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Fun fact: in Anishinaabemowin, the term for a cat purring is "nagamo gaazhagehns" / "nagamo biizhehns" / " nagamo boozhehns" (different dialects have varying words/spellings for a house cat)
But the main thing is that "nagamo" is the verb for "he/she/that one sings"
Cat purring in Anishinaabemowin is essentially called "cat singing"
#anishinaabemowin#ojibwemowin#ojibwe#anishinaabe#indigenous languages#the words for cat also are fun#gaazhagehns comes from the verb 'gaazhage' which means 'he/she/that one eats greedily or is gluttonous#so gaazhagehns translates roughly to 'little greedy eating one'#and boozhehns/biizhehns are the diminutive versions of the the word for a lynx (bizhiw) because#--that was the example of a feline that existed in our language/world when domestic cats were introduced to us#so we just called them 'tiny/baby lynxes'#i love anishinaabemowins maliability and ability to just create words to address new things#nish tag#linguistics#original posts#indigenous tag
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#wise words of the day#lgbtqia#lgbtq community#lgbt pride#xenogender#xenogenders#Therians#otherkin#mogai#“cat pretty” “golden retriever” good job you discovered Xenogenders#/j btw do whatever#just don't make fun of Xenogenders after#i also like the cat pretty thing#the golden retriever boyfriend thing is a bit cringe but thats okay
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Of all games why this one
#homicipher#art#mr crawling#This game brings me so much joy#By which I mean having 6 people trying to figure out if the crawling man is screaming peekaboo is amazing#Literally all of us legit thought this was gonna somehow turn out to be an otome game and boy howdy#It's a game alright#Anyways apparently I get the cat one#Neko has claimed the disembodied head#And trix is a kidnapper now I guess#Also Mr hood is best dad and I will not take any arguments on this#Fun fact we started on our second playthrough (got about 90% of the words defined)#and not only did we have such a time reading the conversations. But we were all SO SAD to pick to mean options#Like we choose the option and then expect her to say something or whatever NOT SLAP HIM???? YOU JERK????#Play this game with friends if you can. Completely blind if possible. It's pure puzzle and characterization and goofs#Also you kill god or something I'm not sure#Also if any of your friends are bilingual or an english / japanese nerd or just a general conlang nerd#They will be insufferable and that's a great thing#You're gonna need that energy 😂
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No, Microsoft Word, upon consideration I don't think my audience will be offended by my use of the word "fuck". My intended audience is queers, teenagers, and queer teenagers, all of whom seem to be absolutely fucking delighted by my use of the word "fuck".
#writer problems#writers on tumblr#writeblr#my protagonist is 16 and a product if the foster system#she also has the personality of a feral cat in a wet sack#she definitely says “fuck”#update the audience now includes my 11yo nephew known on here as#uranium nephew#and his mother will definitely want to know what he's reading#guess we'll see which cracks first#her desire to not acknowledge the queerness of certain family members#or her desire to pretend her children don't know the fun words#to which i can only say#well FUCK
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daily whistlepaw until wo becomes PoV day 1321
little WoodWhistle moment with flower crown shenanigans. the flowers are buttercup (you are radiant with charm), edelweiss (courage) and queen anne's lace (sanctuary)
#warrior cats#whistlepaw#woodsong#windclan#medicine cat apprentice#warrior#woodwhistle#Also thank you anon for suggesting this#I've somewhat been neglecting the WoodWhistle adventures lmao#So here are the girlies having a fun date out#Whis will at one point or another begin about herbs and Woodsong will listen to every single word Whis says
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RAHHHHHHHH EVERYONE THIS IS SPRITE AND I LOVE HER SO MUCH RIGHT NOW ITS NOT FUNNY
The problem is I know literally nothing about her so if you wanted to ask me some of these questions?? Or any questions?? I would love you??? /nf /lh
Idk who made this originally but I found it on Pinterest
#fun fact she’s based on a catshark in every sense of the word#so like an actual catshark that is a type of shark#and also a shark and a cat#fun fun#oh and also alien#she’s an amalgamation#I love her so much you don’t understand#all I know is she’s gonna be a bit of a projection#just not yet sure how much#oc#sprite#fursona#oc questions#oc ref sheet#fursona ref sheet#jadethebluearts
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#Drawing#kemono friends#Peach panther#Drawing the gem was fun#And I wanted to draw her for a while but couldn’t think of how#Decided to draw her for cat day!#Also. I just learned about SID what do you mean the band is 20 yrs old?#And they did an op for black butler?#Their song keibetsu is so good like what. I have no words (literally everything about the song)#And the beginning give me vkei vibes (am no vkei expert)#But I really like their latest album.
