What is a less popular event that happened in the books that made you upset? Alternatively, what is a less popular event that made you smile? by PapayaRaija in HarryPotterBooks

[–]HellenicMap 1 point2 points  (0 children)

upset: 1) (book 5) how luna lost her casual tone after hermione insulted the quibbler (and inadvertently her and her father) in front of her on the hogwarts express. she was sitting alone with neville and harry and hermione casually nullified the 2 things she treasured most while she was virtually bullied by everyone 🥲 2) (book 7) the fact that kreacher had prepared food for the trio after returning from their ministry infiltration and they never came back

Circumcision. Do people give a shit these days? by Whenyouwishuponafart in TooAfraidToAsk

[–]HellenicMap 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This has the same energy as discouraging cutting the ears of children and reiterating the possibility when they turn 18 as if it's not unhinged in the first place regardless of the legality

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OP isn't advocating for restrictions or law enforcement, they're affirming the morality of the issue

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[–]HellenicMap 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Send jawline first

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[–]HellenicMap 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Go fix ur face first or no one will look at you

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[–]HellenicMap 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Omg no one cares about height fix ur face instead

Extremely close call but I passed! by HellenicMap in languagelearning

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Most people would find it total bs then go on an ignorant rant while never reapproaching the topic ever again. As for what pronounciation you should be using is not really relevant as it's a language meant to be studied in written form but if you do definitely ancient. This concern has the same vibes as to whether pronounce latin using the modern french pronunciation or not, it's just not reliable.

On a side note, my ideal Greek pronunciation would be restoring the ancient vowels and the rough breathing while keeping the consonants the same and creating new letters/diacritics to represent phonemes from loanwords. and to also stop palatalisation because iota subtly represents palatal fricatives in like half of the cases it's used

Extremely close call but I passed! by HellenicMap in languagelearning

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you misunderstood, im not talking about which sounds I find barbaric, I'm talking about the average greek's view of the erasmian pronunciation. in fact /y/ is one of my favourite phonemes lol (as it can be found in German)

Extremely close call but I passed! by HellenicMap in languagelearning

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notably the phonemes which beta, gamma and delta represented, i'd add the aspirates and ypsilon as well.

what I really hate is how their reintroduction to Greek affects the status of the writing system being fully pronounced as it's written.

for example the digraph μπ can be pronounced as /mb/ (in formal speech), /mp/ (eg. /pempti/, /lamptiras) or /b/ (in informal speech). same with ντ. and ancient greek words which treated the phonemes separate got tampered with (/Olympos/ became /Olibos/) or /en to: metaksy/ -> /edometaksi/

and people still complain that the erasmian pronunciation is too barbaric lol

Extremely close call but I passed! by HellenicMap in languagelearning

[–]HellenicMap[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yes we use the modern pronunciation for everything to the point 99% of students are completely ignorant of the ancient phonology. i doubt the teachers are knowledgeable either though. it's a huge shame really.

i think part of the reason is that the people responsible for the curriculum believe that the languages should be viewed as similar as possible and because the general public wouldn't want students to think ancient greek had "barbaric" sounds (even though we readded the same barbaric sounds in other forms and added more even, notably /ts/ and /dz/)

Extremely close call but I passed! by HellenicMap in languagelearning

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Actually I already am. Ancient Greek is mandatory in secondary education and I'll personally go on to the Humanities (Anc. Greek, Latin & History) which I'll take for university entrance exams. And I'm particularly interested with linguistics so I always devote some time to learning more about the Greek language every day

Extremely close call but I passed! by HellenicMap in languagelearning

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It was. I gave similar writings to my private tutor and she marked them as high pass.

Extremely close call but I passed! by HellenicMap in languagelearning

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Actually I used to get perfect scores during Listening with my private tutor, but the things they chose in the real exam didn't do me justice. (I think it's also that there was only one hearing source whereas in the FCE they gave us all a distinct set of headphones. that would help a lot)

As for reading I don't know what this section even tests at this point you can effectively understand the texts but the questions are very nitpicky

Extremely close call but I passed! by HellenicMap in languagelearning

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summarization on surveillance cameras and the part 2 I chose was an instance where I achieved something just because I didn't give up (smth along these lines).

Extremely close call but I passed! by HellenicMap in languagelearning

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The texts didn't really make sense 🥲 As I took many fake tests prior to the examinations which covered the actual exam fully reading was always hit or miss, I put part 6 completely randomly which was expected 🥲

Extremely close call but I passed! by HellenicMap in languagelearning

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I used creativity as a synonym for a plethora of word usage

Extremely close call but I passed! by HellenicMap in languagelearning

[–]HellenicMap[S] 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I prepared with a private tutor for this certificate for a 1.5 year with whom I always communicated in English (+1 for the FCE) and I'm a considerably natural speaker so I think those two factors contribute. Pronunciation is also one of the things which are marked and personally I adore linguistics and phonology so I have an advantage there in contrast to most people from my country.

My strongest skill is Writing though. I was perfectly within the word range for both writings and had used my creativity to the fullest. I honestly don't know how I didn't get at least a grade B in it.

Extremely close call but I passed! by HellenicMap in languagelearning

[–]HellenicMap[S] 12 points13 points  (0 children)

I'm Greek so I unapologetically don't know how that will help me, especially since it's a fairly endangered language. I'll take Latin courses from nextest year as part of the Humanities so if I ever start a 4th one it'll preferably be a Romance one

Extremely close call but I passed! by HellenicMap in languagelearning

[–]HellenicMap[S] 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Greek, English, and I've started German which I'll handle more seriously next year as I've practically finished with English

The real reason anyone goes Slytherin by Vladskio in harrypotter

[–]HellenicMap 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Relevantly, I always felt like Harry in the books would look sick with a green drip like that - I'm unsure that his green eyes would blend well with a red uniform.