#english is a dumb language

[youssefguedira]

the fun thing about languages i don't have much music in on the no english playlist is that the music i do have is limited to one specific genre. like almost everything i have in turkish is electronic because it's all off one (1) album that was recommended to me. a lot of my german stuff is indie, same with most of my arabic stuff. with languages i have more music in there's a wider variety but it's funny to see what the trends are

#a lot of times it's specific to what i assume is the music taste of people who have recommended me stuff #like most of my swedish stuff is rock from one album bc it was recommended to me #neon has thoughts #like it's a weird mixture of genres for the most part but sometimes if something starts in one genre there's a higher chance it'll be in a #specific language. just bc of distribution #english is a dumb language

[the-trans-goddess]

Ahhhh why is English like that, “go” G-O “goo” G-OO but more then two "o"s is “gooo” G-O~

#english is a dumb language

[mkzmerryfriend]

Grrrrrr my period is close grrrrrrrrrr

#I’m mad angry about it #lol mad angry #English is a dumb language

[bottombaron]

So, I'm going to either make this joke more or less funny by explaining it, Colin Robinson-style:

Nandor isn't being an idiot by misspelling 'knowledge', he's spelling it phonetically.

Why? Well, it's probably not just that English is a horrendous abomination sent by god to punish us and an even worse trail for English learners either, but Persain is a (mostly) phonetic language!

This means each letter has a corresponding sound and words are phonetic in spelling (again, for the most part), unlike 'knowledge' in English where there are like...at least three?? unnecessary extra letters.

So, what's the phonetic spelling of 'knowledge' look like?

nolij

#wwdits #what we do in the shadows #nandor #nandor the relentless #wwdits spoilers #and if you're like but he reads! id be like yeah i was the best k-12 reader in my county 3 years running #and i still flunked every spelling test i ever had #because the english language is a terrible terrible language i wish it never cursed us bleh #anyways Nandor is a big dumb dumb who is actually well-read and i love that abt him #my perfect himbo #(i mean he still wrote it with an 'e' instead of an 'i' but thats probably because he pronpunces it with a strong 'eh' sound) #(*pronounces) #(fUCK)

[buckyalpine]

"English isn't my first language, please excuse-" Proceeds to write the most perfect fic with perfect English, grammar, punctuation, immaculate vocabulary, sensational ideas, beautiful, chefs kiss, gorgeous my angel.

Meanwhile spell check is still trying to figure out what I was trying to get at, the both of us screaming and crying over that squiggly red line under 68 different words.

#english is my first language #its my only language #I'm actually so dumb

[sanasanakun]

Can we actually talk about how insane it is that Simon removed his mask for the 141? Everything he’s been through has caused him to disassociate entirely from the person he is. He cannot bear to BE himself; to have Simon Riley be someone who exists and is acknowledged by others. He uses the mask to create his nonexistence; to become a weapon only focused on finishing his mission. With the mask, Simon Riley is dead. The only thing left is his “Ghost.”

By creating this barrier, he distances himself from his teammates emotionally and can convince himself that only the objective matters (see: abandoning Soap after Graves betrays them and calling it “a force of habit”).

Simon is not good with expressing his feelings. For example, he’s extremely worried about Soap during “Alone,” but shows it through jokes and talking to keep Soap calm. Any time Soap insists Ghost cares, the man immediately deflects and insists they are only “teammates” and that Soap needs to focus on his own self-preservation.

But we see afterwards that Ghost wants to make an effort to connect emotionally to his team; to show the 141 who “Simon” is, not just Ghost. For example, after Rodolfo assumes that Ghost would wait for his men and Soap begins to express his doubt, Ghost immediately jumps in and asserts that, yes, he would wait for them. He lets Soap know with his own words that he is there for his team. This is a rare instance where Ghost allows himself to be emotionally vulnerable and open, and it sticks out immediately to the player.

And finally, the ultimate showcase of trust: the removal of the mask. Simon rips away that last barrier of distance between himself and the 141. He affirms HIS existence and allows his teammates to see the true person underneath the mask. Price’s “Good to see you again, Simon,” only adds to the fact that this is “Simon” standing with them. In that moment, there is no “Ghost.”

Anyway, I just thought it was really touching. Simon is a deeply traumatized character, but he’s also someone who has bottled up that trauma so well that it can be hard to separate his two identities and their wants. I really hope his backstory gets touched on more in the next game (and please don’t fucking kill him right after that Activision lmao).

