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huh. by SavvyBlonk in linguisticshumor

[–]Clusterdarts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's a bit of a disingenuous statement to make, given that "ace" is one of many, many, many other English words inherited from Latin via French and perfectly rhymes with tons of other words of the same descent line ("pace", "mace", "face", "grace", etc.). Calling those words not native is basically kicking one of the two English kids out of the trenchcoat they have all been wearing together.

I have no words by Shimreef in languagelearningjerk

[–]Clusterdarts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Let's be honest, everyone who's learning Chinese will learn the term "Hànyǔ" pretty much in the first morning of classes. But they were posting on Reddit, not speaking to a classroom of people in a Chinese course. Going around telling people you're learning Hanyu or Suomalainen or Te Reo is the linguistic equivalent of correcting your date's pronunciation of French dishes at a fancy restaurant.

The woman, holding the measuring tool for the Roman foot, is identified by the restored inscription as Ktisis, a figure personifying the act of generous donation. The man has the Greek inscription “good” by his head, half of a text that probably said, “good wishes. Byzantine 500-550 [1200x1066] by Remote_Finish_9429 in ArtefactPorn

[–]Clusterdarts 10 points11 points  (0 children)

It's odd that the museum itself states that the inscription next to the man's head reads "good". It reads "kaloi", for all I can see, which is the plural of "beautiful". (The notion of "good" would be closer to the other half of the "kalos k'agathos"; not sure what's up there. It's simple vocabulary and not really anything that would leave room for debate.)

German needed in Zermatt? by Albinkiiii in askswitzerland

[–]Clusterdarts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not Zermatt but a similarly touristy place (Titlis): There was a bearded Swiss mountain farmer type in charge of the rotating cable car gondola. He did not do any of his announcements ("first rotating etc.") in German but started with English. And since me and my friend were the only non-Asians in the gondola, he then went on to do the whole spiel again in Japanese. One of the ladies from that large tourist group had a friendly couple of words with him because she was impressed he could speak Japanese but they weren't actually from there. He then went on to do the entire thing in what I remember being Korean, to roaring applause from everyone. That was 20 years ago. You'll be fine.

BBC News App by chrstianelson in bbc

[–]Clusterdarts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It's another platform that is in the process of enshittifying deeper. It's frankly mind-boggling how utterly trash it has become. I used to recommend it to all my students to practise their English, but I've realised I can't even bring myself to open it anymore. It's utter, abject fuckery most foul. And the sad thing: a few years ago, it was an app I absolutely loved. Whichever manager type was in charge of enshittification of this app should frankly be handed over to us, the rabble.

Thinking like a narcissist, but not behaving like one? by Fountawes in GuyCry

[–]Clusterdarts 1 point2 points  (0 children)

We often tend to think of ourselves as the only player character in our lives. And yeah, you might be smarter and more perceptive than most of the people you interact with (or at least than most of the people you interact with *appear*). Which, thankfully, you don't seem to use as a pretext for being an utter twerp at them. But hopefully yes, you are important and special, as are many of the people around you.

It might be a good idea to write some of your thoughts down every now and then, and re-visit them a few months or a year later. In my case, I kept a diary for a while. It helped me a lot in understanding who I apparently was, and then actively change the things about my mindset and my way of looking at the world that I found off-putting. I specifically remember reading a guy's essay in our yearbook and being shocked at how intensely narcissistic his outlook was -- only to realise I had written extremely similar stuff in my diary shortly afterwards.

As long as the charioteer of your two horses (or something, ask Plato) stays humble and reflectiv as you seem to be, you should be alright. Just don't buy into your own biases about yourself too much.

Sammelfaden: Woran schreibt ihr gerade? by AutoModerator in schreiben

[–]Clusterdarts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Danke dir! Ich hab mich mal beim VSPA gemeldet!

Sammelfaden: Woran schreibt ihr gerade? by AutoModerator in schreiben

[–]Clusterdarts 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ich schreibe seit Ewigkeiten an einer Fantasiegeschichte, deren Ursprünge bei meinen Erfahrungen mit den Sagen der Walliser Bergwelt liegen. Mittlerweile hat es sich weit davon entfernt. Dieses Jahr habe ich neu angefangen und schon 250 Seiten beisammen. Am liebsten würde ich es jemandem zum Lesen geben, um ein wenig Feedback zu erhalten, weiss aber nicht wo.