtoZ</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/neography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neography</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/orthography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orthography</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/lingustics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lingustics</span></a></p>
Stan Carey<p>Reading a university style guide that recommends "eleven year-old children".</p><p>This does not mean what they think it means, but on the plus side it could lead to some wildly amusing data.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/punctuation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>punctuation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/hyphens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>hyphens</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/StyleGuide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>StyleGuide</span></a> <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/orthography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orthography</span></a></p>
C. Buck<p>magical things are happening in my head today <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/conlang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conlang</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/neography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neography</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/orthography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orthography</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/conscript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conscript</span></a></p>
C. Buck<p><a href="https://youtube.com/@neographyatoz?si=x9Fu7cl6Zh4m62Jd" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/@neographyatoz?si=</span><span class="invisible">x9Fu7cl6Zh4m62Jd</span></a></p><p>Don't forget everyone, tonight at 9 pm EST we will be looking at <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/abugidas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abugidas</span></a>.</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/neography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neography</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/orthography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orthography</span></a></p>
C. Buck<p><a href="https://youtu.be/7atejOPZDe0?si=iGuQDnhpvnSxVPm_" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/7atejOPZDe0?si=iGuQDn</span><span class="invisible">hpvnSxVPm_</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/neography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neography</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/scifi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>scifi</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/orthography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orthography</span></a></p><p>Nerds unite!</p>
C. Buck<p><a href="https://youtu.be/dYtXhaIy3vc" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">youtu.be/dYtXhaIy3vc</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/orthography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orthography</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/conlangs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>conlangs</span></a></span></p>
C. Buck<p><a href="https://youtu.be/sbQzipiqOlc?si=7y74-scxFPbRxuVu" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/sbQzipiqOlc?si=7y74-s</span><span class="invisible">cxFPbRxuVu</span></a></p><p>Watch what I have to say about aliens that spew goo.</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/neography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neography</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/orthography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orthography</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a></p>
C. Buck<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/3Zvs50BWS-0?si=mcjmBSO4xtjpohEN" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/live/3Zvs50BWS-0?s</span><span class="invisible">i=mcjmBSO4xtjpohEN</span></a></p><p>Gonna be live in 1 hour!</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/conlang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conlang</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/neography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neography</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/orthography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orthography</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/writingsystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingsystem</span></a></p>
C. Buck<p>I have created a Discord server for those so inclined. </p><p>Please join to discuss <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/conscripts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conscripts</span></a>, <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/neography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neography</span></a>, or <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/orthography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orthography</span></a> in general. All are welcome!</p><p><a href="https://discord.gg/xX7MU9jy" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">discord.gg/xX7MU9jy</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p>
C. Buck<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/live/3Zvs50BWS-0?si=zBD7cbraq1Xi8vRQ" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/live/3Zvs50BWS-0?s</span><span class="invisible">i=zBD7cbraq1Xi8vRQ</span></a></p><p>Viewers voted, and for some reason want to see my ugly mug. Join me 5 April at 8pm EST (00 hrs 6 April GMT) for a live Q&amp;A about all things <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/neography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neography</span></a> and <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/orthography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orthography</span></a> related. <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/conlangs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>conlangs</span></a></span></p>
C. Buck<p><a href="https://youtube.com/shorts/Ug8EJQmGnp4?si=qIJqgfnVyHhrxwFg" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/shorts/Ug8EJQmGnp4</span><span class="invisible">?si=qIJqgfnVyHhrxwFg</span></a></p><p>Redux. <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/neography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neography</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/orthography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orthography</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/conlang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conlang</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/conlang" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>conlang</span></a></span></p>
