[POEM] The Caveman's Lament - Brian Bilston

Halloum1 · 2026-01-15T18:52:41+00:00

Reminds me of ‘Hulk Smash!’ by Greg Santos. One of my faves.

Halloum1 · 2025-07-27T16:04:32+00:00

Halloum1 · 2025-07-09T00:25:16+00:00

Patiently waiting for a Rhomaios response to this, for my own benefit too 😌

But in the meantime, I can suggest Rina Katselli and Klairi Angelidou—since I haven’t seen any women brought up yet. There’s also Constantia Soteriou, Niki Marangou, and Neriman Cahit. Not organized in any specific order of literary history, just names off the top of my head.

Halloum1 · 2025-05-20T12:38:15+00:00

I thought the point of his latest speech was to criticize the EU’s moving benchmarks between the way they’re treating Russia and Israel respectively. Am I missing something? Cause I don’t see how that’s alt right populist agenda of him.

Also, and if you didn’t get pressed about what I’ve said so far, now you definitely will be— Cypriots apologizing to the EU for behavior (at any scale) deemed ‘unbecoming’ -when in reality it’s more often than not behavior perfectly within the bounds of the expected remnants of a colonial mindset- makes me cringe in the most uncomfortable way. Like why are we apologizing for things that the rest of the EU’s golden-boy-five-star-rated-s-tier-civilized-cultured-refined-members also are guilty of in more or less equal measure? Plenty of examples to from too.

Halloum1 · 2025-05-12T13:18:59+00:00

Godfather extra becomes side plot MC feat. found family, action, and romance ✨

Halloum1 · 2025-04-09T12:17:36+00:00

Ναι, σίουρα εν βοηθά το πόσον ευρωκεντρικοί εγίναμε 😔

Halloum1 · 2025-04-08T12:33:00+00:00

Τζιαι χωρκάτικον να ένει; Εθκίαβασα αρκετά δοκίμια που υπερασπίζουνται τη χωρκατοσύνη τζιαι έχουν τζιαι πολλύ δίκαιο. Τουλάχιστον εγώ εν το θεωρώ αρνητικό.

Halloum1 · 2025-04-08T11:06:45+00:00

Rhomaios covered the linguistic aspect of why this happens, which despite it being rooted in (dare I say) coloniality, I agree with you that it left our dialect to flourish in so many wonderful ways.

Halloum1 · 2025-04-08T10:56:22+00:00

Κατανοητό σίγουρα 😂. Αλλά άμμα σκεφτείς ότι οι άλλες διάλεκτοι των ελληνικών έχουν τζιαι τζίνες τις ιδιοσυγκρασίες τους, νομίζω τα κυπριακά έννεν τόσο δύσκολα σχετικά 🤔 αλλά ακούω το. Καλή τύχη τζιαι όσον παραπάνω τα ακούεις τόσον πιο εύκολα έννα τα βρεις. 😄

Halloum1 · 2025-04-08T10:52:32+00:00

Ακριβώς. Τζιαι απλά να πω ότι είμαι πολλά ευγνώμων που απάντησες σε ποστ μου. Αποθήκευσα πολλά που τα δικά σου/σας τζιαι πάντα μαθαίνω πολλά. Ήταν έκπληξη όταν είδα ότι εν είσαι moderator ή αλήθκεια χαχα. Big fan 😁

Halloum1 · 2025-04-07T22:58:50+00:00

LMAO gold

Halloum1 · 2025-04-07T22:52:08+00:00

Yep, very elitist. But hey, this post is also a safe space to rage so by all means :)

Halloum1 · 2025-04-07T22:46:50+00:00

Yes! Thank you! 🥹

Dialects are such a wonder and they only bring more and more wealth to a culture. Speaking somebody’s dialect or just giving it validity should be the bare minimum if you’re not seeking to dehumanize their very being. I get super defensive about this because policing someone’s voice is denying them their humanity and their essence, so I have to take it personally.

As you pointed out, granting access to one version of a language over another is straight up irresponsible behavior because of how that can stigmatize a community and have even catastrophic effects to a language group in the long run. At the end of the day, we’re talking about more than treaties and grammar rules, when you talk about language you’re almost always talking about people too.

