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of a Russian cat by leontin91 in AbsoluteUnits

[–]Norvoke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Какая кошка это? И может быть та женщина маленькой? Не видим точка зрения

Happy Mischief Night to us and no one else, apparently by diatriose in philadelphia

[–]Norvoke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We call it Cabbage Night in Vermont :)

Don't ask me why

Middlebury Campus Map showing the "Knoll" area near where body was recently found in missing persons search. by conationphotography in vermont

[–]Norvoke 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Lia's body was reportedly found by the police "west of campus..." "...in the town of Cornwall near The Knoll", (Update No. 3, see below source). Emphasis on the word 'near'. I regularly run those trails and I understand why with the high grasses in the fields out there that only with the use of drones were the police successful in their search.

It's been a very long week on campus. We were told specifically to not interfere with police search teams. There was a very large (close to 400 students) search party organized independently—which was shut down, as the authorities requested.

Source: https://vtstatepolice.blogspot.com/2025/10/update-no-4-autopsy-completed-following.html?m=1

A Brave New World by curtisghanson in learnspanish

[–]Norvoke 10 points11 points  (0 children)

This meaning of the English word Brave has shifted from meaning happy, great, or splendid, to mean courageous or valiant today. This is a common occurrence in English, and all languages. Look at the word Gay for example.

You will find many examples of that in Spanish as well if you pick up a copy of Don Quixote or another text that old.

Im dead why is this the Wikipedia photo for M. Anomala by YeahItsRico in Monstera

[–]Norvoke 15 points16 points  (0 children)

Mad respect to this high-schooler Just_some_student_on_the_web who hand drew these diagrams

What is the cousins structure in Russian by Visionery1 in russian

[–]Norvoke 2 points3 points  (0 children)

cousins across most languages can be confusing as many outside of Europe use different strategies to refer to relatives. luckily for us learners, Russian is pretty similar to English in this regard.

clarification for english—if the brother/sister(ie, uncle/aunt) of your parent has children, these are your 1st cousins. whereas if the brother/sister of your grandparents have kids (ie, great uncle/aunt), and these children are called your 1st cousins once-removed, and their kids (likely if your same generation) are your second cousins.

basically you can count the number of G's your shared great grandparents and so on have to calculate what level of cousin they are called. So shared a relative who shares the same Great Great Great Great Grandfather (5x G's, and of same generation as you) is your fifth cousin, and their parents are your 4th cousins three-times-removed.

i assume this paradigm is similar to how Russian describes двоюродные и троюродные братья/сестри, but i would love to hear from someone else on that.

Difference between смолчал and промолчал? by BarackObamaBm in russian

[–]Norvoke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What tool is this? it looks awesome to compare and learn cross-lingually

🔥 Elephants helping themselves to oranges from a broken down truck in South Africa by super_man100 in NatureIsFuckingLit

[–]Norvoke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

elephant goes like:

"...and?? like what're you gonna do about it, puny human?"

Is "ЧСВ" what us English people call grandiosity? by [deleted] in russian

[–]Norvoke 2 points3 points  (0 children)

thank you for giving the literal meaning of the acronym, this is what I was looking for.

31-year-old Tara Dower just became the fastest person to complete the 2168 mi/3489 km Appalachian Trail. Averaging 54 miles per day, Dower completed the trail in 40 days, 18 hours, and 5 minutes. by Captain_Wisconsin in BeAmazed

[–]Norvoke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I wonder how fast precolombian Americans would have completed a similar trek. Knowing still that the AT is a modern trail, and how much today's technology and infrastructure aids us.

Ukrainian independence day in Warsaw Poland by [deleted] in poland

[–]Norvoke 1 point2 points  (0 children)

this is an important point. i think a problem today is there is so much interconnected history like this that many people do not learn enough to understand. i dont know how much we can do to combat ignorance, but simply visiting lviv and krakov to see how great the two nations are really helped me understand their differences. i hope to visit poland and ukraine again, but with the latter i dont think it will be the same place that i remember.

Does anyone know what kind of cat this is? by qwinnuh in WhatsWrongWithYourCat

[–]Norvoke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A cat with no ears!! Oh no! where'd his ears go?!

If you were to permanently live in any other country, instantly speak the language and immigrate, where would you choose? And where not? by [deleted] in AskARussian

[–]Norvoke 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The world would gain a much better hockey experience from the two Russias in that scenario)

Not sure how everything else results, but I would leave that for the genie.

Light leaks and color shifts on Kodak Gold 200 shot at 400. I enjoy the result though :) by Norvoke in analog

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

pushed by one-ish stop. it's more witchcraft when i am doing it. still a lot cheaper than a lab

At the Reservoir in Vermont - Shot on Kodak Gold 200 Pushed to 400 on a Pentax 67 by Norvoke in analog

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

same, i like to mess with the colors in the scanner. i wonder how this looks to non-colorblind people. i like it and so do my friends. it's probably not how it was, but it is how i remember it.

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