#franish

[flats-fan]

[subnautica-reviews]

My mom just referred to “frans” (dutch for french) as “fraans” (which would translate to franish, as “spaans” is spanish) when talking about how between it, spanish, italian and latin, spanish is the easiest. So obviously i started talking about the country of Frain and how i hate their language.

[thecraftwitchrachel]

Occult Germany (2024) by Christopher McIntosh is described on the back cover as “recounting the longstanding magical tradition of Germany” and looking “at Germany’s rich and many-faceted spiritual heritage and explores Christian mysticism and theosophy as exemplified by Meister Eckhart, Hildegard of Bingen, and Jakob Boehme”. It has 16 chapters and is 233 pages in length including the acknowledgments and index. The chapter titles range from, the introduction titled Sky God Land, chapters Heidelberg:an enchanted gateway, following ancient footprints, fall and rise of the old gods, mystics, magicians and witches, symbol-strewn spaces, seers and somnambulists, pagan pathways and occult Germany today, amongst others. It covers Germany’s history from the first century CE with the writings of Roman historian Tacitus to the modern era, which is a substantial endeavor. 

I was intrigued to pick this book up when I saw it at my local Barnes and Noble along with McIntosh’s other work Occult Russia which I haven’t finished yet as of the time of writing this review. I have delved into the Polish and Slavic side of my heritage, which has become the main focus of my pagan identity; however that is only half of my heritage and ancestry. I’m a pretty even split of German and Polish, Polish on my paternal side and German on my maternal side. 

I have a college minor in Medieval History and both my parents are amateur World War II historians, but if you ask my dad, he’s a professional. This is part of the reason why I haven’t looked more into my German heritage because I grew up learning a lot about it’s dark times and I was pretty worried about what I would find, especially if I looked into my geneology because I know my mom’s dad was first Gen American and enlisted in the US Army for WWII and I have core memories hearing about how he was sent to a part of Germany where many of his family lived and him getting wounded in Wingen. I always joked growing up that my ancestors on either side were probably rolling in their graves when my parents got married; a German and a Pole.

I went into reading this book with some knowledge due to my upbringing and my medieval history knowledge so I didn’t anticipate learning a whole lot but as you can see from the photo attached to this post, I was greatly mistaken. I enjoyed McIntosh’s writing style and that in addition to the historical knowledge, he brought in personal experiences from living in Germany for many decades. 

I also enjoyed reading about some of the sacred sites and recognizing them as places I have visited over the years and seeing them differently and hearing the history I didn’t learn because it wasn’t attached to warfare. Many of the tabs placed in this book were later added to my ‘places to visit’ list because even though I’ve been privileged enough to visit' Germany among other countries, some sites didn’t make it to my childhood travels. Places like, revisit Neuschwanstein castle where Ludwig II of Bavaria resided after building the castle after feeling drawn to the energies present, towns in the Baden-Wurttemberg mountains where in 2008 archeologists were exploring the Hohle Fels and found objects from the stone age, lower Saxony where Charlemagne’s Franish Army slaughtered approximately 4,500 pagan Saxons in the late 700 before being crowned by the Pope in 800. I would also like to revisit cities and towns that played a significant role in the Witch Trials of Europe where, in the 15th to 17th century more witches were tortured and burned at the stake in Germany than anywhere else.

Not only did I gain new knowledge and perspectives from the history illustrated in this book, I got new ideas about implementing more German occultism into my pagan practice. I’ve always worked with plant allies, such as Linden and Rosemary being my top two. McIntosh wrote “ trees are still personified among the Germans” (PG.37) and the author shared about the etymology (the study of origins of words) of some trees and plants many pagans and witches work with today. The Linden tree can be found in many Slavic writings and folk lore but I didn’t realize that “its name, Linde in Germany, is cognate with the verb Linden, meaning ‘to soothe (PG.37). McIntosh doesn’t just talk about German words for plants and other allies but also breaks downthe name of towns and cities and how many of them have pre-christian and lore based roots and have direct connection with the elements. 

I enjoyed that McIntosh included photo photographs of some of the sites written about in his book, many of which were taken by the author.

I will add that after chapter 8, I didn’t make as many notes as previously in the book, not because it wasn’t interesting but mostly because by that time in the book, the author was discussing the 19th century and beyond. As someone intrigued by medieval history, this time in Germany’s timeline, wasn’t as interesting to me. As a note, this author doesn’t shy away from the controversial history of Germany. I did enjoy chapter 12th that was titled “Postwar Perspectives” and talked more about the modern impact of this time on the occult and how people view them.

Overall, I enjoyed this book and learned a lot and see myself re-reading it after getting through my ever growing TBR.

[violetwolfraven]

You’ve heard of Spanglish and Franglish, but get ready for…

Viet-Franish

Wherein I accidentally combine every language I’ve ever tried to learn (French, Vietnamese, and Spanish, in that order) into an unholy, utterly incomprehensible mix of all 3, because for some godforsaken reason my brain only has 2 bins: English and Not English.

This morning I tried to say “Tôi muốn un café con lait.”

[mossyquill02]

My personal favourite is finding someone who speaks Spanish and my Brian goes, “oh! Oh! Pick me! I know this one!” (rare because I’m in Canada) but then they interact with me and I proceed to respond in the most mangled Franish (Spench?) you’ve ever heard. Because somewhere along the way I entirely lost the ability to differentiate between French and Spanish vocabulary.

i love the strange reality of being a human person with a human brain. one time someone said something to me in a foreign language (japanese, which i do not speak) and i automatically responded in a different foreign language (spanish, which i do not speak well) and then we both said "what?" in english, an experience made more surreal by the fact that everyone around us was speaking loudly in canadian french (as this occurred in Quebec)

[zoesrepository]

Franish

[glowpop]

Spanish + French = Italian so guess what that means you are 😏😏 🇮🇹🍕🍝

I’m franish. Don’t insult me by calling me italian I would sooner die than eat a bowl of pasta

[prozacbisexual]

foreign language tip: don’t take french in high school and then spanish in college, because you will end up speaking some sort of horrifying frankenstein franish (spench?) monstrosity and you’ll be trying to form sentences in your head like je tengo un peu de hambre and you can feel your cerebral cortex crumbling to dust

[a-second-hand-sorrow]

I speak a few languages and I will so often get them mixed up in sentences. I once called my friend 'un fils d'un puta' and I'll mix my french and Spanish conjugation. Thank god those European languages are similar enough.

im going to have a stroke

[interior-design-home]

Franish: top three [2.25.18]

[zhooniyaa-waagosh]

Brains are fun. I was trying to write "Spanish and French" and wrote "Franish" instead.

[petitezaza]

I'm collectionning too much Fran Franish jackets

[lukestarkillerisgay]

when i was a kid after i learned english i still obviously needed to take a foreign language course , i knew spanish , so i took french and me a few other kids who were native spanish speakers started getting confused and we spoke for almost a whole year what our teacher called “Franish” before we were all switched into spanish 😪 j’estais tan triste

[int0design]

Franish: top three [2.25.18] https://hid360.com/post/177557036223

[oldpoet56]

065 – Venice part 02 — A History of Italy After the danger of a Franish invasion passes in 810, we then follow the Venetians as they head for the new Millenium with a change of capital and facing new enemies, threats and opportunities. via 065 – Venice part 02 — A History of Italy

[louisebibee]

My Daily Make-Up Routine (& a Sephora Giveaway!) (Franish https://ift.tt/2YbfuYb