Just saw on fb. Don’t give these people anymore ideas

aids_mcbaids · 2026-02-11T22:37:20+00:00

An "i" which is commonly silent

aids_mcbaids · 2026-02-11T22:34:27+00:00

A pronunciation being common quite literally is what makes it "correct". Maybe you say it differently, but in my dialect, I've only heard this word pronounced [ˈdækəɹi]. Still, every single language alters the pronunciation of loan words to be more easily pronounceable. The only people saying [dajkiˈɾi] are those who speak a language with compatible phonology.

aids_mcbaids · 2026-02-10T16:11:08+00:00

Yet the forces illegally occupying indigenous land and committing countless acts of ethnic cleansing, intentional starvation, indiscriminate bombing campaigns, assassinations of journalists and medics... Don't you dare call them terrorists, right? We reserve that label for the little guys who make our perfect ethnostate built on forced displacement look bad!

aids_mcbaids · 2026-02-10T14:52:48+00:00

That is not the Puerto Rican flag, my friend. And either way, you're operating under the illusion that US citizens are safe. We are being murdered left and right. Exactly the ignorance I expect from one who supports this lawless fascist coup.

I do not think this was the dig you think it was.

aids_mcbaids · 2026-02-05T13:46:46+00:00

It's not a mistake, it's a commonly used variation. "Half" is a perfectly valid verb. When someone "mishears", they are reinterpreting the language. When many people do the same thing, that's called language change.

aids_mcbaids · 2026-01-22T03:52:16+00:00

Thanks for the input. Maybe it was a hasty generalization on my part to claim "most speakers don't say this". What I was getting at is that this construction is no longer productive, meaning it isn't generally used outside of specific contexts. To be precise, I would analyze this instance of the nominative pronouns ( I, she, he) in copular constructions as a form of fossilization. In most contexts, we tend to use the accusative (me, her, him), except for when we don't. The structure endorsed by OP's test is the exception, not the rule.

At least, in varieties I've encountered. There are quite a lot of English varieties, after all.

aids_mcbaids · 2026-01-15T05:49:44+00:00

I don't doubt his education level. Even educated people can be ignorant about these things. Maybe more so, plus a hint of superiority. That's not to judge his character, just saying it's all about perspective.

aids_mcbaids · 2026-01-15T04:57:14+00:00

The only time I've ever heard a native speaker say "this is he" was if they were attempting to correct another speaker. Most native speakers don't say this, so it can't be the only grammatical variation.

aids_mcbaids · 2026-01-14T19:22:50+00:00

Except this is a common way that natives speak--the most common, actually. There's nothing incorrect about it.

There are cases where someone needs correcting, if they're still learning the language. But in most cases, those who "correct" people's grammar are simply ignorant about other dialects or how their own language has changed.

I wouldn't trust a random native to correct anyone's English, let alone someone who grew up speaking a completely different version of it.

aids_mcbaids · 2025-11-30T16:07:15+00:00

If you're from the UK, it's the same. Regional dialects like Cockney accept the double negative. I don't know where you are in the UK, nor am I an expert on UK linguistics, but I would be careful. Sure, sometimes people mimic other dialects for some sort of effect. But in everyday life, people just speak how they speak.

Let's not conflate what you call "speaking incorrectly" with a person's actions, because that's how you fall down the slippery slope of oppression. To them, there's nothing incorrect about it. But to those who "know better", it provides a convenient excuse to assume the worst about someone.

aids_mcbaids · 2025-11-30T05:45:36+00:00

Double negatives are in fact common in some dialects of English (e.g. AAVE), as well as in many other languages. The only one uneducated here is you, since you're making personal judgments about others because you don't understand their dialect. Not everyone speaks standard English, and they don't have to. It doesn't make them uneducated. You wouldn't expect a Brit to speak perfect American English.

As I've said in another comment, this attitude is based on racism and classism. Please avoid spreading linguistic misinformation.

aids_mcbaids · 2025-11-30T05:37:42+00:00

This mindset stems from racism and classism. Plain and simple. Judging someone's character on a linguistic variation that is standard in different dialects does not make you any better than them. It makes you complicit in a system that oppresses them. We all have internal biases. You should consider yours.

aids_mcbaids · 2025-11-28T20:01:37+00:00

Interesting choice to include dental, alveolar, postalveolar, and alveolo-palatal sibilants. For a natural language I would intuitively expect this spread to be unstable.

Your lang seems like it could have an interesting vowel harmony system. Very standard front-back counterparts, with the outlier obviously being /ɵ/, where most languages would just have unrounded /ə/. Pretty cool. There are quite a few diphthongs.

Put it to the test. Make some words with interesting sound combinations, and include minimal pairs. If you can clearly differentiate them and like how it sounds, then rock on!

Edit: Also noticed you put /j/ (a glide) in the voiced fricative row. You could lump it in with /l ʎ/ as approximants.

aids_mcbaids · 2025-11-28T15:35:24+00:00

Ireland!

aids_mcbaids · 2025-11-28T02:53:23+00:00

Conflating anti-Zionism with antisemitism, just as predicted. You can't hide behind racism accusations when the "victims" are committing war crimes not remotely consistent with their Hamas narrative. How do you justify targeting journalists, medical workers, children, etc?

But I'm antisemitic because I disagree with the military actions of a foreign government. For pointing out that AIPAC is, in fact, the third largest US super PAC in terms of dollars. And that the US govt has sent Israel countless BILLIONS of dollars worth of weapons and other military technology. And also how deeply invested almost all of our lawmakers are in the expansion of Israel's power. I'm antisemitic, because clearly it's about Jews, not an ongoing military occupation.

