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Jeremy Bradley @jeremue.bsky.social · 2d

That's what I'm doing right now. When you're being told by hosts of actual linguists, people who work with language and its role in society professionally, that your behavior here was problematic, it might make sense to take a step back and consider if this is actually a role you want to play.

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Jeremy Bradley @jeremue.bsky.social · 2d

If there is a genuine issue with understanding what someone means, you can ask for clarification, but this simply wasn't the case here, and it basically never is with these kind of style questions.

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Jeremy Bradley @jeremue.bsky.social · 2d

Well that's exactly the issue: if you give this kind of unsolicited advice, you are positioning yourself hierarchically. The appropriate context for corrections of this type is between parents and children, teachers and students: i.e. hierarchical relationships.

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Jeremy Bradley @jeremue.bsky.social · 2d

Not really. There is a difference between a consensus on structure and meaning arising naturally (which happens also in communities without literacy!), and proscribing structures and words where that consensus existed. That's inherently hierarchical and not something people need to be doing.

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Jeremy Bradley @jeremue.bsky.social · 2d

(Not that this was probably the classic emphatic usage, but from the same domain.)

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Jeremy Bradley @jeremue.bsky.social · 2d

Also, etymology / origin has little (nothing) to do with what is considered "correct", but emphatic use of -self forms is incredibly old, as exemplified by it working in German too! ("Ich selbst hätte das so nicht gemacht") Which really underlines how .. somebody just made up this "rule".

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Jeremy Bradley @jeremue.bsky.social · Aug 16

Es tut mir Leid, aber das kann so nicht stimmen. Am 9. August dieses Jahres gab es keine Mondfinsternis.

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Institut für Finnougristik, LMU München @finnougristiklmu.bsky.social · Aug 4

The Institute of Uralic Studies at LMU Munich is seeking applications for a position of a lecturer in Hungarian. It is a full-time permanent position with a starting date in February 2026. The deadline for applications is 20 September 2025. Please spread the word! job-portal.lmu.de/jobposting/a...

Lecturer in Hungarian (m/f/x)

job-portal.lmu.de

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Jeremy Bradley @jeremue.bsky.social · Jul 14

(obviously, you can ping me for logistical details)

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Jeremy Bradley @jeremue.bsky.social · Jul 14

But the main question as regards time needed: can you make it to Hamburg?

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Jeremy Bradley @jeremue.bsky.social · Jul 14

Time-consuming but not terrible. I've visited all of them. You take a train to Dagebüll (about 3 hours from Hamburg) and get on a ferry there, 1-2 hours depending which one you're heading to. They're wonderfully easy to get around on by bike, and there are rentals.

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Jeremy Bradley @jeremue.bsky.social · Jul 2

The makers of Star Trek: TNG also picked it up and gave it to a race of big-eared greedy aliens.
Persian in turn got the term from a weird foreign force appearing in Western Asia during the crusades: the Franks, a Germanic tribe that also gave its name to Frankfurt, and of course, France. (3/3)

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Jeremy Bradley @jeremue.bsky.social · Jul 2

The Meadow Mari word is clearly borrowed from (Turkic) bäräηgä ‘potato’, which Ähmätyanov traces back to Persian farang (the f ~ p/b alternation is common in the region) – a generic word used for weird foreign stuff that’s spread across Eurasia into languages such as Thai, Hmong, Lao, Hokkien. (2/3)

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Jeremy Bradley @jeremue.bsky.social · Jul 2

#CursedEtymologies: This makes sense, I promise!

The Meadow Mari (a Finno-Ugric language of the Volga region) word pareηge 'potato' at first sight seems odd ... and at second sight seems etymologically connected to France, and the Ferengi – an alien race from Star Trek.

How come? (1/3)

A circular arrangement of: a potato, three Ferengi (aliens from Star Trek), Paris (showing the Eiffel Tower and the Seine), with lines connecting the three and an equal sign = in a circle over each line.

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Jeremy Bradley @jeremue.bsky.social · Jun 27

Ich komm mit ihnen immer ins Gespräch, weil ich Estnisch kann (long story) - dann werden sie noch erfrischend ehrlicher darüber, dass das ganze eher life style als Band ist. Kaufe ihnen jedes Mal eine CD ab, rein aus Respekt dafür

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Jeremy Bradley @jeremue.bsky.social · Apr 13

Literally where the term comes from!!

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Jeremy Bradley @jeremue.bsky.social · Apr 13

I'm sure I've read people questioning if Slavic aspect is really prototypical aspect - same energy!

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Finno-Ugristik Wien @finn-ugr-wien.bsky.social · Feb 24

Die Anmeldung für die IFUSCO XL (22.-26. April), die diesjährige internationale finno-ugrische Studierendenkonferenz, ist offen!

Registration for IFUSCO XL (22 - 26 April), this year's International Finno-Ugric Students' Conference, is open!

ifuscoxl.univie.ac.at

A porcelain bear is sitting in front of a computer, filling out a registration form. The name "Oš" is entered into the field "Given name", all other fields are empty.

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Jeremy Bradley @jeremue.bsky.social · Feb 22

Dat moment when you've survived the winter school

Finno-Ugristik Wien @finn-ugr-wien.bsky.social · Feb 22

And with that, the winter school has come and gone. Follow this account to not miss the next one being announced!

Jeremy Bradley (Vienna) presenting at the closing of the 2025 Uralic Winter School. Slide reads "🤗 Independent 🤗 Uralic Winter School 2025 =Closing=", a digital clock unser projection reads 12:24

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Finno-Ugristik Wien @finn-ugr-wien.bsky.social · Feb 20

Accidentally artsy group picture.

#2025WinterSchool

Group picture of participants in the 2025 Winter School of Finno-Ugric Studies, standing in an ice-cold but sunny courtyard, some participants wearing winter jackets, hats, and gloves, some participants wearing just a sweater.

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Finno-Ugristik Wien @finn-ugr-wien.bsky.social · Feb 17

The #2025WinterSchool of Finno-Ugric studies has begun, with appropriate temperatures!

Weather widget showing -7° in Mauerbach at 07:42

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Jeremy Bradley @jeremue.bsky.social · Jan 24

What I also find so frustrating about dismissing the severity of this behavior because it's all jokey-jokes and trolling (I don't think the quoted post is necessarily doing that, but lots of folks are) is ... like that isn't directly lifted from the authoritarian playbook!

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Jeremy Bradley @jeremue.bsky.social · Jan 23

Fast 20 Jahre an der wiener Finno-Ugristik und noch nie diese Tafel direkt hinter der Abteilung bemerkt.

Übersichttafel der Institute am Campus der Universität Wien. Im Hof 7.2 gibt es laut der Tafel ein Einstitut für Finno und Ugrisrik.

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Jeremy Bradley @jeremue.bsky.social · Jan 19

Oh no! He seemed like a truly magnificent and lovable doofus.

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Jeremy Bradley @jeremue.bsky.social · Dec 25

"You'll be visited by three spirits."

The three spirits:

A map of the Hittite empire; three circles on it reading: *h1, *h2, *h3

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