#HistSciFest Fascinating talk from Sibusiso Biyela @AstroSibs right now (I think you can still join: bshsfestival.org.uk/index.php/prog…)
The question "Why doesn't our language have a word for dinosaur?" felt like it ought to be an article in itself. Turns out it is:
bbc.com/future/article…
The question "Why doesn't our language have a word for dinosaur?" felt like it ought to be an article in itself. Turns out it is:
bbc.com/future/article…
https://twitter.com/DollyJorgensen/status/1280107647337979904
#HistSciFest Realising he would need to coin his own term for "dinosaur" in isiZulu, Biyela settled on "isilwane sasemandulo", approximately "ancient animal".
Notes that "dinosaur" (= "terrible lizard") is a *very* long way from what current science sees a dinosaur as being...
Notes that "dinosaur" (= "terrible lizard") is a *very* long way from what current science sees a dinosaur as being...
(Stray thought: one outcome of the mutability of language is that current English has a potential get-out here:
"Look, it's not a reptile. It's warm-blooded, feathery, rather like a chicken..."
"Exactly. And a chicken, you will accept, is a *terrible* lizard.")
#HistSciFest
"Look, it's not a reptile. It's warm-blooded, feathery, rather like a chicken..."
"Exactly. And a chicken, you will accept, is a *terrible* lizard.")
#HistSciFest
...As @SamHistSci points out, you'll be able to view the whole talk from the beginning at the same link, crowdcast.io/e/decolonizing…, after it finishes. (Scheduled end is 14:00 UK time, then it may take a bit longer to finalise the recording)
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