Language
10 unrolled threads about language, each one readable on a single page.
yuri 🍉@girassobiIn memory of the ban on Twitter in Brazil, I present to you my favorite "translated from Portuguese" tweets, a thread; because it's always a brazilian at the scene of the crime ...
SummaryA tribute thread celebrating humorous Portuguese-to-English translations of Brazilian tweets, showcasing the distinctive language quirks and cultural humor of Brazilian Twitter users before the platform's ban in Brazil.Aug 30, 202432 tweets♥ 272K
Iván Fernández Amil@ivanfamilLa letra "Ñ" no existe en inglés, ni en francés, ni en alemán. No viene del latín y, sin embargo, está en miles de palabras del castellano y en lenguas como el gallego, el euskera, el quechua o el fil...
SummaryUn hilo que cuenta la historia de la letra Ñ, originada en la Edad Media como abreviatura de monjes para ahorrar tinta (represntando la doble N), que evolucionó en un sonido único del castellano e imprimió oficialmente en 1492. Hoy es una letra distintiva de más de 600 millones de hispanohablantes y un símbolo de identidad lingüística que se extendió a otras lenguas como quechua, gallego, euskera y tagalo.Apr 19, 202516 tweets♥ 87.2K
Maki@renatarsilvaxAlerta de utilidade pública! O @govbr lançou um aplicativo 100% gratuito para aprender inglês e espanhol, com direito a lições rápidas, ofensivas e mascotes brasileiros. Segue o fio que te mostro c...
SummaryO governo brasileiro lançou o MEC Idiomas, um aplicativo gratuito para aprender inglês e espanhol com interface gamificada, lições práticas em 3 etapas e um assistente de IA integrado. O app usa mascotes brasileiros (capivara e arara) ao invés de personagens intimidadores para acompanhar o progresso do usuário.Jun 2, 20267 tweets♥ 24.3K
HYBEBOY@HybeBoy6131/ Netflix subtitled the BTS: THE RETURN trailer and while the translations are solid, there's a whole layer of meaning that doesn't make it through. Here's what the Korean is actually saying 🧵 https...
SummaryA detailed breakdown of how Netflix's English subtitles for the BTS: The Return trailer miss crucial nuances in the Korean language—from wordplay and cultural references to untranslatable concepts like 'han' that carry deep historical meaning. The thread highlights how literal translations fail to capture the emotional weight and intentionality behind BTS members' original Korean words.Mar 17, 20268 tweets♥ 14.4K
🩹 𐔌・Punpun ! 🍇 〃・꒱@cherrypunpun__Un pequeño hilo tras todo esto y cosas que he notado: 🧵
SummaryUn análisis sobre cómo el inglés funciona como idioma de prestigio en internet, donde muchas personas hispanohablantes interiorizan la idea de que deben alejarse de lo hispano para ser tomadas en serio, lo que puede llevar a xenofobia internalizada y asimilación cultural forzada.Mar 30, 202624 tweets♥ 16.6K
Merriam-Webster@MerriamWebsterSomething interesting you might not have realized: a number of words in English are NOUNS when you stress the FIRST syllable, but VERBS when you stress the SECOND syllable. "Your CONduct is better...
SummaryEnglish has numerous word pairs where the noun form is stressed on the first syllable while the verb form is stressed on the second syllable, such as "CONduct" (noun) vs "conDUCT" (verb), "PREsent" (noun) vs "preSENT" (verb), and "RECord" (noun) vs "reCORD" (verb).Jan 7, 20263 tweets♥ 13.2K
DEI 4 White Guys@DEI4WhiteGuys🧵 When I heard Entdecktes Judenthum (aka Judaism Unmasked) had never been translated into English in its 2000-page entirety, I felt compelled to do it myself. I was able to procure one of the 3000 co...
SummarySomeone is undertaking a complete English translation of the 2,000-page 18th-century German text "Entdecktes Judenthum" (Judaism Exposed) by Johann Andrea Eisenmenger, a historically significant antisemitic work, using OCR and AI translation tools while providing original pages, extracted text, and English translations in parallel.Feb 17, 20269 tweets♥ 11KMerriam-Webster@MerriamWebsterA ‘kangaroo word’ is a word that contains all of the letters of one of its synonyms in order. E.g. ‘chicken’ contains the word ‘hen.’ The word inside the kangaroo word is called a ‘joey word.’ 🧵⬇️
SummaryA kangaroo word contains all the letters of a synonym (joey word) in order. The thread explains variations including twin kangaroos with multiple joey words, grand kangaroos with nested joeys, and anti-kangaroos containing antonyms, with examples like 'charisma' containing 'charm' and 'covert' containing 'overt.'Aug 5, 20266 tweets♥ 9.3KMerriam-Webster@MerriamWebsterSome words go together like jelly and peanut butter… wait, that sounds super weird. A pair of words that is used in a fixed order in an idiomatic expression is called an ‘irreversible binomial.’ ‘Pe...
SummaryIrreversible binomials are pairs of words used in a fixed order in idiomatic expressions, like 'peanut butter and jelly.' Their order is determined by various patterns including alliteration, rhyming, phonetics, and historical usage, and sometimes extend to trinomials or proper nouns.Aug 4, 20266 tweets♥ 6.3K
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