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autumndesk

28.04.2020 // 16:57pm

right part of my desk ft. left part of my desk

autumndesk

12.04.2020: 47 / 50 days of productivity

my study spot for today :)

thegetty

The story behind The Laundress.

npr

This is so good. -Emily

rush-keating-deactivated2018121

I find that hard to reconcile with how 18th century dresses had boobs practically hanging out of them. Maybe the chest wasn’t as sexualized as the ankles were back then…

licieoic

I have a dim memory from back in high school… I think someone once told me that breasts were no big deal back in corsetry-and-necklines-down-to-there days, they were considered a food source for children and that’s it.

But ANKLES. Oh, GOD. ANKLES. The ANKLE was connected to the LEG, which connected to THIGHS, which hid a woman’s SECRET FLOWER. The ankle was the gateway to the secret flower, so it was considered quite a stirring sight!

butim-justharry-deactivated2019

I have never considered that “leg bone connected to the ankle bone” song as a sexy tune before but

isabelrse

amberum

Birthday flowers🎂

limbile

Little fact about French because I just learned that

The accent circonflexe (^) exists in French words to replace the “s” that no longer exists but used to be there in older French.

For example: fenêtre used to be fenestre

It is still possible to see the “s” at times in family words like “défenestrer”.

culmaer

knowing this, « être » becomes much more regular :

être → estre (es, est, sommes, ê[s]tes, sont ; ser-)

some French derivations become clearer :

fenêtre → défenestrer → L. fenestra

fête → festival

hôpital → hospitaliser (E. hospital, ise)

intérêt → intéressant (E. interest, -ing)

ancêtre → ancestral (E. ancestor, -ral)

arrêt → arrestation

épître → épistolaire (E. epistle)

some English cognates become more obvious :

hôtel → hostel (E. ‘hotel’ borrowed from French)

forêt → forest (tipp to remember ^ goes on the ‹e›)

bête → beast

côte → coast

honnête → honest

pâte, pâté → pasta, paste

quête → quest

enquête → inquest

tempête → tempest

vêtements → vestments (ie. clothes)

baptême → baptism

sometimes, the acute replaces the circumfex for phonetic reasons :

ḗcole → escole → L. schola (E. school)

ḗtranger → estrangier (E. stranger)

ḗtudier → estudier (E. study)

dḗgoûtant → desgoustant (E. disgusting)

dḗbarquer → desembarquer (E. disembark)

rḗpondre → respondre (E. respond)

rḗpublique → L. res publica

Also, where « c → ch » (eg. cantare→ chanter) :

château → castel (E. castle)

pêcher → L. piscare

and « w → gu » (eg. war→ guerre ; warden→ guardian) :

guêpe → E. wasp ! (this is my n° 1 favourite cognate)

bonus etymologies :

tête → L. testa

fantôme → L. phantasma (E. ‘phantom’ borrowed from French)

Pâques → Gk. pásxa → Am. pésaḫ (E. Paschal)

Also just be aware that the circumflex has some other uses too, like distinguishing « sur — sûr » or « dû » and the vowel quality in « âge »

hayley-studies

Where was this post when I was doing A-Level French! This is actually a really interesting language change called “syncope” (the loss of a medial segment within a word) and what makes it even more interesting to me is that not only was the -s- dropped post vocalically and largely before voiceless stops, but that the circumflex was (unnecessarily but coolly) adopted as an orthographic marker of the lost -s-. Even more interesting is that syncope usually occurs in vowels. I love this.

study-sleep-tea-repeat

New Year’s resolution ideas for students

Finish all your schoolwork by 11 pm each day

Limit yourself to one cup of coffee a day

Get at least a B in all of your classes (or set goals for individual classes)

Stretch for 10 minutes before bed

Read a book each month for leisure

Get at least 7 hours of sleep every night

Spend less than two hours on social media a day (or some other time limit, depending on where you are now!)

Journal every day

Leave for class 5 minutes earlier than you need to

Listen to podcasts or watch documentaries instead of binging Netflix or watching YouTube

Get at least 1 hour of exercise a week

Only spend money on things you really need (not just things you want)

Finish papers at least a day in advance

Spend 30 minutes a day on self care

Wake up an hour earlier than you currently do every day

What are some of your resolutions (if you have any)? x

dankmemeuniversity

icarus-study

i’m in this picture and i don’t like it

studyfulltime

life is good…just back in london after spending xmas in the country with my boy and his family. so grateful for all there is in my life rn✨💛✨

crescentwords

my grandma’s sunflower bathroom featuring my thinking journal, a cup of hot coffee, and a chapter from narnia. my favorite childhood classic.

kjestine-studies

141119// transcribing a 30-minute-interview today and the only way I’m surviving is with chocolate cake. The interview is for a project related to one of my exams.

pussyadvice-deactivated20200825

i think so much about that quote “a child weaned on poison considers harm a comfort” by Gillian Flynn because thats basically female socialization in a nutshell. We’re taught to hate ourselves and our bodies so self destruction looks pleasant and romantic.