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I want to post this here too because I’ve seen it happen a few times
Please understand that there are cultural differences and language differences, if you see this happening let the person clarify what they meant, that person might just not be familiar with words the western side of the internet use
#bearz rambling tag#no it’s not really possible to let everyone who uses this term to change#because as far as I know this is the most common word with use on Chinese websites#I didn’t know that pairing are called ‘ship’ here#like why would I even know that#‘ship’ makes zero sense to me#it took me a while to learn the fandom language people speak here#it’s hard#give people time#shipping culture is very different too#Like on Chinese site you HAVE to clarify the Top and the Bottom of this ship in the ship name#it is very very important to them#people who like the same ship but with different Top Bottom preference will fight till no end#imagine how confused I was when I first got here#where there’s no top bottom differences#it’s not really a smut thing#it’s more a dynamic thing#AxB and BxA is very different#oh I can talk so much about the differences on fandom cultures#if ya are interested in more please feel free to ask#it’s very interesting to me#I wanna talk about it
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11/23 is いい兄さんの日 (good older brother day) in japan 💐
#satsuhart#ace attorney#franziska von karma#miles edgeworth#apollo justice#trucy wright#rayfa padma khura'in#nahyuta sahdmadhi#i sorta had to rush this bc im going to be busy this weekend but i couldnt miss ii niisan day again man. not THIS year#i dont think theres actually a tradition of doing something for your older brothers its more of an otaku holiday#and i like flower language...#not sure how clear the last pic is but nahyuta sees rayfa with a bouquet for him and just starts Crying and she is so confused
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lost child
#in stars and time#isat#isat spoilers#isat siffrin#in stars and time fanart#isat fanart#i forgot to record the speedpaint :(#whatever im kinda proud if this one#anyone else thinks ab young siffrin right after the island dissappeared arriving in vaugarde with no knowledge of the language#of himself#or of how he ended up there#ever think about how scared and confused they mustve been#how it probably took them years to be able to communicate smoothly and be able to move freely#about how with the island not only did they lose their home and family and friends but also themselves#their personality#their language#EVERYTHING.#god siffrin u make me so sick i cant do this
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as part of my pitch re: this post please see below my original concept donut steal for an "if phoenix wright had to catch kira death note" au. best regards
more about this, probably:
this is probably the last case of the game where it transpires that all the other apparent murders in the game have been somehow set up as part of kira's master plan (kira has found creative ways to get around the fact that you can't use the death note to force one person to kill another person and also around rule 10 of the death note that a written death cannot cause other deaths. if you have further queries regarding this matter please do not hesitate to contact me via email best regards)
framing L involves setting up an elaborate murder scene with preset evidence where L is in precisely the wrong spot at the wrong time. L of course anticipated this
the detective character is soichiro, but the real detective character for most of the game is his son light who is a very helpful young man and in fact is the one making most of the contributions
L is ostensibly a detective character too but he mostly just shows up, licks some evidence, blinks at you, and fades out. until he gets arrested
the prosecutor is still miles edgeworth. consider the following:
edgeworth: we have security footage of the defendant holding the murder weapon, at the time of the murder, standing directly in front of the victim, using the weapon on the victim, and then the victim dies
phoenix: okay... but... what if there was a magic notebook
#rookposting#yes planning to do something stupid with this at some point.#harassing poof about comix already. i also kind of want to make like a very stupid little playable demo#death note#ace attorney#we're also not going to acknowledge the confusion of me using phoenix's english name but japanese honourifics#i declare that language is fake. and i can do whatever i want#dnaa
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constantly torn between "i wish I could magically learn this language immediately and speak it perfectly" and "part of language acquisition is the process, and learning it immediately wouldn't have as much meaning or significance to me"
#langblr#language learning#learning languages#'damn this is so confusing I wish I was magically fluent!'#also me. 'if i was magically fluent i'd miss out on the beautiful process of learning and discovery'#but i'd ALSO miss out on these. fucking AFFIXES
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Novice sewing pattern: Cut out shapes. Line up the little triangles on the edges. Stitch edges together. We've also included step-by-step assembly instructions with illustrations.