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i think i wouldn’t hate disco elysium’s collage mode nearly as much if it weren’t for 1) the way that it was marketed in such a tasteless, soulless manner, let alone the fact that it was a last ditch distraction from a dead on its feet studio piloted by dumbass thieving execs and released on the day of the court declaration, and 2) those dumbass fucking stickers
like if it had been included with the base game from the start and had been titled something a bit more tasteful and in-line with how i would have liked the feature to be marketed as— something like “exploration mode”, something that perhaps could only be unlocked after completing the game for the first time, AND didn’t have those stupid as hell visually and tonally incongruent with the artstyle stickers, i would have applauded it as a nice little bonus for being able to study and appreciate the 3d models and environments for reference.
#it is just so bleak man.#i have no words left to say for the latest development at zaum studios so instead i will just remember how fucked up this was lol#those stickers are the same energy as that dumbass fucking christmas card they put on steam.#cutesy fanart is awesome and all but don’t muddy the tone of the actual source with it. why is that necessary.#for gods sake what happened to boundaries#again i probably would take a different tone to even the stickers if#it had been done under the original creators (which i don’t think it would have‚ which is my point‚ but say hypothetically it happened)#but with the circumstances the way they are it is impossible to not view it all as tainted with a veneer of absolute tastelessness#and a disrespect to the source material and a sorry attempt to appeal to the shallowest parts of ‘fandom’#like you can add cartoony emoji faces and a sticker with harry and kim as cats. or their hands with the caption ‘best friends!!!’ (wtf lol)#and a frame with a bunch of pride flags being waved around (hard to articulate why i feel doubly annoyed of this one.#your corporate pride parade aesthetic is showing again. also it feels��� lazy)#but you can never‚ ever erase the fact that you are parading around a stolen IP that you are entirely out of touch with#and one that you clearly have *no idea what to do with*#(something that we’ve all known for months with these hints but today has finally been basically confirmed as the sequel seems to be#officially cancelled with the last of the original writers’ crew being laid off)#how could you have known what to do with Elysium? how could you ever have?#hope you have fun with your stickers. rot#disco elysium#me talking
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there's a lot
#leafpool#spottedleaf#i did not word that very eloquently at all my fault but in my defense i really don't feel like it#warrior cats#i draw them staring at each other often... i think they get each other i think they love each other and i don't think they like each other#i have got to stop using the 1px pencil to draw the same things but i have fun and also dont care about improving like most people do#tltdam
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i put TOO much effort into this the other ones i do im gonna not try so hard for but. is poly blue team cmon i GOTTA put all the effort in.
i guess this is like an everyone lives au lol i dont REALLY have anything cemented for them. just play in the space with me
(link to original meme)
#ill also probably upload the others all as one post smiles#poly blue team#this is self indulgence BTW i am having fun light and love#ship meme#'how is alpha transfem and epsilon transmasc' yes.#also really happy with the 'i love you's for alpha and epsilon smiles. i understand them#dont look to hard at the one word descriptions i didnt know what to do for that#also i LOVE the cat-dog bark-meow chart. SO good#alpha is a cat that barks wash is a dog that meows. so so so real and true
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A little something featuring Fuuta and Es after talking about their criminal lack of interaction in fanworks with @waivyjellyfish ! You had such awesome ideas (a few of which I'm still bouncing around in my head to post at some point,) but this one ended up taking over my brain -- I hope you enjoy 😅 Attempting to answer the widely-debated question:
“Oi, why didn’t you hit me?”
Es looked up from their paperwork.
“Prisoner number three. Most people are glad when they’re not struck.”
“Well, I’m not.”
Es usually left the door open at this hour, in case anyone had any last-minute complaints before curfew. No one usually took them up on the offer. They figured that if there was any prisoner they could count on to complain, it would be Fuuta marching through their door.
