From the Linux Update newsletter: @BruceByfield looks into Linguist, a @libreoffice extension that offers writers interesting, valuable data to help them make the best of their words
https://www.linux-magazine.com/Online/Features/Linguist-A-Statistical-Extension-for-LibreOffice-Writer
#Linguist #LibreOffice #OpenSource #statistics #writing #FOSS

𝗚𝗶𝘁𝗵𝘂𝗯 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗻𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝘆𝗻𝘁𝗮𝘅 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵𝗹𝗶𝗴𝗵𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗥𝗼𝗯𝗼𝘁 𝗙𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗲𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗞𝗲𝘆𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗱 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝗲𝘀

Big shoutout to linguist project for ensuring quality PRs and the team that guided me through the process ! That's why I like open source. No closed source business would be able to provide this service. See it, fix it.

For historians, the PR: https://github.com/github-linguist/linguist/pull/6500

It's been a while since I wrote an #introduction for folks who are #NewHere.

I'm a #queer #Catholic computational #linguist who works on #NaturalLanguageGeneration and lives in #Scotland. An #immigrant multiple times over, I was born in #SouthAfrica, grew up in the USA (in #Florida), did my PhD in #Germany, and moved here in 2019. I enjoy #VideoGames, #VideoEssays, #OpenMic nights, and #running. I happen to be #nonbinary and love #languages.

Woohoo!

One year on Mastodon!

Grateful for the incredible journey of connecting with wonderful humans.

Here's my very first post:

Hi Mastodon,

Me:
#Wildlife & pet #photographer
#Linguist (MA)
Nerd (AuDhD)
Marathoner & triathlete
Environmentalist
Into #astronomy, #astrophysics, #QuantumPhysics, #technology, #ScottishPolitics, #environment & more.

My photography:
http://flickr.com/photos/raffkarva/
http://raffkarva.com

Gratitude for the connections & conversations.

My first pic on Mastodon:

Hi all! New followers seem to be joining, so here’s another #intro:
I’m Daria, I’m an English #linguist at Tampere University in Finland where I study digital discourses (mostly through corpus and discourse analysis). One of my big projects is the language of pick-up artists, incels’ less extreme cousins.
I’ve also been trying to learn #Finnish for the last 1,5 years so sometimes I toot about that…
Please recommend other ling users for me to follow!

#IntroductionPost:

Hi! I'm Rain, a #queer #musician, #linguist, and #programmer in its mid-20s living in #Aotearoa. I #AmWriting #fiction, #poetry, and #interactiveFiction #games. #Music keeps me alive

A few of my interests include vintage #telecommunications, #astrophysics, #marineBiology, #birds, and #anthropology. I'm a total #nerd.

As well as my interests, I post about #politics, #humor, and whatever else drifts through my electric skull-sponge.
My posts and boosts can be #lewd, but always have CWs.

My gender is no, my sexuality is yes. I'm #poly and happy. I'm some kind of #anarchist. I'm #AuDHD, #anxious, and very stuck in my head sometimes.
I'm totally #blind, and need #altText.

Let's hang out, I only bite on request!

#introduction This is me for you!

Derbyshire born, married a Scot, byw yng Nghymru (living in Wales)
sometimes miss city life (Leeds, Liverpool, Manchester)
#linguist, #francophile, #humanist #quaker #GayGardener

Concerns:
#ClimateChange
#TransRightsAreHumanRights

Loves:
#whippets
#butterflies
grow your own food
all kinds of music from #shostakovich to #supremes to #SamSmith
#languages
dysgu cymraeg
board games
#Bridge
progressive politics

#gyo #BeardedGay #woke #quakerism #QuakerRainbow

I asked this question a while ago and the answer was too vague. Any #linguist specialized in #Mandarin able to chime in?

Ok here goes; why are Western alphabet representation of Chinese words use the letter X when clearly letter combinations (tch, tchj, dj, sch, chz, etc) would make more (or at least some) phonetic sense? Is there a historical fact I miss? Is it a remnant of British imperialism? Just aesthetic? Whatever it is, I need to know it's driving me crazy!