Novice knitting pattern: yOU MUSt uNDerstANd thE SECret cOdE CO67 (73, 87, 93) BO44 (63, 76, 90) 28 (32, 34) slip first pw repeat 7x K to end *kl (pl) 42 * until 13" (13, 13, 15) join new at 30 pl for 17 rows ssk 27 k2tog mattress lengthwise BO and sacrifice a goat to the knitting gods. WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU WANT "INSTRUCTIONS," I JUST GAVE THEM TO YOU
#knitting#no it's not a real pattern but I can't write one that makes sense because I have no freaking clue what any of that means#How do you make things that aren't basic rectangles#Why has every knitter I've asked for help just said 'patterns are easy; you just have to know how to read them' & then refused to teach me#Where do I even find a goat to sacrifice#How do I join the pattern cult#I am so confused#I've been knitting for almost a decade but I can only make scarves and potholders#I learned one (1) stitch by watching a YouTube video and none of my friends or family knit so I have no IRL resources#And nobody I meet seems to want to take the time to explain the rest to me#I taught myself to sew through trial and error but that doesn't really work with knitting because error is pretty much just... Unraveling?#Anyway sorry for the tag rant I'm just frustrated that I see pretty things I want to make but the instructions are in an alien language#And the gap between 'absolute novice' and 'intermediate' seems to be about 20 years of experience and formal instruction
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they trade shitty comics
#i love being able to draw whatever i want#homestuck#nichijou#mai minakami#dave strider#art#dave is mai's friend from america who yuuko and mio have never even heard of until one day he just randomly shows up#they cant understand each others languages but they pretend they can to confuse other people
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Did I read that right ???
#I’m reading it in English#reminder it’s not my first language#so im very confused most of the time ngl#leidila drew it#the locked tomb#tlt fanart#tlt#gideon the ninth#gideon nav#harrow the ninth#harrowhark nonagesimus#harrow nonagesimus#fanart#book
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i find it very disorientating the way americans refer to uni as "school" (especially postgrad) because sometimes i'm talking to someone online and i'm trying to gauge their age (often if they're talking shit and i want to know how firmly to call them out on it) and they start talking about "school" and "homework" and I'm like. okay, they're sixteen, it's fine, i'll let them off
and then you find out they're 26 and a phd student or something
#VERY confusing#nations separated by a common language#i'm not saying it's NOT school altho in a research rather than taught programme it does seem weird#we just don't call it that so it throws me off#personal
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Meme Prompts 14
#meme#memes#prompts#cryptid batfam#cryptid batfamily#cryptid batman#batman au#They're pretending to be cryptids so good#wing au?#wing au#They also created their own whistle-chirp-click language#There's a lot of in-gotham memes that don't really break containment but the few that have confuses people#Yes it is in fact a running joke in Gotham that Bruce & Batman are co parenting all of Gotham#The bats won't kill you but they'll do worse if you're doing all this for shits and giggles#Everyone knows Jason is Red Hood & the Second Robin but they think it's a possession scenario#Jason (theatre nerd that he is) leans into this hard#Bruce & the kids use their wings & other vigilante gear to stim while out & about#This makes them horrifying to see in the dark because it makes their silhouettes body horror-esque lol
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Beware Sorcerer MC, the Kind.
Know it is a rare occasion, if you happen to see the Master of the Seven Avatars of Sin out without an escort. Whilst rare, it will be obvious – like a single dandelion seed twirling and carefree in the middle of a raging thunderstorm.
Like a thunderstorm, they are terrifying. Their bright, brilliant smiles – shining like the sun as they nonchalantly sidestep yet another carnivorous plant lashing out at them from the sidewalk; or as they wave hello to the gargoyle who spits on the heads of passers-by from where it is perched atop the local bakery; or as they gently chastise one of the Seven Rulers of the Underworld, as if scolding a child. It is a sight to behold indeed - when irritated demons on the street stop their bickering and straighten their ties as MC turns the corner, the bitterness in their hearts killed by an unwillingness to disappoint the realm’s most prized person.
‘Apprentice to Solomon the Wise. Master of the Seven Avatars of Sin.’
