Amy Fountain · @amyfou
1494 followers · 352 posts · Server lingo.lolSo I'm logged into substack Notes to check it out and am feeling like we need to propose a new acronym: YASML
'yet another social media lexicon'
apparently what you write there are 'notes' but they can be 'restacked' by another account.
the interface doesn't seem to be accessible (no alt txt on buttons) and so far I'm seeing no alt txt on images?
It seems to be just marketing ppls' substack subscriptions
#SocialMedia #substacknotes #lexicons
Andrew Plotkin · @zarfeblong
1079 followers · 824 posts · Server mastodon.gamedev.place
I had occasion to refer to this page online today, so I took a quick photo.
"Gore, and Hazards of the Course" from Barbara Ninde Byfield's _The Glass Harmonica_. (Also reprinted as _The Book of Weird_.)
This is a strange literary treasure which really deserves to be available online somewhere.
Joshua McNeill · @joshisanonymous
119 followers · 309 posts · Server h4.io
Spotted #Hawkeye saying "black as pitch" in #Avengers c1965. I never even realized "pitch" was a substance despite using the phrase "pitch black" all my life. There has been a shift in #literature of the former becoming somewhat less frequent and the latter more (https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=black+as+pitch%2Cpitch+black&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=en-US-2019&smoothing=3).
#Marvel #comics #linguistics #lexicons #syntax #languagechange
#hawkeye #avengers #literature #marvel #comics #linguistics #lexicons #syntax #languagechange
Antonio · @angallo
35 followers · 417 posts · Server mastodonbooks.netOur #brain does not process #information and it is not a #computer.
Here is what we are not born with: information, #data, #rules, #software, #knowledge, #lexicons, #representations, #algorithms, #programs, #models, #memories, #images, #processors, #subroutines, #encoders, #decoders, #symbols, or buffers - design elements that allow #digital computers to behave somewhat intelligently. Not only are we not born with such things, we also don't develop them - ever.
#brain #information #computer #data #rules #software #knowledge #lexicons #representations #algorithms #programs #models #memories #images #processors #subroutines #encoders #decoders #symbols #digital #essays #aeon
Joshua McNeill · @joshisanonymous
103 followers · 220 posts · Server h4.ioI love #MMO #lingo. "Toon" was used to refer to your character in the early 2000s but has since mostly gone out of use, so now it has social meaning in signaling that you've been playing since the early days.
#linguistics #sociolinguistics #languagechange #lexicons #MMORPG #MMORPGs
#mmo #lingo #linguistics #sociolinguistics #languagechange #lexicons #mmorpg #mmorpgs
Joshua McNeill · @joshisanonymous
98 followers · 196 posts · Server h4.ioNice to see a #linguist like Lev-Ari given space on #NPR.
#linguist #npr #linguistics #lexicons #swearwords #typology