<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 27 Apr 2026 05:49:07 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/created/linguistics/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Project Log Conlang & World-Building Progress Current Focus: Nomadic Gear & Material Terminology]]></title><description><![CDATA[Hey guys I am back after a long break. I had been thinking about the drawing I made from a previous drawing prompt -- home from the snow I planned then to further develop and build the world of these three]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-140877/@dinglehopper/project-log-conlang-and-world-building-progress-current-focus-nomadic-gear-and-material-terminology</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-140877/@dinglehopper/project-log-conlang-and-world-building-progress-current-focus-nomadic-gear-and-material-terminology</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-140877]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[dinglehopper]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Mar 2026 12:08:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/YpihifdXP4WNbGMdjw7e3DuhJWBvCw4SfuLZsrnJYHEpsqZFkiGGNCQ1AF3LNUbqfLog9TLWiWAmAG6kjEaaymcpSKvQvXSLCJwEprq398FusD11UXW52pxs6eijpgCXtGLwi71SXCwMstyGSdhhDcRzppgCFsNmfk1pzXVZC7Fk?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Pronunciation Error That Cost a Life*]]></title><description><![CDATA[Could you imagine being a guide of an important Militar chief and you do a terrible mistake, in part not your falt but the foreign pronuntiation of the chief? 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Cardi B., born as Belcalis Marelnis Almanzar,]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/language/@stevethevagabond/etymology-and-cardi-b</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/language/@stevethevagabond/etymology-and-cardi-b</guid><category><![CDATA[language]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stevethevagabond]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 09:22:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ancient antagonists: how our ancestors cursed at each other. Part one — the Greeks]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Joana Atanasova We naturally perceive our ancestors as the “old and wise” ones. “Listen to your grandfather! He knows better!” is what your mom would say when you start arguing about the back garden]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/language/@stevethevagabond/ancient-antagonists-how-our-ancestors-cursed-at-each-other-part-one-the-greeks</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/language/@stevethevagabond/ancient-antagonists-how-our-ancestors-cursed-at-each-other-part-one-the-greeks</guid><category><![CDATA[language]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stevethevagabond]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2024 11:37:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[What’s In an Accent?]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Stefano Nunes I would like to begin by stating the simple fact that there is no such thing as “not having an accent”. Every language has accents; if they are not regional, they are foreign, and none]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/language/@stevethevagabond/whats-in-an-accent</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/language/@stevethevagabond/whats-in-an-accent</guid><category><![CDATA[language]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stevethevagabond]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 01 Mar 2024 07:55:00 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Dispatches from Linguists: Dinner with the In-Laws, Language Barriers]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Rachael Brown This month the Dispatch is from Rachael Brown, who narrates a humorous tale of learning German and how this can bring an extra level of stress to those tricky everyday occasions that are]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/language/@stevethevagabond/dispatches-from-linguists-dinner-with-the-in-laws-language-barriers</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/language/@stevethevagabond/dispatches-from-linguists-dinner-with-the-in-laws-language-barriers</guid><category><![CDATA[language]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stevethevagabond]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Feb 2024 08:59:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Some Linguistic Customs Around the World]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Valentin Pradelou There are as many varieties of language as there are customs attached to these languages. It is easy to note, when learning a new language, that some representations of the world may]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/language/@stevethevagabond/some-linguistic-customs-around-the-world</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/language/@stevethevagabond/some-linguistic-customs-around-the-world</guid><category><![CDATA[language]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stevethevagabond]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 28 Feb 2024 09:21:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Seeing and Unseeing]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Gil Cohen Ever heard of the saying: “Once you see it, you can’t unsee it”? Let’s say you have a friend who has a habit of chewing very loudly, but you don’t hear it. Then, one day, another friend talks]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/language/@stevethevagabond/seeing-and-unseeing</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/language/@stevethevagabond/seeing-and-unseeing</guid><category><![CDATA[language]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stevethevagabond]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2024 