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A 16th century table of terms used to describe the colors used in coats of arms, including a distinction between “bright blewe” and “sad blewe”. library.chethams.com/blog/the-

@Neverfadingwood This borrowing reflects a German tendency to chain together nouns that English doesn’t have. Here’s an interesting article from 2016 on the subject: theconversation.com/why-the-ge

I want to escape Twitter, but that has turned out to be harder than I thought. Mainly because of 213K followers. It took more than 8 years to achieve that.

But Mastodon has potential. I'm hoping it will be my new home.

My profile is now updated with more personal details. I don't want to do #factchecking or #debunking just via my website. Feel free to ask/tag me especially in case you see an iffy picture or video.

Note that my website doesn't have ads or tracking. hoaxeye.com/

Mastodon tip for noobs and others - if you're reading a long thread on the web view, and the toots are behind Content Warnings you don't have to tap Show More on every toot. Open the thread up and look for an eye button at the top of the column. It will have a line through it. Tap that to open all the CWs in the thread.

I can't say if this feature is in any of the various apps people may be using, but it's certainly worth looking for.

#FediTips

How #Britain became the #G7’s inflation outlier – in one chart

This week’s #CPI figures look set to highlight a trend: that prices in the UK are rising faster than they are elsewhere

theguardian.com/business/2023/

TIL that the word kidnap is relatively recent and originally meant "to steal or carry off children or others in order to provide servants or labourers for the American plantations."

wordhistories.net/2017/09/04/o
reddit.com/r/todayilearned/com

Kirkpatrick, A. Is English an Asian Language? Swiss Papers in English Language and Literature Volume 41, Issue 41 (2022) pp. 175 - 195 DOI: doi.org/10.33675/SPELL/2022/41 @languagelovers

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