So in my region there's this superstition that whatever you do on new year's day, you'll be doing it all year #1 just put on some guy reciting the Gilgamesh in Sumerian, and I don't think I should complain tbh

On another note, it seems like I'm in the middle of some Balkan conflict. Sounds of heavy explosion mixed with the neighbours' Boban Markovic tape

I was asked a few days ago if moving countries has been a *success* all I can say is that being much closer to family & having a sort of professional future means, life has not necessarily been easier, but truly a lot easier to live. So, hello 2026, let's deal w/ what still needs sorting out ^^

ʔíyəs təńá χeẃs syəĺánəm. Ног азы хорзӕх уӕ уӕд! Илъэсыкӏэмкӏэ сышъуфэгушӏо! გილოცავთ ახალ წელს! Ⲙⲁⲣⲉⲑⲣⲟⲙⲡⲓ ⲛ̀ⲃⲉⲣⲓ ⲛⲱⲧⲉⲛ ⲥⲙⲁⲣⲱⲟⲩⲧ. Bliis nei juar! نوکیں ﺳﺎﻝ ﻣُﺒﺎﺭَﮎ ﺑﺎﺕ! تھݸݽ دݺن مَمَر مُبارَک مَنِݽ! সবাইকে নতুন বছরের শুভেচ্ছা। ಪುದು ವರ್ಷತ್ತೇ ಶುಭಾಶಯಂಗ.

The word ‘law’ is connected with ‘legal’, but etymologically they’re entirely unrelated. ‘Law’ is related to the verbs ‘to lie’ and ‘to lay’. It comes from a Germanic word meaning “things that are laid out”. ‘Legal’ is related to ‘loyal’. Both derive from Latin ‘lēx’ (law). Zoom in to learn more:

Discharged on time to pick up #1 from his water polo training 😅 let's goooo u6

Today presenting: the AKH adventures, episode 2 (featuring a broken nose bone, which I do not recommend)

A shout-out to the Thesaurus Linguae Aegyptiae! 🎉🎉🎉 Their attestation timeframe for corpus lemmata is such a powerful tool for research. Our generation of scholars is so lucky to have this amazing digital humanities project. #Egyptology #LangSky #OpenAccess thesaurus-linguae-aegyptiae.de/home

What’s the most succesful Germanic colour word? It’s the dullest of them all. The Germanic word *grīs (grey) was borrowed into Romance, becoming ‘gris’ (French, Spanish etc.) and ‘grigio’ (Italian). English ‘grey/gray’ has a different origin though: it’s related to German ‘grau’. Click for more:

The memory, or forgetting, of the Achaemenids in Sasanian late antiquity and the medieval period is a robust debate. I wrote a rather longish blog about it here: iranologie.com/2025/11/29/d...

Hocam Talat Tekin'in bütün makalelerini (ilk yayım yerlerindeki şekliyle) PDF olarak 2008'deki armağan içerisine CD olarak koymuştuk. TDA genel ağ sayfasına da koymuştuk. Hocamın ölümünden 10 yıl sonra bu sayfayı duyurmak isterim: turkdilleri.org/turkdilleri/... Kamu yararına. Akçasal amacı yok.

Got gifted some new markers for reasons. Happy w/ them too, but omg, hire some real translators ffs

Айтилган соз — aтилган ок

Registration is now open for the 2026 Winter School in Finno-Ugric Studies (23-28 February, Munich / hybrid)! You can register here: elomake.helsinki.fi/lomakkeet/13... ... and learn more about the winter school here: www.finnougristik.uni-muenchen.de/infuse/ankue.... See you in Munich!

Very pleased with this: correct language family etc in the first guess, correct language in the second! #Lingule #1314 "-ngxama": 2/6 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜↙️️️ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🏆 lingule.xyz #langsky #linguistics

After an hour of booth practice the prof sent us home as he finally read the email about the broken heating 🫠🥶🤧 Until then, he was like yea it kinda feels cold in here but oh well

Talked to a prof about the thesis I'm supposed to write in a year or so. He told me that he hasn't heard such an interesting idea for years but he can't possibly be my advisor on his own, may I please look for someone to co-advise this thing 🥲 Gut feeling: my dark past is going to catch up with me 🙈

My book comes out today! And it's reasonably priced! Whoooooooooooo! It's about linguistics! It's about extreme metal! It's about the Asia Pacific and flows of global subcultures! I'm really proud of it and I hope you all enjoy.

50% off all books and e-books at DeGruyter Brill, now through midnight on November 1st! Checkout code is DGBSPOOKY50. www.degruyterbrill.com

The mini decided that he wants to be able to read & write Hungarian as well and started copying a book he likes... that too during his autumn break 😊

Last summer, I once had to skip my favourite translation class because of a school holiday. This year, I came home from another class just to find #1 teaching the mini Hungarian orthography 😆 I guess we're making progress (yay!)

