2026-04-20T07:02:47Z https://yabu.me Language Tales https://yabu.me/npub1tkt04wvnnaayrfg0e5fflven6qka9eqlvrsr56n6k6m2f7aue9tql5r67e https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/111/573/630/310/793/296/original/e74b80396944c927.jpg https://files.mastodon.social/accounts/avatars/111/573/630/310/793/296/original/e74b80396944c927.jpg https://yabu.me/nevent1qqsqpry83kwwmq658kqjvyewfmnajq4l5s9yjwg4w74puj7984juprszypwed74ejw0h5sd9plx398anx0gzm5hyraswqwn202mtdf8mhny4v5jpzuj #English: How do you pronounce “machinations”?<br/><a href="https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/machinations">https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/machinations</a> 2026-03-17T20:57:37Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqspfy6nhng6aw0zrdeyexxhy3e6kj3xnegl6z26mj8uxayw4jfyqkgzypwed74ejw0h5sd9plx398anx0gzm5hyraswqwn202mtdf8mhny4vvam00g Interestingly, the #English don’t do rhotic (American-style) Rs, but they occasionally add that sound elsewhere—e.g.: “I saw (R) it”.<br/><a href="https://www.upworthy.com/why-brits-add-r-sound-to-words/">https://www.upworthy.com/why-brits-add-r-sound-to-words/</a> 2026-03-11T17:51:08Z https://yabu.me/nevent1qqs8xwvg5yv8ggdrcgxp86par8vu5fpg3px9n980k778excg8ynx9xgzypwed74ejw0h5sd9plx398anx0gzm5hyraswqwn202mtdf8mhny4vke8gw9 1/ Artificial language:<br/><br/>Latino es lingua internationale in occidente de Europa ab tempore de imperio romano, per toto medio aevo, et in scientia usque ultimo seculo. Seculo vigesimo es primo que non habe lingua commune. Hodie quasi omne auctore scribe in proprio lingua nationale, id es in plure lingua neo-latino, in plure germanico, in plure slavo, in nipponico et alio. Tale multitudine de linguas in labores de interesse commune ad toto humanitate constitute magno obstaculo ad progressu. 2026-03-09T23:59:11Z