#english is a fucked language and it's my native one

[aziemniak]

For those who somehow missed this gem, yes the polish written Z spam is true and yes "Grzegorz Brzęczyszczykiewicz" still has a fuckton of consonants even if you account for the fact that all of its Z's and the consonants before them are treated as a single phonetic sound, and it does pass as a normal Polish name but the funniest part is. It is actually a fictional name made up by a fictional character specifically to fuck with the nazis (and after the transcriber finally gets that bs down he gets a "Chrząszczyżewoszyce powiat Łękołody" for a place of residence)

But ya'll better strap in 'cause I don't wanna talk about the Z's, their double-consonants or how we eat all those consonants like they're snacks. Those at least are simple, consistent and easy to memorize. You know what's convoluted, makes no sense, and will take you a decade of on-hands experience if you didn't have the luck of being raised with the language? Fucking declensions. Like I get that Polish is neither the exception nor the champion of convoluted grammatical cases but I'm just Very Normal about grammatical cases and how they are nearly absent from English. So, picture this: you've managed to learn the world "woman" and want to use it in a sentence! Is: 1. the woman executing the verb in the sentence? 2. it about the woman in the sentence? 3. the woman subjected to the actions in the sentence? 4. it about the woman in the sentence because for some fucking reason you can have two different cases for most nouns depending on the verb used even though this case's function is so similar to No.2 I can't come up with a better example right now? 5. the verb executed with the woman? 6. the action about the woman? 7. Or are you simply trying to call out to or adress her? And while this is an exhaustive list of cases it is by no means an exhaustive list of supplementary questions (tbf the questions I supplied are pretty ass because analyzing linguistics funtions is hard). Good luck memorizing which verb calls for which declension. Oh and the general declension suffixes change depending on the grammatical gender and whether or not the noun's non-animate, animate or personified. Good luck with that too. You're still not done yet because a lot of nouns just like having exceptions to either the general declension suffix or the word's core. Once again, good. Luck. You have to do this for all nouns, pronouns, adjectives and numbers, by the way. And yes, the natives can all tell if you mess up a single one but they're not gonna bother correcting you because they'd have to interrupt your every other sentence and that's rude (and we like to hear people struggle I guess). And you'd think it's just one of those language quirks that is stupidly convoluted for no reason but no. All of this actually does serve One Particular Function I can think of off the top of my head. All of this is just what it takes for a language to have sentences capable of leaving their grammatical subject at the gas station while also having a word order made of liquid that are perfectly understable and sound entirely natural about 80% of the time.

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[olderthannetfic]

Aye...Hope this does not come off as shaming but I do not understand "kink is not inherently sexual" at all! I see it a lot in fandom and kink communities, but I don't get it, because to me kink is always a sex thing?

I wanna say I do RESPECT that, whatever it means, and when I say I don't understand I literally just mean that in the most actual meaning, that I don't understand! Maybe it's something as simple as a language barrier and I just dont get it, but honestly I'd rather ask here for clarification than google anything lol.

Like, does it mean that people like stereotypically kinky things for nonsexual reasons? Am thinking of Shibari practice in particular, which can often be nonsexual!

or does it mean "kinks" that don't inherently involve sex? Like things that are like -- I dunno, latex or leather? Which can be so very completely vanilla! But can also be sexy if that's what you're into.

Or is it more about asexual inclusion, even?

I'm asking to learn, not to bait - I feel there is an actual language and/or experience barrier here, and regardless of the meaning I WILL agree with "kink does not have to be sexual"! Like it is not me disagreeing, it is more so me... not understanding? It is I wanting to know what actually defines a non sexual kink? But only because of my understanding of the definitions of the words, not because of my beliefs, if that's makes sense?

For context, I literally only have one kink, and it is very very very vanilla and "soft"...I like praise lol. But I don't see nonsexual praise as kink. I just see it as compliments. So I'm wondering, how nonsexual kink works? Again, I wanna say I'm asking because I want to learn and be inclusive! Also I'm sorry if my message was worded weird or misinterpreted for any reason, my first language is Spanish, and while I grew up in an area that speaks enough English that I *almost* know it natively, I still very very struggle with conjugation, that on top of learning disabilities is very much a "wow what actually even IS proper grammar" issue for me lol.

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Oh god, this again.

Yes, it's an asexual thing, basically. There are people who like kinks in a BDSM kind of way but not in a genitals touching kind of way. It's not like regular old praise. It's praise kink without fucking.

