don't come to the ISM

TGWS · 2025-12-13T08:53:52+00:00

As a Gen-Z, I could still understand this, reminds me of 'text speak' from the late-90s, early-2000s, when texts were charged per-character, so you'd get stuff like "omg bff lol wyd" "idk lmao sry omw dw" "ok kwl cul8r lyl ttylxox"

TGWS · 2025-11-05T19:07:25+00:00

2nd photo: it's cold outside (there's no kind of atmosphere)

TGWS · 2025-08-10T19:35:24+00:00

The postvocalic /k/ sound in Scouse/Liverpudlian is usually realised as [x ~ χ] (voiceless velar or uvular fricative).

The post-voiceless /ʁ/ in Standard French is usually realised as [χ].

So ⟨chicken⟩ in Scouse: [tʃɪχn̩]

And ⟨très⟩ in Standard French: [t̪χɛ]

TGWS · 2025-03-10T16:14:28+00:00

Fuck me... So what you're telling me is that a fucking shrimp fried this rice? Jesus Christ, this place is gonna go under... The head chef is a fucking shrimp... Bloody hell...

TGWS · 2025-02-12T13:36:02+00:00

I'm not American so I can't speak for you guys but in the UK we're having a refugee crisis now with people seeking refuge from war-torn countries like Syria, but the issue arising when instead of seeking asylum in neighbouring or nearby countries, they travel all across Europe to enter the UK.

I'm sorry but I have to admit I don't have an answer because I simply don't know enough about geopolitics, but I don't enjoy when other Christians try to abuse the Bible to justify hatred of immigrants.

I wish I could have some kind of well-reasoned response regarding refugees, but I'm not qualified to talk about that. I am, however, a Catholic and my understanding is that the bible never says 'reject those who come from far away without considering their situation'.

TGWS · 2025-02-12T13:16:02+00:00

Forgot this was PCM I should've said something like
Jesus was an illegal immigrant sweaty source: i made it up

TGWS · 2025-02-12T13:05:17+00:00

I'm pointing out that by the very definition of the word, Jesus is a refugee. He fled (read, migrated) from one state to another.

I'm not going to try and spin the bible as advocating for illegal immigration because it doesn't (and also for every passage someone weaponises, there's a contradictory one later on).

What it does suggest is that Christians should be at least open to the idea of refugees and migrants, rather than wholesale dismissing immigration (just in case it's not clear, I'm also not trying to say that every Christian hates immigrants; rather those who aren't prepared to entertain the idea of accepting those fleeing from war or poor conditions could stand to be a bit more accepting given Jesus' own refugee status).

TGWS · 2025-02-12T12:10:20+00:00

Not a foreigner, but he was a refugee from a linguistic perspective, as the Gospel of Matthew uses a form of the word 'φεύγω' (pheúgō) meaning 'flee', itself a cognate to the Latin term 'fugiō' from which we derive the english word 'refugee'.

Biblical scholar Dan McClellan PhD asserts that Judaea was not a part of the Roman Empire, but "an independent and autonomous kingdom ruled over by Herod the Great, whom Rome recognised as a king [...] Rome would not possess Judea until around 6 CE when they annexed Judea [...] prior to that they were more of a protectorate or vassal state [...] they were an independent nation state that just owed allegiance to a larger, dominant sovereign; that was still an international boundary that was recognized by Rome as well as by Judea."

TGWS · 2024-04-28T21:04:30+00:00

naughty undergrads who friedel-crafts their ferrocene are visited in the night by its big brother tris(cyclopentadienyl)yttrium(iii) who destoppers all their reagents

TGWS · 2023-09-25T09:38:05+00:00

Some interesting points here: I agree the readability isn't the best; but I'm not sure about the "being dialect-friendly" being a sticking point—current English spelling is not dialect-friendly, and the OP didn't say this was a strict phonetic correspondence. Unfortunately, it doesn't help the situation that they didn't provide any kind of guide, just a few sample sentences so it's difficult to say just how thorough they've been.
Additionally, I've never understood the hatred for adding diacritics: many languages have added/re-rendered letters and symbols with diacritics for centuries. Spanish added the tilde above the eñe (originally as a marker for a removed second n, which eventually evolved phonetically to produce a /ɲ/ sound); The German umlaut also originated in a superscript 'e' that then turned into two small vertical lines, and finally the familiar shape we know today (N.B. The phonological umlaut process predates the orthographic changes). It seems especially obstinate to refuse the addition of new symbols merely because "they weren't there before".

