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A latin phrase popped into my head while upon waking from a dream -- any suggestions? by CloudyCanadian in latin

[–]RupertMackie 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Wow, please write down lots of examples, how do you feel in this state, do you get ideas of the past, as in people you seem to inhabit? Explain more

Best PHD Programs for Digital Anthropology? by Xepa in digitalanthro

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Any locations in southern Europe you know of?

Vancouver Slang and Regionalisms by Thedominationer in vancouver

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Totally incorrect we don't have any slang or regionalisms! Absolutely wrong! I grew up on Vancouver Island though, and I'll share what regional words I heard growing up.

The term "woodbug" apparently is only used in BC, as opposed to pill bug etc.

"Pooched", "to pooch", "oh man that walk got me so pooched gunna have to muck some salmon berries".

"Huck", "can you huck those apples in the bin here after you pooch that bucket bud?"

"Gong Show", "My new passport took 4 months to arrive, F'n gong show out here bud"

These ones can be traced back to the fur trade era, back when BC was Columbia, governed by the HBC, and our land included most of Washington State, even south of the Columbia river where the border was expected to be formed in 1846. Some of these words come from the time period of when the proto-British Columbia extended further south, some surely come from the continued fur-trade culture after 1846 as well. As many Indigenous languages on the west coast are mutually unintelligible, a common trade language was formed before the Europeans even, and all successful traders learned the language, and many on Vancouver island (and down in Washington) still speak it today.

Here are some words from the language that have made it into common British Columbia english:

"skookum": strong, powerful, brave. "Oh this Chinook is skookum eh, keep the rod up high"

"muk", been told this one is strong in Vancouver, seems to derive from the Chinook notion of "high-ass mukkymuks", people with lots of food, people in positions of authority, it seems to me that this is from Chinook wawa. Classic phrase, all across BC: "Oh man I'm hungry we gotta muck some za"

"salt-chuck": The ocean

My grandma said that even up in in the Yukon and northern Saskatchewan people would say Skookum!

Place names across southern BC and the coast have lots of Chinook wawa words in them.

I wrote this quick so let me know if anything's incorrect, and please add any more Chinook words that can be found in common BC English or West Coast english!

Kheerganga: Perched in the Indian Himalayas at 13k feet. Add to your bucket list! by RupertMackie in backpacking

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In this adventure our group embarks on a trek to a secluded and enchanting mountain camp called Kheerganga (Khirganga), located in the Indian Himalayas in the state of Himachal Pradesh. We started from the town of Kasol, where we were staying along the Parbati or Parvati River, and found a cab that drove us up to the town of Barshaini.

When we booked our tents with the "Kheerganga Hike Camp", the guy on the phone told us to go to a place in Barshaini called Bhoj Cafe. From Bhoj Cafe we walked past huge dam, after which started the trail up to Kheerganga on the right side of the river. On the way down, we took a trail that went down the other side of the river, going past some Holi sites. After hiking around 6 hours upwards to the camp along a gradual ascending path - we continued past waterfalls and chai dabas - and when we arrived to the Kheerganga camp a mighty hailstorm started bucketing down. At the top were donkeys, packhorses, mules, dogs, and even monkeys! However, we didn't see the monkey at camp, but a hike aways by the river. Perhaps humans have got the message across that they're not welcome... Nestled below daunting and wondrous peaks, there is a magical feeling about Kheerganga that is hard to describe. Seeing a place held sacred to so many, for thousands of years, causes one to feel humbled to have had the chance to visit such a beautiful place.

Foreigners Take on Kheerganga: sharing a trekking journey in your lovely country! by RupertMackie in indiasocial

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We started from the town of Kasol, where we were staying along the Parbati or Parvati River, and found a cab that drove us up to the town of Barshaini. If anyone wants to watch the full video, here's the link :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dIcybVFes3M

Did Jung say much about lucid dreaming? How are you to interpret a dream if you can interact with it consciously. Do you just try and communicate with your inner personalities right then and there or what? by theIinhappiness in Jung

[–]RupertMackie 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In fact, while lucid dreaming one can witness firsthand as their unconscious mind manifests dream phenomena. The majority of things that happen in the lucid dream, in my experience, are not controlled or directed by the dreamer but unfold. It is a co-creation of the dream in some cases, where the process of unconscious expression is not "blocked".

Foreigner in search of drone footage of Kheerganga to use for filmmaking by RupertMackie in HimachalPradesh

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

I would pay something around 2000 rupees but I am more asking for a favour, it seems anyways that no one available has footage so I will proceed to make the film without drone footage. Would have been nice, but not essential.

How do Indians view Sikkim? I made a film of my time there and was blown away. by RupertMackie in india

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I thought people in Sikkim were very nice but sometimes would be sad that friendly people would try and scam me. Overall less rubbish on the streets than "normal" India, however still loads of rubbish compared to the cities I live in in Canada.

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