This is fascinating - from Michael Symmons Roberts’ book on Messiaen - and the division of people into Diachronics & Episodics. Like Isaiah Berlin’s fox & hedgehog, I think it’s a continuum … and despite seeing myself mostly as a Diachronic, I do think there are traits in my being that are Episodic.
July 9, 2025 at 1:06 PM
This is fascinating - from Michael Symmons Roberts’ book on Messiaen - and the division of people into Diachronics & Episodics. Like Isaiah Berlin’s fox & hedgehog, I think it’s a continuum … and despite seeing myself mostly as a Diachronic, I do think there are traits in my being that are Episodic.
leading eventually to its dissolution. Whether Estonian gave the name to Latvian or vice versa is not clear: #Ērģeme might be a #Latvian calque of #Estonian #Härgmäe, but härg itself is a #Baltic loan word. Etymology and diachronics too complicated for my extremely modest grasp of Estonian.
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March 16, 2025 at 5:30 PM
STRAWSON’S DIACHRONICS VS. EPISODICS: BEGINNING TO THINK ABOUT AUTOBIOGRAPHY – Sara Martín Alegre
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December 14, 2025 at 11:20 AM
I guess I'm not attuned enough to the diachronics of late 20th century American culture, I'll keep an eye out on my next rewatch
July 8, 2025 at 11:56 AM
I guess I'm not attuned enough to the diachronics of late 20th century American culture, I'll keep an eye out on my next rewatch
the only frustrating thing about conlang is that you kinda have to worldbuild in order to have believable/naturalistic diachronics (especially in the lexicon via loans and interdialectal loans/influence) and i bloody HATE worldbuilding because its mentally laborious
February 14, 2026 at 10:02 PM
the only frustrating thing about conlang is that you kinda have to worldbuild in order to have believable/naturalistic diachronics (especially in the lexicon via loans and interdialectal loans/influence) and i bloody HATE worldbuilding because its mentally laborious
nah, my autism constantly puts diachronics in my brain
May 5, 2025 at 11:54 PM
nah, my autism constantly puts diachronics in my brain
not having a proto lang doesn't stop me from assuming how diachronics occurred! lmao
January 3, 2025 at 2:59 AM
not having a proto lang doesn't stop me from assuming how diachronics occurred! lmao
thinking about how the diachronics of vulgar latin somewhat act as a phoneme blowtorch burning off the ends of words.
December 8, 2024 at 8:28 PM
thinking about how the diachronics of vulgar latin somewhat act as a phoneme blowtorch burning off the ends of words.
(Which is why I find attempts to do so, so boring. Just admit that you're embedded in a tradition and let's talk about that! Diachronics are so much more fun than systematics!)
May 8, 2025 at 4:53 PM
(Which is why I find attempts to do so, so boring. Just admit that you're embedded in a tradition and let's talk about that! Diachronics are so much more fun than systematics!)
“Fire, Diachroic, & Spacial Sphere & Platter” - An Original Digital Artifact/AI Enhanced - © 2007-2024 Brad Michael Moore - #Art #Digital #DigitalArtifact #AI #YearInPeril #WithinANewRealm #Meditational #Diachronics #WhoAmIIfIAmNotWhoIAm 🎨 #Abstract #DigitalPainting #AlphaSight #SoleWitness #Purity
June 2, 2026 at 3:46 AM
“Fire, Diachroic, & Spacial Sphere & Platter” - An Original Digital Artifact/AI Enhanced - © 2007-2024 Brad Michael Moore - #Art #Digital #DigitalArtifact #AI #YearInPeril #WithinANewRealm #Meditational #Diachronics #WhoAmIIfIAmNotWhoIAm 🎨 #Abstract #DigitalPainting #AlphaSight #SoleWitness #Purity
it's pretty cool that "ant" and German Ameise are cognates. imo at face value they don't really look it (unless you know the diachronics).
in Middle English they said "am(p)te" and i love that 🐜
in Middle English they said "am(p)te" and i love that 🐜
April 18, 2025 at 11:26 PM
it's pretty cool that "ant" and German Ameise are cognates. imo at face value they don't really look it (unless you know the diachronics).
in Middle English they said "am(p)te" and i love that 🐜
in Middle English they said "am(p)te" and i love that 🐜
here is a great english-language overview that goes into the diachronics quite a bit
February 26, 2025 at 8:49 PM
here is a great english-language overview that goes into the diachronics quite a bit