Happy #GeologistsDay! The early history of the field of geology is fascinating, and surprisingly explosive – and we explored it in our video on the word “Fossil”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9yNwRBlKtU

words have meanings and no culture alone holds their meanings (yeah, its hard but true). 2-3000 years ago, it made some sense, but not today, when we know humans have developed many ways of organizing themselves into cultures. With no exceptions, no matter how much we want to "believe", all cultures have flaws and inspiring manifestations. Like it or not, we all have to communicate and that requires trust. Crying wolf out of context, is not wise.
#palestine #gaza #israel #antisemitism #words

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Surly

/adjective/

(16th-century alteration of sirly)

: irritated, bad-tempered, unfriendly
: threatening, menacing, gloomy

"The people I deal with today will be meddling, ungrateful, [...] and surly."

https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/surly

simile

/noun/

: a figure of speech comparing two unlike things that is often introduced by like or as
(as in cheeks like roses)

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/simile

"The rat can't do it, that's all they need to know!" - JAD ABUMRAD, Words, Radiolab #Radiolab #Words #WorldRatDay #JadAbumrad

Irish 5-point Likert scale:

Cat - Middlin' - Grand - Savage - Mighty altogether

Inspired by https://mastodon.ie/@Tarbh/114273783046794813

Further to earlier toots about words in #English architecture dependent on geography – it was only through years of hanging out with British friends that I realized their "garden" didn't actually mean a soil-turned, rows of flowers or veg. It was in fact just their "yard."

We here may have a garden in our yard or maybe not. In UK/Aus it could be that people have no "garden" at all in their garden.

Why isn't the London police HQ located at "Scotland Garden" though?

#Bonobos may combine #words in ways previously thought unique to humans - #TheGuardian

"Yelps – thought to mean “let’s do that” – followed by grunts – thought to mean “look at what I am doing”, were combined to make “yelp-grunt”, which appeared to mean “let’s do what I’m doing”. The combination, the team said, reflected the sum of its parts and was used by bonobos to encourage others to build their night nests."

#language #animal #animalCommunication #greatApes

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2025/apr/03/bonobos-combine-words-ways-previously-unique-humans-study

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