Out to Change the world, one language at a time! || professional/work tweets that reflect only my own opinions
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Patrick Chew retweeted
I just spoke to a distraught US Special Forces soldier who is among the 1000 or so US troops in Syria tonight who is serving alongside the SDF Kurdish forces. It was one of the hardest phone calls I have ever taken.
"I am ashamed for the first time in my career."
*This* is why language (and critical analysis) is important:
nitter.gq/nick_kapur/status/1112…
A thread on how to understand/translate Japan's brand new imperial era name "Reiwa" (令和).
To ordinary Japanese people at first glance (including many of my friends yesterday), the character 令 means "to order" or "to command" and 和 means "peace," "harmony," or "Japan" 1/
On-site and remote experts are discussing #TaiTham script issues today at @Adobe, the day after #IUC42 ended. #Unicode #MaximumEffort
“The best international sites are the ones that don’t feel international.” Mitchell Cox (Lucid) emphasizing hyper-localization giving users a 100% ‘at home’ feel #GlobalReady
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Patrick Chew retweeted
Support #Unicode with an Adopt-a-Character Gift this Holiday Season! blog.unicode.org/2017/12/sup… #emoji
the spread of emoji nitter.gq/mark_e_davis/status/93…
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Proud to be the 1,501st backer on @BackerKit for Dialect: A Game about Languag... | Thx @chicalashaw! dialect.backerkit.com/hosted…
Tip: Foreign words appearing in English-language works must include any special characters that appear in the orig. language. #CMOS16 11.12
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congruence and ambiguity overlap in English (syntax/function/use) are not universal in all languages ; context is crucial
Patrick Chew retweeted
600k people are asking @GPforEducation to stand #withMalala & fund 12 years of education for girls around the world: change.org/p/stand-withmalal…