“You hit all the other guys. You even hit some of the girls that were giving you trouble. So what? You think I’m too weak? You think I can’t take it?” Fuuta spread his arms. “I can, so show me what you’ve got!”
Es sighed. They put down their pen. They folded their gloved hands together, resting their chin on top. “Fuuta, I’m not going to hit you.”
“Why not?”
“As of right now, I have no reason to. If you’re referring to the interrogations…”
They reflected on the first one they'd shared with him. To be fair, the thought had crossed their mind. It would have been satisfying to give this rowdy prisoner a taste of his own medicine – striking him after such a dramatic charge at them. But Es was always good at reading people. It didn’t take them long to understand Fuuta was the type to lash out first and ask questions later. In fact, that was likely what had landed him in Milgram in the first place.
Although Es knew they weren’t here to do any reformation, they wanted to try to show these prisoners where they’d gone wrong. So, they resolved to act as the bigger person. They’d prove that senseless violence was just that. By keeping their composure, they’d show Fuuta just how childish he was being.
That wasn’t my only reason. I guess that's true, my actions weren’t all purely righteous. I still spent the entire time looking for ways to make him squirm… But it wasn’t all cruelty. I really did want to understand. I wanted to help. That counts for something, right?
Es never struck the prisoners out of anger, or as a petty show of power. It was a way to force the prisoner to mind their ego. When they’d gotten a bit too full of themselves, a bit too comfortable with the awful deed they’d committed, Es’ blow encouraged them to feel a bit more humility and guilt.
By the time the second trial arrived, Fuuta oozed guilt.
The moment Es entered the interrogation room, it was clear that he needed no lesson in humility. He hugged his arms to his chest. His remaining eye darted around the room in thinly-veiled hysteria. His voice trembled when he spoke. It didn’t require any people-reading skills to hear the remorse that underlaid all of his accusations and threats.
Hitting the others felt like giving a dog a tap on the nose after breaking a rule. Meanwhile, Fuuta snapped and snarled like a stray who’d been kicked time and time again.
Of course, he could never know any of this. Any way Es phrased it, Fuuta would misunderstand it as pity.
Well, wasn’t it? I thought he looked like a kicked puppy – that sounds a lot like pity. No, it was out of respect. Does that mean I didn’t respect the prisoners I did hit? No. I respected them too. Then, what’s the difference?
Fuuta was still staring at them, asking the very same question. What’s the difference?
“Each of Milgram’s prisoners is unique.”
They were met with an unimpressed glare.
Es chose their words carefully. “Each one responds best to a variety of treatments. Some need attention to be comfortable, while others need time. Some need validation in order to confess. Others, a bit of debate does the trick. Some need a show of force. You –” remind me too much of myself “– require something else. I’ve learned to change my approach depending on the person I’m dealing with.”
Fuuta’s features flashed with confusion, then shame, then his usual mask of anger. “Tch. How pathetic.”
“Excuse me?”
“So you just change your personality when it’s convenient? You put up fake smiles and fake attitude? Have some balls and just be yourself.”
Es was caught by surprise. “... I am. Those are all pieces of myself. I choose to bring out different parts when it would be most helpful.”
“Sounds manipulative as hell to me.”
It makes sense he doesn’t understand. He’s a very clear-cut person, with every aspect of his personality lining up in a way that makes sense. I find that predictability fun. Or, is it something that I envy? Could it be both?
They had no time to dwell on it, as Fuuta was struck with an idea. “Though, if you can do it on command, why don’t you give me the ‘you’ that wants to hit someone?”
He spread his arms once more, hands gesturing to his chest. Es pretended not to notice him wince. They remained in their seat.
“What are you waiting for? Hit me!”
“I will not.”
“You just said you can change your personality on a whim, so let’s see it!”
“That is not what I said.”
His good eye began to look frenzied. He raised his voice. “You scared? The big bad warden of Milgram, nothing but a big coward!”
“Stop this. You’re acting childish.”
“No! You’re treating me childishly! Let me see the Es that kicked Shidou! The one that slapped Kazui! Treat me like you treated them!”
“I hit them because they said something stupid. They deserved it.”
