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recent bookmarks from andrewduckerThe Accursèd Alphabetical Clock2026-04-16T09:09:38+00:00
https://boat.horse/clock/index.html
andrewduckerclock language funnyhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:fdc71112109f/Ever wanted to be able to translate from English to LinkedIn? Now you can!2026-03-19T09:33:15+00:00
https://translate.kagi.com/?from=en&to=linkedin&text=I+can%27t+be+bothered+working+today
andrewduckerlanguage funny translation viaswampershttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:ecbd8706e6fd/Kagi Translate's AI answers the question "What would horny Margaret Thatcher say?"2026-03-19T09:25:40+00:00
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2026/03/kagi-translates-ai-answers-the-question-what-would-horny-margaret-thatcher-say/
andrewduckerlanguage translation margaretthatcher wtfhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:8c64b6a7182d/A Guide to Terms of Address for British Nobility2026-03-15T11:31:42+00:00
https://dbratman.net/nobility.html
andrewduckermonarchy language ukhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:cc5e41a99f59/Employees who are impressed by vague corporate-speak like “synergistic leadership,” or “growth-hacking paradigms” are less competent2026-03-06T15:14:17+00:00
https://news.cornell.edu/stories/2026/03/workers-who-love-synergizing-paradigms-might-be-bad-their-jobs
andrewduckerintelligence business language psychologyhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:4c7d3bc6aeaf/How far back in time can you understand English?2026-02-22T12:54:51+00:00
https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-back-in-time-understand-english
andrewduckerlanguage English historyhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:53f04b16317b/Matching sounds to shapes: Evidence of the bouba-kiki effect in naïve baby chicks2026-02-22T11:54:29+00:00
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adq7188
andrewduckerlanguage chicken psychologyhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:363f8ad1d9e8/What happens when you don't proofread your emails2026-02-21T08:15:33+00:00
https://www.tumblr.com/andrewducker/809144372347142144?source=share
andrewduckerlanguage epicfail funnyhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:b0c0f3b7943a/Etymology of "Foo"2026-02-08T16:57:09+00:00
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/html/rfc3092
andrewduckerlanguage history swearinghttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:9f4e5c5e1676/The 6-7 craze offered a brief window into the hidden world of children2026-01-18T19:59:28+00:00
https://theconversation.com/the-6-7-craze-offered-a-brief-window-into-the-hidden-world-of-children-272327
andrewduckerchildren behaviour languagehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:b60261f85f68/We've run out of words, so every new service sounds like an alien2026-01-08T09:04:22+00:00
https://www.tumblr.com/andrewducker/805158365117497344?source=share
andrewduckerlanguage funnyhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:5ff827a220a4/Spotting romance scams2026-01-04T12:39:19+00:00
https://tacit.livejournal.com/680167.html
andrewduckerromance scam fraud languagehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:ba2b7f33392c/I'm Kenyan. I Don't Write Like ChatGPT. ChatGPT Writes Like Me.2025-12-15T15:41:43+00:00
https://marcusolang.substack.com/p/im-kenyan-i-dont-write-like-chatgpt
andrewduckerkenya english language ai stylehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:ee656cc19a06/Vocabulary Test: How Many English Words Do You Know? (I scored 21,900, above 92% of native speakers)2025-12-15T13:38:38+00:00
https://www.myvocab.info/en
andrewduckerlanguage quizhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:a42334a92b83/The Em Dash Responds to the AI Allegations2025-12-11T12:15:35+00:00
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-em-dash-responds-to-the-ai-allegations
andrewduckerpunctuation language writing ai funnyhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:5cd251a4a74b/Gaelic and Scots gain official status on St Andrew’s Day2025-12-02T16:36:38+00:00
https://news.stv.tv/scotland/gaelic-and-scots-gain-official-status-on-st-andrews-day
andrewduckerScotland languagehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:9e96400d3391/Are Dogs and Cats on TikTok Really “Talking” with Buttons?2025-11-15T22:32:19+00:00
https://skepchick.org/2022/01/are-dogs-and-cats-on-tiktok-really-talking-with-buttons/
andrewduckeranimals language communicationhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:f9bef49fa90a/Multilingualism and Extending Healthspan2025-11-10T16:53:00+00:00
https://erictopol.substack.com/p/multilingualism-and-extending-healthspan
