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The Turkish hashtags I know of are #evdekal -- stay home #evdekalturkiye -- stay home Turkey #evdehayatvar -- there is life at home #sokağaçıkma -- don't go out I can provide literal translations if you are interested. Cheers, Sarah Sarah Tinker Perrault [log in to unmask] http://perrault.faculty.ucdavis.edu/ On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 7:51 AM Reichelt, Melinda J < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > Dear EATAW Members, > > I hope this email finds you all well. > > On Monday, a reporter from my local newspaper (the T*oledo Blade*, out of > Toledo, Ohio, USA), will interview me for a story about the effect of > Coronavirus on the English language and other languages. She has told me > she is curious about how various languages are referring to what are called > "stay-at-home orders" in the U.S. I thought this listserv might be a good > place to gather information. I would be grateful if you would email me at > [log in to unmask] and tell me what stay-at-home orders are > called in the languages you know, and please give me a literal translation. > I'm also curious about whether other terms besides "stay-at-home orders" > are used in various English-speaking countries. In the U.S., I've also > heard (and used) the term quarantine to refer to staying at home, even if > you're not sick. > > If you wish, if you respond, I can send you a list of interesting > newly-coined words in English related to the Corona virus. Please just ask > me. I've been collecting them as one of my new Coronahobbies while I'm > confined to my home, needing new means of occupying myself. I have about 35 > so far, but here's a sampling: > > Coronabrain: When all you can think about is the Corona virus > > Covidfever: Like cabin fever > > Procrastibaking: What I've been doing instead of grading papers > > Coronababies: We'll have them in our classes in about 18 years and nine > months > > Hairpocalypse: My current hairdo, which probably won't improve if I let my > daughter give me a quarancut > > JOMO: Joy of missing out; the opposite of FOMO, fear of missing out > > Zoombies: (Zoom + zombie) What teachers feel they’ve become after > conducting classes all week on Zoom > > Zoomsmen: your groomsmen in a Zoom wedding > > Covedient: (Covid + obedient) describes people who are obedient to > stay-at-home orders > > Zumping: Dumping a romantic partner via Zoom > > > Thanks, everyone. > > Melinda > > Dr. Melinda Reichelt > Professor of English, Director of ESL Writing > University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, USA > [log in to unmask] > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ To > unsubscribe login to https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=EATAW > You find the 'Unsubscribe' button in the blue 'Options bar' _________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe login to https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A0=EATAW You find the 'Unsubscribe' button in the blue 'Options bar'