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I'm gonna be bold and controversial right now, saying something I think everyone needs to hear because it's a harsh truth. And I'm sorry if this breaks friendships, but it needs to be said out loud.
Worth thinking about how long Tolkien goes on in Return of the King about despair being a weapon, and presenting defeat as a forgone conclusion being a deliberate and effective tactic
Yeah I show my communications students old English and Middle English when we talk about language evolving. Hearing Old English completely blows their mind.
My spouse learned the original title of that book recently and lost her mind for a good fifteen minutes just wide-eyed stomping around, going "Are you serious?"
it's so funny when somebody publicly flounces off here and goes to a way worse site instead. "i'm going back to twitter" lol okay. have fun on "threads" i guess
We just watched it and C also insisted on calling the little one “Diddy Kong” the whole time. Very “what is going on but damn if it’s not enjoyable in a smooth-brain way” cinema.
Modern Greek (the language) is actually VERY different from ancient Greek (the language)! I can speak modern Greek normally (my vocabulary is ehhh, but my accent is good), but fuck if I (or most day-to-day regular Greek speakers) can speak "archaea" (as we called it in Greek school).
okay it's time for a prompt post: respond to this post with a correction to a common misconception about something you know a lot about. if you feel like it, boost your response. (please use a kindly tone about it, otherwise i, your prompt curator, will get anxious.)
Modern Greek (the language) is actually VERY different from ancient Greek (the language)! I can speak modern Greek normally (my vocabulary is ehhh, but my accent is good), but fuck if I (or most day-to-day regular Greek speakers) can speak "archaea" (as we called it in Greek school).
Oh here’s a good deranged dumb food take; Get some hard cheese and raw onion, mustard, on a piece of bread? Eat like a medieval lord, that shit is delicious.
