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I was thinking whether there r different accents in the Gnommish language. At the very least, what would be the difference between the Gnommish spoken in Atlantis and that spoken in Haven, and could the inhabitants of the Lower Elements tell where a fairy came from simply by their accent, as is the case with English, for example.

And this led me to think that Artemis learnt the language from a very ancient book – not to mention the fact that he didn’t know how the language actually sounded, but he could make a guess based on linguistics. But even so, it’s a VERY ancient book, one that literally defines the rules governing the fairy world. And it’s written in some ancient dialect of Gnommish – I mean, seriously, how often do they update ancient texts? The last update of this text was that they changed a spiral writing to a horizontal one

And just imagine that in the first book, Holly, Root, Foaly and the rest hear this: "Artemis Fowl II am I, who gold doth seek" coming from a 12 yo child – I think that’s absolutely hilarious.

And part of the time they spend travelling to the surface in the shuttle in the second book, Holly and Root try to teach him to NOT speak like a dinosaur. But the best they manage is to teach him to sound like Julius’s grandad

Btw, I haven't read the books in English, so maybe there is that kind of information... If there is something about it, I'll be glad to learn about it 🐱

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world-beauty

The Shape of the Southern Crab

Credits: NASA, ESA, STScI

anthonycrowleymoved

fkakorraquality

tempted to change my handle lmao

mysterycat-official

I lowkey hate when programs talk to me in a friendly way. "don't worry, nearly there!" Shut up. It should say "loading 64.3% completed. Do not turn off device" and absolutely nothing else. You arent my friend you are computer. Act like it

vxin-x-exe

Thor: What powers do you guys have?

Thunderbolts:

#thunderbolts #avengers doomsday #actually saw this in a meme on yt first

marveldaily

DOOMSDAY IS COMING. Avengers: Doomsday 12.18.2026, dir. Joe Russo, Anthony Russo

#avengers doomsday #ayo guys we ALL know that's loki🥹✌️

coreywithnoname

Artemis Fowl and the Time Paradox? Nah never heard of it. Memes :D

eggsaladstain

GO OFF BESTIE

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fozmeadows

Watching my toddler figure out how to language is fascinating. Yesterday we were stumped when he kept insisting there was a “Lego winner” behind his bookshelf - it turned out to be a little Lego trophy cup. Not knowing the word for “trophy”, he’d extrapolated a word for “thing you can win”. And then, just now, he held up his empty milk container and said, “Mummy? It’s not rubbish. It’s allowed to be a bottle.” - meaning, effectively, “I want this. Don’t throw it away.” But to an adult ear, there’s something quite lovely about “it’s allowed to be a bottle,” as if we’re acknowledging that the object is entitled to keep its title even in the absence of the original function.

legit-writing-tips

Another good post to read for those writing small human characters.

jennytrout

My son was about three when he came to me in the middle of the day and said, “Mommy, there’s a knight behind the bush.” I thought he meant a toy knight or something. So I follow him outside and he goes, “Listen. Do you hear it? It’s night behind the bush.” It was a cricket. A cricket was standing in the little patch of shade under the bush, chirping. So, my son saw this dark area with accompanying nighttime sounds and decided, okay, well, that is a night right there. Their brains are incredible.

deleted20211121

My little bean knows she’s two, constantly saying proudly ‘I’m two!’ And the other day she saw this very frail old lady who looked one foot in the grave, pulled a face and said ‘oh shiiiit. She’s three.’ I almost screamed.

cantnotknope

I live in Korea and have a lot of international friends, and the same is true with language barriers in adults.

*Looking at a bowl of pears* “Can you please pass me the… apple’s friend?”

imsopopfly

Oh my favorite language based one was back when I was still in law school I was talking to this old Japanese man one time and he called me a “lawyer egg” instead of a law student and I still think about that turn of phrase