“Are you fucking kidding? I deserve it too! I deserve it! Come on!”
At the last word, his voice broke. He stumbled to his knees. He let his head drop. He sucked in strained breath after strained breath. Shidou would surely give him a lecture about getting so worked up with his injuries.
Es finally stood.
They made their way around the desk. They knelt on the floor in front of him.
“Why?” he wheezed. “Tell me…”
“Fuuta.”
Should I just go ahead and do it, just to make him happy? No, I want to talk it out. But what do even I say? I'll tell him that I care. I can’t. None of the prisoners understand that I care. Why? Why is it so hard for them to see? I’m trying my best, why can’t they see?
Es extended their hand carefully. They didn’t know what they hoped to accomplish, but in that moment their thoughts were too loud and conflicting. They needed to do something.
Fuuta saw the gentle intention, and immediately raised his own hand to strike. It froze midair, though whether it was from Milgram’s restrictions or his own hesitation, Es would never know.
Neither of their gestures connected.
Footsteps. Then Yuno’s voice, hesitantly from the doorway. “We heard shouting, is everything alright in here?”
Es retracted their hand. A beat. Fuuta dropped his, too.
“Yuno. Yes, we’re fine. Fuuta was just heading to bed. I’m going to walk him to his cell.”
“I can handle myself.”
“I said, I’m going to walk him to his cell.”
Es stood, nodding to Yuno. When she’d gone, they turned their attention back to the prisoner crumpled on the ground. They made an effort to quiet their ever-racing thoughts.
“Listen. I know you can handle yourself. I’m not doing this because I think you’re weak. You’re strong. Don’t think for a moment that I don’t see that.”
They held out their arm to help him up. He didn’t move.
“Sometimes you are a bit too strong, if you ask me. I mean, picking fights with your prison warden, really?” They clicked their tongue. “You should be grateful for a superior that gives you second chances.”
At last, Fuuta took their hand. He avoided meeting their eyes, but his voice had softened considerably from his rant. “The only thing you give me is a headache.”
Es offered a dry smile as they pulled him to his feet. “The feeling is mutual.”
#milgram#es#fuuta kajiyama#i fully intended on writing something silly/sweet so SORRY this was a lot of drama 😭 silly and sweetness coming soon i promise adsfsdf#i really do think es would see themself in fuuta to some degree#something about them being filled with audience voices and fuuta also being a reflection of the audience... idk...#it makes me crazy how much es cares !!!! their line at the end of baptism of fire about how they dont hate the prisoners#and they now have a connection that cant be broken#and they see them all as comrades#it makes me crazy!!!#they have too many conflicting thoughts/feelings of WARDEN DUTY to flat out say 'hey i care about you'#but they do!!!! ;---;#i had some fun writing es' internal monologue like that! i debated on making it specifically a conversation between voices (using 'you' or#third person pronouns) but i think this still gets the idea across well#i know es never actually gave a straight answer to the final question but i hope this still gave a good peek at their reasoning#i genuinely dont think es pities him but he IS a pathetic wet cat in t2 and that definitely influences their actions in some way#i believe your exact words were 'red-haired fucked up dog' and i hope i could do that image justice 😎👍#drabbles
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new di x warrior cats
name explanations and more info below :3
basic stuff
-each agency is a clan, not each unit. 14-15 clans would be silly and then we would have some clans with 5 cats and some with 2.
-starpro -> lightclan. i couldn’t call them “starclan” for obvious reasons. light is somewhat synonymous with star, so i’m going with that.
-cospro -> nightclan. i don’t think the cats in warriors know the word “cosmic”, but cosmic implies cosmos implies night sky, so we’re going with night
-rhyth lin -> rippleclan. ripple is sort of a synonym to rhythm….? this one was hard
-new di -> fortuneclan. this one is a stretch but neither “new” or “dimension” have synonyms that really fit a clan name. fortune is something that relates to multiple characters in new di though
-starclan still sort of exists, but the cats do not believe in them the way they do in warriors. they are more of a nursery tale than anything, and select cats (ex: tatsumi) believe in them, but it is not written into their code. medicine cats can still interpret signs, but they do not necessarily think of them as coming from starclan.