‘Sorcerer MC, the Kind,’ the Devildom calls them. Some say the title was a joke in passing from MC’s teacher - the wise sorcerer, Solomon - one day in the RAD lunch hall and it just stuck. Others say the title came from a demon they had helped, who saw it fit to spread word of their deeds. And some others say the title came from Crown Prince Diavolo, himself.
“What do you mean, beware MC, the Kind?!” You say, almost spitting out your tea as Diavolo hands you his D.D.D. There’s an article on screen, with ‘Beware Sorcerer MC, the Kind’ as it’s title; praising you as the central force behind Diavolo’s efforts for peace amongst the three realms. Problem is - as you continue to scroll through it - it seems to portray simple kindness as some kind of magic spell… with a particular warning to demon children to not sin in broad daylight lest ‘MC the Kind smite you with the curse of their forgiveness, like they often do in the hallowed walls of RAD’s mess hall.’
“Flattering,” Barbatos comments, refilling your tea cup before you can blink, “do you not think, MC?”
Diavolo nods, happily. “I agree with Barbatos.”
“Smite, guys.” You look up at the happy pair beaming at you – then look back at the article. You repeat this a few times, blinking slowly. “I… I just share my dessert sometimes at RAD - is that smiting? Lord Diavolo, have I been smiting?!”
“Such high praise, MC.” Barbatos grins. “This calls for the good tea cakes.”
“The good tea cakes – thank you, Barbatos! And the good Demonus! Our longest aged!
… You aren’t sure how to respond to how happy they are about this.
(this was fun to write. i wanted to think of mc gaining a reputation like solomon’s, since i like whenever them being a a sorcerer in their own right pops up. solomon’s the wise sorcerer - so mc being the kind sorcerer seemed fitting ahahaha)
(i had fun trying to to give mc the same reputation and respect and power but with the ‘kind’ title, and landed on demons being like ‘mc said i should apologise oh no what is this guilt must be a spell’)
#its literally just their consciences#mc is confused like ‘have i been doing spells without knowing???’#solomon feeds off this by saying please is close to demon language for i smite thee#mc believes it#obey me headcanons#obey me shall we date#obey me nightbringer#obey me#obey me mc#obey me diavolo#obey me barbatos#obey me writing
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Simeon: ...I just witnessed a dick getting rolled over by a car.
Simeon: *DUCK
Simeon: DUCK!!!
Luke: O.o
Solomon: Naughty angel.
Simeon: How do I delete stuff?!
#obey me#obey me incorrect quotes#obey me crack#obey me shall we date#obey me one master to rule them all#obey me simeon#om simeon#omswd simeon#obey me solomon#om solomon#omswd solomon#obey me luke#om luke#omswd luke#Simeon did not want that language in front of Luke.#But autocorrect definitely didn't give him a choice.#Solomon is just laughing while Luke is very confused and traumatized.#I don't know if he knows what a d*ck is.#If he doesn't it's still a duck-
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I need your help with a hypothesis!
For context: My linguistics professor and I got into a discussion after a test she did with us, and I was of the opinion that the reason for the results was different from the one she offered, so she encouraged me to test my theory.
What I need
All you need to do is draw a coffee cup (with a handle, not the disposable stuff) and then answer three questions.
I don't need to see the coffee cup. You can draw it wherever you like; on a piece of paper, digitally, in the sand, on a foggy window. Anything works. It does not have to be good. A doodle is fine.
You have to draw the coffee cup before you see the questions. This is very important. If you decide to help me with this, please doodle the coffee cup before you keep reading.
Assuming you have drawn the coffee cup, I now need you to answer these three questions:
On which side did you draw the handle?
Are you right-handed or left-handed?
Do you primarily write using the Latin alphabet or a different one? (please specify which)
More context
Most people will draw the handle on the right side. My professor says it's because most people are right-handed, so they draw the handle in the direction that would be comfortable for them to pick up.
I said drawing it on the right side just felt more comfortable to my hand and argued it's probably because we write a bunch of letters like that. B, b, D, P, p, R all look like a tiny "handle on the right side" and are all a straight line followed by a round one (so "cup first, handle second," like most people draw cups). The Latin alphabet doesn't have letters like that that face the other way, except maybe d, depending on how you write it, so it makes sense to me that people writing mostly Latin letters would go with the handle on the right side.
