Swifter than the moon’s sphere.

Huw, 21, Somerset/ York Lingustics Student 'Sparkly-Things', Play, and Politics Enthusiast. Gay Lefty Liberal

[pinkmince]

Copies of Pink Mince ready and packed, so on to the rest of the travel planning.

[prettyboyshyflizzy]

why do black people use you in the wrong context? such is "you ugly" instead of "you're ugly" I know u guys can differentiate, it's a nuisance

you a bitch

[rsbenedict-deactivated20181216]

It’s called copula deletion, or zero copula. Many languages and dialects, including Ancient Greek and Russian, delete the copula (the verb to be) when the context is obvious.

So an utterance like “you a bitch” in AAVE is not an example of a misused you, but an example of a sentence that deletes the copular verb (are), which is a perfectly valid thing to do in that dialect, just as deleting an /r/ after a vowel is a perfectly valid thing to do in an upper-class British dialect.

[pigeonstalking]

What’s more, it’s been shown that copula deletion occurs in AAVE exactly in those contexts where copula contraction occurs in so-called “Standard American English.” That is, the basic sentence “You are great” can become “You’re great” in SAE and “You great” in AAVE, but “I know who you are” cannot become “I know who you’re” in SAE, and according to reports, neither can you get “I know who you” in AAVE.

In other words, AAVE is a set of grammatical rules just as complex and systematic as SAE, and the widespread belief that it is not is nothing more than yet another manifestation of deeply internalized racism.

[kingkunta-md]

This is the most intellectual drag I’ve ever read.

[micdotcom]

[kushandwizdom]

Savage

[vortexsophia-deactivated2022110]

[medievalpoc]

“This is the first refined genomic evidence for far-reaching ancient mobility and also the first snapshot of British genomes in the early centuries AD, indicating continuity with an Iron Age sample before the migrations of the Anglo-Saxon period.”

“Whichever the identity of the enigmatic headless Romans from York, our sample of the genomes of seven of them, when combined with isotopic evidence, indicate six to be of British origin and one to have origins in the Middle East. It confirms the cosmopolitan character of the Roman Empire even at its most northerly extent.

I like that this analysis was done by a multidisciplinary team. :) Ivory Bangle Lady, a wealthy woman of African origin, was also found in Roman era York.

[dream-of-phraxos]

[sirredmayne]

fantastic beasts and where to find them.

[austenchanted]

Pride & Prejudice (2005) dir Joe Wright

Do you really believe he liked me, Lizzy?

Jane, he danced with you most of the night and stared at you for the rest of it

[totalparksandrec]

[worldmapswithoutnewzealand]

I feel absolutely nothing.

http://i100.independent.co.uk/article/these-are-the-most-emotional-countries-in-the-world–WkQqfY6XBe

[domdean]

[venusianwitch]

Queen of all given powers unveiled clear light unfailing woman wearing brilliance cherished in heaven and earth chosen, sanctified in heaven You grand in your adornments crowned with your beloved goodness rightfully you are High Priestess your hands seize the seven fixed powers my queen of fundamental forces guardian of essential cosmic sources you lift up the elements bind them to your hands gather in powers press them to your breast vicious dragon you spew venom poisons the land like the storm god you howl grain wilts on the ground swollen flood rushing down the mountain YOU ARE INANNA SUPREME IN HEAVEN AND EARTH

THE EXALTATION OF INANNA NIN-ME-SAR-RA by The Priestess Enheduanna (via venusianwitch)

[teardroppp]

[averysmallwhoopee]

Cabaret at the Donmar Warehouse, London. December 2nd, 1993 - March 12th, 1994.

[erklgh]

[cepetitcoeur]

The Banjo Lesson (1893) by Henry Ossawa Tanner

[jewishart]

from Life? or Theater? by Charlotte Salomon