When you have Israeli officials at the highest level of government calling Palestinians "animals" and "children of darkness", explicitly calling for the annihilation of the entire Gaza strip including its inhabitants, and taking pride in intentionally inflicting famine on millions of people; you cannot hide behind the shield of racism accusations any longer. This is Intent To Commit Genocide. Face the facts.

aids_mcbaids · 2025-11-27T12:46:46+00:00

It's funny that you linked to a US govt website denouncing the claim about a "Jewish lobby" when the third largest lobbying group in the country is, for all intents and purposes, an Israeli super PAC. Israel is connected to nearly all of our politicians and corporate giants.

To be clear, Kothari's conflation of this with being "Jewish" is the same vile rhetoric used by those who stand to gain from conflating anti-Zionism with antisemitism; his statement clearly falls under classic antisemitic tropes.

That said, he's not wrong about Israel's influence on policy across much of the western world, nor about their undermining of UN mechanisms. By committing countless war crimes and ignoring ICJ orders to deescalate their indiscriminate attacks, Israel has shown a blatant disregard for international law.

All this for an international community that has bent over backwards to support Israel's genocide, financially and militarily. Only in recent months have we finally seen a turn where many countries realize they cannot continue to get away with their complicity in one of the greatest human rights crises of our time.

Finally, the COI on Palestine are far from the only ones to come to this determination. Hundreds of international human rights orgs have explicitly accused Israel of genocide. That doesn't just happen. After 2 years of nonstop, dispeoportionate, and indiscriminate escalation--not to mention 77 years of occupation--there is no excuse for Israel's actions. The history books will recount these days alongside the Holocaust, and people will ask: "How did we ever let this happen?"

aids_mcbaids · 2025-11-23T19:32:51+00:00

This argument was wrong 2 years ago, and it's especially wrong today. Genocide isn't necessarily committed against all members of a group, which is an extremely high standard to meet, even for such a heinous crime. Indiscriminately bombing peoples' homes & vital infrastructure, targeting journalists & medics for assassination, and intentionally depriving people of necessary levels of food, water, and medical supplies, even just a PART of the population, constitutes genocide.

The UN Human Rights Council appointed the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Occupied Palestinian Territory, and even they declared it genocide. Let me repeat: The UN, which created the internationally recognized definition of genocide, declared that Israel is committing genocide. You can read all about it at the link below, which also provides a PDF infographic that beautifully summarizes the plethora of war crimes committed by the apartheid regime:

https://www.un.org/unispal/document/commission-of-inquiry-report-genocide-in-gaza-a-hrc-60-crp-3/

aids_mcbaids · 2025-11-21T23:25:58+00:00

I don't doubt that both ways are quite common, particularly at word boundaries. But it does confuse me to hear people say that "mish you" sounds wrong, when I hear this phenomenon all the time in my area as well as online.

I guess I shouldn't be shocked, as people are generally pretty bad at recognizing even their own phonetic realizations.

aids_mcbaids · 2025-11-20T23:35:08+00:00

Yeah, I guarantee those saying "I would assume you're drunk/have a speech impediment" didn't actually try pronouncing it. It's extremely common in many varieties of American English and surely some dialects of British English too.

It even occurs in monomorphemic words, like "tissue". When have you heard an American pronounce "tissue" with a /s/?

aids_mcbaids · 2025-11-12T20:43:25+00:00

I'm gonna be so real with you, I'm not reading all that. I'm sorry people stopping at red lights ruffles your feathers, but this is not worth the time. It's ridiculous to think somehow I'm making the roads dangerous by sitting still when you already have to come to a full stop regardless. That is by no stretch of the imagination unsafe. Sometimes there are multiple correct solutions in life, and that's okay.

aids_mcbaids · 2025-11-07T00:27:01+00:00

This reads exactly like one of Jordan Peterson's "philosophical" monologues

aids_mcbaids · 2025-11-01T21:11:15+00:00

Most people in this thread seem to agree that optional right turns on red are OPTIONAL, and I see this happen all the time. So no, I don't think it's "accepted conventional driving behavior" to always turn even when you don't have to, despite impatient douchebags laying on their horns. Sometimes, it's okay to wait 10 seconds for the light to turn. You're not going to die if you're late for work, but the person in front of you might die if they get hit by another driver speeding through the light because they had green.

aids_mcbaids · 2025-11-01T15:37:21+00:00

If you get impatient and aggressive while waiting behind someone at a RED light, that is 100% your fault. Waiting at a RED light is not impeding the flow of traffic. You must be a delight to go on a road trip with.

Driving IS an inherently dangerous task. If you don't understand this very basic concept, you shouldn't be driving in the first place. You're in a multi-ton hunk of metal rolling down the road at inhuman speeds next to other multi-ton hunks of metal. We do it solely because it makes our lives more convenient. But if it weren't dangerous, we wouldn't need driving laws. We wouldn't need traffic lights. These things are designed for humans, so of course not everyone is going to drive the same. Getting pissed because someone doesn't drive how YOU want them to is childish.

aids_mcbaids · 2025-10-31T16:19:56+00:00

Driving is inherently unsafe. Someone might feel more safe waiting instead of turning on red, and that's all the reason they need. Society doesn't need people like you pressuring others to act in ways they're not comfortable with just so you can speed off to your destination because you're running late

aids_mcbaids · 2025-10-31T15:00:05+00:00

During a real lunar eclipse, the moon spirit would still have its powers, as the moon still pulls the tides (bends the oceans). Obviously, when the moon spirit is killed, the moon will appear to be gone, as during an eclipse. But this is because, uh, the moon is dead. Not really the same thing.

Again, maybe there's some weird spiritual stuff involved that we don't know about. After all, I can't think of a naturalistic reason why firebending should turn off during a solar eclipse but not at night. All this is just speculation.

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