C. Buck<p><a href="https://youtu.be/sz_NRMV0b-E?si=vbGtJGBhZ7nXax2P" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/sz_NRMV0b-E?si=vbGtJG</span><span class="invisible">BhZ7nXax2P</span></a></p><p>Grab your preferred lightsaber and see what I and <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@dedalvs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>dedalvs</span></a></span> have to say about Aurebesh.</p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/starwars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>starwars</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/neography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neography</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/orthography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orthography</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a></p>
C. Buck<p><a href="https://youtu.be/mWekUskspwk?si=B9oSfUir9OkFck56" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/mWekUskspwk?si=B9oSfU</span><span class="invisible">ir9OkFck56</span></a></p><p>If you like a detailed <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/conworld" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conworld</span></a>, check out my review of one tiny aspect of Zompist's (<span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://wandering.shop/@zompist" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>zompist</span></a></span>) Verduria. </p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/orthography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orthography</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/neography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neography</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/conlang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conlang</span></a></p>
Head·word /ˈhedˌwɜː(ɹ)d/ n.<p>Happy <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/InternationalMotherLanguageDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InternationalMotherLanguageDay</span></a> !</p><p>I wrote this blog post (in Danish) for Lingoblog about <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/Greenlandic" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Greenlandic</span></a> (<a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/Kalaallisut" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Kalaallisut</span></a>) orthography and other <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/Inuit" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Inuit</span></a> writing systems.</p><p><a href="https://www.lingoblog.dk/arktiske-modersmaal/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">lingoblog.dk/arktiske-modersma</span><span class="invisible">al/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/Lingoblog" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>Lingoblog</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/orthography" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>orthography</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/WritingSystem" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WritingSystem</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/WritingSystems" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>WritingSystems</span></a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/InternationalMotherTongueDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#<span>InternationalMotherTongueDay</span></a></p>
C. Buck<p>Good morning.</p><p>Grab a cup of raktajino and watch my review of Klingon writing systems.</p><p><a href="https://youtu.be/F_d4gv3Gcm0?si=qk-4anMgJ31E90-Q" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">youtu.be/F_d4gv3Gcm0?si=qk-4an</span><span class="invisible">MgJ31E90-Q</span></a></p><p><a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/conlang" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conlang</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/klingon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>klingon</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/orthography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orthography</span></a> <a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/neography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>neography</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/conlangs" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>conlangs</span></a></span></p>
Dianora (Diane Bruce)<p>The word is "Kowtow" *to kneel etc.* however whenever I see it misspelled as "Cow Tow" I get the weirdest imagery in my mind.</p><p><a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> <a href="https://ottawa.place/tags/Orthography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Orthography</span></a></p>
Joshua McNeill<p>I recently found out about this issue via multiplayer <a href="https://h4.io/tags/videogame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>videogame</span></a> drama, but it's interesting that both <a href="https://h4.io/tags/NPR" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NPR</span></a> and <a href="https://h4.io/tags/Erdogan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Erdogan</span></a> seem to have conflated <a href="https://h4.io/tags/spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>spelling</span></a> and <a href="https://h4.io/tags/pronunciation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>pronunciation</span></a>.</p><p>(Also, this is just kind of à propos for today.)</p><p><a href="https://h4.io/tags/MMO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MMO</span></a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/MMOs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MMOs</span></a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/Turkey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Turkey</span></a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/T%C3%BCrkiye" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Türkiye</span></a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/Thanksgiving" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Thanksgiving</span></a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/orthography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orthography</span></a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/phonetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phonetics</span></a> <a href="https://h4.io/tags/phonology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>phonology</span></a></p><p><a href="https://www.npr.org/2023/01/08/1147704945/the-state-department-will-begin-spelling-turkey-as-turkiye" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">npr.org/2023/01/08/1147704945/</span><span class="invisible">the-state-department-will-begin-spelling-turkey-as-turkiye</span></a></p>
M. Ní Sídach<p>A Guide To Our Alphabet (English)<br><a href="https://sfba.social/tags/RobWords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RobWords</span></a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Science</span></a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Technology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Technology</span></a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Culture</span></a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/History" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>History</span></a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linguistics</span></a>, <a href="https://sfba.social/tags/Orthography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Orthography</span></a><br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tBQCup27ukE" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=tBQCup27uk</span><span class="invisible">E</span></a></p>