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I only know about ö, æ, and å from the song~ If it pleases you, tell me about their history?
i have literally no idea what song you're talking about but okay, buckle up, long semi unhinged rant abt letters ahead!
so. the alphabet. what a concept. we learn it, we love it, blah blah blah. let's not get into the history here, just accept the latin a-z modern alphabet with it's 26 letters. well. some countries have more than 26 letters. many countries have extra letters (usually existing letters with addendums) which have their own unique sounds and are learned as if they were their own unique letters (which they are!) but not officially part of the alphabet. why? eh, varies. some languages have so many extras to so many letters that it simply would be too much of a trouble to separate what are unique letters and what are pronounciation guides. some probably have other reasons. i mean, some countries have 26 letter simply because of tradition (ask any swede to say the alphabet and they'll miss w 99% of the time, because it's a completely surperflous letter which should stop existing in our alphabet and just file under v. but whatever).
anyway. some countries have extra letters. german have ä, ö and ü, which are learned as their own letter bc of their unique sounds, but are filed under a, o and u in the dictionary. scandinavia have å, ä/æ and ö/ø, and they are treated as separate letters in the alphabet, which gives our alphabets 29 letters (should be 28 but WHATEVER). they have completely unique sounds in our languages, so why should they be treated as anything but unique letters? please note that ä and æ are literally the same letters. same with ö and ø
and here. HERE is where i get emotional: the differences in how and why sweden and denmark+norway write their "extra" letters
for as long as people have had writing, we have changed how we write. fonts are nothing new. every day we read three completely different looking version of the letter a without batting an eye. the way letters look are constantly evolving. and once upon a time in the 1500's there was a style called fraktur developed in germany. nothing new under the sun, someone wanted a font that looked cool, the style continued to develop alongside the "normal" looking latin alphabet, and eventually fraktur was seen as obsolete and phased out. but one thing fraktur was very good at, was combining letters into one to save space. it made sense for letters that was often written next to each other to make certain sounds to be written as one symbol. in fraktur there is a symbol that means tz, there is one that means ck, one that meant sz and so on... and some combos stuck. the symbol that simply was a space saving mashup of s and z eventually became the german letter ß (which is now being phased out afaik). however... fraktur wasn't the first style to do this. we already had æ
at some point, someone in germany decided that you know what? æ and œ actually still takes up unnecessary space. we want them to be even more compact; out with the middle ages, in with the new. we have a writing style that is so fucking good at mashing up letters and we don't like how someone else have done that already, we want to be the best. the best way to do this was apparently by looking at another old way of giving letters unique sounds by drawing lines above them, and modernized it by put e above o and a. like just. a teeny tiny e floating above a and o. which sweden thought was kinda cool looking. we were a very modern and cool country after all. this eventually resulted in people writing two lines or dots above them rather than a full on e, which became the ä and ö we know and love today. but in denmark and norway people apparently was fine with the way æ looked (or they were just really really conservative and didn't want to throw out a several hundred year old letter), but they agreed that œ was a waste of space, but that swedes were tools for following germany, and they came up with their own solution by shoving the letters together completely. e overlayed on o became ø. æ stayed as æ. and then all three of us turned our heads to germany and said "but you know what? we DO have a sound which kinda sorta sounds like aa or ao, but we have no way of really writing that beside á which could also have other sounds which just makes things kinda confusing. and germany do actually have a neat little thing going on with the lil' e on top of another letter. should we maybe... invent the letter å?" and then we did
and i just find it beautiful how swedish, norweigan and danish, three languages that are so close they would be dialects if we weren't separate countries, looked at the same unique sounds which we wrote in the same way, and said hey. let's make them into proper letters. and then we solved it in two completely separate ways.
next up: watch me cry over how different languages pronounce the same letters
#this is just a four languge cutout of letters that exists in many languages and i'm in no way an expert on this#so take this with a pinch of salt
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sometimes im like “ianthe is such a dick” until i remember she literally sacrificed her own arm to prevent (failed) cytherea from killing gideon
#everyone say thank you ianthe#one hit wonder ianthe#ALSO i only read gtn so far#so take this with a pinch of salt
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reasons to vote for Joseph:
If Flynn was told someone was born 50 years ago he'd instantly know how old they are. Joseph Joestar would not know.