Which means that I need to know what Asians, Arabs and Greeks do and if the distribution of left and right sides of handles differs from the Latin alphabet group. Cyrillic seems to favor right, too, though it'd be interesting to see if there are differences.
If there are, my theory is right. Doubly so if there is a sizeable increase in a group whose alphabet has letters that benefit the left side choice.
So feel free to spread this to as many people as you like and put the answers in the comments or the tags of a reblog. The more answers I get, the better I can assess whose theory is better.
Thank you for your help!
#language#linguistics#latin#greek#cyrillic#arabic#hebrew#chinese#japanese#korean#thai#sanskrit#there are way too many languages and scripts to add#but I hope these help out most folks with the tags at least#right-handed#left-handed#right side#left side#oh disposable coffee cups#the bane of my hypothesis#it needs to be a cup with a handle please#sorry for the confusion
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leo bringing up random trios and piper instantly responding "US!" with no hesitation (jason is so confused he's never interacted with the internet)
"We bare bears!"
"Us!"
"... pardon?"
#hoo#jason grace#pjo#heroes of olympus#leo valdez#piper mclean#and it increasingly gets more confusing and vague#“articles of the english language!” “us!”#“whats an article...?” ← man raised speaking latin (no articles)#they refuse to elaborate and jason is exploding
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maffhew who refuses to say runebergin torttu because he knows hes gonna butcher it so bad he might be kicked out of the country the second he tries and staunchly avoids that by going "the one dessert that barky is going to have to explain 😃"
sasha who gets faced with the most generic description of everything hes ever eaten in his life so far because of maffhew and going "???... oh you mean runebergin torttu!"
"he did good he liked the food and he likes the finland so far so its good" sasha says with so much pride now that all the anxiety has left his system that his husband teammate is enjoying his country and doesnt hate it
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the smile of a man who knowlingly doomed his husband and said husband using all his brain power to context clues his way to whatever the fuck he just got asked that his brain is running hotter than a mid 2012 macbook air thats somehow still alive in the year of the lord 2024 but girl does she chug along shes louder than a fighter jet
#matthew tkachuk#aleksander barkov#florida panthers#2425#the famous vanha kauppahalli date™#we know how bad he is at pronouncing words not in english he does not want to fuck up his husbands language in front of him#(the nhl stars try to speak german video has entered the chat)#different attitudes here lmao#“he did good” mate he was... eating food... what... what is there to praise here..?#i shivered sweet mary and joseph sasha this is how you praise maffhew? yeah id be an annoying little shit about it too#whatever they have. unexplainable. i wont even bother#im glad to see pie and cake are still very confusing for esol#somehow ive had the conversation with several different people in my lifetime and realised even i dont know what the fuck it is#in the sense that when i translate pastries into english for my american friends i just pause and go#wait... i think this is a pie... but its called a tart in spanish but its also kind of a cake? and- [windows reboot sound]#ive had to do this with pastafrola and im like please just eat it dont make me explain im gonna cry if i do#I DONT KNOW WHAT IT IS IN AN ENGLISH CONTEXT BECAUSE IT DOESNT EXIST IN AN ENGLISH CONTEXT TO ME JUST EAT IT#“so whats the difference between a torta and a tarta and isnt a tarta kinda like a pie-” “stop asking questions you dont want answers to”#you have no idea how upset i get trying to explain#im glad sasha at least protrays a little of that frustration by going “i dont know english word” girl SAME
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That terf comment is baffling to me. Are they mad you didn’t give the wolves big human tits to indicate if they were female?? Big wolf bonkahonkahugaloos??
i think they are fighting ghosts and losing
#i think transphobia is just an actual form of encephalopathy your brain deteriorates over time if you dont get help#the initial thing that made that person mad was obv the boys and enbies additions#which does not make this behavior any less bizzare#not just bc they got confused about which drawing they were supposed to be mad about but#getting mad and starting an argument abt trans people bc of illustrations of animals having fun#that cant be explained by simple mistake or language barrier its just derangement
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