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Anne Faris
@aefaris.bsky.social
Inveterate word nerd. Tireless aspirant to coke bottle lenses.
Studying English Literature at the University of British Columbia
September 25, 2025 at 4:41 AM
This guy's a scream. And seriously informative. Highly recommend.
#ancientbluesky #romanhistory #archaeology #history

Did Romans sound like the Hollywood, gruff-voiced mumblers we are familiar with or falsetto-voiced musical trillers? Which modern accent is closest to ancient Latin?

Let's find out!

open.substack.com/pub/jamescov...
What Did Romans Sound Like?
The Welsh are, justifiably, a people who are very proud of their little country.
open.substack.com
July 23, 2025 at 4:55 AM
Good one.
If I find myself eating here, is that nomnominative determinism?
February 19, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Party on, Garth

#earlymodern
Carnival reveler wakes sleeping lad with a burning wick, 1630. A favorite theme of Nicolas Regnier, for some reason, and today is his day.
January 26, 2025 at 2:23 AM
'The Neophyte' by Gustave Doré.

Otherwise, perhaps, 'how it feels to grow old'.
#19thCentury #Romanticism
December 23, 2024 at 5:43 PM
Chess... or hypnotic warfare?
#MedievalMonday
The Lewis Chessmen for #MedievalMonday

Characterful 12th-century chess pieces with wonderfully expressive eyes! 👀

From a large gaming hoard found on the Isle of Lewis, Scotland, in 1831. Walrus ivory, c. 1150-1200. 📷 my own

#Archaeology
December 23, 2024 at 5:22 PM
“A poem is more than an algorithm. It is meaning, empathy, revelation, inversion, dissidence, passion, and surprise: poetry is what happens in the space between logic and chaos."
~ Joelly Taylor
November 18, 2024 at 4:24 PM
November 10, 2024 at 4:31 PM