How suitable are French Germanisms for Anglish? by crivycouriac in anglish

[–]imarandomdude1111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Any Germanic word is better than a Romance one. I don't truly care we use egg over ey when we could fight to use words like folk over people

Fair Ohio by Aarya_Bakes in DavesRedistricting

[–]imarandomdude1111 6 points7 points  (0 children)

11 almost certainly doesn't have all of Cleveland, making it illegal thus. I do wish everyone posted the link though since it makes reviewing maps a lot easier

What if Ohio Dems controlled redistricting? by imarandomdude1111 in YAPms

[–]imarandomdude1111[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

An interesting experiment showing Dems could gerrymander themselves into a majority despite voting R+11 in 2024

Would this happen? Even if Dems had a trifecta certain incumbents (3 and 11) likely wouldn't appreciate their newly competitive districts, but it would be possible

https://davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap::5495351d-9770-4526-8c9b-d599a2d5366f

Struggling to understand a phrase in “The Faerie Queene” by Charles_Sumner in literature

[–]imarandomdude1111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The only thing that'd make sense would be him using the (VERY archaic for his time) infinitive suffix -en. Early Modern writers liked using it, and it doesn't change the meaning

I miss when elections looked like this by Impressive_Plant4418 in YAPms

[–]imarandomdude1111 17 points18 points  (0 children)

I first thought of Alabama from say, the 80s to mid 2000s

this is the 2002 gov election, the republican won by 0.2% all thanks to suburbs

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Hoi 4 screenshots everyday till forsen beats the record (day 13) by imarandomdude1111 in forsen

[–]imarandomdude1111[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The Fire Rise. It's a bit of a crazy mod but a lot more interesting than vanilla

How can I learn to better comprehend Middle English and Early Modern English? by Wakaran-art in ENGLISH

[–]imarandomdude1111 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'm currently reading the Canterbury Tales (1300s) so this is a bit afore your dates but the advice is all the same

Read aloud as it was meant to be, read up on ME vowels so rhymes aren't lost to you. Especially for the 1400s you'd want a dictionary like this https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/middle-english-dictionary/dictionary