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Dean "had him by the thigh," is, like the reference to Philistines in the same episode, an ancient/Biblical one.
Cas's reaction, like "It's funnier in Enochian," is his reacting comically to what would be Biblical euphemism for: "Dean had him by the dick."
Much like a Seraphim "covers their feet" in the presence of God is a euphemism for covering their penises, ancient language also cloaked penis is euphemism like "hand, thigh, limb, flesh, etc."
13x16 via spnscripts
I don't know, but it's just funny to think of Cas's mind jumping there first out of reflex and then his brain having to backpedal, like whoops.
#spn 13x16#scoobynatural#the brain rot that assaults you when you listen to a language on priestly linguistics#reflex language#religious acrobatics to make desxualize and decorpealize ancient texts endlessly fascinates#modern sensibilities... we do tend to solve so many of our hangups about ancient texts this way ehehe#high status deities are fun to read about in these terms#even if you're not a fan of Francesca Stavrakopoulou#this is fun no?
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wanna learn a word that some Germans really love?
✨entschleunigen (verb)✨
it's the opposite of beschleunigen (v) - accelerate and it technically does mean decelerate BUT for that we prefer "abbremsen"
no, entschleunigen is used way more in the sense of "slow down your vibes", to take a break, to pause from the constant hectic and stress of both work and personal matters
a similar term is: einen Gang runterschalten/zurückschalten (to go down a gear) - we do love our automobile motives, huh?
#the tea-twitter-person's handle is 'leuchtpenis'...#bisschen is not spelled with an ß since 1996 even though one twitter user does#entschleunigen is also not usually used reflexively (with sich)#overall these twitter users are linguistically curious#german#langblr#deutsch#learning german#language learning#deutsch lernen#german language#german learning#language#german vocabulary
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Quote from an newspaper's excerpt. Date 3 June 2001. In The Place Where Cartoons Reside:
"(...) June 2001, day of Atlantis's premiere. Time for celebration in Toontown, where new people are being welcomed. The air it's fizzly as only the young days of summer can be. The party echoes with sparks of amity and laughter. Bonds are being made. Antics are unintentionally rolling. It's a gentle day."
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I had this art in mind for so long and it's finally alive!!! YEaaarrg. Wholly remade after the famous Sophia Loren and Jayne Mansfield side glance photo. I believe and stan that Jessica and Helga would have the wholesomest chemistry togheter (Poly Romantic? Platonic? Bromance/Sismance? Whichever. It will be stellar.)
#Conceptually: two entities equally furnished of exceptional busts may end into an infinite stall if they happen to meet frontwise till-#-awareness of the happening it's gained by one of the parts and be able to halt the stall.#Call it the great involuntary reflex of the remarcable bosom#ok back to seriousness#helga sinclair#atlantis the lost empire#jessica rabbit#who framed roger rabbit#my art#disney villains#smartass weasel#jane porter#tarzan#tarzan (1999)#milo thatch#tweety#looney tunes#penguin waiter#I tried to mimic the 2000's photos lightning with their extra retinas-burning-flashes and embued-in-the-dark rooms#A visit to Toontown would be soothing for my souls me thinks#Plot twist. It's Roger taking the photo and during that he tells a sappy/sapphy pun to frame the moment#Hehe because...! Sappy seems the word.... Sapphy....!! (🤡)#Leave me be and my marvels at the wonders of the second language discoveries
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interviewer: *mentions miles*
alex:
(bonus) jamie:
#the body language just says it ALL#absolutely obsessed with his giddy little smile when he’s thinking about miles#the slightly self-conscious fidgeting#the deep little breath he takes#where his hand decides so reflexively to end up#(and the fact he moves it away again the second the conversation turns away from miles)#very very interesting#poor man is an absolute goner#but my absolute favourite thing here is jamie#and his utterly despairing expression#it’s the face of someone who has a much clearer idea of how alex is coming across than alex does 😭#and who’s seen it PLENTY of times too#milex#alex turner#jamie cook#arctic monkeys#milex gifs#my gifs#lulu posts
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great question crimson one, thanks for helping me learn dutch i guess
#dutch reflexive verbs are kicking my butt but at least crimson one is there???#i also modified the colors of his logo to make it “match” the color palette of duolingo a bit better... he is so bright and peppy now#duolingo#project wingman#the crossover no one expected and no one asked for#languages#dutch#crimson one#crimson 1
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You know what the most frustrating thing about writing is when you are fluent in another language?
The absolute devastation of knowing there is a perfect way to word this if I could just use that other language for this one sentence.
#there are so many great words missing in the English language#and don’t get me started on the travesty of not having proper reflexive possessive pronouns#what are you? cavemen?#writing#writing things#language
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My Spanish teacher: do you know reflexive verbs?
