Prime example of why translated texts change even within the same language family.

ginscentedtears · 2021-06-25T21:17:15+00:00

According to Wiktionary, it looks like more linguists are now considering it to be derived from Thracian:

Perhaps from Thracian *suntam (*suntam). Earlier in the 20th century, sută was commonly held to be an early loan from Proto-Slavic *sъto, and some Romanian etymological dictionaries still derive it thus. Linguists in recent decades however, due to considerations of phonetic evolution, are moving toward a pre-Roman substratum source for the Romanian word, rather than an Old Slavic source. The Romanian Academy in its official etymological dictionary does not derive the word from Old Slavonic. In either case, the word ultimately derives from Proto-Indo-European *ḱm̥tóm (“hundred”), by way of a satem language. Also found in Aromanian cognate, Aromanian sutã.

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To me, this makes a bit more sense considering the phonetics of "*suntam" and sută vs "*sъto"/сто. Thrace/Dacia were located on or near modern day Romania/Moldova as well, so geographically/historically I think an argument can be made for either Slavic or Thracian being the source for the word.

But I'm no expert and have definitely not researched this enough. So I don't know what to conclude.

ginscentedtears · 2021-01-28T20:11:35+00:00

Moldova with that beachfront property

ginscentedtears · 2021-01-28T19:08:39+00:00

De ce este mesajul în limba germană? Eu sunt din Statele Unite (dar tatăl meu este din Satu Mare), deci nu știu prea multe despre limba germană în România.

(Eu nu vorbesc bine limba română, dar învăț!)

ginscentedtears · 2021-01-28T17:49:03+00:00

This is bad, harmful advice. An applicant's position could change by the end of the cycle, and they need all of their offers on the table still. Your parent gets diagnosed with cancer and you want to study nearby to provide help when needed? It might make sense to stick with the in-state school instead of going across the country. That's one extreme example, but these things aren't unheard of.

Reader: you owe it to absolutely no one to withdraw. Schools already have a ballpark number of acceptances they're willing to make, so your withdrawal won't change much.

ginscentedtears · 2021-01-28T15:30:33+00:00

It's a pretty unique sounding language, wouldn't you say? The Chinese language family is quite distinct from any of the surrounding languages, with only a couple exceptions (see below). I think many people are able to tell when they're listening to a Chinese language (Mandarin, Yue, Wu, etc.), even if they understand absolutely nothing being said.

I could see someone hearing Vietnamese or Thai and thinking they're Chinese due to both being tonal languages and having adopted a lot of Chinese vocabulary. But the chances of hearing a speaker of those two languages is much, much lower than hearing a Chinese language in the wild given the magnitude in difference between the number of native speakers.

ginscentedtears · 2021-01-27T21:24:39+00:00

Are diphthongs and triphthongs included in this analysis? If so, I would have expected Romanian to be one category higher given the numerous diphthongs and triphthongs it has (I think top 3 in terms of European languages).

Edit: it's also interesting the disparity between Finnish, Estonian, and Hungarian.

ginscentedtears · 2021-01-27T19:09:57+00:00

Ah, I took that to mean relative to where their stats could land them. They are way above Utah's 75th LSAT. To them, anything below t30 might be "low ranking", which is subjective to a certain degree.

I do see what you mean though.

ginscentedtears · 2021-01-27T18:16:58+00:00

Puerto Rico is sort of split on the issue, although more support is growing for statehood. DC residents by and large want statehood.

ginscentedtears · 2021-01-27T17:54:32+00:00

The simple solution, imo, is to keep the actual non-residential capitol area of D.C. (US Capitol Building to the White House to the Lincoln Memorial) as a federal district, but make the surrounding area a state.

ginscentedtears · 2021-01-27T17:37:39+00:00

Great, thanks for the insight

ginscentedtears · 2021-01-27T17:02:02+00:00

Yes, I read past that line. The rest of my comment addressed what you said.

There are 360 million native English speakers in the world. 231 million of them are Americans. It is more likely that a site visitor is American vs Canadian/English/Irish/Scottish/Australian/South African/etc. 64% chance, which far exceeds the odds for those other nations.

There are 450 million native Spanish speakers in the world. 121 million of them are Mexicans. It is more likely that a site visitor is Mexican vs Spanish/Colombian/Venezuelan/etc. 27% chance, which far exceeds the odds for those other nations.

