#exotic language

[rabbits-of-negative-euphoria]

hot take I think the sexes would be much happier if we just accepted each other as mysteries instead of constantly shaming one for not being more like the other.

like, personally, in my own life, the whole idea of romance & marriage became way more exciting and attractive when I ditched the notion that men are just bigger stronger women, or women are just smaller prettier men.

like. not only is it okay that men are from mars and women are from venus, it's good.

do I know what's going on in my guy friend's head? I used to think I did, but it turns out I don't. Turns out I've never known what was going through the heads of any of the men in my life. And you know what? what a relief. he can do or say things that don't make sense to me, and they don't have to make sense to me. I know he's a smart, good-hearted guy; I can safely assume he had a reason for saying or doing that thing. And if I listen to him over time, I may even start to understand what that reason was. But I don't have to. What I can recognize instead is that each sex has a wisdom in their way of thinking and doing which befits given situations. More often than not, a situation requires both.

But you simply can't get both from one person, and you shouldn't demand it. And what a relief knowing my guy friend doesn't expect guy thoughts and behavior from me.

[normalbrothers]

had a dream where there was a fourth bronte sister named ananas bronte who in turn had a daughter named bananas bronte

[marsupialmenace]

I am incredibly tired and unwell, but I think I've finally cracked so this is very much a vent post, BUT:

I desperately want to take "Romani Dick Grayson" away from fans until they can learn to be nice. Specifically non-Romani fans.

I've seen so many terrible, invalidating, frankly stereotypical and racist takes from people who are 'claiming to be sensitive' to Romani people.

I don't particularly get upset about peoples headcanons, or the desire for diversity (because I have those desires/HCs too!). It's when I see the 'has to' or people arguing their headcanons about Dick's Romani heritage without the experience or the knowledge to do so beyond their five-minute google search that I get upset.

I saw a nice piece of fanart before that had Dick drawn tanned, and it had a reply on it to the effect of "thank you for drawing Dick brown, he's romani." It makes me sad to see people say things like that, that 'Dick has to be brown', because my pale white ass is also Romani. However, on the flipside, if someone draws him too pale, I see people attack the artists and calling them racist in vagueposts for drawing him 'wrong' (white-appearing) despite it being completely possible for a Romani person to be white.

In another place I saw someone refer to the Graysons as 'definitely travellers, so they couldn't be Romanichal'. Are you saying that Romanichal (English Romani people) are less Romani? I don't really understand the need to exclude other Romani people from the 'list Dick could be descended from' based on...whether on not you (royal) consider them 'travellers'.

Not to mention, the word 'Travellers'. Travellers is used in a derogatory way to the Romanichal in the UK, or at least in my area it is, there is a turn of phrase to avoid calling someone a slur in public, people say "Oh, that ones a travelling girl" or "They're travellers" and it has all of the implications with it.

Romani people are diverse, and we're not limited to a skin colour or religion, we all have different culture and traditions and languages, yet I see people insisting Dick has to fit into a box of a 'specific Romani'.

I don't really care for it in fic, I filter out the 'Dick Grayson is Romani' tag. I don't care for it in comics, because it has always been done poorly. I don't care about peoples HC's, 'cause even if I disagree, they can't affect me.

But to see real people talk about a comic book character using words, stereotypes, and phrases that hurts other real Romani people to attack or build up their own worlds/HCs is just so frustrating.

[jenntastic10]

Let’s go to Bali … I wanna see the koi fish 🐟 and eat brunch with my man 🩷

[worldtalks]

Èdè Yorùbá ní pàtàkì ní Ìwọ̀ Oòrùn Áfíríkà

Yoruba is spoken mainly in West Africa.

