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yvanspijk · 9 months

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Just because two words look alike and have a similar meaning doesn't mean they're etymologically related. There has to be a common ancestor. For example, much looks like Spanish mucho, yet they stem from *mekilaz and multum respectively. Here are twelve pairs of false cognates.

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mtvunplugged1996 · 1 year

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I've been studying Russian for three years now and that's usually the longest I'll stick with a language. I've also gotten interested in the Danish royal family lately, so I thought, hey, one of my friends gave me Mango languages—I could use that to try to learn Danish!

Guys. I thought Ancient Greek was hard. I thought Russian was hard. But Danish is truly something else...

#WHY IS EVERYTHING PRONOUNCED SO WEIRD #WHY IS JEG PRONOUNCED YAI.. IMN?????????#LORDDDD #why can't I ever get interested in normal languages like German or Spanish or French or something #NOOOO it had to be Japanese and then Arabic and then ANCIENT GREEK and then Russian and now DANISH #like girl. restrain yourself #mine

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lgbtplushistory · 1 year

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The Histories of the LGBTQ+ Community

This blog is to present the long history of the LGBTQ+ community that has often be overwritten or outright ignored. Many conservative people claim that LGBTQ+ is a new phenomenon because of the blatant revisionism of our history to minimize our community and ignore our stories and impact on history. There will be at least two posts a day about our general history. You are also free to submit your own personal history as it is just as important.

Below you will find the tags that I've used to make organizing and finding specific posts and histories easier to access.

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inthefallofasparrow · 1 year

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#poll #butterfly

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chacharealsmoothwithme · 9 months

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I'm gonna give u my black brothers hc because i have no one else to share them with:

-they both have a resting bitch face. pure dead stare.

-sarcastic little shits

-sirius face is completely "blank"while regulus has so many freckles

-they both have grey eyes and they don't like change with the light or anything,at best they become darker during thunderstorms

-sirius listens to glam rock and classic rock while regulus listens to indie and rap(not the cringe kind obv)

-sirius wears moon/star earings while reg has sun/star ones,the stars were the same pair they split it

-they don't like spending money but it's because they think they don't need anything (they feel like they're aren't enough to buy stuff for themselves) but they also feel guilty about that because they know they have the money

-sirius is nonbinary/genderfluid and just lives dressing badass,clothes don't have gender

-regulus is trans and feels euphoric wearing evans' shirts because he's like MANLY MAN!1! so yk, (evan is not that but shh)

-they both did ballet and fencing(muggle au)

-they were taught: piano,violin,transverse flute, they also took individual singing lessons and were part of the church's choir

-sirius learned on his own to play the guitar (classic and electric)

-and then he taught reg how to play it

-reg learned on his own how to play the bass and the drums

-they are spooked by the sea but find it fascinating

-sirius had to take his drivers license test twice bc there was a deer in the street and he thought it was prongs (when they told him he pretended it wasn't him but it actually was(moon's idea)) (sirius still thinks it wasn't him)

-regulus loves to drive Sirius' bike and every time he comes back from a ride he pretends to have scratched it by accident and sirius believes him every time

-i almost forgot,sirius has wavy hair while reg's is very curly

-[this is the second thing I'm adding sorry]

they speak: english,french,italian,japanese,german

they also know:latin, ancient greek,and old japanese,plus ancient runes

#harry potter #marauders #regulus black #harry potter marauders #r.a.b.#sirius black #slytherin skittles #james fleamont potter #james potter #sirius and regulus #black brothers #genderfluid sirius black #trans regulus #trans sirius black #marauders headcanon #sirius orion black #regulus arcturus black #the noble house of black #black brothers headcanons

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jeannereames · 2 months

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Dr. Reames, a simple question from someone interested in history but who is not part of the academic world: in order to study Alexander the Great and Ancient Greece in general, how much Ancient Greek does one have to learn? Would you need to learn Demotic Greek or the many other dialects, such as the one from Macedonia? As in, you’d need to learn one or more versions of Ancient Greek?

Thank you in advance! I always enjoy your responses!

How Much Greek Do I Need to Read about Alexander?

It depends on how far you want to go…what’s your end-goal?

If you’ve no desire to make it a profession, the good news is you need very little Greek.

Most ancient Greek and Latin texts are available in translation in the major languages of (European) Classical studies: English, French, German, Italian. Now, if you want them in Polish, or Japanese, or Bengali, you’ll have more of an issue. But the Loeb Classical Library (and LOEB ONLINE) has English translations of virtually all extant (still existing) Greek and Latin sources, and if you’ve got access to a (larger) college library, they probably have them, even if you have to ask them to get things out of storage. Latin is red (PA6156); Greek is green (PA3612). Budé is the French version of Loeb, btw.