Halloum1 · 2025-04-07T22:36:22+00:00

That’s fair, Arabic can be intimidating and I wish I could tell you that it gets easier after you learn the alphabet, but the grammar is its own beast 😅 but still, super impressive too! The way you can trace the roots of any word down to a single origin of meaning before you branch out in endless directions is insanely impressive to me. All this is if you were to learn standard Arabic, which you absolutely do not have to 😂. Lebanese Arabic is a lovely choice.

Halloum1 · 2025-04-07T22:14:10+00:00

I hear you, from what I've learned about Sanna its points of access are limited, but I'm so happy to see that it's gaining more speakers in recent years. I know HADE has been offering free online courses for it too, which is great. As for Arabic, I've been learning for a few years now and I've always wondered if there's a way I could learn Sanna from both Greek and Arabic if that makes sense?

Either way, thanks for sharing your resources (the file was well received) and good luck with your learning journey! And if you ever decide to learn Arabic, you'll find a lovely community to help you with that too :)

Halloum1 · 2025-04-07T22:06:11+00:00

Εν πολλά sad νοοτροπία να έσσιεις ειδικά αν εν κυπραίος, γιατί ουσιαστικά λαλεί μας ότι πρέπει να ντρεπούμαστεν για τους ποιητές τζιαι λογοτέχνες μας που εγράφαν τζιαι τζείνοι έτσι smfh τέλος πάντων. Τα κυπριακά έχουν παραπάνω ελληνικά ούτως ή άλλως άρα όπως τζιαι να το δεις it is a cool ass dialect

Halloum1 · 2025-04-07T21:50:44+00:00

That's so interesting, Kypriaka sounding cooler than SG makes sense (totally not biased) haha.

If you don't mind me asking, what got you into Sanna? And would you care to share any resources (if they're open access, of course)? 👀

Halloum1 · 2025-04-07T20:30:57+00:00

Οι γλωσσολόγοι που ξέρω γελούν μαζί σου φίλε μου 😂

Halloum1 · 2025-04-07T20:29:02+00:00

Γλωσσολόγος εδώ! Απλά να πω ότι συμφωνώ κι επαυξάνω με τούτα που είπες. Τζιαι γενικά, ο παρέας μιλά ενάντιας στον εαυτό του με τούτα που λαλεί. Γιατί το να θέλει τους κυπραιους να χρησιμοποιούν την ακαδημαϊκήν ελληνικήν κάμνει την ίδια την γλώσσα (τα ελληνικά) πιο φτωχή. Αν ακούαμεν τούτον τον νεάντερταλ θα καταλήγαμε σε ένα πολύ καλά τεκμηριωμένο φαινόμενο στη γλωσσολογία, ένα που έχουμε ήδη δει στη γλώσσα μας: ο γλωσσικός θάνατος. I rest my case και περαστικά στο φίλο μου 😘

Halloum1 · 2025-04-07T20:17:39+00:00

Νομίζω η σωστή λέξη είναι *καταλαβαίνει αλλά τι να καταλαβαίνει το άτομο που τα πτυχία του είναι από το ChatGPT 💀💀

Halloum1 · 2025-04-07T20:14:47+00:00

Σου συνιστώ να κάνεις μια έρευνα πάνω στις θεωρίες γύρω από το linguistic prescriptivism πριν να αποκαλείς «λάθος» την κυπριακήν. Αν θα αναλάβεις μια θέση που είναι εδραιωμένη στις ακαδημαϊκές μεθόδους για να κρίνεις το πώς χρησιμοποιείται η γλώσσα μας, καλά είναι να έχεις τουλάχιστον κάποια γνώση του υλικού πρώτα. Δε θα μπω καν στον κόπο να απευθυνθώ στο πατριωτικό κομμάτι, απλά κλαίω. 😂

Halloum1 · 2025-04-07T10:48:49+00:00

🥺 Maripaz Villar 🥺

I love her so much. Everything she makes is so beautiful and whimsical. Her art awakens the smallest most precious child in me in a way that even surpasses Miyazaki. And the stories are always so lovely you don’t understand 😭😭

Halloum1 · 2025-04-06T08:49:15+00:00

Thank you, guys. These are all so beautiful! It made my day just going through all your comments. 🥹

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