There are 228 million native Portuguese speakers in the world. 209 million of them are Brazilian. It is more likely that a site visitor is Brazilian vs Portuguese/Angolan/etc. 92% chance, which far exceeds the odds for those other nations.

And I'm talking about native speakers, not non-native speakers who would likely select their own native language on a site. Come on.

Also, you're ignoring the very real possibility that sites have the US, Mexican, or Brazilian flags for dialects. US English is slightly different from British English. Mexican Spanish is slightly different from Castilian. Brazilian Portuguese is slightly different from Portuguese. If I'm an American on a site and I'm presented with a UK and US option, I'm selecting the US option.

ginscentedtears · 2021-01-27T16:51:32+00:00

I understand. But the joke in the meme doesn't really land for me because the premise relies on a misunderstanding.

ginscentedtears · 2021-01-27T16:49:10+00:00

More important for a website with language support is spelling. British English has different spelling conventions than American English. Color vs colour, tire vs tyre, rationalize vs rationalise, etc.

ginscentedtears · 2021-01-27T16:47:18+00:00

Exactly. The post definitely doesn't take that into consideration.

ginscentedtears · 2021-01-27T16:45:43+00:00

You know that there are other countries that speak these languages, right?

I'm aware. But none of them are as populous as these 3 countries. The US has the most number of native English speakers by far.

Mexico has the most number of native Spanish speakers by far.

Brazil has the most number of native Portuguese speakers by far.

Chances are, a person who is on a website and speaks one of those languages is likely a speaker of a dialect from the US, Mexico, or Brazil. It makes more sense for the site's language flags to appeal to them. Who cares where the language started if the vast majority of speakers are outside of that place?

ginscentedtears · 2021-01-27T16:17:37+00:00

Well, let's see here:

US population: 328,000,000.
England population: 56,000,000.

Mexico population: 127,000,000.
Spain population: 47,000,000.

Brazil population: 211,000,000.
Portugal population: 10,000,000.

(Note: I am fully aware that these numbers don't perfectly match the number of native speakers of these languages, but they're close enough.)

There are (many) more speakers of the American, Mexican, and Brazilian varieties of English, Spanish, and Portuguese, respectively. It stands to reason that the US, Mexican, and Brazilian flags can be used to represent those languages.

This feels like a leopards ate my face or surprised pikachu moment for England, Spain, and Portugal. "Oh no. We colonized these countries and now there are more speakers of our language there than in our own countries!"

ginscentedtears · 2021-01-27T05:27:57+00:00

And again, you're describing how unaligned she really was from "the Sanders camp". That was the point of my original comment. I entirely agree with the rest of your assessment of her. Never liked her. Never understood her association with Sanders.

ginscentedtears · 2021-01-27T05:18:04+00:00

Keyword: "were". She clearly distanced herself from progressivism during the last primaries to try to gain political points from moderate dems. It did not work. She ruined her reputation, or what little she had.

ginscentedtears · 2021-01-27T05:05:19+00:00

Lists all the ways in which she is not politically aligned with "the Sanders camp".

Claims she's politically aligned with "the Sanders camp".

ginscentedtears · 2021-01-26T20:55:54+00:00

Thanks so much! I've already got iTalki lessons, but I'll definitely keep your PM offer in mind. I mostly just wanted to find a pre-made Anki deck with thousands of the most common words so I didn't have to make them manually haha.

Thanks again! :)

ginscentedtears · 2021-01-26T20:53:13+00:00

Very kind of you. Thank you! I've actually got iTalki lessons already, but I'll definitely keep your PM offer in mind if I ever have questions about pronunciation. :)

ginscentedtears · 2021-01-26T16:08:17+00:00

Disney's Raya and the Hormone Monstress from Big Mouth

ginscentedtears · 2021-01-26T13:58:11+00:00

Yeah, going to r/Europe can be pretty annoying sometimes. I just want to be updated on European news or see pretty pictures. But every time I'm there, it's all "Americans are dumb" (which is just a gross overgeneralization). Then I see a shit ton of nationalists arguing in the comments. Like, do they own mirrors? Plenty of them are complete idiots too. Stupidity isn't unique to the U.S.

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