Loeb texts also have Greek and Latin on the facing page, but I mention them because they’ve got translations of (almost) everything. One can find cheaper versions without the Greek/Latin from Penguin, Oxford, et al. But those don’t have, say, Aelian, or Athenaeus, or the obscure texts of Plutarch’s Moralia. Loeb does. That said, the Alexander histories (Arrian, Curtius, Plutarch, Diodoros, and Justin) are all available in relatively cheap translations. Much earlier, in answer to a different ask, I listed our main sources on Alexander, extant and lost. It’s a longer read, but perhaps of interest.

(See below for more online sources in translation.)

So, no, you don’t need Greek. But, if you’re at least moderately serious about reading beyond pop history, you will want to learn a few Greek words to better “get” Greek sensibilities. Say, timē (τιμή), which means honor/public standing/esteem, but has all these attendant connotations. If you start reading the Serious Stuff (articles and academic books), authors will throw these around so it’s useful to know them, as they tend to carry an entire freight of meaning we don’t want to explain every time we use them. These are words I make my students learn in my intro to Greek History class (2510), so there aren’t many. (Undergrads put up with only so much, ha.) For Alexander, it’s also useful to know the Greek names of some units, such as the Somatophylakes (the royal Bodyguard of 7), or the Hypaspists (the specialist hoplite phalanx, not the same as the Foot Companions), or even the name of the long pike (sarissa). But you can make do quite well with a vocab of maybe 30± Greek terms.

It's only if you want to pursue research at the advanced (graduate) level that you’d need Greek. Even then, it’s mostly Attic Greek. The only time you’d need dialects is for quite specific study and/or epigraphy (inscriptions). Epigraphers are language specialists. Most of us, even the “pros,” don’t work at that level. But yes, if you’re getting into extensive examinations of passages, it’s good to understand the language for yourself, not have to trust a translation. Translations are, by definition, interpretations.

I hope that encourages some folks to embark on reading the original (primary) sources. Of more import for these is to understand HISTORIOGRAPHY. Even those who can read the Greek, but lack historiographic training, tend to take stuff at face-value when they shouldn’t.

Go HERE for a discussion of historiography (with regard to Alexander). Again, it’s part of a specific ask, but I explain why we need to know something about the historians who are writing our texts, in order to understand those texts. It’s another longer read, but essential.

Almost forgot! If you prefer video, I've also talked about the sources on TikTok: Part I: Intro & Lost Alexander Sources and Part II: Extant Alexander Sources

Some Useful Online Sources to Bookmark:

Perseus (at Tufts.edu): clunky as hell because it’s old (in internet years), but indispensable. English/Greek/Latin/other texts in translation and original language, plus all sorts of other tools, including an image bank. Pitfall: these are translations outside copyright, so old and sometimes problematic. Still, it’s free, and so-so much stuff here. Every person dealing with the ancient Med world has this one on speed-dial. (You can find other online sources with various texts, but Perseus has, again, almost everything; it’s the online Loeb.)

Stoa Org Static: a version of the original where you don’t have to sign in. Takes you to various super-helpful pages, including the Online Suda (a Byzantine encyclopedia you can search: look up “Hephaistion” there. *grin*) Bunch of other helpful links.

Wiki Digital Classicist hypertext list of topics ranging from the Beasley Library (of pottery) to the Coptic Gnostic Library and various online journals. Just click around, see what’s there.

Topos Text: clickable map of places which includes all references to them in ancient sources. So if, say, you want to know where X places is, mentioned in Arrian, you can find it on the map.

PHI Searchable Greek Inscriptions: I have used the tar out of this. It’s much easier than Inscriptiones Graecae, and comes with English translations.

More Online Resources: more links. This is just one of various collections out there.

Again, ALL this stuff is free. Even when you may have to pay (like Loeb Online), the amount of material you can now lay hands on even without a uni library is fantastic.

JSTOR: requires a subscription, but, if you’re a college student or can get access via a uni library, you can look up material for free. Problem: JSTOR has different subscription packages, and only the really big Class-A Research schools have large holdings for Classics. I’m regularly foiled in things I need, as my library is smaller. I use ILL (Interlibrary Loan) a lot. If you can’t get what you want via your school JSTOR or ILL, sometimes you can purchase a solo copy of an article via JSTOR Google Scholar. But (hint) always check the journal’s website itself. It might be cheaper there! (The Ancient History Bulletin, for instance, is super-cheap; check their archives. Karanos [Macedonia only] is FREE.) Same thing sometimes with books. Certain publishers have rental options, Open Access, etc.

