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Language, society, politics: A personal view from Jerusalem
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Gotta watch out for those specious penthouses #translation_fails #LinguisticLandscape

submitted 16 days ago • 1 comment

Happy World Arabic Language Day to all those who speak, learn or appreciate the language! #WorldArabicLanguageDay أطيب التهاني بمناسبة أليوم العالمي للغة العربية

submitted 74 days ago • 2 comments

This sounds wonderful, an exhibit of imagined books; hope it includes a copy of A History of Love, referenced in the Nicole Krauss book of the same name

submitted 77 days ago • 0 comments

This café demonstrates the adding of Hebrew vowels to signs in English characters: here, two ḥiriqs and a pataḥ (to make it even clearer how to read "Michali's"). As @aharoni.bsky.social explains, it can also give a sense of familiarity to the Hebrew reader #LinguisticLandscape #linguistics #langsky

submitted 80 days ago • 3 comments

An interesting addition to the #LinguisticLandscape in Jerusalem: it looks like sign language but one ISL informant was unable to make sense of it. So just performative, or perhaps another sign language? Input welcome #Linguistics #Langsky

submitted 81 days ago • 0 comments

Any institution that's willing to make my kids more literate, and asks for only enthusiasm in return, is OK in my book 📚 #SupportYourLibrary

submitted 90 days ago • 0 comments

Art at the promenade: "The Pomegranate" (Zoe Sever, 2001), a sculpture and monument in memory of the Jewish families of Macedonia and Salonika that perished in the Holocaust. A closer look shows the names of the families on the sculpture, making this part of the Jerusalem #LinguisticLandscape

submitted 92 days ago • 0 comments

Hebrew is not always dominant in Jerusalem #LinguisticLandscape: The Muffin Boutique, founded by Montrealers, is almost exclusively in English (also promising "Montréal bagels"). But a sharp eye can spot the Hebrew: Kazeh `od lo ta`amta" - You haven't tasted anything like it #Linguistics #Langsky

submitted 92 days ago • 2 comments

Nëro appears to be a tastefully designed fiddle that also serves as a smoke alarm

submitted 93 days ago • 0 comments

Okay, here it is I looked carefully at well over 1,000 accounts. I wanted to make sure that the accounts were active and that a high % of posts were about language matters I sought a wide mix of topics See the description I hope they are useful & entertaining #langsky go.bsky.app/CLjcEht

submitted 95 days ago • 24 comments

It's not. That. Difficult. To get the Arabic right on street signs. In this case: "Geralyahu Alon" instead of Gedalyahu Alon. And don't get me started on the vowels #transliteration_fails #LinguisticLandscape #Linguistics #Langsky

submitted 95 days ago • 2 comments