#threatened languages

[dougielombax]

At least the Irish language is a real language.

Ulster Scots is just an accent at worst and slang at best.

It barely qualifies as a dialect.

So no.

It is NOT the same as the Irish language.

To suggest otherwise is insulting to threatened and endangered languages!

I’ll admit idk much about Scots as a language.

But Ulster Scots isn’t remotely comparable.

[kensatou]

i'll let phie-san say it:

[dougielombax]

PINNED POST!!!!!!!

I’m reblogging this.

The Assyrian people are still here. And they deserve better!

Feel free to reblog in turn if you wish

Actually please do.

Reblog the shit out of this!

Also leaving some stuff here for additional information:

Assyrian Language (Neo-Aramaic)

Assyrian is a Southwest Semitic language spoken mainly in Turkey, Iran, Iraq, and Syria. It’s also spoken throughout the large Diaspora. It’s speakers are largely adherent to the Syriac branch of the Orthodox Church. This is a beautiful language that is sadly endangered, and deserves to be revived.

Assyrian people

Syriac Church

Assyrian language

Alphabet

Dictionary

Learn Assyrian Online

PDF

Youtube: Intro to Modern Assyrian (Latin alphabet)

[thedreadvampy]

Losing my shit about this article in which a transphobic Tory was so busy panicking about existing in the vicinity of a Trans that she almost certainly misheard "jeans" as "penis" and decided that not only was this a problem with the other woman, but also that the world must be informed of this pressing danger.

"a trans woman! I had to stand directly behind her....I thought, 'this is going well', I'm handling The Situation fine'..."

translated: I saw a tall woman with broad shoulders. How would I get out of this alive? I thought. she has a PENIS. PENIS PENIS PENIS. through some force of PENIS I mean will I managed to PENIS behave normally towards her. My hands were PENIS PENIS PENIS shaking as I tried to dry them. summoning up all my PENIS courage I said 'dryer's crap innit'. she turned to me and said " yeah I'm just goiPENIS PENIS PENIS"

It's been a week and I'm still shaking. This proves trans women are the problem and I'm not weird. I'm fine. It's fine. If you think about it I'm the hero hePENIS!!!!!

very this

[flyingmintbunny0]

4 Haunting Photos Taken Moments Before Disaster

(Or WW about to start a bar brawl bc his dumbass bf is making fun of him)

[celine-song]

Thief (1981) dir. Michael Mann

Happy International Workers' Day!

[regicidal-defenestration]

Big news from the criminology trenches. Did you know that if you treat someone like a human being rather than Someone Who Will, We Know, For Sure And Undoubtedly, Commit A Crime, So We Must Lock Them Away Before Their Foul Words Can Infect Our Pure Minds, then conversations about cybercrime are more successful? [1]

[1] R. Brewer, M. de Vel-Palumbo, A. Hutchings, T. Holt, A. Goldsmith, and D. Maimon, "Targeted Warnings and Police Cautions" in Cybercrime Prevention: Theory and Applications. Palgrave Pivot, Cham, 2019, 77-99

[cupophrogs]

what would a bigger bodys thing be like?

like based off his cartoon form

He’s a big boy! This was pretty fun actually, so here’s Mewna/Thing and his bestie Aaliyah, a little trans autistic girl from the orphanage :)

[raionmimi]

Super Mega Ultrawatch!Symmetra is Vishkar's failed kaiju experiment. She's become more aggressive towards people, but doesn't particularly seem interested in fighting either. They have to provoke her into turning into her kaiju form to fight the heroes

She really likes Lifeweaver's biolight plants though, it's one of the few things that snaps her out of her rampages. In this au, he takes her with him when he leaves the company

[fascinationstreetmp3]

[dougielombax]

Just leaving this here.

Feel free to reblog.

[ghost-bxrd]

How would Bruce and Cobb react to Selkie!Jason trusting them with his coat? Like maybe giving it to them if they're upset or just in general trusting them to protect it 🦭🪙

Crossovers are literally taking over my brain rn

Bruce would treat the coat like the most fragile piece of spun glass and marvel at the softness. He’d be so, so happy the skittish little Selkie boy he adopted feels safe enough to let him touch a piece of his soul and trusts him to keep it safe. Bruce would be hyper aware of any signs from Jason that he wants his coat returned to him the entire time, mildly terrified he’ll accidentally do something to spoon the kid.