Also Academia.edu first: Your savior…if the author is a member, and has uploaded the paper you want. We frequently face restrictions on what we’re allowed to upload, and when. Yet we may list an article we can’t yet release publicly. That doesn’t mean we won’t send it to you privately via email if you message us and ask nicely. 😊 Especially if you’re not providing an entire wishlist, or asking for a book for free. It depends on the person, and whether they have a PDF.

#asks #greek language #alexander the great #studying the classics #Classics #source on Alexander the Great #How much Greek do I need?#ancient Greece #ancient Macedonia

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toasttt11 · 2 months

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maleah barzal

Malakai Elise Barzal

Career: Business Owner

Height: 5”6

Hometown: Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada

College

Harvard University

Accepted in 2015 when she 16.

She got her Major Degree in Business Administration and her Minor in Fashion.

Received the Lucy Allen Paton Award in Humanities.

Received the Detur Book Prize.

Received the Louise Donovan Award.

Received the Artist Albert Alcalay Prize.

Received the Richard Glover Ames and Henry Russell Ames Award.

Received the Helen Choate Bell Prize.

Received the Carl Schurz Prize.

Received the Joseph Barrett Award.

Received the Harvard College Women’s Leadership Award.

Received the Sophia De Mello Breyner Andersen Prize

Received the Jeremy Belknap Prize.

Graduated the top of her class of 2020.

Languages she can speak

French

German

Portuguese

Spanish

Italian

Arabic

Swish German

Chinese

Japanese

Persian

Russian

Vietnamese

Mandarin

Turkish

Korean

Hindi

Bengali

Greek

Urdu

Indonesian

Marathi

Swedish

Latin

Hungarian

Polish

Thai

Icelandic

Cantonese

Serbian

Bulgarian

Czech

Mongolian

Basque

Danish

Dutch

Hebrew

Albanian

Ancient Greek

Egyptian

Babylonian

Business

She first sold a pieces of clothes when she was young at little set up shops, when she 15 she started her online business and started to sell clothes more often and had her first warehouse, she had pop up shops and eventually got her first real shop and it blew up even bigger and it she quickly needed more locations. Within in a few years she had hundreds of locations and skyline in New York City. By the time she was barely 19 she was already proffering millions of dollars. By 2021 she had one of the biggest companies in the whole world.

Her business name has always been τόλμη which means darling in Greek.

Personal

Born July 31, 1999

Daughter of Mike and Nadia

Has two siblings Matthew and Liana

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moongirlwidow · 2 months

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Wait what are the 27 languages ? And which are the three sign languages ? Was it three ???

*deep breath* Russian, English, Norwegian, Welsh, Polish, Romanian, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Qubecois, Italian, Latin, Ancient Greek, Greek, Old English, um, what am I missing… Cantonese, Japanese, German, Hebrew, Sanskrit, Korean, Swedish, Hindi, Punjabi, Pennsylvania Dutch, Scots Gaelic, Elvish, ASL, International Sign, and RSL(Russian sign language)

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pandaofsecrets · 4 months

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What's in a Name — Miraculous Ladybug

5. KWAMI

5.1. Yin-Yang Tier

Tikki: according to Thomas Astruc, it's supposed to mean "happiness" in a language he can't remember. After doing some research, I believe he was going for the Greek word "eftychia". Interestingly enough, this word had the meaning of "good luck" in Ancient Greek, and is ultimately derived from the Ancient Greek word "tyche", meaning "luck, fortune", which was also the name of the Greek goddess of luck, equivalent to the Roman goddess Fortuna.

Plagg: from English "plague".

5.2. Top Tier

Trixx: from English "tricks".

Wayzz: either from English "wise" or "ways".

Pollen: self-explainatory.

Nooroo: either from the Japanese pronunciation of English "null", as this was his name in previous drafts, or from an Arabic word meaning "light". That, or "neuro-".

Duusu: either from French "douce" ("sweet", F), Luxembourgish "duuss" ("gentle, tender, soft") or various Slavic words for "soul", like Polish "dusza" or Czech "duše".

5.3. Zodiac Tier

Mullo: from French "mulot", meaning "field mouse". It was initially supposed to be Toppo, from the Italian word for mouse ("topo"), but this was changed during development. This latter name did, however, still end up being used once in the English dub of Kwamibuster.

Stompp: self-explainatory.

Roarr: self-explainatory.

Longg: from Mandarin "long", meaning "dragon".

Sass: most likely from the hissing sound a snake makes.

Kaalki: in reference to Kalki, the tenth avatar of the god Vishnu, which is depicted as a white horse.

Ziggy: most likely from German "Zeige", meaning "goat". Is also a reference to Ziggy Stardust.

Xuppu: in reference to Xu Sheng, a character from "Journey to the West" who initially rejects the existence of Sun Wukong before becoming a devotee of his in the story "The Great Sage, Heaven's Equal" by Pu Songling. The name is a blending of the character's name and the author's.