Flynn would have no problems riding a plane if they existed, Joseph Joestar crashes 3/4 plane he is on.
Joseph Joestar survives all fights by excessive BSing and pure luck to the point of magic, unlike Flynn who has a speck of brain. Joseph Joestars head is full of hot air and clackers.
I do believe they would be friends if they met, how even Flynn Rider would think Joseph was stupid AF, and would likely make a quip about it to Rapunzel.
Flynn Rider is a lot of things, but when it comes to himbos Joseph Joestar is a himbo is the eyes of himbos.
(Same could be said for Okuyasu considering Josuke is himbo Lite and Okuyasu is more himbo lmao.)
Round 2
#Haven't seen the tangled show#So take this with a pinch of salt#jjba#But my man Flynn is stupid sure#But more himbo than Joseph is a big ask
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its wild how much engagement ofmd posts get on the max account. if you look at everything streamonmax posted in august it averages out at around 50k views per tweet. even house of the dragon gets around 200k. this video is almost at 500k views in less than 24 hours.
#ofmd#our flag means death#obligatory we have no idea how accurate that view count is so take it with a pinch of salt#the vanity fair article tweet got 1 million views
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See Ya When I See Ya (Acoustic), Miles Kane @ The Caves Edinburgh 13/11/24
literal moments before this: a group of people in the crowd suddenly started chanting for miles to play standing next to me. he acknowledged it for a moment with the hint of a nostalgic/wistful smile, and then proceeded to level us all with reactionary, wry, raised-eyebrows look and launched immediately into see ya when i see ya instead. and this isn’t even my milex brain talking (the girl next to me literally went “oh wow”), the way he did it was genuinely SO loud. like it was an unmistakeable expression that so clearly showed he feels something about those two songs is inherently connected. it was such a from-the-gut, instinctive response and it spoke VOLUMES. i wish wish WISH i'd managed to catch it on video because i know my description is not doing it justice at all, but trust me. it really packed a punch. like there was this reminder of the most popular puppets song from the crowd (and one that’s particularly associated with all their milex antics at that) , and then this visceral expression from miles of "yeah, none of that anymore" or "look at where we are now" as he introduced see ya when i see ya. there were just. SO many emotional layers. and like yes, i know it's sort of an open secret that see ya when i see ya might be about alex and their creative/personal relationship, but god. this really felt so close to an open admission that that’s the case.
#also the fact he played shavambacu > see ya when i see ya > colour of the trap???#insanity#i did not cope well#also i am fully aware that this is just my personal interpretation of his reaction#i may of course be way off so please as always take with a pinch of salt#but it certainly felt very clear from where i was standing#and that was a sentiment shared by a lot of the people i spoke to at the gig#also#on a slightly different note#see ya when i see ya is actually one of my favourite songs of his and i was absolutely THRILLED that he played it#it's so gorgeous acoustic too 💖#anyway yeah#going to be thinking about this for a WHILE 🫠#(i’m also trying to hunt down footage but so far no success)#miles kane#omb era#omb winter tour#my show#lulu posts
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it’s cool how jabberwock has all nature related names and how ren is no exception!!
his surname is the most interesting to me because 白波 can be translated as “white-crested waves”. pretty big waves!! and the fact that his name includes 氵too, which are water splashes. it’s ironic considering how much he hates the sea & aquatic stuff, and extra funny when you consider that his artefact is a life ring.
also, considering japanese family names can originate from either family occupations or natural features around their home, does ren’s family business have something to do with the sea / did he make his deal because something happened when he grew up around the sea? ren origin story pls
i think it’s also interesting that ren’s name 蓮 means lotus. it’s an aquatic flower that usually germinates in mud, i. e. something growing from hardship, which makes me curious to see if he rly learns anything from being in jabberwock.
it also matches up with his 五格 (name divination)! his 总格 reads that his life will be full of hard work, but things may not go his way no matter how hard he tries. he will always feel like he’s under a lot of stress. darkwick pls assign him somewhere else
on the bright side, his 外格 (6) reads that his friendships will be stable. he helps others when they need it and in return his friends will bring him even more luck and help him out wherever they can!! which is something we already see in the jabberwock chapter w him & calamari!! it also reads that although he doesn’t attract a lot of attention, he can stand up for himself. and we can see for sure with the way he resists haru LOL
also his 地格 reading (18) is SO HIM i suspect the writers might have all the characters’ divinations in front of them during character design @-@ it reads that he has a lot of dissatisfaction, and instead of working through them logically he tends to complain and doesn’t really know how to solve them hdksjsjsj?? it’s become a habit and now whenever he’s in a situation if he doesn’t complain about it it doesn’t feel right,,, which is so him,, relatable king
anyway happy ren day!!