[bohemianflow3r]

[ikigaru]

THE SILLIES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[cowsaresushi-coral]

can we talk about how english speakers pronounce chinese places like beijing and szechuan?

why. why are you pronouncing it so insane. i was watching the hbomberguy video and the tommy guy kept saying "bei SH ing" instead of "bei Jing." Like, it's pronounced EXACTLY like what it looks like. Sure not a bunch of chinese words are so direct but this one is. WHYYYyyyy

SZECHUAN SOUNDS CRAZY IN ENGLISH WHAT IS THAT LIKE I DONT EXPECT ENGLISH SPEAKERS TO GET IT RIGHT BC ITS VERY CHINESE SOUNDING BUT WTF IS SESH SHUAN LITERALLY COULD NOT RECOGNIZE IT AND I WORKED IN A SZECHUAN RESTAURANT

something helpful. ZH is typically pronounced as a hard J sound like giraffe. that one i admit is a lottle odd! but it really is a sort of J sound

[irhabiya]

the fact that elios, mina and i have all had dumb ass westerners come into our asks/posts to say "umm akshually, arabic speaking blogger, i don't think this arabic phrase/word means what you say it means i know this because Google translate" several times

[rottenlittlefink]

Socializing with neurotypicals is like trying to cut the right color chord but you’re colorblind. And you’re also a fucking horse. And no matter which wire you cut, the bomb will still explode.

Edit cus I published this post too early: Possibly triggering rant in tags oops lol it’s my personal blog ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[esc-is-holding-me-hostage]

When will this fandom stop calling a ballad everything that's not dance-pop, folk or rock?

[realwizardshit]

also not to ruin your plans buddy but i’m pretty sure there’s normal people who know infernal, you dont need to keep kissing devil ass, my guy. its just a language that Can be translated

[outeremissary]

Curiosity can never truly kill a cat when it's what always brings her back.

Rare instance of posting one of the random characters I sometimes tag posts with- this is Cailo Suncatcher, a self-taught genius wizard with a vendetta against the gods who has never known fear. I originally made Cailo as a backstory character for my rogue in Curse of Strahd- I wanted to flesh out his life before exile by giving him more positive connections, and one of those was a precious little kid sister he loved with all his heart. Cailo took on a bit of a life of her own after I became interested in the decades that passed between Caina's exile and Strahd- eventually she became a character I really enjoyed having in oneshots as both a PC and NPC. The bitter memories of her childhood have made her an ambitious arcanist fascinated by the makeup of the world. She has a knack for getting herself tangled in deadly situations for curiosity or to prove a point in her strange theory of the meaning of life, but somehow she always escapes unharmed and never learns anything except how to put herself in stupid danger more effectively. She has a deep love of people in general, but her flighty personality and contempt for the norms and structures that most rely on for stability mean that she seldom makes deep, lasting connections.

Although she left home with the intention of finding her brother and unraveling the truth of the tragedy that hung over her home, she doesn't know what she'd do if she actually encountered him, and there's a prickling unease she feels sometimes when she considers that the truth might not be what she wants to believe. As much as she claims to be pursuing him, the fact is that she's in love with the journey and no longer wants to imagine the end.

[sie-rice]

going thru the spyld rn and like. u guys are SO cool ugh we shd have this everyday

[malka-lisitsa]

Nothing is wrong with you mama.

You’re doing your best 🥺

ANONYMOUSLY TELL MY MUSE WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH THEM.

See, even the kid that punched me in the face knows I'm just doing my best.

See Stefan its UNREASONABLE you wont give me a chance, My daughter did and look how much she loves me.

[agentumbls]

The ketchup thing is that 番茄 is a tomato, 番茄汁 is tomato juice, and 茄汁 is ketchup because it's literally pronounced ketchup and I will not be talking any questions about Malay fish sauces at this time.

When people get a little too gung-ho about-

wait. cancel post. gung-ho cannot be English. where did that phrase come from? China?

ok, yes. gōnghé, which is…an abbreviation for “industrial cooperative”? Like it was just a term for a worker-run organization? A specific U.S. marine stationed in China interpreted it as a motivational slogan about teamwork, and as a commander he got his whole battalion using it, and other U.S. marines found those guys so exhausting that it migrated into English slang with the meaning “overly enthusiastic”.

That’s…wild. What was I talking about?