Barkk: self-explainatory.

Orikko: from "cocorico", which is the French word for the sound a rooster makes.

Daizzi: in reference to the pig character Zhu Baije from "Journey to the West", who is often called "Dai Zi", meaning "idiot".

5.4. Others

Liiri: from Albanian "liri", meaning "freedom".

#the ml wiki lists the language tikki's name is derived from #as hindi #this is incorrect #the hindi word for happiness is 'khushi'#next up: other - s1 #series: what's in a name?#what's in a name: miraculous ladybug #miraculous ladybug #kwami #tikki #plagg #wayzz #nooroo #duusu

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oumaheroes · 11 months

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How many languages does England know?

Far too many to define, many of them being that blurred area of dialect, pidgin, or creole between languages

He speaks an old form of Brythonic as his first language, then whichever particular ones the Celtic tribes of his land spoke. These languages and dialects are mostly forgotten or all mixed together- a word from one, a phrase from another, an expression from a third- but the earlier Brythonic language still comes to him in dreams sometimes, and the others as dreams of memories related to a particular region or person. The languages and dialects he shared with his brothers are clearer as he would have had practise after the languages themselves died out, but the ones he alone held all those years ago are almost long gone

Aside from these he knows Latin and Ancient Greek, which both once would have been essential. Norman French, obviously, and Norse too- all languages which have melded into English and left their mark. The same can be said for the old Celtic- Latin creole, and the old Anglo-French: remains of his people merging and taking in new waves of immigration.

Old English itself he would still be considered fluent in, if rusty, although some dialects are weaker and the Wessex dialect is strongest (more written text from this one survives compared to the others). This is the same for Middle English, and obviously Early Modern and Modern English he's an old hat

These older languages are becoming weaker the more time goes by and the less he uses them. He can't use or remember perfectly all of his languages, it's impossible to. And although I think nation memories are better than mortals, and overall they are FAR better at learning and remembering language in order to communicate with whoever they claim as their own, there is still only so much time he can dedicate to maintaining a language that no one else ever uses, or remembers. He does not need to keep these linguistic nuances, they are not essential to understand his people, and so they exist either for him and his memories alone, or a few other people. He and Francis are the last speakers of Norman French and Anglo-French. He and his brothers the last Brythonic speakers. He alone remembers the forgotten Cumbric language, or the spoken words of Boudica, and with no one but himself to talk to the language shrinks and grows stale. Still there, but barely. Coming in bursts, or leaving him lost for words

For modern languages, he knows his brothers' languages, athough not all of their branches and forms and he likely has a few centuries of knowledge missing from several of them. He knows modern Welsh, Cornish, Scottish Gaelic and Irish Gaelic, and understands Francis when he speaks Breton.

He's fluent in French, German, Hindi, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, Japanese and Arabic and, as these are used the most in his life outside of English, he's probably now more comfortable in these than Latin or Ancient Greek which once would have held the same role for international communication.

He's also let many languages slide. He would have once been fluent in modern Greek, and Cantonese, although now he's not. Urdu would have once been great, and although he's good at Portuguese and understands it perfectly, he trips over himself sometimes and might mix it up more with Spanish than he used to. There are many many more too that i'm missing from this section- the man has travelled about and he'll have picked up a good many on his travels to use when he needs to and then forget when he doesn't

#aph england #hws england #hetalia #hws #aph #hetalia meta #hetalia headcanons #heroes headcanons

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def-not-kaz-brekker · 6 months

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INTRO BECAUSE I HAVENT DONE ONE

(Also pls sign petition to save shadow and bone!! Link)

[please please please send me asks I love interacting with y’all I’m really sorry if I don’t answer right away but I love you for being here and I love you in general ok ask away]

Name: Andi (you can call me ands as nickname)

Pronouns: they/them (maybe he/him??? Idk I won’t get mad if you use he/him I think)

Sexuality: something like omniromantic quoiromantic aegeosexual demiromantic aroflux asexual but probably aromantic (still figuring things out)

Age: 16 (don’t be creepy, I will block you)

Personality type: INFP-T

Fav color: probably like black, green, and purple

Godly parent: Apollo

Hogwarts house: slytherin (technically ravenclaw but that test can go fuck itself)

Grisha order: Fabriktor (I’m a Durast)

Nationality: Italian (don’t live in Italy tho)

Languages: Italian and English fluently, learning French and I’m pretty good at it, can sorta understand Spanish, not really German but kinda, like a song and a sentence in Japanese, one Latin song and an exorcism (I had a supernatural phase ok), the Ancient Greek alphabet (percy Jackson phase), a few words of Luxembourgish, did a bit of Indonesian and Chinese when I was in first grade so I know a few words there, and that’s about it

