#mountain language

[mariocki]

RIP Michael Gambon (19.10.1940 - 28.9.2023)

"Paul Schofield said something like, 'If I'm not acting in a play, I don't really exist.' Those weren't the exact words, but he meant it's only when I'm acting in a play that I've got something to say about the world. And then why should I talk, when people can come to see it?"

"Every part I play is just a variant of my own personality. No real character actor, of course, just me."

[tigristear]

mountain language, harold pinter

[livesinyesterday]

David Strathairn Appreciation: 

Harold Pinter’s Mountain Language with Classic Stage Company // 1989

[heretic-child]

“If language is a tool of oppression, silence can be much more intimate and much more liberating."

— Harold Pinter

[italianhorror]

Appalachian mommy

oogbagadobawobawaopa

[stanpinesfan0410]

hello. wings of fart inanimate insanity dump. I shall bring more soon. goodbye 🤑

[helenstudies]

It's funny learning both japanese and chinese because in chinese when chinese learners complain about difficult words they are those that have simple strokes, about 3 or less pinyin pronunciations but have 58 different meanings and need specific usages where as in japanese, the difficult kanjis have 40 strokes like they've clawed all the way to earth from hell and have 80 different pronunciation but the meaning is pretty much the same across the words. So when I see chinese learners complain about a difficult word it's "guys, I think we should've left this word to die in classical chinese" but when japanese learners complain about a difficult word my response is either "that's just 8 radicals on top of each other. that's not hard" or "who angered a kami of kunyomi dominion, my god."

[delusionalbitchinthehouse]

Swiss using his face/head to express affection.

Okay, I know what I mean isn't clear here, so let me elaborate :

Him sweetly rubbing his face against Aether's shoulder in the morning as they make breakfast, just like a giant cat. Headbutting Dew excitedly - you can't tell me those two aren't headbutting maniacs - and lightly poking Mountain with his horns to gain his attention. Pressing his forehead to Cirrus' temple while dropping a kiss to her cheek. Resting his forehead against Phantom's to comfort him after he wakes up from a nightmare. Burrying his face in Cumulus' hair and wrapping his arms around her from behind. Purposefully tangling his horns with Aurora's to make her giggle. Resting his chin on top of Rain's head during movie night. Smushing his cheek against Sunshine's while trapping her in a surprise hug.

[haveyoulistenedtothisalbum-poll]

Tracklist:

Southwestern Territory • The Legend of Chavo Guerrero • Foreign Object • Animal Mask • Choked Out • Heel Turn 2 • Fire Editorial • Stabbed to Death Outside San Juan • Werewolf Gimmick • Luna • Unmasked! • The Ballad of Bull Ramos • Hair Match

Spotify ♪ Bandcamp ♪ YouTube

[howamidrivinginlimbo]

The Fortress of Guaita on Monte Titano, San Marino

Monte Titano has three towered peaks overlooking Città di San Marino. The fortress of Guaita is the oldest and the most famous. It was built in the 11th century.

The obsolete Italian word 'guaita' is still in use in Città. It means 'watchman' or 'guard'.

[beautiful-basque-country]

Meet Zigor Iturrieta, a very well known ultra runner, trail runner, and chef. Here he says a very interesting thing I've also noticed myself:

I don't know but greeting in the mountain... Maybe it's my age, I'll be 50 this year, but if somebody doesn't greet me in the mountain... I always say "Hey, good morning!" and if they don't greet back I turn around and say "Excuse me, but greeting is mandatory in the mountain! Lift your head up and look, do notice, I'm a white-haired person, etc. Then if you hear on the news that there's a missing person wearing red pants and blue sweater, well, then you can say "I saw them! I know who they are!". I don't ask them to stop and talk with me but to say good morning at least. Sometimes when I work as the speaker at any race I say this as a rule: if you overtake somebody and don't greet them good morning, we'll note your number down and add you +2minutes on the finish line. It's the bare minimum, right? Greeting. And if you end up talking [with that person], awesome! But I've seen that this [tradition] is lost in the mountain. [x]

He's right, beyond politeness, it's important to greet during your hiking because if an accident happens, maybe you could help by giving some valuable info.

Is this also a tradition where you live? Is it also dying out because we grow more and more individualistic each day?

[victusinveritas]

[hamletthedane]

ngl the english language really peaked with “this is a goddamn bitch of an unsatisfactory situation”

[bloodonherknees]

Nameless Ghouls pt.1

So this is part one of a series I’m thinking? Polyghouls vibe, gender neutral reader?

No warnings for this part

You couldn’t decide wether being the ghouls handler was the best, or the worst job in the world.

On the one hand they may have looked scary but they were the most adorably kind creatures, deep down. They had accepted you into their pack almost immediately. On the other hand though they made the absolute WORST messes you had ever seen.

Walking down the the ministry corridors, you were almost complete knocked off your feet by Dewdrop bowling past you, followed by Rain, then Swiss. They were coming in from outside and left a trail of mud, leaves and twigs along the corridor.

“What the fuck guys?? I just swept up!” You yelled after them, only Swiss seemed to hear you, turning back and blowing you a kiss, without stopping. He shouted “We’ll make it up to you!”

“Ugh.” You’d clean it up in a minute, you were still stiff from kneeling on the floor of Aethers room brushing fur out of the carpet.

To be honest you didn’t know why they each had their own room, especially the band ghouls as they tended to sleep in puppy piles. The boys in one bed and the girls in another, sometimes all in one huge pile in their common room. It did look awfully comfortable though.

Walking into the kitchen you saw Cumulus peering into an open oven with a confused look on her face, after a few seconds she closed it and huffed. “My cookies are burnt.”

“I’m sorry honey, do you want me to make you some more?” You asked, using nicknames was reserved for the Ghoulettes.

“Please.” She nodded.

“No worries” you said getting to work “Hey do you know why the boys were outside? They left a huge mess for me clean in the corridor.”

“Nope, sorry.” She had sat up on the counter and was swinging her legs.

“I dread to think with them.” Cirrus chimes in making the three of you laugh.

***

At the end of the day, after making multiple batches of cookies, and sweeping the hall a second time, you finally retired to you room. It was at the end of the ghouls quarters, small but quaint, with a little kitchenette so you could enjoy some time away from your noisy housemates if you wanted to.

You never wanted to.

Opening the door you saw a thin black vase with a single rose standing in your counter, with a small note beside it.

“Sorry we’re a lot, we love you!

/A Nameless Ghoul”

You recognise the handwriting, Swiss. He had probably gotten the rose from mountains greenhouse. You inhaled it’s gorgeous smell and smiled. They were definitely a lot, but they were yours.

[tepli-mravenci]

I find it funny how English speaking people use he/she pronouns for objects/animals as a way of showing endearment when there's multiple languages - including mine - that just gender objects and animal species in general

Table? Guy shaped.

Shoe? Girl shaped.

Door? They/them that bitch.

Cat? Girl until proven otherwise.

Dog? Boy until proven otherwise.

Pig? Let's not even bother, it's an it/its.

And that's just Czech. German has completely different genders for most of these things. And that goes for every other heavily gendered language. It's a curse really :)

[kizunarae]

"Repression is my middle name" — FitzChivalry Farseer

I can't at the line, "Even as accomplished a liar as I"

Fitz, honey... I think you may be a bit overconfident