#phrasing

[shiftythrifting]

40 isn’t old if you’re a tree - a sentiment I can get behind

Let’s hope grandpa has a small business making stepstools. The stool-esque shape on the sign is a mirror

Man floating in the water has a custom canvas company sticker on the back.

Topical fluoride in a vintage-looking package. I couldn’t find a best by date.

And a white onion, spotted on a support pillar outside the store

Several shops in Boise, ID

[faunandfloraas]

This is my jam store - 🐶

[theplottdump]

𝘙𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘢 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘦𝘥 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘰𝘰𝘭 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘛𝘪𝘮𝘦 𝘊𝘳𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘦𝘴, 𝘛𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘔𝘢𝘪𝘥𝘦𝘯 𝘧𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘧��𝘰𝘮 𝘢 𝘞𝘩𝘪𝘵𝘦 𝘏𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘦.

𝘓𝘪𝘦𝘴 𝘰𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘓𝘪𝘱𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘍𝘪𝘳𝘦 𝘚𝘱𝘳𝘶𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘛𝘰𝘦𝘴, 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘙𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘋𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 - 𝘞𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘎𝘰𝘦𝘴.

Phantom: Hello my love.

There was no distortion this time- no mask, no foggy veil of time or memory lost. No extraordinary forces outside of her control trying to keep her away. Only the unfamiliar face of a mortal man staring back at her. 𝗔𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝘆 𝗵𝗲𝗿. The huntsman had come to collect her heart. 𝘈𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘺 𝘱𝘳𝘦𝘺.

Poppy: 𝘞𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘥𝘪𝘥 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘥𝘰 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦? Phantom: My dear, you think I did this to you?

A pause, lingering. Poppy’s face contorted, focusing as she pushed down the stinging, ripping pain. Her Phantom’s own cold countenance softening and settling into a dark piercing glare. He was savoring every second of her suffering with his slow, languid reminiscence, before delivering his response.

Phantom: 𝘕𝘰. I'm afraid this is particular wound is your fault alone to bear. The only part I played, was in helping save you. Poppy: 𝙇𝙞𝙖𝙧. Phantom: Why would I lie to you Poppy?

Phantom: But my, my, my, look at you- so young.

He tutted and tsk-ed at her with a small clever smile- one which might have almost been playful if it had even remotely reached his eyes. Instead his gaze pierced wickedly through her, relishing in the act of claiming every inch of her form for himself.

Phantom: Fresh and delicate like a pale flower creeping towards a new moon. It really is a shame we didn't meet earlier. Maybe things could have gone differently.

Poppy: What do you mean? Phantom: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗱𝗼 𝗜 𝗽𝘂𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗹𝘆?

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘧𝘢𝘭𝘭, I catch you.

𝘠𝘰𝘶 𝘳𝘶𝘯, 𝗜 𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗰𝗵 𝘆𝗼𝘂.

And we will struggle, and we will fight, but I will always catch you, and you will always give in to me - 𝗯𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘂𝘀𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗲.

𝘉𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 𝘺𝘰𝘶 𝘩𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘐 𝘯𝘦𝘦𝘥.

Poppy: Let me out. Phantom: 𝘓𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘦 𝘯𝘰𝘸? But Kitten, we're just getting started.

And if I remember correctly you're the one that wanted to talk to me.

Phantom: So curious, so full of questions my love. Always poking your nose where it doesn’t belong. And you have such a beautiful mouth. I really do miss it sometimes.

Phantom: A clever little mouth full of sedition and lies. Let's see if we can find something more productive to fill it with.

Poppy: I said- 𝗟𝗘𝗧. 𝗠𝗘. 𝗢𝗨𝗧.

In a sharp 𝘚𝘕𝘈𝘗, Poppy's jaws clamped down on the intrusive digit, teeth digging deeper into his thumb until she tasted hot blood.

He had made his first mistake today. 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝗿𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝗵𝗶𝗺. 𝗡𝗼𝘄 𝘀𝗵𝗲'𝗱 𝗻𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗴𝗲𝘁 𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗳𝗮𝗰𝗲.

[jonasiegenthaler]

27.10.24 | Jonas Siegenthaler

[greatwyrmgold]

I am instantly intrigued by the possibility of defenestrating more than 100% of the hostiles I take out.

[victusinveritas]

[milk-crater]

Look, Adam just turns a lot of people on, okay?

[autumnimagining]

Is this phrase filthy to you?

If I said to you the phrase "Everything's coming up [x]!", would you think the phrasing was filthy in any kind of way?

e.g.

"I'm doing really well at work, I'm financially stable, and my home is comfortable. Everything's coming up me!"

[gwydionmisha]

J.D. Vance Needs To Practice His Fist Bump

[scumbag4scumbag]

I was looking for screenshots of these two watching their match together, and this headline was like, "Hey, you weird queer kinky bitch! THIS ONE'S FOR YOU!"

[regexkind]

[phoenixyfriend]

So I know that current best practice is to refer to New Zealand as Aotearoa whenever possible, but:

When speaking about English and accents-for-English, it does feel a bit odd to say 'Aotearoan English' instead of 'New Zealand English/New Zealander accent,' since the English language and the English name are a result of the same colonization. Like, 'this is the accent of the language, in that language' or whatever. Should I refer to it as an Aotearoan accent, or does that suggest a slightly different accent, like which word you use to describe the accent indicates which language you learned first or which region you live in?

IDK, what do you guys think? I don't expect it to cause much fuss, whichever I use in this footnote, but I want to know if there's already a standard, and I couldn't figure out how to phrase the search for a search engine to help.

(I tend to overthink accent stuff due to my own background in terms of language; my first language was Serbian, but I speak Serbian with a noticeable American accent, and my parents speak English with a noticeable Serbian accent; despite that, people can still notice that my Serbian is of a Belgrade-and-rural-Croatia variety, because that's where my parents are from, so I arguably also have a Belgrade accent, which... yeah. Overthinking, and assuming other people/languages have the same kind of overthinking..)

[iamthecomet]

Thinking about bottom Aether (again).

[koreanaswego]

Korean Word of the Day

말씨

Wording/phrasing

[yes-perwallstedt]

Gus loves teasing with his 5-hole 😏

[victusinveritas]