Cobb would pretend like he could care less and treat it like any valuable trinket a court member hands him, casually but with the utmost care. But joke’s on him, Jason totally saw him pull a knife on a curious Court member that came a little too close to the coat for comfort, even though the poor guy was just trying to reach the door to the left of the Talon.

(The coat is always safest with Cobb. No contest. The Talon would sooner allow himself to be beheaded than let the pelt come to harm. And usually he’s too scared he’ll damage the soft fur to pet it, so Jason makes a game out of draping it around his shoulders every once in a while, pretending like he doesn’t see how Cobb sometimes indulges himself and rubs his cheek against the fuzzy seal fur.) 🪙🦭

[aychama]

Good kitty.

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Oh how the turn tables-

[vickyvicarious]

Dracula's actions today were interesting. His attack on Jonathan definitely was not what he intended on going in to his room. I think he wanted to make him jump, yeah, to spook him a little. He wanted to touch him more, continue being creepy in that way also. But I think he intended to spend more time in his company, continue to play the social manipulation game. I wonder if he wanted to be around when Jonathan discovered the locked doors... watching him panic at the realization that he's a prisoner but be forced to try and hide it because Dracula is right there would be absolutely the sort of thing he'd love. (I just can't picture why Jonathan would be trying different doors with Dracula right there. Maybe if he was 'working' in the library and encouraged him to walk around/explore as Dracula was too busy to be good company, then snuck up on him again as he's in the middle of learning how many/which doors are locked? But I dunno.)

Regardless, either Dracula's very thirsty or Jonathan looks very tasty (I suspect both) because he lost all control the second he saw his blood:

When the Count saw my face, his eyes blazed with a sort of demoniac fury, and he suddenly made a grab at my throat. I drew away, and his hand touched the string of beads which held the crucifix. It made an instant change in him, for the fury passed so quickly that I could hardly believe that it was ever there.

I don't even think this means Dracula didn't know about the crucifix. Probably not before now (and probably Jonathan just made some general statement about receiving gifts from the local people rather than naming the innkeeper lady), but not necessarily. After all, if Jonathan was still shaving he probably wasn't fully dressed yet, and anything worn about his neck should probably have been at least somewhat visible. I think Dracula just got tunnel vision at the sight of blood, and that could go whether he knew the crucifix was there or not. The instant he touches it though, he comes back to himself, and puts on the friendly host mask again.

His first instinct is to get rid of the evidence, and he does so in a way that once again is subtly insulting to Jonathan (implying he's vain here, before implying he was stupid) as well as some larger group of other people (men in general here, before it was 'peasants'). But it's also really over the top and I think despite the jolt of the crucifix, he's really struggling to maintain his control over himself. Hence flinging the mirror out the freaking window and then fleeing. Not just the room, either - the entire castle. This becomes apparent when he returns some time later through the front door: "I heard the great door below shut, and knew that the Count had returned." I really wonder where he went, what he did while gone, and exactly how long he was gone... Even after his return, he keeps his distance from Jonathan initially. Jonathan has to seek him out, or maybe waits until mealtime to talk to him.

The goitre in the surrounding area implies Dracula has been feeding, but everything about his actions today really suggests he has been starving himself recently. Based on other stuff in the book, I don't think it can be possible that vampires always lose control of themself so much around the sight of blood. Also, his face immediately becoming angry... maybe part of that is just his hunting expression, but I wonder if a part of it is Dracula's frustration that once again things aren't going to plan with Jonathan. I wouldn't be surprised if he felt angry at him (how dare he bleed at me and ruin my suave game?!) and a little part of the way he throws the mirror away so violently is to punish him for being so 'provoking' or whatever.

[askblueandviolet]

I got a Innoccent Thing to give to Violet (Macaque) first

*Hands him the protection Cusion of oogley eye stones* I saw a couple Asks back people kept throwing stones, And i thought It might help stop thoses...Googley eyesd Stones Fromm hitting you...y..you might remember but..yeah..

I have A question to Both any way, So blue if you Had to say ONE nice thing About Violet what would it be?

AND Violet If you Had been given A whole day To be nice to Blue What Would you do for him?

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[gideonnavsenormousbiceps]

currently imagining narinder, post defeat, now mortal and not dealing with it well (same honestly) spewing every curse word he knows in every language he knows and threatening various methods of homicide and pacing around and cursing for several minutes uninterrupted and lamb is just looking up at him with adoring big wet eyes like he's been spewing love poems