POV how to prepare for an interpreting assignment - coffee and cold drinks are apparently bad for your voice, dry wine and cognac, however....🤔🤔🤔 (I can't drink milk fwiw)

Interpreting prof today: if you want to train multitasking, try listening to podcasts while playing on your phone. Well, usually I do some laundry or cooking, but happy to oblige, if this makes me any better 😆

... I come from a landlocked region ffs, how am I supposed to remember all these fishes in multiple languages, they all look the same to me (hello, autumn-spawning herring)

Preparing for some hours in the booth tomorrow means revising German articles as those are the first to fly out of the window if things get fast 🫠 completely useless features of the language if you ask me

Go Birds! Several Egyptian hieroglyphic signs are birds. Here are some common bird signs and their meanings/uses: [resurrecting an old but topical thread]

Yessssss

Historically, the word 'nest' consists of two parts. The part 'ne-' is related to 'nether', while '-st' is related to 'sit'. The distant ancestor of 'nest' meant "place to sit down". 'Nest' is also related to Spanish 'nido' and its Romance relatives. Click my new graphic to learn more:

This is what's happening (let's start the 3rd school year here, shall we ^^)

Tonight's study music ☕️☕️☕️☕️ (as I am trying to get back on track - two more theoretical exams in Octobre, and then the rest will be all more or less booth & practice ^^ ) www.youtube.com/watch?v=DMtR...

'rakı'dan devam! rakı / arakı sözünün Wilhelm Radloff'un sözlüğündeki hali (Türkçe çevirisi ile), 1893. Altaycadan Teleütçeye, Moğolcadan Mançucaya. DevletiÂliye'den destek görseydim (kişisel imkana dayalı) Radloff projemi kısa sürede tamamlayacak ve 4 cildi Türkçe olarak yayımlayabilecektim.

Truth (but only theoretically, as I have cooked proper food and done quite some laundry today 😿)

I've almost managed to lock me out of this site 👀 Must be an effect of being in ...

Anadolu Ağızları : tuturuk 'ocak / soba / tandır ateşinde kalın odunları (inceleri de) tutuşturmak için kullanılan kuru ot, çıtılgı, ince odun' Bizdeki anlamı ve şekliyle Çağdaş Uygurcada da varmış. Kökeni ve yayılışına Ekrem Gül doktora çalışmasında yer vermişti. Acaba başka hangi Türk dilinde var?

"Um zu entscheiden, in welcher Sprache ein Text verfasst ist, nutzt die Google-Software den Quellcode der jeweiligen E-Mail. Hier sind etwa Befehle hinterlegt, wie die E-Mail dargestellt werden soll. Und diese Befehle sind in [Englisch] formuliert" Englisch." www.t-online.de/digital/aktu...

The fact that Kiswahili jumatatu is Monday and Persian سه‌شنبه is Tuesday makes sense (different base days to count off of) but is still confusing me because of the *numbers* being the same 😐

Something lovely for the weekend! A very good boy! 🐾🐕😍 An amazing 3,400 year-old ancient Egyptian mechanical dog carved from ivory. This leaping hunting dog opens and closes its mouth as if barking, by using a lever below its chest. Met Museum 📷 by me #Archaeology

So I now taking this up a notch and doing it while cooking or doing the laundry (on the balcony. neighbours must think I'm a basket case) 😅

#MiniHungarianLanguageLesson: weddings there are several words in hungarian for weddings but the two i want to talk about today are "esküvő" and "lakodalom" "esküvő" (a noun) comes from "esküszik" (a verb), meaning "takes an oath", so a literal translation could be "oath-taker"

So...in preparation for my next term I'm trying to do some 15-20 mins of shadowing in DE/EN/HU each day & am now looking for decently paced podcasts, discussions, lectures etc to work w/. Also as it's summer holidays and I'll have to do it mostly w/ the boys around, content needs to be kid friendly🤔

New earworm, on occasion of basically having gotten through another school year ^^ and exam week www.youtube.com/watch?v=ngh8... Still thinking about if I should go for the booth route atm (I feel strangely relaxed while doing sim, so I really might)

A Very Short History of Tehran (gradually completed) Preface: Tehran is my favourite city. I love it’s location on foot of 3,000 m high mountains. I love its streets, water canals, parks, buildings, and its incredible variety of people & buildings. This is both a tribute & a sketch for a book.

Btw I wonder what other solutions the other Finno-Ugric languages came up with for "olive," and if any other language says "oil-pea." It's a very fun and interesting compound word.

We've just levelled up today, I think, all thanks to the superhero"pacifier-man" 😄 The mini needed to bring a book to a school picnic today and decided to go with this one. Struggled through reading all three stories the day before cause he was supposed to have read at least a bit of it himself...

"dolgozzon csak, mit mind ingyenélősködik" (exhibit #344543 of AI not jobbing correctly 😆)

My mom went to visit my sister who's just had a baby to help a bit w/ the other kids. Brought the older ones some biscuits to snack. She did not understand why my sister kept cracking up while they were munching on it 🤣

My father: see, made you some puliszka but needed to freestyle the cornmeal mix as in Hungary you only have corn flour that's too fine or corn grits that are too coarse. Me: hold my Spritzer, gonna get you real Transylvanian style cornmeal next time 😆

AYKIRI ETİMOLOJİLER : TEĞMEN hakkında Dil Devriminin öncülerince bazı sözlerin nasıl ve ne şekilde türetildiği hakkında fazla belgemiz, bilgimiz yok. Bir aykırılık da benden, Latince TEGMEN, TEGUMEN ('örtü') sözünün yer aldığı 'birleşik'lerdeki 'baş, başlık' sözünden de etkilenilmiş olamaz mı?