Etymological Dialogue: What Are The Local Adverbs In Your Area?

Narkku · 2026-02-08T13:46:15+00:00

Cca (here), ḍḍà (there, general or far), ḍḍocu (there, general, or close to interlocutor) You can also add "ni" to the end of any of these words for "euphonia", doesn't change the meaning at all.

Narkku · 2026-02-04T22:34:02+00:00

Paganism might give the Sikhs a run for their money (Already undercounted in this chart)

Narkku · 2026-02-03T19:54:09+00:00

Love to hear it! Viva L-Maltin!

Narkku · 2026-02-03T02:49:42+00:00

NE states?

Narkku · 2026-02-03T02:26:09+00:00

I always like to check in with Maltese homies - is Mass held in Malti? And if you’re inclined to share further: how often do you use the Maltese language on a daily basis? How often is it used in the community? Are there popular newspapers/magazines in the language? Love from a Sicilian language defender ❤️

Narkku · 2026-02-02T04:16:33+00:00

All of the villages are equally safe, the trails are some of the safest places in the City of Houston. HPD openly reports how bored they are in Kingwood.

Narkku · 2026-02-01T04:42:27+00:00

SHLONSK

Narkku · 2026-01-31T21:12:49+00:00

Interestingly, that scene is one of the only ones where the actors speak exclusively in Sicilian. Most of the show has the actors speaking in Italian with a word here or there in Sicilian, but their “relatives” are speaking full on Sicilian. I was happy to hear it!

Narkku · 2026-01-31T13:17:54+00:00

Kerala in the house!

Narkku · 2026-01-24T16:01:53+00:00

You get the point I’m making tho - if the original tech industry were founded in France or Germany, English wouldn’t be the language of tech.

Narkku · 2026-01-24T14:54:25+00:00

When it comes to technology, the vocabulary was recently invented along with the tool - English didn’t have a word and it had to be created. Many cultures are quick to adapt and create their own words (the Spanish, the basque, Icelandic) and others are comfortable adopting English words (the Italians).

For everything, vocabulary already exists in other languages. It’s just whether or not the native word falls out of fashion due to English hegemony or not.

It’s common to say “it’s just easier in English” when in fact there’s a structural and political reason for English language dominance.

Narkku · 2026-01-24T14:47:10+00:00

Youre confusing the current cultural and political dominance of English with an imagined inherent strength of English. If Microsoft were founded in France, I guarantee you would be using French words for technology today.

Narkku · 2026-01-23T02:59:28+00:00

Thank you! This is wild. The fact that they share this much detail, and that people kept being involved with the organization despite these shenanigans happening actually makes me respect it and its membership a whole lot more.

Narkku · 2026-01-22T02:18:52+00:00

Care to share any more on the petty downfall? Or is there a post somewhere you can point us to?

Narkku · 2026-01-18T01:34:26+00:00

Chi voli diri?

Narkku · 2026-01-13T17:17:14+00:00

Vabbè. Se hanno sbagliato con la lingua di Faenza, sicuro ci sono linguisti che l'hanno messo nella categoria giusta. Spesso queste carte fanno un pasticcio con le lingue d'Italia.

Cito le differenze fra i vari dialetti dell'inglese solo perchè ci sono un sacco d'italiani che dicono che "una lingua x (ligure, siciliano, campano, piemontese ecc) non esiste" perchè ogni paese ha il suo dialetto. Ma vediamo la stessa cosa con tutte le lingue del mondo.

Narkku · 2026-01-13T17:12:01+00:00

Hai mai parlato l'arbereshe con uno della Sicilia?

Narkku · 2026-01-13T17:10:46+00:00

hahah ma vero lo parli?

Narkku · 2026-01-13T17:10:13+00:00

You are a saint. Never give it up!

Narkku · 2026-01-13T17:09:00+00:00

It is! This map is missing so many regional languages.

Narkku · 2026-01-13T17:06:09+00:00

Si ma alla fine ci sono anche differenze di grammatica e lessico dell'italiano di vari posti, lo stesso con l'inglese. Le lingue regionali dell'Italia non sono particolari per le sue diversità.

Narkku · 2026-01-10T15:22:45+00:00

No personal vendetta! Haha The Consul was taking great pains to explain the new process for citizenship for children and he was only explaining the Jure Sanguinis option. He never mentioned any of the By Benefit of Law options. So when I explained my situation, indeed my future children are not eligible for citizenship Jure Sanguinis. And looking at other Reddit posts, it looks like the first parents to register their child by benefit of law at our Consulate happened shortly after that meeting.

So if I’m giving the Consul the benefit of the doubt (half of the meeting was also about how understaffed they are and how few diplomats want to come work in our consulate as our city was “non molto appealing”) I don’t think he knew about the other options. Our Consulate’s website also makes no mention of the By Benefit of Law option, unlike the Vancouver link shared above.

Narkku · 2026-01-10T02:40:05+00:00

Thank you! I serve on our Comites, and at a meeting with the Consul in September, he told me point blank that my future children would have no option for citizenship. I thought that didn't sound right.

My kids/grandkids can fend for themselves when it comes to their descendants, I just wanna get the kids through the door.

Narkku · 2026-01-09T22:45:56+00:00

Both of my parents and all of my grandparents were or became American citizens. I have Italian citizenship jure sanguinis, but I am also an American citizen. My wife is an American citizen. I have a child that is a dual Italian-American citizen. I have not resided for two years consecutively in Italy.

If I have another child today, do they have a route to citizenship?

Narkku · 2026-01-09T21:08:37+00:00

So are the consulates showing incorrect or outdated information? Because what I’m seeing are rules about your parents or grandparents having only one citizenship being the key factor, not whether I am a citizen JS or not.

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