Fandoms: lots of musicals (mostly Phantom), grishaverse, Riordanverse, good omens, sandman tv show, our flag means death, the owl house, neon genesis evangelion, Harry Potter (but I do not support jk Rowling, I just like the marauders), Superwholock, keeper of the lost cities, others that I’m probably forgetting

Music taste: musicals, random shit idk mostly musicals

Side blogs: @freshavocado-croissants, @thechroniclesofdepression, @inej-ghafa-appreciation-posts

AO3: def_not_kaz_brekker

(I’m also writing a Hazbin hotel fanfic there sooo: https://archiveofourown.org/works/54764482/chapters/138800494#workskin )

Pinterest account: https://pin.it/22TYpze

If you see me reblog something I will probably have added a comment in the tags so if you read those it’ll add to the Andi ™️ experience. (Idk just an fyi)

DNI pedophiles, anti-feminists, pro-Israel, homophobes, transphobes, ace/arophobes, biphobes, ableists, and just people who hate people for existing. That’s really shitty of you can you can go fuck yourself.

#intro post #introduction #def-not-kaz-brekker #<-idk about that tag I just like tagging shit #queer #trans #nonbinary #aroace #asexual #aromantic spectrum #autism (undiagnosed tho)#fandoms

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art-that-fucks-you-up-tournament · 9 months

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Stats 2: Electric Boogaloo

Our 256 works are comprised of.... 132 paintings, 36 drawings / digital artworks / comics, 26 installation pieces, 20 sculptures, 11 buildings, 11 public artworks, 10 photographs, 4 prints, 3 cave arts, 2 textile arts, and 1 thing I classified as a collage instead of anything else!

More stats below!

Most popular city: New York, with 13 pieces, followed by Paris with 8, and Chicago is third with 7! Washington DC has 6, Florence, Madrid, and London all have 5, Philadelphia has 4, Dublin, Edinburgh, Mexico City each have three, and all the following cities have two: Boston, Cairo, Calgary, Cordoba, Helsinki, Houston, Jerusalem, Los Angeles, Munich, Ottawa, Prague, Vienna, Warsaw

Most popular museum: somehow the Art Institute of Chicago has the most with 6 pieces! Followed by the Museum of Modern Art with 5 pieces! The Museo del Prado has 4, the Philadelphia Museum of Art has 3, and the Ateneum, Louvre, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Museo Dolores Olmedo, National Gallery of Canada, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Tate Britain, Tretyakov Gallery, and the Uffizi Gallery each have 2! In addition, the single works are spread out amongst 16 city level galleries (ie the Phoenix Art Museum), 5 state/provincial (ie Queensland Art Gallery), 25 national (ie National Gallery Prague), 8 museums named after benefactors (ie the Hirshhorn Museum), 7 museums dedicated to a specific artist (ie the Van Gogh Museum) and numerous other institutions! Churches, palaces, increasingly specific museums, museums that are named after their location rather than their governmental level... and of course a whole lot of private collections and pieces we were unable to find the location of!

Countries! 50 pieces are in the US! 13 in France! 12 in Spain! 7 in England, 6 in Canada and Italy, 5 in Russia, 4 in Ireland, Mexico, and Australia, 3 each in Germany, Austria, and Scotland, and 2 each in China, the Netherlands, Israel, Finland, Wales, Poland, Japan, Egypt, and India, and 1 each in Portugal, Ecuador, Thailand, Singapore, Belgium, Argentina, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Norway, Bangladesh, Saudi Arabia, and the Vatican!

Demographics! I revoked John Singer Sargents American status for these because he was born in Europe, and spent most of his life travelling around Europe. I tried my best to track down the correct numbers but honestly some of these are likely to be slightly off. I went with easily publicly available information like Wikipedia and where that failed the author's website. I also tracked people's birth countries in addition to where they lived / worked for most of their lives. Anyway! We have 74 pieces by American artists! 27 French, 22 English, 14 Russian, 13 Spanish, 11 Canadian, 9 Italian, 8 Chinese, 8 German, 6 Irish, 6 Polish, 6 Mexican, 5 Greek (four of those are Ancient Greece), 5 Ukrainian, 5 Japanese, 4 Australian, 4 Belgian, 4 Indian, 3 Serbian, 3 Armenian, 3 Dutch, 3 Austria, 3 Latvian, 3 Swedish, 2 each from Finland, Scotland, Malaysia, Cuba, the Czech Republic, and Norway, and one each from Israel (specifically), Portugal, Ecuador, Thailand, Switzerland, Denmark, Iran, Colombia, Chile, Estonia, and Egypt (albeit Ancient Egypt)

