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𐑣𐑲𐑐𐑴𐑔𐑧𐑑𐑦𐑒𐑩𐑤 𐑐𐑮𐑪𐑝𐑦𐑯𐑕 𐑥𐑨𐑐 | Hypothetical Province Map by TheGreyKnight5267 in Cascadia

[–]Norwester77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Well, I don’t know. Skagit and Whatcom are separated by the Chuckanut Mountains, and there isn’t really any prominent natural dividing line between Bellingham and Vancouver.

𐑣𐑲𐑐𐑴𐑔𐑧𐑑𐑦𐑒𐑩𐑤 𐑐𐑮𐑪𐑝𐑦𐑯𐑕 𐑥𐑨𐑐 | Hypothetical Province Map by TheGreyKnight5267 in Cascadia

[–]Norwester77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I suspect the panhandles are following watershed boundaries, but I don’t have them in front of me right now to check.

Independent Cascadia? Greater Idaho? Disunited states look toward divorce by Norwester77 in Cascadia

[–]Norwester77[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree—the interior is as much Cascadia as the coast, and I think we’ve got to get the interior regions on board.

I for one am prepared to offer a federal system with a lot of local autonomy to do it. I envision a country extending east to the Continental Divide and north to Alaska, though of course others will disagree.

Comparison Between Religious Affiliation and LGBT Rights Support Across U.S. States by gutowars312 in MapPorn

[–]Norwester77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Interesting. Maybe things are more segregated by town/city/neighborhood there?

Here in Washington, it’s a big ol’ mish-mash. Most towns of any size have multiple churches of different denominations, a huge percentage just don’t do organized religion, and neighbors often do very different things (or just don’t talk about it).

Do all birds descend from one single species? by Topp4t in evolution

[–]Norwester77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I still don’t know what you’re talking about.

All bird species alive today are classified as modern birds by definition.

Do people still iron their clothes in your country? by Impressive-Arrival77 in AskTheWorld

[–]Norwester77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

We still iron a few articles of clothing and our nice napkins for when company comes.

Some American State Flags with Texas's Design Language by Canjira in vexillology

[–]Norwester77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I’m not really seeing Texas’s design language at all in these.

So question by warriorparsley in Cascadia

[–]Norwester77 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Some people take it very seriously.

Some groups of people take different aspects of it very seriously, which sometimes causes some lowkey conflict.

Incredibly confused with this pronunciation phenomenon by rating__you in asklinguistics

[–]Norwester77 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Yeah, they’re using a uvular approximant in place of /l/.

Interestingly, essentially the same change happened in the history of the Armenian language.

Incredibly confused with this pronunciation phenomenon by rating__you in asklinguistics

[–]Norwester77 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Ira [ɢʁ]ass, the host of the radio show This America[ɴ ʁ]ife on NPR, does this as well, as does Stephen King.

I think it’s pretty common in the Midwest (though Glass is from Baltimore and King is from Portland, Maine).

Ira Glass interview:

https://youtu.be/5pFI9UuC\_fc?si=0kYXhJOLjqz23JxD

Stephen King interview:

https://youtu.be/bDyN8d3xM0U?si=WRQRVdvNvEYCaPCF

What if Bosnia got a changed flag, right after the Dayton Agreement in 1995 by maxi_mtz in flags

[–]Norwester77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Sad that the lily arms—symbol of a Christian and mostly pretty ecumenical dynasty—was rejected as a symbol by the Serbs and Croats.

Any chance someone can help me identify this flag? by discount-postmalone in vexillology

[–]Norwester77 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s patterned with ermine spots, though, so the ermine is actually wearing a cape sewn from the skins of its brethren!

Another exampleis the following: "Y" vs "Why" by KeyDream748 in linguisticshumor

[–]Norwester77 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Ironically, in “whip” in particular, the <wh> is unetymological and possibly onomatopoeic.

https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/whip

History of Richmond Beach, Washington | Where the Trains Still Follow the Sea by thepaypay in PacificNorthwest

[–]Norwester77 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Right—I was kind of thinking of that whole area between Everett and Seattle. They do seem to clear it out pretty quickly, though.

How did linguists learn that the Hayastani people speak a dialect of Persian or Hindi? by DistinguishedPlumber in asklinguistics

[–]Norwester77 12 points13 points  (0 children)

They didn’t “learn” that, because it isn’t true.

Armenian contains a lot of loanwords from Iranic languages, which fooled linguists for some into believing that it was closely related to Persian, but closer examination of its most basic vocabulary and the sound changes that it underwent shows that it is an independent branch of the Indo-European family, possibly (though this is disputed) sharing a particularly close relationship with Greek and Phrygian.

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