-medicine cat forbidden romance is not a thing here
-intermingling of clans is ok and common
-there’s like. other cats in their clans besides just the enstars cast i assume
cat names/why i chose them
fortuneclan:
knights
-tsukasa -> scarletstar (scarletblossom) . he is the leader of fortuneclan because he is one of the new di reps for the summits. both scarlet and blossom were chosen bc of his last name (scarlet is a red color… kinda similar to cherry…. and blossom for the cherry blossom).
-leo -> lionheart. ok this one is kind of cheating because lionheart is already an existing warrior, but…come on….
-izumi -> silverspring. sora describes his color as silver, and spring is in his first name
-ritsu -> frostmoon. his first name means cold moon according to the wiki so i just rehashed it
-naru -> goldenroar. since she doesn’t like her first name i didn’t want to use “storm”, and her last name can be read as “thunder” but that’s a little too close to storm? so golden for her hair and roar for her last name
switch
-natsume -> sageeye. a sage is similar to a wizard, and eye is in his first name . also the “dovesong” mentioned is wataru :)
-tsumugi -> bluewing. he is a bluebird. warrior cats probably wouldn’t straight up call a cat “bluebird” so i put wing there instead. deputy cause he’s the vp
-sora -> skyspring . sora means sky. spring is in his last name. i could have used “stream” instead to differentiate him from sena but i think spring is cuter
mam/df
-madara -> tawnystripe . tawny bc it’s like kind of close to calico if you squint. stripe(s) is in his last name
#my art#enstars#ok so maybe we WOULD have 5 clans bc guess what was announced today#a new agency. and a new unit (or fucking 5? idk)#BUTWHATEVER#um i don’t know why i did this it was a joke at first but#then i started getting really into choosing names….#like originally it was just gonna be switch but then i was like hmmm… what if the agency is the clan#i’ve been reading so so much warrior cats i’m about to finish avos and then i’ll be caught back up to where i was#when i started this rereading journey last year#so like i have to apply it to my other interests#i’m proud of the names i chose i think they’re fun#yes leo’s is a cheat but idc#i hope someone else will appreciate this it’s mostly just me doing stuff for fun#i want to do the other units/agencies too but that might be a while cause yall this took#like a week . granted i’m busy rn but god damn picking designs for cats is hard!!#that’s why so many ended up being tabbies i just can’t resist they’re my favorites i’m definitely not biased#but also realistically tabby is a pretty common pattern so it’s fine#my fave design is naru’s btw i wanted to make her really pretty and i think i did ok#ok i’m going to bed bye#also forgot to mention i wanted to keep the names as close to canon warriors as i could so i had to find words similar to things that#the cats in warriors would know#sage is pushing it i don’t think they use sage in medicine . they def don’t know what a fortune is either but i don’t care
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DAY five…. animals:3
i KNOW theyre not fond of the kitties in game but what if he was. what if he just doesnt wanna pet the cats in the elevator bc everyones gonnabe like OMG pest is being nice to the kitty
I DIDNT ACTUALLY DRAW IN WHITEBOARD FOX I JUST THOUGHR THE BRUSHES AND ? BG WAS COOL. less for me to decide yk
(from list 1)
#roblox selfship#regretevator selfship#selfship blog#selfshiptober#🐟 selfshiptober#🐟insert#🪲🖥️ : computerbug#extra info i wanna add for fun….#uhhh idr what i had for this one I HAVE TO REWRITE HALF MY TAGS!#ermm cat is from. outside s/is house :) its a urban area i believe is the word#so thats where that kitty is from. the kitty stays at my s/is#also s/is weird mechanical fins (lack of better word) move#like animal ears would. except hes robot not animals
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my parents when I bought a Nami figurine: so cute!! Why are her boobs that big. It’s cute though!!
my parents when I bought a Law figurine: he’s ugly. why did you buy this. how much did you pay— that’s too much. ugly.
#chia’s life#why did they bully him via videocall I’m crying#one piece#cat burglar nami#trafalgar law#my parents are haters at heart#the only anime character my mom liked was Erwin from AOT#only anime she’s ever watched for some reason#my dad however… glass houses and all that#very bold words coming from a man who once made mikasa ackerman his pfp at work#also both of them are insistent that I NEVER take them out of their boxes#WHATS THE FUN IN THAAAAT#I want to put them like room decor!!!!
