User:Vuccala

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en This user is a native speaker of English.
pl-3 Ten użytkownik posługuje się językiem polskim na poziomie zaawansowanym.
la-2 Hic usuarius lingua latina mediae difficultatis conferre potest.
ja-2 この利用者はある程度日本語ができます。
jam-2 Dis ya (oo)man Patwa can gwaan.
fr-1 Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau élémentaire de français.
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@vuccala
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Aiming to document all English words about foxes
…and interested in Jamaican Creole.

Born in Poland, grew up in Canada, moved back to Poland in adulthood. Polish is technically my first language, but English overtook it in proficiency by the age of 6. Learned rudimentary French in school. Studied Japanese, Latin, and Jamaican in adulthood.

As a reader, I'm here because…
  • I like language, reading, writing, linguistics, and history.
  • I check words' etymologies, definitions, and senses obsessively.
  • Wiktionary helps me improve my Polish and other languages I'm studying.
As an editor, I'm here because…
  • Upon encountering a word with no entry yet it's nice to give it one so more people can learn of the word.
  • I like finding and adding the earliest known citations of words and phrases.
  • I like improving coverage of topics I care about.
  • I like contributing to free and open collaboration projects.
Etymology
Blend of Vu-lpes (fox) +‎ bu-cca (mouth) +‎ -la (as in Attila, Caligula, Dracula, etc.)
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈvu.kɐlɐ/
Favorite language podcasts
Lexitecture: In-depth etymologies of two English words per episode
Word of Mouth: BBC podcast hosted by Michael Rosen about various language topics
History of English: Extremely in-depth history of the English language in chronological order
Word Matters: Podcast about lexicography from Merriam-Webster editors
Lingthusiasm: Enthusiastic discussions about linguistics with Gretchen McCulloch


Cool sites
The Historical Thesaurus of English: containing almost every word in English from Old English to the present day.
Chinese Character Wiki: containing evolution of characters.
The Atlas of Pidgin and Creole Language Structure: containing overviews of pidgins and creoles.
Wikiscan statistics: Wiktionary's "high-score table".


Fun way to contribute to Wiktionary
Go to Category:English phrases, choose any phrase you like, and search for its earliest appearance on Archive.org books, then add that as a usage example or citation. It's fun to be the first to discover the earliest-known use of a phrase.


🇯🇲 Coverage of Jamaican Creole 🇯🇲
635 lemmas
300 nouns 139 verbs
74 adjectives 26 adverbs