#tokyo debunker#ren shiranami#his fortune also says he can’t marry early bc he’ll tire of married life too easily @-@ sorry ren stans#I’d read his 八字 but we don’t get birth years @-@#lin yapping#I wonder if the writers name them then create their design or create their designs then settle on a name#with what I’ve dug up for towa & haku it seems like the latter but ren’s reads like the former LOL#anyway this is divination so take it w a pinch of salt#happy ren day!!#name series
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I'd say it depends on the person, but for me it's a sense of "wow I wish I was able to present like that" or "I wish I looked like that" while knowing that I don't due to facts outside of my control (body type, facial structure, etc). I don't pass as a male so when I see people who can at least pass as androgynous that's when the "envy" kicks in. It's more of a lighthearted thing for me though since it's pretty much only directed towards fictional characters lol, I don't particularly care that I don't pass.
btw how do people get gender envy. what’s that
#It's pretty much just wishful thinking#I don't know if everyone has the same mindset towards it#so take this with a pinch of salt#.✼Mutuals
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arkco 🤝 diakko
involving characters where one isn't so well versed with magic and was introduced to it by witches that weren't seen in a positive light by their societies and the other character being incredibly studious and better than the most and being from an ancient line of witches (which they're lowkey kinda the black sheep in)
#arkco#diakko#little witch academia#witch hat atelier#tbh i barely remember lwa's character stories so take this w a pinch of salt
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Eddie may not have said that he is straight on screen but Ryan has said it in interviews. I don't think he would call Eddie straight if it wasn't true. He would leave it unsaid like Oliver did regarding Buck's sexuality.
Hey Nonnie
I’ve said this several times - but I will say it again. Actors don’t know what direction their characters storylines are going to take - they can only speak for where there character is at at the moment of the interview they are giving. So an actor saying a character is straight means very little - Oliver referred to Buck as straight in interviews in the past - and look where Buck is now!
Plus Ryan has started using gender neutral pronouns in interviews and has talked about his delight at people from all demographics finding things in Eddie that has helped them - and that includes queer people. Ryan also has stated on multiple occasions that he is very much up for queer Eddie and buddie - if the show wants to go in that direction. we have enough subtext and foreshadowing in canon to make the conversations around Eddies sexuality valid. i would also point out that we know that Eddie was going to be the one getting a queer arc in s7 - but that they had to change it to Buck due to the availability of various actors, so to suggest that we are all reading too much into things - when we have plenty of evidence to validate our conversations is disingenuous. you don’t have to engage in those conversations - you can filter, block or scroll past stuff - and leave those of us who do want to speculate and enjoy discussing possible storylines for characters such as Eddie to do so.
We are talking about fictional people remember and so we can discuss whatever we want to discuss about them - it’s literally the purpose of fandom!
#Kym answers things#nonnie asks#I will say it again - the actor can only go with the information they have at the time - which is what Ryan did in those interviews#things can change - stories move on it’s how tv works#why is this so hard to understand#people really need to take what is said in interviews with a pinch of salt - its for speculating over it is not canon#canon is only the stuff we see on screen in the show - and Eddies sexuality has never been confirmed in canon#911 spoilers#eddie diaz#911 abc
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good morning it's gonna be a good race for us girlie.
#i dreamt i couldn't see the end of the race... and when i turned my tv on carlitos won#carlitos#carlos sainz jr#lando norris#carlando#landino#so take it with a pinch of salt but my dreams always come thru#maxie#max verstappen#baku gp 2024#versarnor
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this might just be me but…
i’m not that excited for Caleb to come back as another love lead?
