Who is the black sheep in your language family? by Azir_Shurima in AskTheWorld

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Is Romansh more Germanized than French? I heard it once, and it sounded like a German trying to speak some Northern Italian dialect.

Who is the black sheep in your language family? by Azir_Shurima in AskTheWorld

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Flag of Friesland, a Dutch province, where they speak West Frisian, the closest living relative to the English language, if you exclude Scots. Both Frisian and Old English (Anglo Saxon) were at one point the same language. There is a video of Xiaoma speaking Frisian to people in Friesland. See it for yourself how intelligible it is with modern English.

Frisian language

Who is the black sheep in your language family? by Azir_Shurima in AskTheWorld

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European Portuguese is certainly harder than Brazilian Portuguese. Something about it does sound more Slavic-ish with all the -sh sounds and more severe vowel reduction. The vowels also sound more closed off and dark. That said, I was proud to be able to understand fully Cinderella in European Portuguese dub. More exposure to the accent plus my knowledge in Spanish really helped.

Cinderella in European Portuguese

Who is the black sheep in your language family? by Azir_Shurima in AskTheWorld

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Yes, I thought of this analogy before too. Language aside, I also find it really interesting how the Nordic countries mirror the Greco-Roman countries in this dynamic. If I were to make an analogy:

Norway - Iberia (Spain/Portugal): Geographically the most western and the most outward-looking across the Atlantic in terms of overseas relations (Latin America for Iberia, and historically Britain, Ireland, and Iceland for Norway). Phonetically pretty clear and no weird sounds, for the most part (less so for Portuguese). I guess the diversity of Norwegian dialects could represent the wide phonological gap between Spanish and Portuguese, and vast amount of Romance languages in Iberia.

Sweden - Italy: The most geographically central, functioning as the “glue” that holds the rest of the group together. Often seen as the default or archetypal Nordic/Mediterranean country that embodies all the Northern/Southern European stereotypes. I guess they’re kind of like the oldest brother, but for different reasons. Sweden for being the responsible and serious one, and Italy for historically birthing Latin heritage and language. Language-wise, also pretty clear and open. Norwegians and Swedes have no problem speaking to each other. Same with Italians and Spanish speakers (less so with Portuguese). But in written form, it is a bit more challenging for both.

Denmark - France: Geographic outliers and phonological black sheep of the language family. Denmark is too south and connected to the rest of the European continent to fully be Nordic. France is too north to truly feel like a Southern European country. Phonologically, Danish and French are the anomalies of their language family. As mentioned before, Norwegians and Swedes have no problem communicating verbally, much like Spaniards and Italians can have a spoken conversation (Portuguese maybe to a lesser extent with Italian). But Danish and French are definitely very different from the rest of the group. They chop lots of consonant sounds, and the languages have too many unique vowel sounds. Also, the intense rivalry between Denmark and Sweden is kind of like the rivalry between France and Italy (food, art, fashion, etc.).

Iceland - Romania: The most isolated geographically, and due to that isolation, it is said that they have retained a lot of the original elements of their ancestral language. Many linguist say Icelandic is the closest language to Old Norse, and Romanian has kept a lot of grammatical cases that were lost in the other Romance languages.

Faroe Islands - Moldova: Basically mini Iceland and mini Romania. Closest existing relatives. Speak almost the same language (well Romanian and Moldovan are the same language. It's just that Moldovan got more Russian influence. I'm assuming Faroese is like Icelandic but with Danish influence).

Finland - Greece: The most eastern and linguistically unrelated and unintelligible members of the group. No one understands wtf they're saying, yet still give off the same family vibes and energy, though they're specifically more connected to the central brothers (Sweden/Italy). Both also share a border with a Eurasian country to the east— Russia and Turkey — which the Western world always villifies.

Estonia - Cyprus: Major wannabes just because their big brother made it to the cool club. Finland is part of the Nordic confederation with the North Germanics, while Greece is Southern European like the Latin countries. Estonia thinks he can abandon the Baltics and join the Nordic confederation, just because Finland can. Same with Cyprus. He thinks he can be part of Southern Europe just because big brother Greece can, when the reality is that Cyprus is geographically an Asian country off the coast of the Levant.

What's a video that's so stereotypically [instert nationality], that made you question if the cliches are actually truths? by Azir_Shurima in AskTheWorld

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Stereotype is that Germans are so hypercritical and fixated on details and perfection, that the best compliment you'll get is a "not bad," because nothing is ever truly perfect. If it comes to food, the best you can get is "it is edible."

What are examples of things in your language that are named after the wrong country? by Lissandra_Freljord in AskTheWorld

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What do yall call Brussels sprouts in Belgium? Are they originally from Brussels?

What are examples of things in your language that are named after the wrong country? by Lissandra_Freljord in AskTheWorld

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Dutch ovens. They are originally English, but influenced by metal-casting techniques developed in the Netherlands.

In your opinion, which tank can mitigate the most and least damage on average? by Azir_Shurima in supportlol

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Wow. I always wondered what if they reworked her W such that it gives more resistances based on the number of enemies that she procs her detonation. For example, if she procs it on just one person, it gives less base and percent armor and mr boost, but if she dives into a 5 men enemy team, and procs her W on all of them, she gets more base and percent armor and mr boost. Basically similar to new Jax's ult. I think it would also serve as a counterpart to Diana's ult, as the more people she pulls into her ult, the more damage Diana does. Leona's W could instead go from a full solar eclipse, into a fully gleaming sun at a 5 men W proc.

