martin_e

flourogoth.bsky.social

02 April 2026 14:42

These posts are so wonderfully written. Which, I guess, one would expect. But they're still a delight to read.

Linguistic Discovery

linguisticdiscovery.com

03 March 2026 00:40

Why the worst idea in linguistics won’t die: Why the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis is mostly wrong (mostly) open.substack.com/pub/colingor...

The bird, not the painter

rembrandtswife.bsky.social

02 March 2026 19:42

Random fun fact you might already know: Composer Percy Grainger was also possessed of this mania *g* to the point that his score markings were in Very English words rather than the standard Italian. How to make an entire choir crack up? Put the direction "Breathe when blown" into a score *g*

Jackson Crawford

norsebysw.bsky.social

02 March 2026 15:03

I think it’s neat that Persian آسمان (âsmân) “sky” and English “heaven” come from the same Proto-Indo-European word, and that this word meant *rock.* It speaks to a very different ancient conception of what’s up there that sometimes confuses us when we read mythology.

Logeion Greek-Latin

logeiongklat.bsky.social

23 February 2026 19:11

I love the Dutch calques of mathematics and physics: wis-kunde, natuur-kunde, knowledge of knowing, knowledge of nature. These are still standard; heelkunde (healing) is now archaic for medicine.