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[mariatesstruther]

just made my first from scratch stuffing and yall… i put my mf foot in it

[clockworkreapers]

Catch these hands!

or not....

[moonshynecybin]

love how valentino is the yamaha ambassador but still his team is racing with ducati and for next year they will probably have at least one GP25. in the meantime he puts the academy riders wherever he wants (sliding morbidelli in pramac’s plate when they wanted bez, hilarious) and manages the riders' merchandising

if this wasnt motorsports, where underhanded silliness is par for the course and in fact often encouraged and rewarded. he would absolutely have been prosecuted as part of the varsity blues college admissions scandal. and he wouldve done jailtime

[joelletwo]

cookies chocolate chip cookies anyone want some cookies? i have three sheets of them

[nattikay]

stumbled across this post and hoooooooooo boy as someone who studies the Na’vi language as a hobby it was painfully obvious that 95% of the “Na’vi names” were straight-up pulled out of the author’s rear; most of those words do not actually exist in the language and aren’t even valid within its phonology system...so I’m gonna correct it before I implode :P

Small note on why certain things are wrong before we go to the specific words because the author makes all these mistakes a lot:

I’ve mentioned before that tìftang (the apostrophe thing) cannot go between two consonants, so any time you see, for example, t’s or k’n etc, that’s invalid.

You will also never see tìftang as the second letter of a word, as it is only allowed to come at the start or end of a syllable, never in the middle. So a word starting with p’a is also invalid even though there’s a vowel. (you can fix this by adding a second vowel, which creates a second syllable: ap’a which would break down into [ap][’a], or pa’a which could break down into either [pa’][a] or [pa][’a] (doesn’t really matter which, I don’t think)).

The sounds b, g, d, ch, and sh do not exist in the forest dialect of Na’vi. These sounds do technically exist in the reef dialect; however, since this book long predates the existence of the reef dialect and is clearly focused on the forest people, any time you see any of these letters, that is also incorrect. J also does not currently exist in any dialect. 

Lastly, the sound h does exist, BUT it can only begin a syllable, never end one. So you will never see a Na’vi word ending in h such as the English “meh”.

Alrighty, on to the specific debunking:

English term: Baby carrier Fake Na’vi term: “Iveh k’nivi s’dir” Problems: h at the end of a word, tìtang as second letter, tìftang between consonants, D Actual Na’vi term: Prrsmung (derived from prrnen “baby” and sämunge “transportation tool”)

English term: Bladder Lantern Fake Na’vi term: “Tmi nat’sey” Problems: invalid consonant cluster (tm), tìftang between consonants Actual Na’vi term: Tsmisnrr (“food here” would also actually be “syuve fìtseng”)

English term: Blue Flute Fake Na’vi term: “omati s’ampta” Problems: tìftang as second letter, invalid consonant cluster (either mp or pt) Actual Na’vi term: There is currently no canon name for this instrument; however, it cannot be this because s’ampta is phonetically invalid

English term: Hammock Fake Na’vi term: “Eywa k’sey nivi’bri’sta” Problems: tìftang as second letter, tìftang between consonants, B Actual Na’vi term: Nivi (“Eywa cradles everyone” would actually be “Eywal frapot meyam”)

English term: Loom Fake Na’vi term: “Ulivi mari’tsey mak’dini’to” Problems: tìftang between consonants, D Actual Na’vi term: ‘ewrang (regular looms), sa’ewrang (giant “mother” loom)

English term: Fire Pit Fake Na’vi term: “mreki u’lito” Problems: invalid consonant cluster (mr) Actual Na’vi term: There’s not an exact one really, but txep means fire and merki is a ground rack for cooking meats I almost wonder if this one’s mostly just a typo since mreki and merki are so similar...but u’lito is not a real word regardless ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ 

