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Former linguist and language nerd | 元言語学者で言語オタク
I know nothing about her but all the art I see of her makes her look so sweet
January 27, 2026 at 2:22 AM
I know nothing about her but all the art I see of her makes her look so sweet
Is the first geminate somehow due to remembering that a is from Latin ad, or is it an Italian-internal thing?
January 24, 2026 at 4:11 PM
Is the first geminate somehow due to remembering that a is from Latin ad, or is it an Italian-internal thing?
I imagine the rules exist as a response to legitimately bad flags, but yeah, sometimes breaking rules works well. Honestly I love the Two Sicilies flag even if it's absurdly overcomplicated
January 24, 2026 at 12:42 AM
I imagine the rules exist as a response to legitimately bad flags, but yeah, sometimes breaking rules works well. Honestly I love the Two Sicilies flag even if it's absurdly overcomplicated
Lol, gotta have it both ways!
January 18, 2026 at 7:18 PM
Lol, gotta have it both ways!
Mhmm. Can't let the spiritual be truly spiritual; you have to put it somewhere or else it's not 'real' enough
January 18, 2026 at 7:14 PM
Mhmm. Can't let the spiritual be truly spiritual; you have to put it somewhere or else it's not 'real' enough
Ughhhh I hate it when Christians make Christianity look unnecessarily ridiculous
January 18, 2026 at 7:11 PM
Ughhhh I hate it when Christians make Christianity look unnecessarily ridiculous
I hope they pulse it for you! Cherenkov radiation is super pretty
January 16, 2026 at 1:31 AM
I hope they pulse it for you! Cherenkov radiation is super pretty
Sketchbook in the year of our lord 2025??
In all honesty I adore that series so much, even if Fake Bad Japanese Girl comes in halfway and nearly ruins it. Every time I rewatch part of it I feel like I come home.
In all honesty I adore that series so much, even if Fake Bad Japanese Girl comes in halfway and nearly ruins it. Every time I rewatch part of it I feel like I come home.
January 11, 2026 at 3:07 AM
Sketchbook in the year of our lord 2025??
In all honesty I adore that series so much, even if Fake Bad Japanese Girl comes in halfway and nearly ruins it. Every time I rewatch part of it I feel like I come home.
In all honesty I adore that series so much, even if Fake Bad Japanese Girl comes in halfway and nearly ruins it. Every time I rewatch part of it I feel like I come home.
Japan in particular also looks a lot more like a democracy on the outside than it actually is
January 4, 2026 at 7:23 PM
Japan in particular also looks a lot more like a democracy on the outside than it actually is
I see someone else here is a fan of YDAW 👀
January 4, 2026 at 7:20 PM
I see someone else here is a fan of YDAW 👀
I always say that the films are some of the best ever made, but the books are still better. Basically all of the 'wait, huh' moments are done away with in the books.
(Just don't get hung up on Tom Bombadil; I like him a lot but he's very tonally jarring for film-only knowers)
(Just don't get hung up on Tom Bombadil; I like him a lot but he's very tonally jarring for film-only knowers)
January 3, 2026 at 11:55 PM
I always say that the films are some of the best ever made, but the books are still better. Basically all of the 'wait, huh' moments are done away with in the books.
(Just don't get hung up on Tom Bombadil; I like him a lot but he's very tonally jarring for film-only knowers)
(Just don't get hung up on Tom Bombadil; I like him a lot but he's very tonally jarring for film-only knowers)
I would love to see y'all both do those like colour similarity tests they do for language documentation
December 30, 2025 at 7:02 PM
I would love to see y'all both do those like colour similarity tests they do for language documentation
Agreed, this looks like a textbook example of some change spreading over a geographical area that had already diverged
December 29, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Agreed, this looks like a textbook example of some change spreading over a geographical area that had already diverged
Yeah, contact-induced change is extremely common - and often covert, in that it can look like internally-motivated development until you realise what nearby languages are doing
December 29, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Yeah, contact-induced change is extremely common - and often covert, in that it can look like internally-motivated development until you realise what nearby languages are doing