#is this analysis? #maybe a little lol #also I know technically his backstory has been retconned but have you considered that I don’t care #his backstory is still gonna be terrible and traumatic don’t kid yourself lol #simon ghost riley #task force 141 #cod #call of duty #mwii #cod mwii #john soap mactavish #rodolfo parra #Alejandro Rojas #john price #kyle gaz garrick #had to fix some grammar and typos because even though English is my first language I am actually dumb lol

[cuties-in-codices]

Where do you find these manuscripts? Is it like a website or do you find it randomly??

hey, thanks for the curiosity! lenghty answer below the cut :)

1)

medieval manuscripts are typically owned by libraries and showcased on the library's websites. so one thing i do is i randomly browse those digitized manuscript collections (like the collections of the bavarian state library or the bodleian libraries, to name just two), which everybody can do for free without any special access. some digital collections provide more useful tools than others (like search functions, filters, annotations on each manuscript). if they don't, the process of wading through numerous non-illustrated manuscripts before i find an illustrated one at all can be quite tedious.

2)

there are databases which help to navigate the vast sea of manuscripts. the one i couldn't live without personally use the most is called KdIH (Katalog der deutschsprachigen illustrierten Handschriften des Mittelalters). it's a project which aims to list all illustrated medieval manuscripts written in german dialects. the KdIH provides descriptions of the contents of each manuscript (with a focus on the illustrations), and if there's a digital reproduction of a manuscript available anywhere, the KdIH usually links to it. the KdIH is an invaluable tool for me because of its focus on illustrated manuscripts, because of the informations it provides for each manuscript, and because of its useful search function (once you've gotten over the initial confusion of how to navigate the website). the downside is that it includes only german manuscripts, which is one of the main reasons for the over-representation of german manuscripts on my blog (sorry about that).

3)

another important database for german manuscripts in general (i.e. not just illustrated ones) is the handschriftencensus, which catalogues information regarding the entirety of german language manuscripts of the middle ages, and also links to the digital reproductions of each manuscript.

4)

then there are simply considerable snowball effects. if you do even just superficial research on any medieval topic at all (say, if you open the wikipedia article on alchemy), you will inevitably stumble upon mentions of specific illustrated manuscripts. the next step is to simply search for a digital copy of the manuscript in question (this part can sometimes be easier said than done, especially when you're coming from wikipedia). one thing to keep in mind is that a manuscript illustration seldom comes alone - so every hint to any illustration at all is a greatly valuable one (if you do what i do lol). there's always gonna be something interesting in any given illustrated manuscript. (sidenote: one very effective 'cheat code' would be to simply go through all manuscripts that other online hobbyist archivers of manuscript illustrations have gone through before - like @discardingimages on tumblr - but some kind of 'professional pride' detains me from doing so. that's just a kind of stubbornness though. like, i want to find my material more or less on my own, not just the images but also the manuscripts, and i apply arbitrary rules to my search as to what exactly that means.)

5)

whatever tool or strategy i use to find specific illustrated manuscripts-- in the end, one unavoidable step is to actually manually skim through the (digitized) manuscript. i usually have at least a quick look at every single illustrated page, and i download or screenshot everything that is interesting to me. this process can take up to an hour per manuscript.

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in conclusion, i'd say that finding cool illuminated manuscripts is much simpler than i would have thought before i started this blog. there are so many of them out there and they're basically just 'hidden in plain side', it's really astounding. finding the manuscripts doesn't require special skills, just some basic experience with/knowledge of the tools available. the reason i'm able to post interesting images almost daily is just that i spend a lot of time doing all of this, going through manuscripts, curating this blog, etc. i find a lot of comfort in it, i learn a lot along the way, and i immensely enjoy people's engagement with my posts. so that's that :)

#if you ever have any specific questions about any of these tools or my strategies feel free to ask or dm me #i'd also be interested in recommendations of databases that are specific to other languages/regions that are neither german nor english #preferably with a focus on illuminated manuscripts #or useful databases that are just not very well known #ask #medieval art #medieval studies #btw @anon sorry for only getting around to answering your ask now #and re: your following message. first of all never apologize for your english skills. like ever #it's a daily struggle for me as well tbh. i never post anything without german/english dictionary tabs open lol #and i feel like i 'owe' it to the tumblr blogger format to write in smooth english #secondly your question wasn't dumb at all! i'm glad somebody asked :)

[magicinverse]

I never loved Foolish more until he screamed "use words she can understand you asshole" to Bad