English term: Leaf Plate Fake Na’vi term: “sumin jilt’luy” or “ulu’tah inlb’sey muisi” Problems: tìftang between consonants, invalid consonant clusters (not even sure how to properly break these down it’s such a mess), h at the end of a word, J, B Actual Na’vi term: Yomyo lerìk (colloquially shortened to just rìk (“leaf”)) this one’s kinda hard to read in the photo so the transcription may be off by a letter or two but I assure you it’s still a mess regardless lol

English term: Personal Belongings Rack Fake Na’vi term: “p’ah s’ivil chey” Problems: tìftang as second letter, h at the end of a word, Ch Actual Na’vi term: Snokfyan (derived from sno “one’s self (reflexive pronoun)” and kurfyan “suspended rack”)

Ok this one is actually really close! Just needs a small grammar fix: Kelutralä tìrol (“song of Hometree” or “Hometree’s song”) (plural version: Kelutralä sìrol)

[queenlua]

i cooked a thing!

but that thing is biscuits & gravy, which photographs terribly, so no pics for you

however

these biscuits & gravy are in fact damn delicious

& i wish to announce even if you are Huge Dumb In The Kitchen & literally never bake (because measuring stuff what is that)

& your "cooking" is limited to "browning some meat" and "putting rice in a rice cooker"

(it's me, i'm the Huge Dumb)

...you can make this recipe. i succeeded on the first try! it's only five ingredients! i always assumed white gravy was some arcane magic, and making actually-fluffy biscuits from scratch, even moreso???

and ok i guess i was right, but that arcane magic is "heavy cream", which luckily you can just buy at the store

anyway. highly recommend if you, too, sometimes crave southern diner food but are far far away from your beloved southern diners

[andthingsleftover]

Dream - Live at the LA Droncert - Everest (ft. Yung Gravy, slightly lost in the sauce)

[sabraeal]

NaNoCryMo Day 17

Excerpt:

The Olmü Galina took him to was several inches short of a good stud, but had the sleek build and dunny pelt considered fashionable among grooms and footmen. His nose quivered as she spoke, whiskers splayed to their most alert positions before folding back along his snout.

“What’s in it for me then?” He had a reedy voice for a boar, though at his size he might not yet be full grown. Caiyur couldn’t profess to be an expert at aging the otterfolk; he’d struggled to tell apart most of their staff, save for the housekeeper and head butler. “I’m not in the habit of fetching my folks for the likes of you.”

Galina cocked a him, arms crossing to match his. “We’re old friends, aren’t we, Devrim?”

His fur bristled, one paw lifting to smooth it down flat. “You’re a frequent client. An old employer.”

“I’ve scratched your back and you’ve scratched mine,” she reminded him, impatience seeping into her voice. “Call us allies, if it makes you feel better, but I’ve done more for you than just business.”

[moteldogs]

making chicken n dumplings again and I made too big a batch of dumpling dough so I tossed the leftovers in the oven and cooked them up like biscuits. 10/10 would recommend

[lastoneout]

I don't think there's anything wrong with making a series for middle class home chefs with nice kitchens and disposable income who want to cook better...but I do think it's a little shitty to pretend that's not what you're doing.

Like I'm sorry if your "basic" meatloaf recipe calls for ground beef, pork, AND veal I think you've gone beyond what can reasonably be called basic.

[couthbbg]

something so Right to me about seeing Gravy and EK interact, must be their vaguely historical aesthetics…. oh those two? you mean the ghostly but beautiful Victorian maiden and the ruefully roguish pirate slash vampire….

[gameclam4]

happy birthday mama. i love you.

[mark4markaz]

celebrating my 500th post with the autistic gal and boys

[deepspaceclawstation]

I love liquid or semi-liquid foods that taste more delicious the next day. ofc soups and broths and stews and curries and rassams and usals and all similar iterations but also chili and pav bhaji and even bharit

[ourdreamsareneon]

bbno$ (and yung gravy) but fog machines and being too tired to work out my phone settings this time are my worst enemy

[alwayscherryy]

life update !!