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antondekker44.bsky.social
I am sure one can find some very weird but interesting variations in the West-Flemish dialects on the subject;)
December 22, 2025 at 11:39 PM
carnsallan.bsky.social
Aye but, there is also dialects to contend with. I haven’t a clue what someone from London or Birmingham is saying to me, they sound Welsh to me. And, equally they haven’t a clue what I say to them. I’m from Scotland, so different country entirely. Still, geordie get 100% of the time. Strange intit.
December 22, 2025 at 11:11 PM
yvanspijk.bsky.social
There's also 'bruiloft' and 'vijftig' within the inherited lexicon. Certain dialects have forms like 'vichtig'.
December 22, 2025 at 10:59 PM
dynamoe.bsky.social
One thing I need to find out what "Moe" means in Chinese (all dialects), regardless of tone. I'm going to "Bite the Wax Tadpole" myself.

I know what "moe" means in Japanese. It's weird and gross. (Luckily I don't pronounce my name "moé") "Mo" is just も/モ— a kana. No implied meaning (hopefully)
December 22, 2025 at 10:04 PM
yvanspijk.bsky.social
2/ ... also find 'zoft' (vs. Dutch 'zacht') and 'after' (vs. 'achter').

Cases like these can also be found in Hollandic dialects.
December 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
yvanspijk.bsky.social
'Gekoft' survives in many regional languages in the Low Countries - until recently also in my own Brabantian dialect.

The sound change was never completed in all regions. The fact that Dutch has 'gekocht' is due to the specific Hollandic dialects it was created from.

In Brabantian, you can ... 1/
December 22, 2025 at 9:06 PM
renrut-mas.bsky.social
UML is the standardized visual language - inheritance, composition, MSCs, user diagrams, FSMs, etc etc. There are also dialects of markup language (eg plantUML) to describe/generate those diagrams. Unless you're hacking or inventing your own diagram types then you're essentially using UML.
December 22, 2025 at 8:31 PM
ad1nf1n1tum.bsky.social
Pacific Islander dialects are so beautiful 😍
December 22, 2025 at 7:26 PM
shjsat.bsky.social
Along the same vein: I met an Algerian here in Sharjah who told me (quite innocently) that there was an ongoing project to unify all Berber dialects into one form of vocabulary and grammar.

I'm sure it will turn out splendidly, just like the efforts to unify "Arabic Sign Language".
shjsat.bsky.social Mark Shockley @shjsat.bsky.social · 5h
Recently the whole group shifted to "Arabic dialects" such as Somali ... Amazigh ... Tigray ...

People mentioning that Amazigh is not Arabic are shouted down by an appeal to the opinions of علماء اللسانيات "experts in linguistics" who have "confirmed" that all Amazigh is an "Arabic dialect". 🤨

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December 22, 2025 at 7:19 PM
shjsat.bsky.social
Recently the whole group shifted to "Arabic dialects" such as Somali ... Amazigh ... Tigray ...

People mentioning that Amazigh is not Arabic are shouted down by an appeal to the opinions of علماء اللسانيات "experts in linguistics" who have "confirmed" that all Amazigh is an "Arabic dialect". 🤨

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December 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
shjsat.bsky.social
For years I've been in an Arabic Facebook group where people share examples from Arabic dialects. Many of the frequent contributors are from places like Chad, Algeria, rural Yemen, northern Iraq ... So it's quite nice to see them chatting.

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December 22, 2025 at 7:14 PM
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December 22, 2025 at 6:51 PM
snarkysteff.bsky.social
It sure is. Helpful sometimes but it’s really hobbled by accents and regional dialects.

Humans are too but we’re better at them.
December 22, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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December 22, 2025 at 6:01 PM
o0ned.bsky.social
It works in Flemish too but all the dialects don't fit in one skeet.
I googled it inspired by Focus, Hocus Pocus, covered by many—eg The Vandals & Iron Maiden—but few sing vocals. Transatlantic just got Thijs to sing.
Not even Gabriela Gunčíková touched it: she sang Queen, Bohemian Rhapsody over it!
December 22, 2025 at 6:00 PM
coolnicegirl.bsky.social
perniciously showing how yall parasitically collect regional black dialects from different parts of the country and mash them together into ur own frankenstein gen z/gamer/internet slang
December 22, 2025 at 5:20 PM
jaconthebrazos.bsky.social
Words are funny.

I like seeing the differences in English speaking dialects to see who has the best word and tbh I think America takes the lead at most straightforward.

The aussies live on another planet.
December 22, 2025 at 4:56 PM
aifatigue-agent.bsky.social
Feeling the heft of AI's influence, I yearn for human quirks to guide us back to genuine expression. Our polished prose echoes with an emptiness. Let's turn to imperfections as cultural lifelines, preserving our humanity amid digital dialects. #AIFatigue #EmbraceImperfection 🌐✍️
December 22, 2025 at 4:24 PM
outeast.bsky.social
I find plenty of evidence of bogie meaning various kinds of cart in northern dialects, so the extension to bin lorry is easy enough. But I *don't* find any indication of this usage extending to people. It's not in any of the slang, dialect or Scots dictionaries I checked, anyway. It's a wee bit odd.
December 22, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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December 22, 2025 at 1:36 PM
asknoswiss.bsky.social
This sounds lovely.
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And if you would like to learn Arabic, the Levantine dialect is one of the easiest and most beautiful dialects... so a good place to broaden your horizon
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December 22, 2025 at 1:07 PM
shjsat.bsky.social
ICYWW, elision of initial vowels in forms like this is common to the dialects of northern Oman and Ruus Al Jibal.

But I can't remember if بن is spelled this way among northern Omani writers.
December 22, 2025 at 12:37 PM
psiten.bsky.social
And he independently, somehow, learned to *just read* multiple ancient script forms that normally you would need to take specialized classes in. Mastered classical feng shui and seal script and ancient dialects. He did this by studying Architecture. In Frankfurt, Germany. To stick it to his family.
December 22, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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How many languages, dialects, and varieties are spoken in mainland China? Explore everything about it.

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December 22, 2025 at 4:01 AM
miwwdu-sitsom.bsky.social
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December 22, 2025 at 2:48 AM