At this juncture in posting, I would like to make an announcement of interest mainly to myself. I have inadvertently begun a 'little' #writingproject. If it grows bigger, I may actually post some of it here (like I don't have enough to post already).
At this point in the exercise, I can confirm it concerns #ChildrensLiterature, #Fantasy, #SpeculativeFiction, #PerceptionofTime, #Communication, and #Etymology.
It will likely be a mix of #Prose and #ExperimentalPoetry. With some luck, well, actually a lot of luck, it may make sense, and might even reach a conclusion. Beyond those pieces of information, all is uncertainty.
BTW, Did I mention, #Dadaism and #Existential #Absurdism? Probably some of that's going to enter into the equation. #Writing #Narrative
The word “fascinate” entered English in the 1590s, meaning “to bewitch or enchant.”
It derives from the French fasciner (14th century) and Latin fascinatus, the past participle of fascinare, “to bewitch, enchant, or fascinate.”
Latin fascinare stems from fascinum (or fascinus), denoting “a charm, enchantment, spell, or witchcraft,” often linked to a phallus-shaped amulet used in ancient Rome to ward off the evil eye.
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Curiosity of the day. What's the origin of the word "groove" in a musical context? For a track to be a groove or groovy, to feel the groove, to be locked into a groove, to be grooving, etc. Does this have anything to do with records, especially vinyl, which stored the music in a literal groove? Or does it predate them? Or did it come about independently?
#English #Linguistics #etymology #showerthought
General #introduction: Hi! 👋🏻
I'm from Germany and my pronouns are he/him. I'm #gay and #ace. I #amReading lots of #Drama (historical as well as contemporary), #Thriller, #SciFi, #Fantasy. I also am interested in #linguistics and #Etymology. I also try to get a little into #screenwriting and #filmmaking as a hobby. Let's see how that goes ...
Oh, and I'm much into data #privacy and #MentalHealth
#Introduction I'm an #AudiobookNarrator & #VoiceActor with a stage / screen / VO / improv / directing background, as well as a #writer / #editor / #ScriptDoc / #filmmaker, and a lot of other things besides.
I tend to talk about #audiobooks, #writing, #language, #etymology, #filmmaking, #creativity & #art.
Check out my bio for links to my newsletter, audiobooks & tip jar.
I look forward to connecting with friends old & new. xo 1/n
Hello Mastodon, I figured I would wait a few days before an #introduction to try to get the lie of the Mastodon terrain.
I am originally from #yorkshire in the UK but emigrated to #canberra, #australia when I was a teen and, with a couple of breaks for good behaviour, I've lived here ever since.
I'm married to the love of my life and have two teenage children who drive me insane.
I've been a gamer since the #zxspectrum days and owned and managed a #videogames store in the 90s. #gaming and #retrogaming is in my blood.
My other interests are #film, #cycling and I'm also a #cubscout leader for the past 10 years. In addition, I like #sherlockholmes, #fantasyfiction, #drwho, #blakes7, #jamesbond, #misterfpga and #etymology and #classicmovies
I'm a part of the #twittermigration, looking for a place to make some connections, learn some things and explore my interests without the awful cacophany of those other socials.
Regarding the pronunciation of “GIF”:
The creator of the format, Steve Wilhite, pronounced it with a soft “g.” Apparently this pronunciation is even specified in the tech specs for the format. He was riffing on a Jif peanut-butter advertising slogan, “Choosy mothers choose Jif,” by saying “Choosy programmers choose GIF.”
If you insist that “GIF” be pronounced with a hard g, because of some misguided insistence that acronyms must follow the pronunciation of the expanded phrase, missing the joke, AND ignoring the tech specs, for God’s sake, then I will insist that you also use the following pronunciations:
COVID: | ˌkōvīd | (“covyde”), as the “VI” is short for virus, with a long i.
SCUBA: | ˈskəbə | (“skubba”), as the U stands for “underwater,” which is pronounced with a short u.
LASER: | ˈlasir | (“lasseer”), as the A stands for amplfication (short a), the S for simulated (“sss” not “zzz”), and the E stands for emission (usually a long e, but debatable, okay)
YOLO: | ˈyōlwə | (“yole-wuh”) as the final O stands for “once”, with the o taking on a wuh sound.
POTUS: | ‘pätyo͞os | (“pot-use”) as the O stands for “office” (ah) and the U stands for “United” (you).
I just moved to a new instance, so here's a new #introduction
I'm the host of the Grammar Girl #podcast. You may have hit my website searching for something like "semicolons." I love #writing books, #teaching online courses, and I founded the Quick and Dirty Tips podcast network.
I post about #usage, #editing, #etymology, #books, and other #wordnerd stuff. I'm a fan of #linguistics, #librarians, #podcasting, #journalism, #scifi, #fiction in general, and I'm on the #nanowrimo writers board.
Does gula in "gula melaka" (Malaysian palm sugar) and gul (jaggery) come from the same root? Unrefined sugar, literally? #food #etymology #question