Including the one Israeli artist, we have 7 Jewish artists represented, as well as 4 Black, 6 Indigenous (one is half Kichwa, one is Sami, one is Haida, one is Ojibwe, and two are Australian Aboriginals. One of those is Kokatha and Nukunu, and the other one was a group project with eight artists who did the majority of the work, and 6 of those are from Erub Island but the articles did not specify further except that at least one of the eight is non-Indigenous), 1 Chicana, and 1 Asian-American (which I am specifying because I felt very stupid adding tallies to an Asian column when I already said there are 8 Chinese artists and 5 Japanese and 2 Malaysians and....). We also do have 16 artists that publicly identify as queer in some fashion! I have listed 9 works by gay men, 2 works by lesbians, and 5 that have chosen to use "queer" instead of other labels.

And on that note.... we have 155 works by men, 51 by women, and 2 by nonbinary artists!

Most represented artists! Frida Kahlo and René Magritte tied with four works each! Félix González-Torres, Francisco Goya, John Singer Sargent each have three! And the artists that have 2 artworks each are... Claude Monet, Dragan Bibin, Edmund Blair Leighton, Francisco de Zurbarán, Gustav Klimt, Holly Warburton, Hugo Simberg, Ilya Repin, Ivan Aivazovsky, Jacques-Louis David, Jenny Holzer, Louis Wain, Pablo Picasso, Sun Yuan & Peng Yu, Victo Ngai, Vincent van Gogh, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, and Leonardo da Vinci (although the second is debated attribution)! That means that 205 of the works are not by any of the above! Some have unknown artists (we've got THREE CAVE ARTS) but most are just... really varied!

And lastly, years painted (as sorted by year finished and not year started). Who else loves when something is listed as "13th century"?? Not me, that's who. This is going to be a lot of numbers, and there's no real way to make it more readable. so..... feel free to skip!

The oldest two submissions are from circa 40,000 years before present, and 30 to 32 thousand years before present! Six more artworks came to exist before 0 (CE or AD depending on who you're talking to), and 7 before 1000! 2 from the 1200s, 6 from the 1400s, 8 from the 1500s, 3 from the 1600s, and 5 from the 1700s! Several of those already listed were started in a previous ....age category (for instance, one has no specified date other than 7300 BC to 700 AD) but once we hit 1600, everything is usually finished in a relatively short timespan. 6 are from 1800-1850, 9 from 1850-1880, and the 1880s are extremely busy. 1 from 1881, 3 from 1882, 1 from 1883-1885, 5 from 1886, and two each from the next four years (1887-1890)! 6 from 1891-1895, and 5 from 1896-1900!

We've got 3 from 1901 or 1902, 4 from 1903, two each from 1906 and 1907, and one each from 1908 and 1909! 3 from 1910-1915, 3 from 1917, 2 from 1918 and one from 1919! 6 are from the Roaring Twenties, three of them specifically from 1928! 4 from 1931-1935, and only 3 from the latter half of the 30s! There's 3 from WWII, and 4 from 1946-1949, 5 from 1951-1954 but only 3 from '55-'59. 5 from the sixties, 7 spread out through the 70s, and 10 from the 80s, two each from 81, 82 and 84. The 90s have a lot of duplicate and triplicate years, totaling 20 overall! 11 are from 90-95, the other 9 are 96-99. 7 from 2001-2005, and 8 from 2006-2009. 9 from 2010-2014, 3 from 2015, 6 from 2016, 5 from 2017, 1 from 2018, 3 from 2019, 5 from 2020, 1 from 2021, 4 from 2022, 11 from 2023, and 3 ongoing projects! Whew! If anyone wants it listed By Year instead of in groups like this, that'll be most readable in like... list form and that's way too long for a stats post.

Congrats on making it to the end! If you got this far, uh, let me know if you want to see the spreadsheet after the tournament, I guess. I'm very proud of it.

#art that fucks you up tournament #mod salix #stats for nerds

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greenteaanon · 1 year

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Since I haven't been posting due to Major life Events.

Here's a little prompt (pls tag me if you're gonna write about it I seriously love reading other people's stuff)

Prompt: Each nation had an ancient language that was forgotten and only Archons know, and you the creator happen to speak the languages

As follows

Mondstadt, German

Liyue, Chinese

Inazuma, Japanese

Sumeru, Persian, as for the Desert's Arabic

Fontaine,French

Nathan,Spanish (or Filipino)

Shneznaya, Russian

Enkanomiya and the Abyss, Latin

(Or maybe Enkanomiya can be Greek I don't know that sounds cool even tho it has no significance to the Lore)

#greenteaanon #prince tea shitposts #sagau #genshin fanfic #genshin impact #genshin sagau #genshin impact sagau

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liquidstar · 2 months

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🌙 you already told us bella's sleep schedule so please answer for the main 5 except bella! + 🗺️ for everyone you mentioned so far in the college AU ^_^

OMG YEAH! I ended up rambling a little so I'm putting it under a cut but tysmmm for the ask<3

🌙 - What’s their sleep schedule like?