09:39:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Best of the World's Untranslatable Words]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Catherine Muxworthy Every language has words in it that are unique to it, that don't translate exactly as a singular word or idea from one language into another. There are thousands of these words in]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/language/@stevethevagabond/the-best-of-the-worlds-untranslatable-words</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/language/@stevethevagabond/the-best-of-the-worlds-untranslatable-words</guid><category><![CDATA[language]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stevethevagabond]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 26 Feb 2024 10:27:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Big DON’Ts of Language Learning: Don't Look for ONE method]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Alessio F. Bona The promise of “the best way” to do a certain thing is a very tempting one. 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Whilst on exchange in France, I chatted]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/language/@stevethevagabond/mum-i-missed-the-plane-and-other-translations-of-film-titles</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/language/@stevethevagabond/mum-i-missed-the-plane-and-other-translations-of-film-titles</guid><category><![CDATA[language]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stevethevagabond]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 21 Feb 2024 10:29:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ancient antagonists: how our ancestors cursed at each other. Part two — the Romans.]]></title><description><![CDATA[THIS ARTICLE IS NOT SAFE FOR WORK By Joana Atanasova There is such a vast amount of ancient profanities that are worth the read, that I just simply couldn’t leave it be a one part thing. In my previous]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/language/@stevethevagabond/ancient-antagonists-how-our-ancestors-cursed-at-each-other-part-two-the-romans</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/language/@stevethevagabond/ancient-antagonists-how-our-ancestors-cursed-at-each-other-part-two-the-romans</guid><category><![CDATA[language]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stevethevagabond]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 10:12:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monkey see, monkey do, monkey speak]]></title><description><![CDATA[How Yerkish helps us understand primates By Joana Atanasova Every now and then an article from a sketchy website would come up on my newsfeed, claiming that the first human-monkey hybrid was born or that]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/language/@stevethevagabond/monkey-see-monkey-do-monkey-speak</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/language/@stevethevagabond/monkey-see-monkey-do-monkey-speak</guid><category><![CDATA[language]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stevethevagabond]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 09:43:45 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[How to read Japanese characters and why it is so hard and interesting at the same time]]></title><description><![CDATA[By Linguipixie Reading Chinese characters can be difficult already, since you need to memorize both the meaning and the pronunciation of a character, but Japanese characters (kanji) definitely take it]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/language/@stevethevagabond/how-to-read-japanese-characters-and-why-it-is-so-hard-and-interesting-at-the-same-time</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/language/@stevethevagabond/how-to-read-japanese-characters-and-why-it-is-so-hard-and-interesting-at-the-same-time</guid><category><![CDATA[language]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[stevethevagabond]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 09:44:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Three Discussions with Free Discourse (The First of Three)]]></title><description><![CDATA[Three Discussions of Free Discourse (The First) Abuse of Language: Abuse of Power The Empire of Lies: Pseudoreality, The Brutalisation of Language - Yizz The Eunuch & News Fist Blue & Red Pill]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/cogsect/@aagabriel/three-discussions-with-free-discourse-the-first-of-three</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/cogsect/@aagabriel/three-discussions-with-free-discourse-the-first-of-three</guid><category><![CDATA[cogsect]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[aagabriel]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 25 Nov 2023 17:19:33 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3MxaK2JpEReqU81e9Ged58TwU6Q9nMtyLyjy2K3bDHn4ZtJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[What is your most favourite language for doing business and why?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Please specify what is your most favourite language for doing business from your personal experience and why. Thank you very much in advance for your answer(s). All the best! 🙂 This question was created]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@vikthor/what-is-your-most-favourite-language-for-doing-business-and-why-</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hive-167922/@vikthor/what-is-your-most-favourite-language-for-doing-business-and-why-</guid><category><![CDATA[hive-167922]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[vikthor]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 30 Sep 2023 15:12:15 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>