*spoilers for those who have not gotten to that part of the main story*
like with Sylus, it was more of a sense of being overwhelmed with having to keep up with now 4 love leads and not being able to anticipate what he was going to be like because all we knew about him was that he’s the big bad of onychinus and that he’s the enemy having us be unsure of how the dynamic between him and MC was going to tie together and how it was to be played out along the way. however, thankfully infold made me eat my words on this part.
as for Caleb, how are they going to write themselves out of the house being blown up and all that jazz? also to me, his dynamic with MC is so… sibling like from the very beginning (yes, they are not blood related but were raised together by evil granny still with the understanding that they are family??)
although yes, he did kind of hint at the whole “if you were facing issues all this time, why didn’t you come to me for help” thing seeming to hold back on saying what he really feels but ma’am, it was giving more of a concerned older brother vibe then a love lead (again, yes. i know MC’s memory of the boys and their various lives are all jumbled up and messy to her with the boys not being able to be themselves around her and revealing the truth due to complications with the timelines and that we have to go through the entire story and all that nonetheless!!) i’m still not that convinced??
idk man, i’m probably thinking too much about this.
again, I’m just someone on the internet and it’s not that serious but let’s see?? infold tends to surprise us every now and then…
#pann talks#love and deepspace#again#i’m just a faceless person on the internet#so ngeh#take things with a pinch of salt I guess#kakakaka#oh welp#time to do some work with hubby#okay byeeeee#don’t come for me#I just want to see if i am the abnormality that’s not looking forward to#the addition of Caleb#coming back as a love lead#seen too much mangas and dramas that involve this#dare I say unusual relationship dynamic turned into love???#and it’s not there for me personally
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Rachel Brookes just casually throwing it out that she heard that Helmut Marko is out of Red Bull next year and that Daniel has two races to prove himself?
WHAT???? No one followed her up on it so I’m not sure how true it is but she managed to knock me on my ass twice in 30 seconds.
#again this is just one person so take it with a pinch of salt#I assume Daniels is in a improve or Liam is in#WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR MAX????#HELLO????#f1#max verstappen#daniel ricciardo
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Did James trust Remus during the Frist war?
(Not an analysis, that might come at some point but certainly not rn)
for me the not trusting Remus thing always fell really flat
One of the absolute canonical thing we know about Jame sis that he had a lot of loyalty
Also like while we're not given an exact date we know that James gave Remus a monthly allowance which is not something you give to someone you think is on the side of the fuy trying to kill you
As for him not knowing, I think there are multiple ways Remus would have not ended up knowing:
He was not the secret keeper, and was not a part of the ruse.
We have no idea when exactly the switch occurs, so it could have happened just a bit b4 Jily's murder; even if it was planned in advance
The only people who knew were Jily (the ones going in hiding), Sirius (the original Secret keeper and the one who suggested the switch) and Peter (the final secret keeper)
We also don't know exactly when Sirius brought the idea up, but if I remember correctly he was the secret keeper at some point so the switch happened after that.
Most people didn't know where Jily were hiding, so it's not even singling Remus out, they just kinda cut contact with everyone other than sirius and Peter, likely any communications done b/w Jily, Harry and Remus were done b/w Sirius.
We know for a fact that Remus was distant and secretive due to his mission, and as Sirius suspected hi it's more than likely that he semi-shut himself out from his friends
It's possible that his Sirius, Lily and Peter convinced him to hide it from everyone not a direct part of the ruse
I doubt James would have been busy trying to fight with Sirius (Who the traitor was/was not is a ery serious topic during the middle of the war, for obvi reasons) constantly over it
It's even possible that James asked them to tell Remus, but they didn't (there wasn't much James could do about this)
It's likely that Remus was extremely low contact to the point where it wouldn't have made sense (they trusted Peter completely) It is possible, if not very likely, that they did try and contact Remus but couldn't resulting in him never finding out
What with being on a secret werewolf mission thing, Remus might not have been easy to find
He might not even have been around to be told, and it's very unlikely Peter would have sent him a letter explaining anything (Jily and Harry's safety would be compromised very easily with it)
James probabaly didn't have much of a choice on who to tell and who to keep it a secret from. Sure, he, Harry and Lily were the ones getting protected, but Sirius and Peter were also in this, so it might have been their call
James wouldn't have told someone if Sirius (and likely Peter bc he wouldve preferred them doubting Remus than him) was uncomfortable with it.