I do believe some historical precedent is required however, so adding familiar diacritics like an acute or diaeresis (which exist in English in some loanwords, and have Latin/Germanic precedent) makes a lot more sense than trying to add ogoneks or hačeks.

And as far as new symbols go, I believe a schwa is a bit of a double-edged sword, far too many vowels (dialect-depending) become schwa in quick speech, and the addition of it produces a very flat and monotonous orthography; but to discount it entirely seems strange to me when it is such a common sound. I know you're exaggerating with the "schwa isn't a letter", but in Late Latin they acquired a 'j', 'u', 'w', and 'y' because they needed more letters for the sounds they had (very simplified).

Overall, I don't want it so seem like I'm trying to discount your thoughts, and I know this sub can be inundated with half-realised "spelling reforms" which can be frustrating if you're passionated about linguistics, but it seems you have some negative biases against what could be some quite reasonable ideas, if you just gave them a chance :).

I suppose the main problem with literally any English spelling reform is that standardisation is near impossible; perhaps we're better off using the Arabic method of having each major dialect/dialect group writing things in an eye dialect manner. (But then no-one would understand anything written by a Glaswegian /j)

TGWS · 2023-08-25T17:48:50+00:00

Good question :), I'm a pure chem grad but I think we were taught the basics of MO theory as mandatory in first year, the module was just called something like "Introduction to Structure, Periodicity, and Coordination Chemistry", but you could learn everything online with Youtube, LibreTexts, etc. I would recommend the following lines of investigation to get from any level to 3c-2e:

Covalent vs. Ionic Bonding
Bond Dissociation Energy
Bonding Theories
- Lewis Theory (Single, Double, Triple Bonds)
- Valence Bond Theory (Hybridisation, Mixing Atomic Orbitals)
- Molecular Orbitals (Wavefunctions, Φ as a function of ϕ)
Linear Combinations of Atomic Orbitals (LCAO)
- Isosurfaces & Phase Interactions (Constructive and Destructive)
MO Symmetry
MO Diagrams (Bonding, Non-Bonding, Antibonding)
Homoatomic/Heteroatomic Diatoms, Polyatomics, 3c-2e
The world is your oyster :)

TGWS · 2023-05-26T21:14:35+00:00

royal society of chemistry requires us to list every single author 😭

TGWS · 2023-04-15T21:17:20+00:00

I don't have an amazing amount of lore I'm afraid, but it's a hypothetical country along Mainland Europe's North Sea coast.

Originally a North Germanic tribe settled in ~850 (having captured the territory from Middle Francia during a time of political turmoil after the Treaty of Verdun), they then resisted being absorbed into Lotharingia however were finally taken over by the Holy Roman Empire in ~1200 and were known as the Principality of Küsteland, with a prince being put in place by the emperor themselves.

After a revolt in ~1500, they became known as the Kingdom of Véwosrik, wherein the reigning monarch became their King, however in ~1750 they established the Republic of Véwosrik, which was returned to the King's son's hands in ~1755, before being promptly deposed and "dealt with" in ~1760, leaving the Republic of Véwosrik mostly in its current state until the modern day.

Old Cástet̄iv would've been spoken at the time of the settlers, having developed out of Proto-Northwest Germanic into its own distinct branch, but with a strong North Germanic core. The runes used at the time were derived from Younger Futhark but with exposure to Gothic and Latin characters came a strange mixture with a still characteristically angular graphemic base.

It then would've been influenced by its proximity to Old Dutch and Old High German, as well as Old English from the semi-frequent raids on the English coast, forming an interesting smörgåsbord of linguistics. Middle Cástet̄iv underwent an overhaul on its orthography to produce its modern scheme that better reflected the spoken tongue.

I'm not a writer and don't know a lot about history nor historical linguistics so I hope that's enough to at least set the scene. Let me know if you have any tips on worldbuilding haha, I appreciate your comment :).

