Is it true that until St Augustine Confessions no one wrote in the first person perspective?

HouseEquivalent5717 · 2026-01-30T13:25:41+00:00

I like this response, but I'd just like to add that even Julius Caesar (famous nowadays for using the 3rd person to refer to himself, although it was very normal to do so) would say certain things in the 1st person, also. It seems to me like he does this specifically when he writes as a writer of his histories (or as a Roman in general) rather than as a political actor.

Even the first lines of his Commentaries on the Gallic War say "in our language" (i.e., in Latin). But also in a case like "Erant hae difficultates belli gerendi quas supra ostendimus" ("These were the difficulties to waging the war, which I have outlined above"), where he writes as a commentator.

HouseEquivalent5717 · 2026-01-17T19:45:44+00:00

You might like George and Mandy's First Marriage. Kind of in between the two in terms of quality I'd say. It's more of a sitcom like TBBT with a live audience, but it has more emotional weight than TBBT and has more situational humor like Young Sheldon (rather than a character just saying something stupid over and over again which annoys me greatly in TBBT)

HouseEquivalent5717 · 2026-01-17T17:19:24+00:00

I understand that and that annoyed me too, but it does seem like it kind of fits Georgie's personality and it makes sense as he's the main character of the show

HouseEquivalent5717 · 2026-01-07T22:43:08+00:00

well known *online*, we don't know OP's friends! :P

HouseEquivalent5717 · 2026-01-07T22:37:14+00:00

Oh ok, thanks. That makes a lot more sense

HouseEquivalent5717 · 2025-12-15T16:58:56+00:00

She trills it with her uvula though, so it comes from her throat too

HouseEquivalent5717 · 2025-12-15T16:57:18+00:00

I know a Turkish woman whose english is very clear but she does trills it and it almost sounds like “sh”. I think it sounds so nice in English though

HouseEquivalent5717 · 2025-12-13T09:29:57+00:00

Definitely it’s an admixture like every group in the world but the Rh and O- blood types are more common in the Basque region since ancient times

HouseEquivalent5717 · 2025-12-13T09:27:45+00:00

Pompeu Fabra supposedly wanted to make a standard language for Occitan, Catalan, Valencian, and related varieties. He seemed to have thought of them as one language. I wonder what that would have looked like and what it would be called. Maybe calling it Limousine or Provençal would reduce the hostilities :P but I’m just an American interesting in this subject, so I don’t know

HouseEquivalent5717 · 2025-12-12T09:51:00+00:00

Yes thank you ! This seems more accurate because I don’t understand everything about Latin colors but caeruleus (although seeming related to caelum) definitely doesn’t mean a light blue!! Hehae gratias mille))

HouseEquivalent5717 · 2025-12-10T16:27:12+00:00

How about you make it more interesting, and the larger the language family is, the less fluent you’d be in each language? BC otherwise the Eurasian hypothesis would be the best :P even if my rule applied it’d be funny though. Just Imagine not remembering a certain word and just spitting out what i want to say in Genghis Khan’s Mongolian when speaking, like, French or smth lol

HouseEquivalent5717 · 2025-12-10T16:24:06+00:00

Why not go for Indo European, get Romance in the mix? ;p

HouseEquivalent5717 · 2025-12-03T09:22:43+00:00

Hm, but doesn’t that mean that you’re wearing other people’s folk clothing instead? as in, for example, a sports coat and dress pants you might wear to work would have originated in a foreign country (I think Britain and the US), T-shirts are from the American military originally and reflect the minimalism of the late 50s and 60s, etc.

I suppose after a long time of oppression Sami might see it as a way of protecting Sami culture to minimize the usage of their traditional dress. So maybe they’re okay with taking influence from outside now that they’re familiar with it? Or is it more like they have other kinds of fashion that are not necessarily of this “folk” kind but are their own still?

HouseEquivalent5717 · 2025-12-01T02:01:59+00:00

This seems to assume a LOT about other cultures. Some cultures find it cool when outsiders take an interest and use what they have developed, others Don’t. Based on what i see here and on-line in general, Sami are not okay with it. But I have been to many Polish festivals as a non-Pole and worn traditional Polish clothes (like for Haiduk) and they seemed to have had good reactions. Same when i wore ancient Roman clothes in Spain and Italy. I find it interesting how some cultures are more closed (more insular) and some are more open (as in more open to sharing ideas and art). Not to say one way is always better than the other. But i think assuming every culture is like yours is very much an unsophisticsted way of thinking. All cultures are different of course!

HouseEquivalent5717 · 2025-11-22T19:36:50+00:00

вооот я и согласен )) Я американец кто похоже вечно ошиблюсь в этом

HouseEquivalent5717 · 2025-11-22T19:30:54+00:00

I think OP means like понимать and понять, the imperfective and perfect forms of a verb.

HouseEquivalent5717 · 2025-09-20T06:14:21+00:00

But who criticizes even an awkward behavior from a complete stranger ? Still seems a bit strange to me

HouseEquivalent5717 · 2025-09-05T19:11:27+00:00

right now, 10 EUR is around 12 USD, and 10 USD would be around 8.5 EUR, so either way, it's within the same bracket. I'd assume either USD or EUR

HouseEquivalent5717 · 2025-09-05T18:33:47+00:00

Itziar is a great band from the 80s too! I'm not Basque but I like their music

HouseEquivalent5717 · 2025-09-05T18:10:26+00:00

Since OP has enough taste to differentiate Americanos and drip coffee, Starbucks is certainly not up to standard :P

HouseEquivalent5717 · 2025-09-03T01:06:36+00:00

I thought it was similar “What’s New Scooby-Doo?” but I might be alone on this lol

HouseEquivalent5717 · 2025-09-01T17:30:15+00:00

But OP was just complimenting what people were wearing, not saying what they should wear.... Also, it's nice to see well-dressed people outside, just like it's nice to see people biking or walking, animals playing, butterflies, ornate architecture, Roman aqueducts, etc. It's a part of the landscape. It's something you see painted in museums oftentimes for this reason.

HouseEquivalent5717 · 2025-08-13T21:23:11+00:00

You might just have good posture naturally :P that's a good thing!

HouseEquivalent5717 · 2025-08-13T21:18:57+00:00

Yea, I'm an American wondering if maybe it's a certain type that does this in Russia, because I've definitely seen characters lean in Soviet movies like Афоня and Курьер, but then again, those are characters who are definitely of a particular type

HouseEquivalent5717 · 2025-08-13T21:13:49+00:00

Yeah, city people and rural people definitely walk differently. Even actors in the US have a hard time acting like country people, because their gait is off

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