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𝔸𝕟𝕔𝕚𝕖𝕟𝕥 𝕊𝕠𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕤 🔉<a href="https://mastodon.social/@BertSgroggins" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@BertSgroggins</a> Blog about various local words for sparrow:<a href="https://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/house-sparrow-nicknames.html" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.sciencebase.com/science-blog/house-sparrow-nicknames.html</a><a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodonapp.uk/tags/dialect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dialect</a>

Stan CareyNew post on Werner Herzog's voice, accent, mimics, and related matters:<a href="https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2025/02/25/werner-herzog-on-his-voice-and-its-mimics/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2025/02/25/werner-herzog-on-his-voice-and-its-mimics/</a><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/film" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#film</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/dialect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dialect</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/WernerHerzog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WernerHerzog</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/accents" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#accents</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blogging</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/speech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#speech</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#translation</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#words</a>

Head·word /ˈhedˌwɜː(ɹ)d/ n.Since learning the South Jutlandic dialect of Danish from my wife, I've always been aware that – compared to standard Danish – many final syllables are omitted, so they rely much more on tone and length to distinguish words.I've recently found a verb that is conjugated entirely through tones and lengths. ‘at vende’ – ‘to turn’:vende – /vɛ̌nː/ vender – /vɛ̂n/ or /vɛn̰/ vendte – /věːn/ vendt – /vêːn/ or /vḛːn/<a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linguistics</a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/dialect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dialect</a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/dialects" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dialects</a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/dialectology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dialectology</a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/IPA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IPA</a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/s%C3%B8nderjysk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sønderjysk</a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/dialekt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dialekt</a> <a href="https://lingo.lol/tags/dialekter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dialekter</a>

Mark DarbyshireGrandma used the word “whatsome” a lot. I've never heard anyone else say it. I often wonder where it came from.Curiously, the Oxford Dictionary defines it as an obsolete <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MiddleEnglish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MiddleEnglish</a> word meaning “whatever” that hasn't been used in over 500 years. “Whatsome” was Grandma's “whatchamacallit”. She could also say “and whatsome” in the sense of “and so on”.Incidentally, Oxford recognises “whatsomever” as a surviving <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dialect" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dialect</a> word.<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HistoricalLinguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HistoricalLinguistics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#English</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Etymology</a>

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