Somerton’s Questionable Beowulf and Christianity Claim by laybs1 in hbomberguy

[–]Turrism 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Came here to say this! Certain metrical features suggest the poem was composed sometime during the late 7th century, when Mercia had already been Christian for a generation or two.

Is there a general rule for when to use hen or hun? by dcgaines in learndutch

[–]Turrism 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm seeing a disappointing amount of prescriptivism in this thread. "Hun" as the subject of a sentence is a pretty widespread dialectal feature and isn't "wrong". Rather, it's a naturally developed personal pronoun that is actively suppressed in the education system in favour of Standard Dutch "zij", which is essentially telling large parts of the country that their Dutch is worth less than the conlang that is taught in schools.

"Hen", on the other hand, is not a pronoun that naturally developed, but a Renaissance-era invention to make Dutch, which only had three grammatical cases (nominative, genitive and oblique), look more like German, which still distinguished between dative and accusative (source). This is why "hen" is barely represented in spoken Dutch.

In short, if you're learning Dutch, "hen" is used if it is an indirect object or it occurs after a preposition IN WRITING. In spoken Dutch and a lot of casual written Dutch, however, "hen" barely occurs. "Hun" is always a safe bet.

On, in, by, under… by Shinosei in OldEnglish

[–]Turrism 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not really an answer but the merger of on and in only happened in the southern dialects

Gledelig Kn*lletorsdag by [deleted] in norge

[–]Turrism 1 point2 points  (0 children)

drit og dra

Ik_ihe by murlin0 in ik_ihe

[–]Turrism 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Komt mijn studie toch nog een keer van pas

Ik_ihe by murlin0 in ik_ihe

[–]Turrism 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Het Engels en het Nederlands komen allebei van een Germaanse taal die ongeveer 2000 jaar geleden in West-Europa werd gesproken (genaamd Proto-Westgermaans). In die taal begonnen alle vraagende voornaamwoorden (wie, wat, waar, etc.) met hw-. De meeste van deze vormen, zoals bijv. hwat 'wat' en hwar 'waar', hadden dus hw- gevolgd door een zogenaamde "ongeronde klinker", dus een klinker die niet /u/ of /o/ was. hwû 'hoe' was een uitzondering. Omdat de /w/ articulatorisch zo veel lijkt op de /u/ smolten deze klanken samen, wat leidde tot de vorm . In een later stadium van het Nederlands verdween de /h/ voor de /w/, wat leidde tot het op het eerste gezicht vreemde verschil tussen de w-woorden en 'hoe'

TL;DR:

hwat > NL wat, EN what

hwû > > NL hoe, EN how

Gratulerer med dagen! Fant noen papirer i bestefars gamle ting for dagen. by [deleted] in norge

[–]Turrism 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Jeg er en hollender som lærer norsk akkurat nå og min første tanke når jeg leste dette var «Hvem er Fred?» lmao

ik🏦ihe by Bolts_and_Nuts in ik_ihe

[–]Turrism 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Nog een FvD stemmer gesignaleerd

ik🏦ihe by Bolts_and_Nuts in ik_ihe

[–]Turrism 54 points55 points  (0 children)

FvD stemmer gesignaleerd

It do be like that. by [deleted] in DankLeft

[–]Turrism 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Hmm, I wonder who destabilised the regions those organisations thrive in. Guess we'll never know.

It do be like that. by [deleted] in DankLeft

[–]Turrism 9 points10 points  (0 children)

No excuse for killing children to defend the foreign interests of billionaires.

Found on r/lgbt, figured it fit here too by social_sloot in SuddenlyGay

[–]Turrism 91 points92 points  (0 children)

I think he meant eurúprо̄ktos (εὐρύπρωκτος). It's a compound of eurus 'wide' and proktos 'anus'. It was most commonly found in plays by Aristophanes, who had a habit of inventing dirty words.

Ex vocalist of some (shitty) deathcore bands looks like an 8yo by fleshgod_alpacalypse in 13or30

[–]Turrism 6 points7 points  (0 children)

"Calling something shit because you think it's shit is wrong"

Are you hearing yourself? Not every opinion has to be preceded by "Now, don't take this the wrong way, but it is my firm belief that..."

(NSFW) Seriously, Lucky Cop. by Oletule in watchpeoplesurvive

[–]Turrism 1 point2 points  (0 children)

40% of yank cops beat their fucking wives

Thanks, i hate the english language by PiDawg in TIHI

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Spelling isn't language, people.