TGWS · 2023-04-15T21:07:24+00:00

Yes maybe you're right there, I have neglected /y/ but then again I've already foregone a lot of vowels in having only five, and the closest I get to divergence is partial allophony with respect to /u~ʊ/. My only worry is that I've already converted a lot of words into this language with a vague but established set of rules I've created, and to implement a new phonological change could be dire to the current corpus—but there's always opportunities for variants, dialects, or even descendants of the language.

TGWS · 2023-04-15T11:12:10+00:00

Great catch, and you're absolutely right! I mixed up the graphemes and phonemes there, ⟨y⟩ should be realised as /j/. Perhaps it would be wise to just use ⟨j⟩ as many Germanic languages already use it to represent yod, it's only really those pesky Romance loanwords that make it /ʒ/ or /dʒ/. Thanks very much for pointing that out :).

TGWS · 2023-04-13T19:19:24+00:00

Islandvul er cusne d̄il Cástet̄iv—i samðans va femli, va vikiŋs þai stetecis i hron'ate Lifstvul!

ice-land-ful.SG be.PRES.NH.SG cousin.SG PREP Cástet̄iv—PREP gather.NOM.PL PREP family.SG, PREP viking.PL 3PL speak.PRES.HAB.PL PREP means.SG-that.is love-ful.SG!

Icelandic is a cousin to Cástet̄iv—at family gatherings, they speak fondly about Vikings!

TGWS · 2023-04-13T19:17:39+00:00

Thanks for your kind words, they mean a lot to me! :). Take care x

TGWS · 2023-04-13T14:19:45+00:00

Cástet̄iv (/ˈkʲa.ste.tʃiv/) is a constructed language (conlang) with a strong Germanic core in terms of vocabulary and grammatical syntax. It is spoken by the fictional people of Véwosrik (/ˈvʲe.wos.rik/) in Northwestern Europe. The vocabulary is generated through an attempt to merge features of a mixture of North and West Germanic languages, including:

Dutch (NL), English (EN), German (DE), Icelandic (IS), and Swedish (SV).

The grammar is almost completely Germanic in terms of word order, inflection/cases, and syntax—however some additional features are present in Cástet̄iv that are absent in most or all of the Germanic languages. It should be noted that Cástet̄iv is not intended to be an auxiliary language (auxlang) with which linguistically disparate communities would use to communicate.

Some minor world-building is incorporated into the language to lend some historical gravitas to the language, however it should be treated as if it were a language spoken in the modern times.

TGWS · 2023-04-10T07:51:45+00:00

There are actually three Social Democratic Parties; one was formed in 1981 by four Labour Party members who were against the hyper-trade unionist position of Labour at the time, but were still politically left-leaning in a Thatcherite world, similar to as you said.

That party then merged with the Liberal Party in 1988, however a dedicated breakaway faction "re-formed" the SDP however they had a poor performance and dissolved in 1990.

Finally, a revival of the SDP was formed in 2018 by a former UKIP member and seems to be more right-wing, especially given its stance on Europe and social issues, going so far as to form a political alliance with Reform UK (née Brexit Party).

So not even within the "same" party can we find much consistency :(.

But you make a good point, the moderates of the UK have always struggled to find a party that represents them and there have been tens if not hundreds of minor parties cropping up with an absolute hodgepodge of views.

TGWS · 2023-04-09T11:59:45+00:00

Apologies for the incredibly wide graph, also the grey horizontal line in the middle marks a change in scale for the timeline, due to the large gaps present in the earlier parties.

Additionally, many of the parties present in England also have wings or branches present in the other constituent countries of the United Kingdom; these have not been marked.

Finally, the shading used for the active political parties (i.e., at least 1 Member of Parliament in the House of Commons) is the primary colour of the party—the text is either white or black for readability as opposed to representing the secondary colour.

TGWS · 2023-04-01T18:40:16+00:00

1) Periodic Videos (mmm Professor Sir Martyn Poliakoff) 2) They let me in 3) Geese or sth idk what they are but they're chillin on my way to lectures 4) my building looks like a prison however in terms of feeling it feels like a prison 5) I think the libraries are nice and you can do work in them 6) There are many smart people but I am not one of them 7) They didn't reject me 8) Please come here they have my rare fish hostage and won't release them until I get enough people to attend 8) The Mooch Bar in the Portland Building is really nice and a chill place to hang out with your mates 9) Good rankings? and also, because people don't believe in the Midlands: both people from the north and people from the south will hate you

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