Me: yes
Him: *gives the gayest sigh* dude what am I supposed to teach you this year?
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if i was a mentopolis character i would be constance clueless and my entire role would be the person in the friendgroup going “wait what” “huh” and my personal favorite *nodding but very clearly has no idea what is going on*
#d20 mentopolis#thoughts n prayers#years of living in a foreign country and speaking a sdcond language have deply affected me#i now nod and laugh as a reflex according to the groups reaction regardless of whether i sctually know whats going on#who needs to know whats going on all the time anyway#not me
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could even one of these words be in the dictionary. or the second dictionary. or the internet as a whole. i am begging
#language learning#how am I meant to translate in these conditions what the FUCK is nororohhuan#the no- is possessive the -huan is plural. WHAT IS ROROH#not to mention quence!#or timocualatihqueh!!#ti- -hqueh is 1st plural#mo- is reflexive#WHAT is cualati#tlemach nehcillih????? WHAT ARE YOU SAYING#they're not in our dictionary they're not in the one online dictionary that's only partially this dialect#they're not the internet at all from what I can find#screaming and crying I JUST WANT TO TRANSLATE
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Not me answering my Chinese prof’s question in French, after translating it my head in English
#guys I think I’m becoming a polyglot#language class#ouais and dui are just reflex responses and they sound the SAME#chinese language#french language
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Someone needs to learn you a thing about learning things
Well- fuck you!
If you had any idea how diligent were ALL our teachers about making sure we get this right (There's basically the same word for "teach" and "learn" in Czech, just like "lend" and "borrow" and likely other examples.), you'd start crying tears of blood anytime you'd see it wrong too.
#reply#languages#English#Czech#No#I have zero traumas from learning foreign languages#why would you ask?!#It's like violent Pavlovian reflex.
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when people are like omg this is cursed i hate this xD on like. my really tame sadalinar posts. my g rated e for everyone completely nonsexual sadalinar posts. my "the only thing that makes it a sadalinar post is that i glibly refer to them as divorced" sadalinar posts. its like girl this is not even close to the worst thing ive posted
#like i understand being like omg i hate this! on. say. that post about sadeas telling gavilar and dalinar he doesnt have a gag reflex#but on my dalinar sadeas love languages post? girl its the fucking love languages. moms everywhere are crazy about love languages#i am not actually mad im just baffled at the lack of mental fortitude#luke.txt#purple dragon jungle juice
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Tamriel pronouns post good but thinking about languages with reflexive gender. I always find on this site we're oriented towards English as model for everything and not languages like mine, or for another example Japanese which a lot of popular media is in to the point where I do see people get themselves to learn a bit more... especially social connotations of how people refer to themselves and others. I'd love to see more of it in conlang!
#not literally cribbing from these languages but eyeing them for what makes personal and interpersonal expression different from english#not sure if reflexive is the right term here i'm not a linguist just multilingual#basically languages in which you're already gendering yourself more or less directly!
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Trying to work out when to use the word “att” before a verb in Swedish is what’s going to kill me
#it's because the UK's english teaching is also shit#so the swedish grammar rules will say you use x for a reflexive verb#as if i learned what a reflexive verb is in english! lol#non royal#learning languages#learning swedish
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Svenskaträning för den hugade (Swedish practice for the willing)
I've been thinking of för, and therefore, here's some verbs with för to muse over. What's the difference between (+ which of these isn't a verb?):
företag företa sig förta sig ta för sig ta sig för
bonus: ta sig till ta till sig tillta tilltag
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How come you speak romanian as an australian? Do you have family, a partner, friends or workmates that are romanians or is it just a personal interest?
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I don't know anyone in person who even speaks Romanian. I knew a couple of words already because of Dragostea din tei, and I knew it was the language with the intriguing hyphens, but I never considered learning it until these guys came along and before I knew it my playlists were full of Romanian songs and I was starting to pick up actual grammar and I figured I ought to do the thing properly. Now I have a 376 day streak on duolingo and an entire pastoral ballad in my brain and I regret nothing.
I love it so much. It makes me want to write poetry that doesn't start with foaie verde lol
#hyphens > apostrophes#sorry this has been sitting in my inbox for days but i keep forgetting#or overthinking it#asks answered#but seriously#everything i learn about this language makes me love it more#even the things i can't get my head around#like all the different strong and weak pronouns and which verbs are reflexive#sometimes i just make every verb reflexive out of spite#and sometimes they actually are#i mean this in the most respectful way of course#but if it happened to be the case that the intricacies of the romanian language were in part devised to fuck with invading foreigners#i would be completely unsurprised#and even more in love than i already am#go to bed cal
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