« BackShibbolethen.wikipedia.orgSubmitted by redbell 9 months ago
  • 082349872349872 9 months ago

    compare https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emotive_conjugation

      I am accommodating
  You are using shibboleths
  They are dog whistling
    EDIT: reflecting on שׁ‎ not being a difficult sound for english speakers, I'd thought כ was pronounced differently to ח‎, but a cursory search reveals there are many communities where they're homophonous.
    • names_are_hard 9 months ago

      כ differing from ח can be a contemporary shibboleth among contemporary Hebrew speakers, perhaps.

    • hooverd 9 months ago

      Also an unpleasant piece of software.

      • bigfatkitten 9 months ago

        Seemingly loved by universities, and nobody else.