andrewduckerlanguage health lifespan viaKennyhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:64f76105acdc/What percentage of English derives from which languages?2025-11-06T20:21:47+00:00
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foreign-language_influences_in_English
andrewduckerlanguage english uk historyhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:b2a30c528fd6/No One Actually Knows What a Moon is2025-10-28T09:36:04+00:00
https://www.theatlantic.com/science/2025/10/quasi-moon-definition/684710/
andrewduckerlanguage space moonhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:a1dc7900faba/10% more people support the UK railways being "publicly owned" than support them being "run by the government"2025-10-20T07:24:43+00:00
https://www1.politicalbetting.com/index.php/archives/2025/10/20/your-regular-reminder-that-words-matter/
andrewduckerpolls language trainshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:2fa598eeebfe/Have you made the Ur-Ur error?2025-10-14T19:23:23+00:00
https://www.smbc-comics.com/comic/ur
andrewduckerlanguage historyhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:c5fc94cfd7e9/Weak Forms: Why 'natives' and 'non-natives' sound different when they speak English2025-09-06T08:48:35+00:00
https://youtube.com/watch?v=EaXYas58_kc&si=YRj3QZQRkCnvvY3c
andrewduckerEnglish language video soundshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:bf81b5a2d8f1/K-pop Demon Hunters explained by a Korean teacher 😈🧑🏫2025-09-05T07:50:14+00:00
https://youtube.com/watch?v=qCmpU3ssip8&si=xGI0gmnZ1OCAA8NQ
andrewduckerKorea music language movie demon videohttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:a510ff8f2011/Why English doesn’t use accents on its letters2025-07-24T11:54:03+00:00
https://www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/why-english-doesnt-use-accents
andrewduckerlanguage english uk france history writing printinghttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:33d2e48aa8af/Language is complicated (Japanese star edition)2025-06-23T16:30:21+00:00
https://www.tumblr.com/andrewducker/787161058001436672?source=share
andrewduckerjapan English languagehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:2ffb6b5c8536/Cthulhu's ABCs: A Heavy Metal Muppet Parody Song about the Alphabet2025-06-12T08:27:54+00:00
https://youtube.com/watch?v=cKTFaaF4T7Y
andrewduckermuppets language funny video cthulhu viaKirstyhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:63f2d83faeed/Which word made you old? (Mine was GOAT)2025-05-23T10:18:40+00:00
https://m.tapas.io/episode/3016236
andrewduckerlanguage age change comichttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:671261b03ab3/Human transcribers significantly more accurate than AI2025-05-08T16:27:26+00:00
https://www.edinburghnews.scotsman.com/must-read/human-transcribers-more-accurate-than-ai-study-reveals-5119693
andrewduckerai languagehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:f8c1e588ace1/A Criminal, Social, And Linguistic Rollercoaster (and a historical mugging in Glasgow)2025-05-01T07:29:53+00:00
https://notalwaysright.com/a-criminal-social-and-linguistic-rollercoaster/370835/
andrewduckerScotland language crime funny Glasgowhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:f5e19e38f9a5/Why translating Chinese food names into English is ‘an impossible task’2025-04-30T06:24:55+00:00
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/travel/chinese-food-translations-english-menus-intl-hnk?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwJ-oEdjbGNrAn6eE2V4dG4DYWVtAjExAAEeq1uHsiitNS0Esb8diNu4QuuWJrh3E4E94bEvtqrGz8Xvs5PpExBQWhfWngY_aem_sFRnlAWaRAOOySRAs5zs1Q
andrewduckertranslation language china English foodhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:e1c526cc2b73/First Scottish Gaelic translation of JRR Tolkien's The Hobbit2025-04-24T11:42:45+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5y6kyk093eo
andrewduckerGaelic scotland language TheHobbithttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:ef32d80927d3/On language and trans people, some tips2025-04-19T13:54:06+00:00
https://skyview.social/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fbsky.app%2Fprofile%2Fevenicholls.bsky.social%2Fpost%2F3ln66itnje22s&viewtype=tree
andrewduckertransgender languagehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:d55c31a45a3c/Unparliamentary language - as used in the NZ parliament2025-03-21T14:49:21+00:00
https://www.parliament.nz/en/visit-and-learn/history-and-buildings/special-topics/unparliamentary-language/
andrewduckerviaSwampers language politics newzealandhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:022ef06fa4c1/How to learn a language like a baby2025-03-16T07:26:18+00:00
https://theconversation.com/how-to-learn-a-language-like-a-baby-250551
