December 27th, 2020

EnglishGibson German phrases with evocative elements that their English counterparts do just fine without:

– in freier Wildbahn
– in the wild

– sperrangelweit offen
– wide open

– gesunder Menschenverstand
– common sense

10:40 PM, Dec 27th, 2020 via Twitter for Android (retweeted on 10:57 PM, Dec 27th, 2020 via Twitter for Android)

UjuAnya Linguistics is about learning how language works. And many linguists do this by just looking at language alone. But you can’t separate language from languagers. Our real goal is to learn how people language, thus, the question of who people are should be central to linguistics.

8:01 PM, Dec 27th, 2020 via Twitter for iPhone (retweeted on 8:11 PM, Dec 27th, 2020 via Twitter for Android)

mjpost Wanted: a free O(1) method for matching outlets to breakers to replace my current method of opening up the socket and touching hot to neutral.

7:17 PM, Dec 27th, 2020 via Twitter Web App (retweeted on 7:37 PM, Dec 27th, 2020 via Twitter for Android)

GabrielBerlin tfw Ansichten geändert, aber nicht so richtig pic.twitter.com/T3fErBs4Jz

7:05 PM, Dec 27th, 2020 via Twitter for Mac (retweeted on 7:07 PM, Dec 27th, 2020 via Twitter for Android)

wwwtxt Manga Babes are absolutely stunning to behold. They can be rendered for Windows backdrops or to grab attention in your company logo. ☯94NOV

11:13 PM, Aug 11th, 2012 via Buffer (retweeted on 1:15 PM, Dec 27th, 2020 via Twitter for Android)

johl Heute gelernt: Das Tempelhofer Feld in Berlin (3,03 km²) ist größer als das Fürstentum Monaco (2,026976 km²).

11:45 AM, Dec 27th, 2020 via Twitter Web App (retweeted on 11:45 AM, Dec 27th, 2020 via Twitter for Android)

guardian I lied to my family and spent Christmas Day alone theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2…

3:09 PM, Dec 25th, 2019 via Echobox (retweeted on 10:38 AM, Dec 27th, 2020 via Twitter for Android)

antjeschrupp „Vielen Dank für Ihren Kommentar. Ich habe darin jedoch kein Argument gefunden, das sich inhaltlich auf meinen Text bezieht, daher kann ich Ihnen leider auch nicht antworten.“ Wird glaube ich meine neue default Antwort.

11:24 PM, Dec 26th, 2020 via Twitter for iPad (retweeted on 7:06 AM, Dec 27th, 2020 via Twitter for Android)