Remus likely was acting sus so James migt not have thought he was the traitr but decided to let it go, esp bc it would have helped Sirius feel better.
James trusted Sirius enough that he may have let the issue go.
They told no one about this except for those directly connceted, including DUMBLEDORE, the literal guy Voldy feared, so, esp with Harry's life on the line, they probs wanted to keep it all minimum to keep Harry safe and reduced the chance of someone finidng the plan out (someone meaning death eaters)
#james potter#Remus Lupin#points post#ig#James did Trust him#END OF STORY PLZ#about 90% is speculation bc we don't know the exact exactness of this#so take it all with a pinch of salt
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just the thought of them trying to make it seem consensual makes me SO mad because ANDREW WAS SO INJURED!!! HE HAD A CONCUSSION!!! HE COULDN'T SIT DOWN WITHOUT PAIN!!! HE MUST'VE BEEN COVERED IN BRUISES TOO!!! KILL THE PROSECUTOR!!!!!! Anyway just casually getting mad as if this is a real case oopsie
YUP!!!! yupyupyup
and Andrew is probably going to have to hear them try to make it seem like Aaron didn’t know what he was really looking at <3 that he could’ve misunderstood <3
#at least in my country we are historically not the best at treating victims of sa kindly#and this is a murder trial not a rape trial#they don’t need to prove that that was what happened#they just need to prove that it wasn’t the reason why Aaron killed Drake#and so I think they’ll do everything they can to either discredit andrew or label him unreliable#and besides take everything I say with a pinch of salt regarding trials#idk if the things I’m saying would actually be done#but I’m just saying#what if they asked about Easthaven? and why he went? and Betsy noted somewhere that he laughed?#how does that look for him?#not only having to explain all the things Drake did to him#but having to explain why he laughed#what his meds do to him#anyways……..
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I think it's cool that everyone has different designs for mythological characters. I love seeing the variety!! Those that lean more abstract and those that lean more realistic are equally awesome. It's fun seeing the way people incorporate symbols or traits associated with that character in unique ways.
Basically: the absence of physical descriptors (e.g. eye/hair/skin colour, height, etc.) has the silver lining of getting to see how other people envisage those characters (often drawing on the themes in the myths/sources themselves), instead of adhering strictly to a set of guidelines and stifling the creative process before it even starts. I think that is something worth celebrating and supporting <3
#capri talks#greek mythology#tagamemnon#*yes some do get descriptors but. 1) they can (and do!) contradict between different writers and 2) are sometimes a later source.#so take with a pinch of salt and all that. there isn't some overarching authority that will judge you. do what makes you happy.#any other take than that I think is making mountains out of molehills to be honest ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ nuance ofc.#but individuals on tumblr making mythological art can surely be nothing but a bit of harmless fun.#also descriptors can be hopelessly vague in the sources themselves (cough homer cough) lmao
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蓝家家规
Lán jīa jīa gūi
Lan Clan Household Rules
云深不知处内不可喧哗
Yúnshēn Bùzhīchù nèi bùkě xuānhuá.
Making noise is not allowed in the Cloud Recesses.
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Breakdown:
云深不知处 - Cloud Recesses
内 - inside; interior; inner part or side
不 - [before a verb, adjective, adverb] no; not; won't; not want to
可 - can; to approve; to permit
不可 - cannot; should not; must not
喧 - make noise; noisy
哗 - make an uproar; be noisy
喧哗 - confused noise; hubbub; clamor; make an uproar; make a racket
Alternative translations:
Being noisy is not allowed in the Cloud Recesses.
Creating a racket is not allowed inside the Cloud Resesses.
(I have to say I kind of like the last one when it comes to Wei Wuxian 😄.)
Any mistakes in the translations or in the characters are mine, and if you spot any, please let me know 🙂.
The chosen images:
Wei Wuxian and Little Apple? The Cloud Recesses was Not Prepared.
(and as a little side note, Little Apple - 小苹果, xiǎo píngguǒ 🍎🙂❤️)
#gusu lan#lan rules#lan rule of the day#theuntameddaily#my translations#so take them with a pinch of salt#mo dao zu shi#mdzs#mdzs manhua#korpikorppi#mine
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