andrewduckerlanguage babies readinghttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:942b4d653203/The US island that speaks Elizabethan English2025-03-11T21:39:08+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/travel/article/20190623-the-us-island-that-speaks-elizabethan-english
andrewduckerlanguage usa history Englishhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:47905d31e440/Four Reasons Why English Should Not be the Official Language of the United States2025-03-07T07:13:22+00:00
https://www.lsadc.org/content.asp?admin=Y&contentid=468
andrewduckerlanguage usa Englishhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:e3acfd5bc593/Are they, or were they? Use of tense when referring to death.2025-02-27T18:49:45+00:00
https://cass-maran.com/are-they-or-were-they-use-of-tense-when-referring-to-death/
andrewduckerlanguage English deathhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:5d43ba10f42b/What language do the British people find offensive?2025-02-13T19:07:10+00:00
https://www.ofcom.org.uk/siteassets/resources/documents/research-and-data/tv-radio-and-on-demand-research/tv-research/offensive-language-quick-reference-guide.pdf?v=326908
andrewduckerlanguage offensive UK swearing viaPatrickHadfieldhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:6280b08f8c37/The history of "Cargo Cult" is quite different to how it's usually used2025-01-13T09:28:46+00:00
https://www.righto.com/2025/01/its-time-to-abandon-cargo-cult-metaphor.html
andrewduckerhistory Polynesia religion misinformation languagehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:eda8d23a4897/How do we know how Latin was pronounced, and how did the official church pronunciation come to be different to that?2025-01-08T08:35:35+00:00
http://avitus.alcuinus.net/schola_latina/soni_en.php
andrewduckerLatin history languagehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:8ff13dd773a5/Parisians Try to Pronounce Words in English2024-12-01T10:33:23+00:00
https://youtube.com/watch?v=uy2LRxdlgWA
andrewduckerlanguage France English video funny viaJanehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:e955f15a27a1/What should you call little people?2024-10-31T14:02:26+00:00
https://www.tumblr.com/andrewducker/765859350730375168?source=share
andrewduckerLanguage size humans videohttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:0e6f3e10a4dd/Character Amnesia in China2024-10-27T15:22:25+00:00
https://globalchinapulse.net/character-amnesia-in-china/
andrewduckerlanguage chinahttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:39f1ad662ec1/Who wants to hear interesting facts about the English language?2024-10-22T19:14:57+00:00
https://youtube.com/watch?v=mey9EsOwhDo&si=oTRxIfr7dO82HNtl
andrewduckerlanguage writing history video Englishhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:38947ceb57c3/You Don’t Need Words to Think2024-10-22T14:39:30+00:00
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/you-dont-need-words-to-think/
andrewduckerlanguage thinkinghttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:2d27a91737e6/Doctor Who and the Sign Language Question2024-10-15T14:16:53+00:00
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DBGnMTfiHH6/?igsh=a251aDhjeDd1eGp4
andrewduckerdrwho sign language video funny viaSwampershttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:ab8c654402c0/There's a lot of confusion over how to pronounce "Ghibli"2024-10-15T09:35:52+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pl9Q2yx7ppI
andrewduckerghibli language japanhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:7c5bcfd7c1ce/Ə: The Most Common Vowel Sound in English2024-10-04T11:35:38+00:00
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qu4zyRqILYM
andrewduckerlanguage english videohttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:0578182822e0/The English language is the worst2024-10-02T07:56:23+00:00
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DADbr_WMC5U/
andrewduckerlanguage English funny video viaSwampershttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:122143edb604/Who is responsible for the greatest change to our language? Turns out it's teenage girls2024-09-16T08:26:43+00:00
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2024-08-04/teenage-girls-linguistics/104160082
andrewduckerlanguage teenagers girls womenhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:0dd01482d09c/There's no shame in teaching children to say 'vagina' (I was horrified the time Sophia said "vagina" to a female doctor who replied with "front bottom")2024-09-15T07:05:03+00:00
https://inews.co.uk/opinion/no-shame-teaching-children-say-vagina-3275258
andrewduckervagina penis language childrenhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:e66be7d035b2/A collection of hybrid words2024-07-31T19:56:43+00:00
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_word
andrewduckerlanguagehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:b0856462187b/Language is primarily a tool for communication rather than thought2024-06-28T11:52:44+00:00
https://gwern.net/doc/psychology/linguistics/2024-fedorenko.pdf
andrewduckerthinking language psychologyhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:0fdd37766f17/Here’s what’s really going on inside an LLM’s neural network2024-05-23T10:38:03+00:00
https://arstechnica.com/ai/2024/05/heres-whats-really-going-on-inside-an-llms-neural-network/
andrewduckerlanguage ai modelshttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:3c407bf10bd6/Brain implants allow us to explore bilingualism2024-05-21T14:19:49+00:00
https://arstechnica.com/science/2024/05/single-brain-implant-gives-paralyzed-man-bilingual-communication/
andrewduckerlanguage brain cyborghttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:fee95a535df3/What's the name for the emotion you feel when you see something cute?2024-05-21T08:48:41+00:00
https://shadowoneboxing.wordpress.com/2024/05/18/how-do-you-feel-when-you-see-something-cute/
andrewduckercute languagehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:23b34b97bb3e/Scientists document remarkable sperm whale 'phonetic alphabet'2024-05-13T09:50:59+00:00
https://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/scientists-document-remarkable-sperm-whale-phonetic-alphabet-rcna151337
andrewduckerwhales speech languagehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:e90d7a362426/North Yorkshire Council to phase out apostrophe use on street signs2024-05-05T09:39:05+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-york-north-yorkshire-68942321
andrewduckerlanguage English sign UK OhForFucksSakehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:fade07de130e/How to avoid misgendering ships2024-04-14T17:40:47+00:00
https://www.tumblr.com/andrewducker/747755689459548160?source=share
andrewduckerships gender languagehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:30a7a687ee9d/Where does the phrase "Beyond the pale" come from?2024-04-04T16:16:54+00:00
https://www.grammarphobia.com/blog/2012/12/beyond-the-pale.html
andrewduckerlanguage history Englishhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:ba9051dfea6a/New extremism definition unveiled by British government. Is very vague.2024-03-14T10:06:34+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-68556914
andrewduckeruk government languagehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:245165c04d67/There's a fascinating discussion in this article about who "the Celts" were2024-02-18T22:14:22+00:00
https://acoup.blog/2023/05/12/collections-who-were-the-celts-and-how-did-they-some-of-them-fight/
andrewduckerprehistory Europe language societyhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:3bc0b195c76f/Looking at how much male and female characters speak in the Disney Princess movies2024-01-26T09:06:49+00:00
https://dscout.com/people-nerds/field-report-the-princess-problem
andrewduckerviaElfy Disney language genderhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:7cbba008135c/How people laugh online in different languages and cultures2024-01-25T10:11:14+00:00
https://restofworld.org/2023/how-people-laugh-online/
andrewduckerlaughter languagehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:cc3b53bf2775/If you build LLM technology into your chat bot then people will totally take advantage of it2024-01-19T21:54:19+00:00
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-68025677
andrewduckertechnology ai languagehttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:d46d8c25d1a3/How is "scone" pronounced - a map2024-01-17T12:41:00+00:00
https://vis.social/@infobeautiful/111759380653933942
andrewduckerlanguage maps UKhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:d24142270081/"The Fannish Accent" (It is very obvious to me at this point that there is a lot of autism going on here)2023-12-03T23:09:53+00:00
https://groups.google.com/g/rec.arts.sf.fandom/c/q84niLJ1Ces/m/N86jJnyVWh4J
andrewduckerlanguage autism fandomhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:823359ae8c85/Archaeologists discover previously unknown ancient language (3,000 years old, transliterated into Hittite)2023-11-17T10:37:37+00:00
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/science/archaeology/hittite-ancient-language-discovered-turkey-b2448942.html
andrewduckerlanguage archeologyhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:b9c7735878d6/Fascinating discussion of how "The bigger they are the harder they fall" came by its meaning. Totally worth reading the comments2023-11-14T22:42:46+00:00
https://www.reddit.com/r/etymology/s/69xribCA0Q
andrewduckerlanguage history English viaNancyLebovhttps://pinboard.in/u:andrewducker/b:0f48942ec1b5/