OK! Like I said for Bella she's very early to bed early to rise but as for the others:

Polaris: She sleeps on the later side, and might sleep past breakfast, but she wakes up before noon at least. But please have breakfast anyway.

Saiph: sleeps early, wakes up early. Unsurprisingly the fire guy is a morning person. But unlike Bella he'll have the occasional "stay up until 3AM" night and won't even adjust when he wakes up

Al: He sleeps at like 5AM. You'll see him at noon. He might adjust this while on mission though. Unsurprisingly the shadow guy is a night owl

Mira: Goes to sleep early but she'll wake up on the later side with Polaris. Eepest girl in the world

🗺️ - What languages do they speak?

First off all the kids raised by Venus still know ASL on top of English, Saiph and Felis probably took it as their secondary language class in highschool for an easy A so that's it. Mira on the other hand would've taken Mandarin for herself on top of that.

Polaris probably only really speaks English, she would've still been raised by Thuban as a young kid so I'm not sure how much Inuktut she'd retained from her parents? Also she likely didn't do well in any language classes in school (dyslexia 😔), but I still think learning to speak in more languages is something she wants to do esp with her cartography interest overlapping w learning about the world.

Al speaks English and Japanese, though he's probably weaker in the latter, maybe speaking really formally? He'd never really committed to learning any specific language in highschool either, just no real motivation. I think he'd know some words or phrases in Cook Islands Maori from his mom but not enough to hold a conversation (might also highly depend on whether or not she's alive in this au idk 💀)

Bella speaks English and probably some French. Similar situation to Al, where she doesn't really speak much to the parent who knows it. Except she actually did commit to taking more classes for it in highschool so she can hold a conversation!

Bernard speaks English, and probably also picked up trace amounts of French from Vesta, he'd probably also take up Arabic for himself and still take Spanish in school, on top of classes for German and Latin. Mira thinks he used to be in one of her Mandarin classes too. Classic overachiever. Probably also speaks Klingon too if we're being honest.

Juno knows English and is actively studying Latin, maybe planning to take up Ancient Greek, Sanskrit, or Old Norse. Old languages pretty much.

Lacerta speaks English and Spanish, probably also took the latter in highschool despite already being fluid. Hilarious if she also speaks Klingon but keeps it a secret to protect her image.

And what's important to remember about Regulus is that, while he's annoying, all the things he thinks about himself are accurate. He IS that smart. He'd probably speak a bit of any language mentioned here and then some. (Except Klingon, he doesn't know what that is) But he's probably the most fluid in English, Farsi, and Latin.

Anyway if you noticed me saying probably and maybe a lot it's because the au still has a lot of concepts about it that are up in the air for rn so I'm not sticking to everything 100% concretely but this is what I think so far at least 👍 yay

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cup1d0logy · 2 months

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Some Karolina (DC oc) Headcanons

(Cause idk how else to introduce her)

She has central heterochromia

Raging Bisexual (is in denial)

Her mother is a Wiła (Slavic nature Deties), making her half Wiła

Her mother gave up her immortality and was cast out when she fell in love with a mortal man

She moved to America when she was 10

Figured out Tim is Red Robin and Bruce is Batman when she was 13

Uses to live in Blüdhaven when she was 11 and met Nightwing on the regular

Was in the young justice league briefly when she was 14/15

Has a slight New Jersey accent, but if she gets angry to talks fast her eastern european accent peaks through

Graduated school 3 years early

Homeschooled for most of her life

She is a principle dancer at Gotham Metropolitan Ballet

She is a national athlete (rhythmic gymnastics)

Socialite persona: (kinda) dumb ditsy flirty blonde who almost everyone wants to either be or be with.

Actually: massive nerd™️, and much more brooding

Speaks 11 languages: Polish, Russian, German, English, French, Italian, Mandarin, Japanese, Latin, Spanish, Arabic. (Also understands Ancient Greek and Ancient Egyptian, so technically 13)

Is simultaneously the mom friend and the baby of the friend group (depends on friend group)

Used to steal her mothers cigarettes when she was younger

She went through a rough Ana phase from the ages of 13-16

Has absolutely no fucking clue what a foot, a cup or a yard is cause she's simply ✨️european✨️

She can convert between ounce and gram scarily fast tho

Attends all of her siblings school events

^ has been a parentified child since she was 3

#dc comics #dc universe #dcu #dc oc #original character #batman #red robin

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laufey-delia · 10 months

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New Ways To Dark Academia

In the dark academia side of the internet, there is an over-representation of Medditarrean + English culture/litterature, which saddens me. In most posts, as I think you’ve noticed, almost everything refers to English litterature, Italian painters, French architecture and/or language as well as Roman and Ancient Greek mythos. Don’t get me wrong, I absolutely love those aspects of history and culture, but I think there is so much more in other parts of Europe, Asia, America and Oceania. It is my goal to shed light on a different way to Dark Academia.

