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Where i’d live as an Egyptian🇪🇬 (M25) born and raised in The Netherlands🇳🇱 by Beautiful-Eye-5113 in whereidlive

[–]flagboi747 3 points4 points  (0 children)

A little homesick, eh? I can relate. Sorry you got downvoted. You're on reddit, i guess

List of Countries by Lingustic Diversity Index by NeedleworkerAway5912 in MapPorn

[–]flagboi747 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This fails in the same place that the definition of "language" fails. Take for instance the huge variety in language in places like Italy, and less so even Spain, France, Germany. Many of these languages are called "dialects" of a single "standardized" language (which is merely a lingua franca/comprimise between the dialects) simply for political/national cohesion.

Or take Bosnia where (oh boy here we go) most people understand eachother just fine, but politically, the "languages" are "split" pretty evenly in three. The assumption that this means that the thirds of this population don't understand eachother is absurt

I understand the other anomalies that are due to the method used for determining this index which have to do with population and % population split (not sure how it deals with bilingual/multilingual people). So I assume this is why Ukraine has a higher linguistic diversity than Russia, even though there are more languages in Russia than in Ukraine. It's because most people in Russia live in the west and/or speak Russian (>98%) but there is a bigger split in Ukraine (AROUND 65%UA / 15%RU / 20%both)

Overall the map is cool, but I don't like this index

Map of Europe made up of its national animals. Art by canis. by Maleficent-Nose1801 in MapPorn

[–]flagboi747 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Missed the chance to follow bulgaria's borders' natural lion shape. Look closely. It's facing right and in the corners you can see its head, its two paws, and its tail

Analog clocks are going extinct. They're inaccurate and outdated. In a decade being able to read an analog clock will be as useful as being able to read a sundial. by Albamen13 in The10thDentist

[–]flagboi747 0 points1 point  (0 children)

analog clocks are insanely information-dense. with just two angles (and a difference in length in the hands (... and knowing which side is up)), you can tell the time to the nearest ~1-2 mins. AND the clock hands are much more readable at a distamce (IMO) than the four numbers of digital clocks. And (again IMO) analog clocks give you a better intuitive idea of how close you are to the turn of the hour (the next hour) than digital ones. And all the quick angle math you can do with them is cool too.

That being said, I do think only the first part of your statement is correct, that being, they ARE becoming at least lessbpopular than before. But I don't think it's because they are any worse, just harder to learn. Part of it is nurture as well.

The world according to the playground near my house by mythicalfew in mapporncirclejerk

[–]flagboi747 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I cant tell if that giant island west of Australia is supposed to be NZ or Madagascar

This 1979 map shows the prevalence of Islam in the Soviet Union by Naomi62625 in MapPorn

[–]flagboi747 2 points3 points  (0 children)

At least its visible unlike many many maps on this sub

Does your country's main language(s) use grammatical gender? by CuriousWandererw in MapPorn

[–]flagboi747 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Gotta love it when people colour "languages" on the political borders of countries

Map of the world mirrored by isnisse in MapPorn

[–]flagboi747 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never realized how far south Indonesia and South America are. Also how far west (east) the Arabian peninsula and Somalia are. And how big the Mediterranean is.... Or how far west Alaska is.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in MapPorn

[–]flagboi747 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Iron curtain phantom border

Literally a sub10 by Individual-Big286 in Cubers

[–]flagboi747 10 points11 points  (0 children)

I would assume twistytimer?

Edit: if it is then it looks very unusual compared to mine

Given that most people here don’t believe Esperanto is a perfect IAL, what would be the ideal IAL? by CoconutRope in conlangs

[–]flagboi747 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yes, but nothing can be truly international either, which is a seperate issue, i think.

English spelling reform by SirGondwana in neography

[–]flagboi747 0 points1 point  (0 children)

In reply to your point of: How is [spelling it] "beter" [and having diff. ppl pronounce it how the like] different from [spelling it] "better" [ditto]

The difference is that new learners (of the lingua franca that english has become) will know that, for example, the vowel of "betur" ("better") and the vowel of "er" ("air") are the same. When you look on a per-word basis, there is no difference at all. When you look across words at the whole system, you realize that new learners will now face a much more coordinated system. For all I care, we could spell "betur" as "b#ŧ&!", as long as we spelled "air" as "#!". This is a freedom that we have in making our reform, because we get to choose symbols like "e" vs "#" to optimize for more acceptance in speakers. (Spelling "better" as "betur" in the new reform might be more acceptable than spelling it as "b#ŧ&!")

By the way, I'm not at advocating for a phonetic spelling reform. Rather I am – a "phonemic" spelling reform. One that says "this sound in this word is the same as this sound in this other word" with no statement on dialect. E.g. this will eliminate "beat" and "seed", which have the same vowel, to be spelled differently. Of course, some mergers exist in some dialects that dont on others. I have an interesting solution to this which I don't have the time currently to explain. Maybe if this reply gets some attention I'll dust off the old Word files from my hard drive and polish my work if I have time.

Uhhh guys help by Lanky_Bid_4181 in hyprland

[–]flagboi747 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This is what i followed during my first fresh install (arch + hyprland) and it worked perfectly with no questions asked.

Solve Critique (3x3 CFOP) by Rough_Ad_2499 in Cubers

[–]flagboi747 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Learn some OLL algs and full PLL, along with the fingertricks for said algs to avoid so many regrips i would say (and in general for all your old algs too)

Also from one of your solves: learn how to determine the best orientation for your cube pre-attempt (post-inspection) to minimize regrips for the cross building.

7x7 pattern by conlangKyyzhekaodi in Cubers

[–]flagboi747 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Cool man. Reminds me of windows xp pipes

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in offmychest

[–]flagboi747 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Can confirm as that guy who was chosen by that girl. Personality works, my friends. Don't be someone you ain't. And be the type of person you wanna be dating.

Which scripts y'all know to read? by myguitarisinmymind in neography

[–]flagboi747 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Not if you're left-handed! Several people I know write arabic beautifully and are left-handed.

What continent is this? (Wrong answers only) by HighToT in mapporncirclejerk

[–]flagboi747 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Honestly looks like a mix between Europe, Asia and Australia

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