[chai-en-kaadhale]

shutup

take my very correct and based desi hcs

#1 Biggs from ffvii

delhi guy

he would call shinras president a bhenchod

doesn't speak hindi hindi- rather he mixes some of his language in, but his native language is also in the hindi belt and sounds similar anywyas so his hindi just sounds like a dialect or accent

#2 Anthy Himemiya from rgu (and i mean obv she looks desi but)

she's bengali 100%

she would make cham chams that are pink like utena and then chuchu would eat them all

over the course of the series she's become accustomed to being quiet and unheard, which is a habit she still has to strive to break unless she's either around utena or another bengali person. in which case yappery commences.

orrr tbh she probably knows a few languages. either utena or another south asian period.

itd also be funny if she was bangladeshi bc she lives in japan and their flags are just the same but different colors

#3 Rohan Kishibe from jjba

HIS NAME IS LITERALLY ROHAN?????

half gujurati half japanese

i actually came up with a stupid oc for him. the oc being his grandma. and im putting the concept here bc FUCK YOU ITS MY POST

He also drinks a shit ton of chai. it's what fuels him through the mangaka struggle

So Rohan's parents eloped and most of his family opposed the marriage except his Super Cool Dadi and she's one of the only ones of his extended family who visits from time to time. She managed to study briefly in an English boarding school but she also fucking hated the british empire and regularly threw shit at buckingham palace at every opportunity. Incidentally, so did Joseph Joestar. They met and were penpals throughout the series. Josuke Koichi and Okuyasu are super chill with her, much to Rohan's dismay.

#4 - Demifiend from smt3

We don't know. that naoki is fully japanese. okay.

He has the brown boy lashes

There's a GIF on tenor that has the demifiend and it says "why am i brown" so CLEARLY-

From vibes alone he's either Kannada or Marathi, leaning more towards Kannada imo

#5 - Sumeru Character Rapid Fire

Nahida - She's from Himachal Pradesh bc she looks like she'd be from a place called Himachal Pradesh. But definitely Northeast or Nepali.

Tighnari - He's Malayali bc ever since his release ive been using his white cloth thing to justify calling him a femboy bc it looks like those sarees from kerala. not that he needs any. fruit.

Collei - Collei's tamil bc im tamil and my Tamil Senses went off upon seeing her

Alhaitham - Uttar Pradeshi probably (if south asian at all)

yeah ok youre free now byebye

[dove-da-birb]

If you see spelling errors, no you don't <3

[femsolid]

I'm in total shock after watching the video...

"You didn't even say thank you! Say thank you in front of the cameras or we don't help you!"

They invited the president of a country that is under attack to belittle and threaten him??? This is despicable. "You don't have the cards! You need us! Say thank you! You're being disrespectful! Have you said thank you once? You did? But not during the meeting! Say thank you now! You're gambling with world war three here!" Excuse me?? Ukraine didn't start the war??? And if you refuse to help a country just because the president didn't say "thank you my king" and refuses to be your puppet in front of cameras then you're the one gambling with people's lives not him. And they also blame him for having supported the opposition during the US election??? Wtf? That's not how normal countries do politics??? The US is currently governed by grown men who act like fucking children. "This president is trying to save your country so show your appreciation!" no he's not he's trying to make money by selling weapons that's all.

And the way they kept talking over him when english is not even his native language and he couldn't say what he wanted fast enough, Trump even put his hand on him at some point I would have slapped that hand so fast... I'm fuming.

People bigging Trump up for what he just did to Zelensky as if he was some sigma male, I'm sorry, but we must be seeing different things, because what I saw was a grown ass man having a temper tantrum in front of the entire world because big bad Zelensky didn't just get on his knees and suck like every other fucker seems to do.

Like Elon, the man has never faced any pushback from anyone, he has led a sheltered life and cannot handle it when he's told "no."

If you think this is a good look, then you probably didn't get bullied enough as a child or you were the bully.

[just-wublrful]

not to be obnoxious on main but classic literature is not global literature. it's western literature at best

[laotwormz]

anyway. wishlist of things i want from lin lie in marvel rivals:

interactions with loki, luna, etc

be sad and pathetic

mention his brother

casual or formalwear skin... please......

make him funny or awkward please i'm begging you. please

a new trivia fact i can obsess over

him and luna talking about the agents of atlas together

skin with his hair down please please please please

[autistic-katara]

mutuals do any of u wanna learn ur country’s native language that u dont know bcz of THE FUCKING ENGLISH and then force those guys to speak it as payback with me?

[evafhernee]

I love love love that the ccs will be forced to use the translator in order to communicate with the new ccs joining qsmp because that’s what it’s there for!!!!! it’s a translator!!! use it to translate, even if both of you are able to speak the same language!

