Linguists Philologists
August 1, 2024 at 1:53 PM
Linguists Philologists
They’re philologists, Fred, they care about nothing!
September 27, 2026 at 1:33 PM
They’re philologists, Fred, they care about nothing!
Comparative philologist for sure.
One of my linguistics professors claimed most 19th century comparative philologists would be programmers nowadays.
One of my linguistics professors claimed most 19th century comparative philologists would be programmers nowadays.
What would your job be if you weren’t in tech (but you also lived in 1892)?
August 25, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Comparative philologist for sure.
One of my linguistics professors claimed most 19th century comparative philologists would be programmers nowadays.
One of my linguistics professors claimed most 19th century comparative philologists would be programmers nowadays.
the Hot Dog sandwich column is coming up for the newsletter and im frantically emailing epistemologists, philologists, etymologists and empiricists to get a real hot scholarly debate going
February 26, 2024 at 5:46 PM
the Hot Dog sandwich column is coming up for the newsletter and im frantically emailing epistemologists, philologists, etymologists and empiricists to get a real hot scholarly debate going
Thesis #10: Philologists are better close readers than philophers.
March 22, 2026 at 9:34 PM
Thesis #10: Philologists are better close readers than philophers.
People with so much money they never have to work again are going to have to become archaeologists and philologists again. No more computer. Go to Crécy and make yourself useful. Bring a friend.
April 8, 2026 at 11:59 PM
People with so much money they never have to work again are going to have to become archaeologists and philologists again. No more computer. Go to Crécy and make yourself useful. Bring a friend.
A Lemma of Philologists
May 20, 2025 at 6:12 PM
A Lemma of Philologists
Romance (for) philologists
November 2, 2023 at 4:52 PM
Romance (for) philologists
Same here but German philologists from the 1870s and 1880s.
October 2, 2023 at 3:27 PM
Same here but German philologists from the 1870s and 1880s.
Ten philologists is what … (i.e an unkindness of ravens, a murder of crows, a gaggle of geese, a …)
10 PAID PhD POSITIONS!
The “International Doctoral Program Philology” at the University of Munich just announced ten paid PhD positions on topics related to premodern philology.
The “International Doctoral Program Philology” at the University of Munich just announced ten paid PhD positions on topics related to premodern philology.
May 20, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Ten philologists is what … (i.e an unkindness of ravens, a murder of crows, a gaggle of geese, a …)
Three further aspects to explore here: 1) none, absolutely none of this would be possible without the work of philologists, historians, archaeologists etc. whose work trained the models used to do this; do not make the machine the protagonist here, this is not how this works.
June 25, 2026 at 2:15 PM
Three further aspects to explore here: 1) none, absolutely none of this would be possible without the work of philologists, historians, archaeologists etc. whose work trained the models used to do this; do not make the machine the protagonist here, this is not how this works.
Biologists and philologists encouraged to opine...
If a mustelid is a danger noodle does that make a wolverine cannelloni?
December 3, 2025 at 5:05 PM
Biologists and philologists encouraged to opine...
Western views of "inshallah" as off-limits / cultural appropriation, due to an assumed special religious quality or connotation, reflect the OG Orientalists philologists' projection of a dogmatic theological fixation onto Eastern languages and cultures.
9/12
9/12
July 26, 2026 at 9:50 PM
Western views of "inshallah" as off-limits / cultural appropriation, due to an assumed special religious quality or connotation, reflect the OG Orientalists philologists' projection of a dogmatic theological fixation onto Eastern languages and cultures.
9/12
9/12
Oh, yes, it's futile. Leave it to the philologists of the future
August 6, 2024 at 1:11 AM
Oh, yes, it's futile. Leave it to the philologists of the future
My husband and I (both of us classical philologists) are having a BLAST here at the breakfast table.
Hubby: I had a joke about Odysseus, but it just went on and on.
Me: I had one about Penelope, but it just kept starting over.
Hubby: I had a joke about Odysseus, but it just went on and on.
Me: I had one about Penelope, but it just kept starting over.
April 13, 2025 at 10:23 AM
My husband and I (both of us classical philologists) are having a BLAST here at the breakfast table.
Hubby: I had a joke about Odysseus, but it just went on and on.
Me: I had one about Penelope, but it just kept starting over.
Hubby: I had a joke about Odysseus, but it just went on and on.
Me: I had one about Penelope, but it just kept starting over.
The community of Greek-and-German trained translators and “philologists” in Vancouver who buy Nazi esoterica simply can’t be that large
September 25, 2024 at 1:51 PM
The community of Greek-and-German trained translators and “philologists” in Vancouver who buy Nazi esoterica simply can’t be that large
with CI we have no more need for philologists, cmon, think big
June 8, 2026 at 2:57 PM
with CI we have no more need for philologists, cmon, think big
If someone wants to give me 100k I could up my game
November 15, 2025 at 3:48 AM
If someone wants to give me 100k I could up my game
Is there new scholarship to be done on the New Testament by philologists?
Sure!
But you are going to need some pretty deep learning in koine Greek (and likely history, archaeology, etc.) - which Wolf does not have - in order to make anything resembling a contribution.
Sure!
But you are going to need some pretty deep learning in koine Greek (and likely history, archaeology, etc.) - which Wolf does not have - in order to make anything resembling a contribution.
June 3, 2024 at 3:37 PM
Is there new scholarship to be done on the New Testament by philologists?
Sure!
But you are going to need some pretty deep learning in koine Greek (and likely history, archaeology, etc.) - which Wolf does not have - in order to make anything resembling a contribution.
Sure!
But you are going to need some pretty deep learning in koine Greek (and likely history, archaeology, etc.) - which Wolf does not have - in order to make anything resembling a contribution.
A pedantry of philologists?
May 20, 2025 at 6:08 PM
A pedantry of philologists?
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we really owe future linguists and philologists an apology for what we’re doing to nomenclature right now
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we really owe future linguists and philologists an apology for what we’re doing to nomenclature right now
September 15, 2025 at 12:36 AM
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we really owe future linguists and philologists an apology for what we’re doing to nomenclature right now
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we really owe future linguists and philologists an apology for what we’re doing to nomenclature right now
You know that bsky has the juice when the one of the world's greatest living polyglot philologists arrives
Old Georgian word of the day რტყმა put on a belt, put around
as in the Life of Symeon the Fool (Imnaišvili 297.27):
შეიჴსნა საბელი, რომელი ერტყა სარტყლად
he loosened the rope that he was wearing like a belt
(you also get the related noun სარტყული belt, here adv case)
as in the Life of Symeon the Fool (Imnaišvili 297.27):
შეიჴსნა საბელი, რომელი ერტყა სარტყლად
he loosened the rope that he was wearing like a belt
(you also get the related noun სარტყული belt, here adv case)
December 6, 2024 at 6:53 PM
You know that bsky has the juice when the one of the world's greatest living polyglot philologists arrives