Dedicated to posting about the Shavian alphabet, an attempt to give the English language a more phonetically logical character set. Named after George Bernard Shaw, who funded it in his will.
Fediverse address:
@shavian@polyglot.city
Tagged: English Language
Old English Wordhord
Posting an Old English word and its meaning every day, also sometimes related images or topics.
Fediverse address:
@OEWordhord@mastodon.social
The Vulgar Tongue
Bot posting excerpts from “Grose’s Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue”, a collection of 18th Century English popular slang (sometimes crude).
Fediverse address:
@TheVulgarTongue@zirk.us
Alliterative / Endless Knot
Videos about the etymology of the English language, presented by the historian Dr Mark Sundaram.
Fediverse address (main):
@AllEndlessKnot@toot.community
Fediverse address (videos):
@alliterative@tilvids.com
A Way with Words
Fun US-based public radio show and podcast about the English language, looking at etymologies, linguistics, slang etc.
Fediverse address:
@wayword@mas.to