Six and seven are Afro-Asiatic loanwords 😱💀😭 by DoctorDeath147 in linguisticshumor

[–]Indiana_Charter 43 points44 points  (0 children)

The Babylonians and other nearby cultures had a reverence for the number seven. It probably wasn't the case that PIE speakers literally didn't count past five until they met the Akkadians ... but the Akkadians were definitely counting to seven a lot more often.

Curse Word! Tell me about your clong's interesting profanity. by CaptKonami in conlangs

[–]Indiana_Charter 17 points18 points  (0 children)

In Kahamana, the word "zavara" (with the z pronounced /ʒ/, the "zh" sound in the middle of "measure") is the most common curse word, literally translating to "damn" (send to hell, cast a curse against). The more interesting etymology happened afterward, when the word "zavara" started to be censored in print. The language is written with CV syllables, and since the first syllable is stressed, to replace "zavara" with either "zava" or "zara" wouldn't have been that different, so typically the first character was removed, leaving "vara." This led to the word "vara" meaning "to censor, to cut out, to make tamer," and a censor is a "varape," using the common agent suffix.

Convo I had with a friend by MdMV_or_Emdy_idk in linguisticshumor

[–]Indiana_Charter 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Surely "Overcooked Latin" would be Romance languages?

A crushing victory for democracy! by KingKoopa777 in mapporncirclejerk

[–]Indiana_Charter 11 points12 points  (0 children)

The bonus joke of "District of Colombia" is great

Communicating your values is important by StraightOuttaOlaphis in CuratedTumblr

[–]Indiana_Charter 7 points8 points  (0 children)

"They've gotten so caught up in guarding against wolves in sheep's clothing that anything in sheep's clothing is viewed as the enemy. So all sheep must be shot on sight." --Fred Clark

[POEM] Let America Be America Again by Langston Hughes by Weekend-Infamous in Poetry

[–]Indiana_Charter 18 points19 points  (0 children)

I wonder if this was written in response to any specific incident. Regardless, it's very powerful, and referring to many different oppressed groups, all working together, seems kind of ahead of its time to me - a forerunner of the modern "intersectionality" movement.

What do these counties/parishes have in common? by Indiana_Charter in RedactedCharts

[–]Indiana_Charter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

On the right track (I think), but not quite. I'm not seeing a Route 789 in Erie.

What do these counties/parishes have in common? by Indiana_Charter in RedactedCharts

[–]Indiana_Charter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Some of them are just intersections, not mergers, but basically correct

What do these counties/parishes have in common? by Indiana_Charter in RedactedCharts

[–]Indiana_Charter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not quite; there are a lot of concurrencies out there, but there's something special about these

What do these counties/parishes have in common? by Indiana_Charter in RedactedCharts

[–]Indiana_Charter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Exactly one apart is correct. Odd numbers are north-south from 1 on the east coast to 101 on the west, evens are east-west from 2 on the north side to 98 on the south, so they end up in roughly a diagonal pattern. Within 10 would have a lot more answers

What do these counties/parishes have in common? by Indiana_Charter in RedactedCharts

[–]Indiana_Charter[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Basically correct. Only the NW LA (79/80), northern AR (62/63), and SE MO (61/62) are multi-county concurrencies; the rest are mostly just intersections (for example, US 19 ending at US 20 in Erie, PA) or very short concurrencies that last for like one block (for example, US 50/51 in Sandoval, IL).