#qsmp #qsmp foolish #English is not my first language and it gets pretty frustrating when people do that #Even worse when they go: everybody knows that #It makes you feel dumb #And lost #Trauma dumping in tags I guess #Sorry #Love u Foolish #You mean so much to the hispanics #Nunca cambies tiburoncin #Eres el habitante que habla inglés más hermoso

[rakkuntoast]

the way that forever could've had a chance with phil if he wasnt so stuck up with brunim..and the fact that today forever mentioned stuff that he loved about phil, not brunim but phil himself... and even then phil just kept reminding him that he wont correspond to him cuz forever only likes him cuz he looks like brunim

and yeah! he's right! its shitty that someone you care about only seems to be interested in you by your looks, i dont blame phil for holding that against him. but it feels like phil keeps reminding himself that he cant correspond forever's feelings cuz he knows they're not genuine

and the thing is, some of them are genuine, if you move forever's weird relationship out of the day (and its not me being delusional rn,, probably a little) he does have actual feelings for phil himself, hell we've seen him multiple times actually praise phil, or going out his way to admire phil for his little quirks or protectiveness

but then the brunim thing always comes back, its always a lingering thing in their relationsip that stops phil from getting too close to forever, he needs to build that wall cuz he knows he wont get genuine love out of that relationship. and while for some it might be true, there was sojme genuine love from forever slipping out, but phil will always dismiss it cuz he built up that wall already

and he kept repeating it when forever was in that chair, not only to make sure forever understood but also to keep reminding himself that he cant let that happen

anyway philever is dead when i say this dead im holding on this duo on a lifeline

#qsmp #qsmp liveblog #philever #qsmp forever #qsmp philza #long post #feel free to add to this post or send me asks about it i am delusional and in despair i need to talk about them #putting them under a microscope cuz ohhh they make me insane #i have more to say but god english is not my first language and im dumb

[pollenallergie]

if you ever see a typo in one of my posts… no you didn’t

#i am so dumb all the time #english is my first language and yet i could almost swear i’m not fluent #in which case that would mean i’m also not fluent in any language… #yeah that tracks

[themirokai]

Hey people who speak languages other than English, does your language have a good way to refer to the spouse of a sibling?

Because I’m facing the prospect of writing out “sister-in-law” multiple times and it is making me foam at the mouth with rage.

#language #english is dumb

[youssefguedira]

gonna try and make a no english playlist - halloween edition anyone got any suggestions

#the conditions are either. song itself is halloween ish (see: general goth stuff). or song mentions the name of something halloween related #even tangentially. see: tayf (ghost). #neon has thoughts #english is a dumb language #its october. ive shifted into full halloween mode

[arbolaria]

Ok but i rlly love that the shipp names of sawfandom are not like adamwrence or some shit like that in this place the shipping names are like CHAINSHIPPING ‼️ SHOTGUNSHIPPING‼️ and i think its very epic reject modernity embarace tradition idkkkk

#saw #idk if i wrote this right english its not my first language #but im trying :D #writing dumb things like this lol #saw 2004 #chainshipping #shotgunshipping

[waltwhitmansbeard]

i start dming for the first time in two and a half hours and i'm going fucking BARF

#me #i have never been so nervous!!!!! #in my entire fucking life!!!! #what if all my friends hate me and think i'm dumb!!!!!!! #what if i spontaneously forget the entire english language!!!!! #how do you prep for that!!!!!

[erinsintra]

why is sean pronounced shawn and not sea-n. is it french

#english is a hell of a language smh #fyp #fypツ #memes #tumblr fyp #explorepage #hilarious #funny #explore #fypage #foryou #meme #dumb shit #shitpost #shitposting #tumblr #haha #lol

[burntblueberrywaffles]

You’re not allowed to mock a language if you don’t speak it btw. You’re not being funny you’re just an asshole who doesn’t even know what they’re talking about.

#‘​French is so dumb bc it has too many vowels OHOHOH’ how about you shut the fuck up actually #I’m not humorless I can enjoy pointing out the funny things about my language… #and when it’s done by someone who actually is familiar with the language it’s all in good fun ^^ #but English speakers who make fun of something just bc it doesn’t comply with THEIR vision of a correct language should shut the fuck up #most of the time their complaints are about something THAT ISNT EVEN AN ISSUE IF YOU UNDERSTAND THE RULES OF THE LANGUAGE #ik french isn’t the only victim of this but close to my heart bc it’s my native tongue #like love how it’s ok to just mock some ppl’s culture :D #languages #language #Burntblueberrywaffles #French