Hackers' Pub

Syntax	Description	Examples
`"` keyword `"`	Finds the string within quotes, including spaces. Case-insensitive. (Escape quotes inside with `\"`)	`"Hackers' Pub"`
`from:` handle	Finds content written by the specified user.	`from:hongminhee` `from:hongminhee@hollo.social`
`lang:` ISO 639-1	Finds content written in the specified language.	`lang:en`
`#` tag	Finds content with the specified tag. Case-insensitive.	`#HackersPub`
condition condition	Finds content that satisfies both conditions on either side of the space (logical AND).	`"Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
condition `OR` condition	Finds content that satisfies at least one of the conditions on either side of the OR operator (logical OR).	`#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" lang:en`
`(` condition `)`	Combines the operators within the parentheses first.	`(#HackersPub OR "Hackers' Pub" OR "Hackers Pub") lang:en`

Yoïn van Spijk @yvanspijk@toot.community

9/17/2025, 6:37:50 PM

Public

The past tense of ‘to go’ is ‘went’, but this form used to belong to the verb ‘to wend’.

We call verbs like ‘to go’ suppletive: they’re cooperations of seperate verbs.

Surprisingly, ‘to bring’ is suppletive too: ‘brought’ comes from a different verb than ‘bring’.

Because of their similarity, these closely related verbs merged long ago – and they did so in most Germanic languages.

My new graphic tells you all about their past.

In certain varieties of English, people say ... 1/

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