LANGUAGES

A big part of the dark academia aesthetic is on the learning of a new language. Most blogs/Pinterest boards/discord server say: French, Italian, Latin are perfect dark academia languages, and thus skip over beautiful languages with rich cultures. So here are two languages I find have deep dark academia values:

German • Deutsch • West Germanic Language

When I think dark academia, I think of German as THE perfect language for it. It is quite difficult, as they have a unique way of indicating cases and have a deep vocabulary with words indicating emotions in our life, that most country don’t bother adding to their dictionary. Allow me to demonstrate:

Torschlusspanik : “As one gets older, the feat that time is running out, and important opportunities are slipping away.”

Arabic • العربية • Semitic Language Arabic sadly has a negative impression on most European countries and in the US, tied to unfortunate events. Despite this, Arabic is a beautiful language that holds a history with poetry and art. Historically, Arabic was considered a language of science, and art, as the first scientists spoke Arabic. Even today, Arabic is a poetry language, and we can find a lot of beautiful poems which were written by Arabian poets.

Important Note on languages

It is crucial to note that you can learn any language that you want for a variety of reasons. What matters in the end is not if the language sounds dark academia-esque, it is how you link learning this language to dark academia activities: Go on, my friends, learn the language you like by writing a journal in this language, writing poetry, watching a play in your target language. At the end of the day, it will make you happy, and I am thrilled that it does.

THINGS TO LEARN

Mythology/Mythos

In most dark academia post, the number 1’s mythology recommended is the Roman and Greek mythology. It gives the idea that other mythologies are inferior, which is sad. Strictly speaking, a mythology was a way for our ancestors to explain the unexplainable, and to give morals and figures, heroes to look up to. In other words, a mythology is a religion.

Here is my personal favourite mythology to learn: Norse Mythology: despite the white supremacists who took the mythology to “justify” their way of thinking, the Norse mythology offers a very interesting way of thinking. It is dubbed with realism, as the gods are not immortal, and have flaws. A way of learning about said mythology is through Norse poems, called scaldic verses. If you’re lucky, you can find some explained for free on Internet. It puts violence on a pedestal though, but considering how Scandia was a very hostile environment where men had to fight for resources, it shows this tense climate very well. So go on, and don’t stop on Greek and Roman mythology. Learn about Aztec Mythology, Japanese mythology, African mythologies, Polynesian mythology etc…

What is important isn’t if the art is subjectively beautiful (like is often seen with Roman and Greek mythology in dark academia posts), it is how you can analyse it and use it to understand how the population used it and the traces of said mythology today in those country and culture.

Poetry

I can’t stress this enough: Arabic poetry is beautiful, and talks of forbidden love, wine, and small pleasures in life. I also love an Arabic poet who wrote about death, and its sweet embrace. It is quite difficult to find good translation of Arabic poems, especially of Abbasid poems, but I can provide a thesis on the translation of two Arabic poems. Of course, I realize that strictly talking of Arabic poems is restricting diverse and important cultures as one. There is also Kurdi, Iranian, Turkish poetry that deserves to be read and appreciated.

Poison and toxic gas

A big part of dark academia is the passion for morally grey things. One such things is poisons, or toxic gas. Of course disclaimer, do not use this knowledge to actually try and replicate it, it is very dangerous, and I do not condone the use for your personal ways.

Either to survive in the forest or to learn about the limits of the human body, it can be interesting. Why does X react that way in contact to human skin? What molecules are to play? Why does X is denser than the air ? Does medicine against X or Y exist ?

When I was a younger lad, I wanted to be a forensic pathologist, learning about such things was fascinating and bought me a sense of accomplishment. Even though no one wanted to hear about the effect of chlorine gas on the human body. Bummer.

Here is the end of my little post about aspects of cultures the Dark Academia Community sometimes brush over. Of course, Dark Academia isn’t activities only, but also a way of thinking. And I think it is good to keep that in mind. If you think I missed some parts that should be enlightened, don’t hesitate to tell me.

Laufey

#dark academia #dark academic aesthetic #dark academia activities #aesthetic #mythologies #poems #german #arabic #ww1 #random rant

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