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god i think it's really sweet when friends copy our like. ways of speaking and such. like yaaaay mirroring yaay ^_^!!!!!!!!!
#when people say lov instead of love bc of us. cries adn cries!#there IS a reason i think we type it that way. and it's because of our being aro and aplatonic. but it's mainly an aro thing i think#idk when we started doing it but we don't want people to like. Get It Twisted lmao. we're aro but we feel love weirdly.#saying we LOVE someone makes us uncomfortable because we? kind of DON'T? or rather. not in the 'Normal' Average Person way#We have our own ways of showing we care and that we 'love' someone! um. but outright Saying we love people feels Weird#Because it's different! It is Different!!! We do not love in the same 'normal' average way a human loves#MAINLY again because we're collectively aro & aplat but also ig some nonhuman fuckery is in there too?#anyways 'lov' is like. a small disconnection from it all.#we care we care we care. we do not LOVE in the same way as an average person but we CARE.#we love in the same way a cat loves its owner but not in the way a human loves another. does that make sense?#if we could we'd say we care you instead of we love you but that doesn't get the same Feelings across. because to US it means the same thing#but to others it does Not. Evidently.#Idk. Love is simply a word to us but to others it's the most important thing out there and we simply. Do not feel it Correctly.#So! Our friends get our weird fucked up version of it that is Weird ('lov'). Sorry?#this was not supposed 2 be a tangent on this word specifically this was supposed 2 a tangent on how our friends mirror our speech in general#HDHDHDJXZJDJSKSKD#or rather also how we mirror our friends' speech. good lird we've picked up so many intentional typos from the 23rds i think USJSSICKDKSKD#intentional typos are fun!!!! they carry a certain Vibe with them™#pk;m lullaby💮
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i’m myself at home, me in public, & i runs it all
#stream#my psychiatrist says i may have adhd he also said ‘im not going to lie to u ur not an easy case bc there’s a lot of symptoms’#ALSKALSKLASKALSKLAKSALSLAJSLAKSLA#i was like ‘adhd ? i don’t have that’ & he asked like ‘nobody has every said that ?’ & i was like no ????? im just insane on the inside like#ALSJALSJALSJLAJSLA literally i went ‘i don’t think that ppl w ahdh online say they can’t tie their shoes & i don’t think it’s the disorder i#think they’re just refusing to tie their shoes’ then later on he asked me how do i feel about myself in one word & i went#‘like a sea urchin’ & he had no idea what that meant#like i thought it was quite obvious ????#nice to look at but u don’t want to step on 1 or that sucks also they’re sooo pretty but Need to Stay Way the Hell Over There’#he was reading the notes i sent to him bc i asked for my notes & i was like ‘ive comments’ ALSKALSKALKSALKSALSKLKSLKSLAKSL#he started laughing & it was bc of the way i phrased things & capitalized ? 😭😭😭 he told me that ALSKALSKLAKSLAKSLAKSLA#it’s very fucking funny#like u just need to read it like german#he’s polish so i trust him w my life#POLES DO ANYTHING FOR YALL !!!!!!!#like even w that 1 facist 1 i still think abt him i forget his name is was smthg funny but its like yea u look it#like this psych has a normal name but he fits it#GOOD WAY#NOT A FASC#HES POLITE & FUN idk he’s soft spoken & i find that very calming#i sound like u know the sound they play when a cat fight happens in a cartoon that’s my voice#also unrelated but my accent has finally changed so much that the british assume i’ve been here since childhood …. growth like my parents#immigrated to britain …. the chameleon trait#i think it’s so funny bc like if u Are Like That then it’ll work for any language like if u speak spanish spanish & u go to mexico spanish#ur spanish accent will change to be more mexican i think language is crazy isn’t society cool#this doesn’t work for everyone like some people will retain their accents their entire lives like u know ‘bad accents’ i hate the term ‘bad#accent’ bc an accent can’t be bad it can just be strong or weak#like girl. most ppl have an accent. like some people omg if ur a professional translator u can get SOOOOO GOOD WHERE U LOSE THE ORIGINAL ITS#CRAZY#truly
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