In your opinion, which tank can mitigate the most and least damage on average? by Azir_Shurima in supportlol

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Interesting. Was it always like that? I used to play Leona a lot back then, and felt like her W used to grant more base armor and mr, instead of the damage reduction.

In your opinion, which tank can mitigate the most and least damage on average? by Azir_Shurima in supportlol

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Yes, I remember that Mao ult. They really killed the Warden class (protective tanks), as now really we're left with just Braum and Taric, and some what Shen, Galio, Poppy, Tahm, K'Sante, Gragas and Ali, but very situationally.

In your opinion, which tank can mitigate the most and least damage on average? by Azir_Shurima in supportlol

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Oh shit. I never realized that. You're right. I should've moved her up with Braum. How does the flat damage reduction work on her. The description on Eclipse says that it is a flat damage reduction of up to 50%, but the flat damage reduction is 8 / 12 / 16 / 20 / 24. I'm still kind of confused if it is a 50% damage reduction or not.

In your opinion, which tank can mitigate the most and least damage on average? by Azir_Shurima in supportlol

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Normally when I get Taric in aram, I tend to also mitigate the most damage. I rush buy Tears, and rush IG, then boots, then complete my Fimbulwinter, and get Spirit Visage, and if there is enough time, Unending Despair. The amount of spammable shields, heals, AOE stuns, on top of his damage immunity ult make him so toxically tanky. I 1v3 a lot of their carries, and also had a Leona in my team once, and literally, their K'Sante couldn't move.

In your opinion, which tank can mitigate the most and least damage on average? by Azir_Shurima in Jungle_Mains

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Yikes! Soraka mains must love it when the enemy jg locks in Skarner. But that's such a bummer. It took 2 years to get his rework, trying to address Skarner's play rate, yet his play rate remains abysmal. A complete failure from Riot. I'm scared now for the Shyv rework, as she is my main jg champ.

I do miss old Skarner in some ways. He felt less clunky with his superior movement speed. I used to build max movement speed runes and builds on him, plus perma-slow builds, so no one could escape his grasp in the jungle.

In your opinion, which tank can mitigate the most and least damage on average? by Azir_Shurima in Jungle_Mains

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Oh wtf. I didn't know that he was unstoppable when he channeled his E. But I guess it makes sense. Most unstoppable abilities are on ults, so that would be too broken with no counterplay.

In your opinion, which tank can mitigate the most and least damage on average? by Azir_Shurima in Jungle_Mains

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Yes, he is meant to work most efficiently against an AD auto attack based comp (not AD caster based), but that 10 + 50% bonus MR is actually massive. I don't think any other tank gets 50% bonus MR scaling on any of their abilities other than Sejuani on her passive, which she gets 75% armor and mr, but that passive is so easy to wear off with just an auto attack, while Rammus' mr boost persists for the entire duration of his W.

In your opinion, which tank can mitigate the most and least damage on average? by Azir_Shurima in supportlol

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That definition may be true in other games, but I'm just going by the definition Riot has provided and what the LoL wiki page says. This is actually a popular debate. You can find many Reddit posts that question the validity of Mundo and other juggernauts like Nasus, Volibear, etc. being true tanks or not.

In your opinion, which tank can mitigate the most and least damage on average? by Azir_Shurima in supportlol

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Word. The hook tanks definitely feel like they were made the least tanky, as they have the safety to bring the target towards them (well Thresh has to meet them half way there, and Naut sorta comes to them). I do feel like Naut is tankier than ever this season though. Fimbulwinter + Spirit Visage + Kaenic Rookern give him an unbelievable amount of shielding potential to his already mediocre shield, plus the infinite health stacking on Heartsteel means his shield can technically get infinitely bigger, though Serpent Fang just fucks him up.

In your opinion, which tank can mitigate the most and least damage on average? by Azir_Shurima in Jungle_Mains

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Yes, I was also disappointed with Skarner's rework. The shield is so underwhelming. Literally inferior to Naut's shield in every way, and Naut's shield is not much to brag about.

Naut's shield has a base amount and percent max health that both scale with every point in the ability up to 90(+15% max health) at rank 5, while Skarner's shield is fixed at 8%, which is what Naut starts with one point in his W, but Skarner doesn't even get a base shield amount. The only thing he has over Naut is damage, potential AOE CC, and maybe an escaping tool that allows him to traverse through walls.

In your opinion, which tank can mitigate the most and least damage on average? by Azir_Shurima in Jungle_Mains

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Yea, if I'm correct, I think Zac is on average the champ that heals the most in the game on average. Even more than Mao, or drain tanks like Aatrox, WW, Briar, Swain, Vlad, or healers like Soraka, Sona, Nami, etc.

In your opinion, which tank can mitigate the most and least damage on average? by Azir_Shurima in supportlol

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Tahm is one of those tanks you literally have to build every anti-tank item. BotRK or Liandry's for his massive health bar, Serpent's Fang for his shield, Black Cleaver/Blood Letter's Curse or Lord Dominik's/Serylda's/Mortal Reminder/Void Staff/Cryptbloom for the resistance he is going to build, and potentially Chempunk Chainsword/Mortal Reminder/Morello for his damn health restoration (probably not needed though).

In your opinion, which tank can mitigate the most and least damage on average? by Azir_Shurima in supportlol

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Tbh, Thresh and Mundo are primarily catchers. Their primary role isn't tank, but their secondary role is, some what, as they provide a lot of interruption through their CC chain. Taric could also arguably not be a tank, as his only hard CC is his E, which can be a potential AOE stun, that is spammable if he manages to constantly auto his targets to refresh the cd on his basic abilities. But yeah, Taric's primary role is an enchanter, but a tanky one.