Halò Mastodon! An #introduction to hopefully find fellows in this new social space (yay hashtags!)—

I'm a #genderqueer and #neurodivergent American-Scot. I'm a #linguist by training but somehow fell in love with technical authoring. I'm a #sewing hobbyist by night, eternally #mending holes in my kids' clothes.

Feumaidh mi cofaidh a-nis...

I suppose I never actually made an #introduction post. I'm Riley, a #linguist by training but not by current profession. I've been a long time lurker on mastodon but with the whole twitter fiasco recently I've been looking to jump ship more fully. My main interests are #videogames (especially #ffxiv and #Minecraft to name a few), reading #fantasy and #scifi novels, and #music.

#introductions
Hello everyone! I'm Dan Gero. I'm an amateur #musician, and I love working with #Vocaloid and #vocalsynth programs. I am an aspiring #linguist, and am currently studying #Japanese. I am also #blind, and I am an advocate for #foss, #opensource, #a11y, and #disabilityrights.
Interests:
#computers
#gaming
#audiogames
#tech
#languages
#culture

Time for a new #introduction post! I am a #linguist working as a data scientist in #tech, focusing on all things #HCOMP.

I have a #PhD in #linguistics from MIT and I spent several years in the academic precariat. I am passionate about #mentoring, especially illuminating diverse career paths for academics. I am currently also the chair of the Linguistic Society of America's Committee on Gender Equity in Linguistics.

And I have two #cats, Bugsy and Doobie!

Hi, folks!

I'm redoing my #introduction because I just moved servers. I'm looking forward to connect with other #language lovers and like minds.

I'm a PhD #linguist and serial migrant. I doodle big-headed #cartoons in my spare time and will be tooting mostly in .

I'm also an #environmentalist, root for #feminism, support #diversity and fall in love with every #dog that looks at me.

#introductions
#newhere

Hi folks, this is my official #introduction!

I'm R.B. Lemberg, a #queer, #nonbinary author of fiction and poetry set in my #lgbtqia-centric #fantasy world, Birdverse. My work has been a finalist for the #Nebula, #Worldfantasy, #Locus , #Ignyte, +other awards.

I'm an #immigrant from #Ukraine now living in KS. I'm married to the amazing @bogiperson. We have a teen, Mati :) We are all #neurodivergent!

In my daily life I'm a #linguist. I am interested in #Jewish stuff, #fountainpens and #trees.

#introduction hi to everyone on this server and friends and neighbors. I’m a once-academic #linguist, I do #higherEd #institutionalResearch and data things, I am into #socialism, and most importantly I am a #musician playing bass and guitar and things in #jazz, #metal, #prog, #country and #americana contexts in #newOrleans and elsewhere.

I’m already enjoying Mastodon more than the bird site and happy to see new and familiar faces here. I’m probably just gonna post bad jokes like I did there.

renewed #introduction

#GenX #WifeGuy with #adhd and a teen with #adhd (it's a lot sometimes and i don't envy my partner)

#linguist with #CogSci vibes and an interest in #philsci now working in industry (w occasional academic foray) on #speech and #NLP adjacent things with #Python

weekend #bassist (CAKE, VF, Police, Meters when I'm feeling ambitious) but too shy/self-critical to play with others

#leftist at heart (weak on praxis)

i frequently re-read Baudelaire's "Enivrez-vous" ("Be Drunk")

Hi everyone!

My name is Everton (he/him). I have a MSc. in #Linguistics (currently pursuing a PhD) and my research focuses on Philosophy of Science applied to Linguistics and Linguistic Historiography. I work as a #translator, #proofreader and German #teacher.

Academic interests: #PhilosophyOfScience #philsci #HistoryOfScience #epistemology #HistoricalLinguistics #creole #creolistics #LanguageContact #historiography #languages #history

Personal interests: #cats #football #astronomy #politics #marxism #beer #race #veganism
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