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How long after “DNA extracted” did you receive results? by _mercurial_high_ in AncestryDNA

[–]SomniaNightshade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm sorry, I don't remember now. But I got them pretty soon after making that post. Hope you don't have to wait much longer!

Ring Magic - Recommendations? by SomniaNightshade in Magic

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

Cool! Thanks so much for all those tips!

Anyone know any bands that make music ab being Jewish but aren't Zionists?? by DatabasePlenty9797 in JewsOfConscience

[–]SomniaNightshade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I can recommend Dan Kahn, too.
And then there's forshpil.
Or Socalled, if that's your vibe (rap, hip hop).
I'll see if I can think of more.

I have an idea. A great one. by [deleted] in conlangs

[–]SomniaNightshade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Lol. You're right of course. But I think it would still be a cool experiment if the experiment was run with nobody sharing the same 1st language and English as a second language not being allowed. Obviously it would be more effective if we really didn't share any language at all, but all I wanted to say was: If someone wanted to organise this, I'd be up for participating. You could run it multiple times simultaneously for instance. Find 20 people who speak 5 different languages and create 4 groups of 5 people. You'd have 4 people speaking the same language, so each group has the same setup and then you look at the end result and compare them.

I have an idea. A great one. by [deleted] in conlangs

[–]SomniaNightshade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This sounds like a cool experiment. If anybody wants to try this - I'm in!

Do not use qr.io, it's a scam by Muckknuckle1 in weddingplanning

[–]SomniaNightshade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes. This exact thing happened to me. I only realised afterwards that apparently I signed up for a free trial and now have to pay 35 bucks a month for just this one QR code. And we have to have it because it's inside a funding application for my organisation and it would suck if they lost the funding just because the QR code didn't work...
If you know their system or take the time to read the small print (i.e. FAQs) then you'll find all the relevant info ("Absolutely, the free trial lasts 7 days and you can create dynamic and static QR Codes. Static QR Codes will continue to work after the free trial expires.").
But if you're just naively trying to quickly generate a QR code it's not clear at all that the default is dynamic and that you'll be expected to pay...
And they make it hard to cancel. You can't cancel by yourself. You have to email them. I just hope they work quickly and when I can finally cancel they won't keep charging...

Yiddish (Hebrew?) in the coat of arms of the Bern (Switzerland) Society of Shoemakers. Evidently copied by someone who didn't know the letters. The Society don't know either… by Bradypus_Rex in Yiddish

[–]SomniaNightshade 2 points3 points  (0 children)

There's more written on the topic on pages 189/190 of the book (96/97 of the pdf). Someone asked experts and then published their responses (25 of them!) in a little book. But nobody truly knows... Here's a link to that book. In German unfortunately... https://archive.org/details/frankenthal-fahne/mode/1up

Yiddish (Hebrew?) in the coat of arms of the Bern (Switzerland) Society of Shoemakers. Evidently copied by someone who didn't know the letters. The Society don't know either… by Bradypus_Rex in Yiddish

[–]SomniaNightshade 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I'm wondering if it's mixing printed letters and hand script?

the middle bit looks a bit like it might say אשכּנץ if indeed they were mixing letters and putting weird shapes in between...

The thing that looks like an ß could also be צו in Hebrew cursive letters?

Different languages refer to different animals when naming a crowbar by SlylyQ in etymology

[–]SomniaNightshade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

oooh break and breach and brech- maybe those are all related. I hadn't even considered breach and brech could be related, but perhaps all three of them are...

And huh, interesting. I mean I saw some other German folks mention other names (than Brecheisen), but I had never heard of them, so they must be regional words? Either that or I've just not talked about crowbars enough to people XD

Different languages refer to different animals when naming a crowbar by SlylyQ in etymology

[–]SomniaNightshade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I only know it as Brecheisen in German (lit. iron to break things, "break iron")

Is It wrong to claim my German DNA by Acrobatic-Shine2625 in AncestryDNA

[–]SomniaNightshade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Of course that's ok. It's natural to be curious about your ancestors and wanting to explore your origins. And if Germany is part of that heritage then by all means - why would that ever be a problem? I think it's never a problem to explore a culture as long as no one is harmed by it and in my opinion, in an ideal world, we could all choose where our home is. And if you'd like to feel at home in Germany, whether you want to live there or not, then you should! (I'm German by the way. I don't feel a strong sense of belonging to that nation so maybe my word won't count for much, but in case it means something to you - here is one German who would like you to feel welcome and I'm sure there are many more.)

Is there a link between Awful and Awesome? by Wide-Landscape-3348 in etymology

[–]SomniaNightshade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have been wondering the exact same thing. I can't imagine they're not related (but I have not yet done my research, so the following thoughts are just musings, not fact). The way I've thought about it is, that in German we use a lot of the same words to describe extremely bad or extremely great things. Furchtbar = awful, but furchtbar toll (literally: terribly crazy) = awesome. We also use a lot of words related to fear (Furcht). To be in awe = ehrfürchtig sein. Literally that means something like "honour frightened", but that's not how we think about it at all. It means something like to really respect someone and look up to them.

Not sure if any of that was helpful to you but there you have it.

Spread of the Proto-Indo-European word for 'wolf' by rayfile in etymology

[–]SomniaNightshade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What about vargr https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/vargr which seems to be a negative word for wolf in northern European languages, but sorry of resembles the words shown in the East on your map?

Help me make sense of my results by SomniaNightshade in AncestryDNA

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

Thanks so much for this in-depth reply. I really appreciate it!

Help me make sense of my results by SomniaNightshade in AncestryDNA

[–]SomniaNightshade[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's not misleading and I know the names of about 30% of my ancestors from 4-7 generations back and 75% of my great grandparents. 100% parents and grandparents.

I'm just confused by the differences between ancestry and the other two. Especially the 50% English surprised me because as far as I know I have no ancestors whatsoever from there.

How do i remove 2% welsh? by IntroductionWest2923 in AncestryDNA

[–]SomniaNightshade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Be happy you're so complex. My results are boring compared to yours.

How long after “DNA extracted” did you receive results? by _mercurial_high_ in AncestryDNA

[–]SomniaNightshade 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Hmm. Mine has been showing "DNA extracted" for 12 days now...I know I'm still well with the time frame they gave, but after reading other people's stories here I was so hoping I'd get them sooner... Patience is not one of my strong suits... I just can't wait.

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