I don’t see enough people use the translator, especially when the ccs are both able to speak (usually) english, and it’s still great that they can speak easier if they speak the same language, but the language barrier is one of the causes for the creation of the qsmp! Let the language barrier be a barrier in the first place, and let the translator do the work it was meant to do!

Let people who physically can’t speak the same language interact! It’s part of what makes qsmp qsmp, and even though it has impacted hugely just from adding people who generally create content and talk in different languages, I do think it somewhat lacks in the people speaking different languages category, because while that is true, it is also somewhat untrue in that all of the ccs can speak one of the same language (usually english), even if they’re not a natural at it!

Now, that’s not a bad thing at all! But, it does blur the speaking different languages problem that was meant to occur in qsmp. They speak different languages! Let them speak whatever language they want and let the translator do the work! Again, that is what it is there for! It is a translator! (I’m looking at you twitter)

And even if it takes a million repeats of the same sentence for someone to finally get what another person is trying to say, a hundred fuck-ups of the translation or a thousand language barrier/cultural miscommunications, again, qsmp was made for this to happen! It was made so people who come from different backgrounds and are usually unable to interact because of cultural/language barriers can interact, whether it start out negative or positive!

And I trust them (the ccs and fans) to communicate if controversy/confusion happens culturally and language-wise, and (hopefully) for the fans to not turn anything minor** into a huge drama, so I am extremely excited to see the ccs be forced into using the translator!

[gen4grl]

from artistic mental breakdown to 5 wips simultaneously lmao

[sanjarka]

man i wish was better at writing dialogue

[cemeterym]

today's lesson is teach your kids to use public transport so they do not end up like me bc holy shit

[mauricemylittlemeowmeow]

*coughs blood* thinking of convoluted regency romantic literature-esque a/b/o burda

thoughts too long so ill just keep it under a read more instead of the tags

initial thought was dankovsky fixing artemy's posture which led to daniil teaching him manners which led to "oh my god governess daniil"

but i have no idea in what world hed give up being a bachelor of medicine so ofc my first thought was structuralised sexism which my brain helpfully interpreted as hell yeah omegaverse babyy

so now i have daniil with a sexist military father who lowkey loathes that his son who was supposed to work his way to also become a general can't bc hes an omega and omegas cant be enlisted. daniil still wants to pursue his own goals but bc of structuralised sexism, all hes seen as is a homemaker and someone to give birth to children.

he gets a basic education ofc complimentary to his rather well off upbringing but instead of finding an alpha and settling down, he decides to strike his own path and a la jane eyre and ends up as a governess. for years hes used the salary hes earned to fund his own higher ed self-study. hes not a bachelor bc hes not allowed to be, but he works his way to have practically the same knowledge+skillset as one in his own time.

at present hes using his money to fund his own private research into thanatology. it's all done in secret ofc but he publishes some of his writing under a pen name (it's caused quite a stir in the medical field bc it's not published as a scholarly work--danko can't bc if he submits it for peer review, hed have to expose himself--but as very technical "fictional" work which upon testing, proves true results)

his current job eventually ends and he finds new employment under a well known doctor and minor rural noble: isidor burakh. he writes to danko asking for him to educate his son and heir. daniil accepts, hoping that hed be immersed in an environment that would allow him to stealthily learn more medical stuff to aid in his own pursuits. he also accepts expecting a young child to look after as usual.

imagine daniil's surprise when said son is a whole ass 25 year old man.

anyways turns out burakh (the younger) is a bit of a wild child who prefers being in the steppe+town rather than acting as a noble. isidor called daniil in as a last ditch effort bc he feels like hes abt to die soon and artemy rlly needs to learn how to commingle properly w noble society once he officially takes over the family title.

anyways thats the premise!!!! idk abt plot i just want silly etiquette lessons and bullheaded artemy+frustrated governess!daniil bonding. daniil trying to tame artemy but then getting dragged into having fun himself. artemy finding out abt daniil's real dreams and ambitious, passionate personality. him trying to help but daniil being stubbornly independent (he doesnt want to be another omega being saved by an alpha or whatever)

just good old jane austen/brontë sisters romance shit!!!! no plague :)

[satellitesunset]

the fact that I can never read my favourite pieces of media in their original language bc I don't speak it. keeps me up at night actually.

[vieraslaji]

hissing like an angry mongoose bc some of my mutual-adjacents are saying the english language is just a "tool" and a lingua franca can never be beautiful

tell that to Ovid my dudes

[tardis--dreams]

We have a house rule here that is "in common spaces you have to speak English (otherwise you have to pay a small fine) (probably meanr as a joke)" because "No one here speaks your native language. You have to speak English!" Babe there's like 10 people from English speaking countries in this very room. Bit unfair don't you think-