Tag: language
Mando’a Language
This is a great post about Mando’a, the Mandalorian language in Star Wars. It was created by Karen Traviss for the Star Wars Expanded Universe….
Swearing in Star Trek
This is a great idea posted by textsfromstarfleet for why some Star Trek series don’t have swearing and some do. Like for example Star Trek:…
Funny Accents Influenced by Media
LOL! It’s amusing when people learn a new language but they have a funny accent because they were influenced by media. Like these stories about…
Yiddish Words
Yiddish is a rich and vibrant language with words that hold a unique place in Jewish culture and heritage. Yiddish has evolved over centuries to…
Korean, Chinese, and Japanese
This is an interesting post about people easily mixing up the Korean, Chinese, and Japanese written languages. Look at them together: Source
The First 4th Person Pronoun
So apparently kids now say “Chat” before they start a sentence, as in Twitch Chat. “Chat” might legitimately be the first dedicated 4th person pronoun…
We Should Teach ASL to Everyone
This post makes some really good points about why we should teach ASL to everyone, not just deaf people. American Sign Language (ASL) is a…
Dead Metaphors
This is a very interesting language history post about dead metaphors and malapropisms. A malaprop is theĀ mistakenĀ use of a word in place of a similar-sounding…
Shakespeare But With Swearing
This is an amusing thread about adding swear words, specifically f*ck, into Shakespeare‘s work when rehearsing. It turns the archaic language into something more familiar…
List of Latin Swear Words
LOL! This is a great list of Latin swear words so you can learn how to curse in Latin! Latin is a classical language with…