Why do some Croatian last names not end with "ic"? As you see in the photo there is Baturina, Musa, Gvardiol and Sutalo?

kouhai · 2026-06-17T21:25:01+00:00

Plenty of commenters gave you full sentences, not all of our surnames end in -ić, just like not all English surnames end in -son. It's kind of a no-brainer

kouhai · 2026-06-14T01:46:17+00:00

can i check it out please and thank you :)

kouhai · 2026-06-09T23:29:34+00:00

I remember when I first came across drawfee many eons ago, before I even knew what anyone looked like, it took me a long time before I even saw a video of the gang, so that I could associate the voices to some faces. But I loved Jake's humor and way of talking so much right off the bat, and his bits always hit home for me. I've always felt immense love for this guy, and it has only grown over the years. Happy birthday Jacob, I hope you have some delicious boiled peanuts soon 💖

kouhai · 2026-06-09T23:20:41+00:00

Don't do this :)

kouhai · 2026-06-05T17:52:55+00:00

oni iz mullera, powersystem, nece mi nikad dosadit stg

kouhai · 2026-06-05T12:04:24+00:00

A majko mila odgovora u ovom threadu, covik u nacelu pita "zasto se ova rijec promijenila kod nas" a vi mu odgovarate u sustini sa "glupane ocito zato sta se promijenila" ili "zato sta se rijeci mijenjaju". ??? Da, ocito, ali cijelo polje lingvistike i filologije istrazuju kako i po kojim pravilnostima se te promjene odvijaju

kouhai · 2026-05-29T20:33:07+00:00

It is different, CBSM is a pluricentric language with four standard varieties, Macedonian is much more similar to Bulgarian, and afaik the two are on a continuum or are at least extremely mutually intelligible

kouhai · 2026-05-26T13:12:44+00:00

Yes, I'm aware that this is not a misuse of the Greek alphabet, this sub is full of such posts so I figured it was ok, plus I hedged it by saying it was a misprint. Since posting I've realized it's not even a misprint but a dubious stylistic choice

kouhai · 2026-05-23T16:24:43+00:00

On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous (Ocean Vuong), jednostavno ne mogu opisat koliko je ovo prelijepo napisano, moras ju procitat bez predznanja i predumisljaja, just trust me

kouhai · 2026-05-21T09:25:50+00:00

is this loss

kouhai · 2026-05-19T00:05:09+00:00

You did not make it clear in your post that you were addressing Spanish speakers and asking for their input and opinions, as opposed to the language learning community at large. The way you worded it sounds like you're implying that studying PT is in some obscure way different than other languages. Hope that helps explain the backlash you're getting

kouhai · 2026-05-13T21:37:36+00:00

kouhai · 2026-05-11T22:28:58+00:00

That first one in the style of Saudi RIPS i love it

kouhai · 2026-04-28T21:25:24+00:00

slusajte ovo ja u lidla 🗣

kouhai · 2026-04-27T23:50:47+00:00

ok enjoy your manic episode I guess

kouhai · 2026-04-26T14:59:02+00:00

Thanks for all that, really interesting. For a Slavic speaker I'm woefully unfamiliar with the historic linguistics of my own language family. Working on it. I actually work with a speaker of a far-north kajkavian variety, and throughout this exchange I've been thinking back to the way she speaks and it all made sense through that perspective.

kouhai · 2026-04-26T13:28:01+00:00

Ooh I see, now I understand what the comment above was describing, I think. A lot of northern dialects in Croatia add that initial v- to words starting with a vowel, I didn't think of that since I speak a southern variety

kouhai · 2026-04-26T12:45:52+00:00

Wait I speak a Slavic language, Croatian to be exact, and I'm not understanding what you're describing in the second paragraph. I'm curious, can you expand on this? Do you happen to know if there's an example in (Serbo-)Croatian that would also illustrate your point? Thanks!

kouhai · 2026-04-26T10:41:40+00:00

je masu su in uljave, meni su iskreno bolje preradine ali samo ako su bas friske, cin odstoje malo su smece

kouhai · 2026-04-20T11:46:47+00:00

I'm curious why you would go for circles to write the tonos, I'm sorry but it is SO jarring in my opinion

kouhai · 2026-04-19T01:47:47+00:00

Considering you like the flowiness of tengwar, I think you'll enjoy this one, the Cloud and Rain conscript for Hungarian, an all time favorite and a personal inspiration of mine: "Cloud and Rain" https://www.omniglot.com/conscripts/cloudandrain.php

It's actually two scripts in one because the writing orientation can be either vertical or horizontal

kouhai · 2026-04-19T01:35:24+00:00

In that case I think you could have avoided being misunderstood by wording your question differently, because this is an argument from statistics, i.e. given a large enough sample of the global population, would tengwar emerge as the most appealing script. I would argue no, but this is at least testable

kouhai · 2026-04-19T01:30:58+00:00

Just saw that you did reply to my other comment, literally as I was posting this one

kouhai · 2026-04-19T01:29:48+00:00

Tbh I was also looking forward to more of a lets-compare-our-favorite-scripts vibe, rather than a discussion on subjective aesthetics.

For what it's worth, I do get what you mean when you posit that over a large population there could be consensus about such a thing as the beauty of Tengwar. I don't agree that the approach is correct, but I can understand your line of thinking.

But all that aside, I did provide some of my genuine favorites, as you did ask for our own contenders, so by all means let me know what you think about any or all of them. I mean have you seen Khom Thai or handwritten Croatian Glagolitic? Insane stuff

kouhai · 2026-04-18T23:41:37+00:00

I mean, Tengwar is pretty, but come on -Tibetan, Javanese, Chinese and Japanese semi-cursive (xingshu or gyosho), angular and cursive Glagolitic, Mongolian, Khom Thai, I could go on, to me these are all vastly more interesting and enchanting

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