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24 | Argentina | she/her | sp-en-fr-it | Ravenclaw

[flowerytale]

Sylvia Plath ― The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

[animatedtext]

just went through some old requests in my archive. have we ever been ok?

[glumshoe]

Tá sí go hálainn…

[ohii-san]

Cé hé?

[glumshoe]

an cailín ag rith seo trí sheirbhís aistriúcháin idirlín

[vinceaddams]

[c0llar-bones]

[creatingaquietmind-deactivated2]

the speech impediment of the 21st century (by Marc Johns)

[lyctorgideon]

I’ll fuck you up buddy this is not a speech impediment it’s linguistic evolution!! the existence of the phrase “Aisha was like” allows the speaker to convey whatever Aisha said without making the listener assume they’re quoting Aisha directly while still maintaining the FEELING of what Aisha said.

ie, Aisha said she didn’t want to go out with me VERSUS Aisha was like, “I’d rather kiss a Wookie”.

the addition of “XYZ was like” lets the speaker be more expressive and efficient and it is a totally valid method of communicating information!!

[corvidaedream]

With the way language has evolved, this is one of the few ways I can even think of to express in casual conversation what someone said. 

“So I said to Aisha,” is certainly used, but if you remove the “so,” which implies casual tone (“and” can be used in the same way), you get

“I said to Aisha,” which is really formal in most English dialects/variations. I don’t know about all, but in New England dialects, you sound like you’re reading aloud from a novel.

“I told Aisha,” is really only used when you continue to describe, not tell, what you told her. Ex: “I told Aisha that James was too punk for her” works while, “I told Aisha, ‘James is too punk for you’” crosses the line back into formalness of the “I said.”

Things like “I asked” or “I answered [with]” are similar levels of casual and efficient to the “So, I said [or say, as many conversations about the past take place in present tense anyway, as if the speaker is giving a play-by-play in the moment]” but are specific to only certain situations. 

“I was like, ‘Marc Johns, what is your obsession with restoring archaic speech patterns and interfering with the natural progression of English from complex to efficient?’” envelopes all of these easily and is accessible and crisp, and allows for more variations on inflection than the others.

Of course, James is probably like, “I already fucking said that.” But eh, I tried adding on.

[axonsandsynapses]

#linguistics #a.k.a. how I learned to stop worrying and love the evolution of the English language without being a discriminatory elitist jerk (via crystalandrock)

[glazedeye-s]

sing, o muse, of the rage of achilles, son of peleus, that brought countless ills upon achaeans — the iliad, homer.

[fleur-aesthetic]

instagram | keepingwiththetimes

[windflowerfairy]

“My love is selfish. I cannot breathe without you.”

John Keats Love Letter To Fanny Brawne – 13 October 1819

[imsoofuckingsad-deactivated2018]

if you think my blog sucks, you should see the decisions i make in life lmao

[edvcate]

my friend gave me this sushi-design stationery set and i kind of love it 🥺

[supine-aesthetic]

[luciaastudies]

data analysis n chill!!

[firstfullmoon]

saw this on twitter and i thought i’d share: thestorygraph is a non-amazon-owned alternative to goodreads funded by a black woman. you can export your goodreads library so no need to manually add every book you’ve read

[fluencylevelfrench]

Hallo! Do you know any German youtubers that talk about language learning and/or linguistics?

Hiii! I didn’t know any tbh, but I researched a bit (I don’t know if they are any good, but they have a few videos on lingustics!):

Linguistik- einfach einfach

Der Linguist

Hier ist ein Video zum Thema Sprachen lernen

If you are looking for videos about learning German, you can search ‘Deutsch lernen’ and you’ll find plenty of videos!

I’m also gonna tag @athenastudying, because I think she might know more German linguistic youtubers. If any of my followers have any recommendations, feel free to share :) Hope this helps!

[athenastudying-deactivated20220]

I literally got that same ask and admitted defeat lmao youtube thinks i’m from the UK (because i said so in my settings) 😅

[fluencylevelfrench]

Yeah, like I don’t watch German videos on youtube in general lmao. okay, sorry anon!! Maybe a few enthusiastic German learners have more clue on that matter than us natives :)

[nomsetverbes]

I recently found “Sprachen lernen - Polyglot Akademie” and I like him so far! I don’t have have to agree with everything he says to get something out of listening to him talk about language learning but I generally agree with his philosophy :)

[ink-stained-clouds]

07.29.2020

hi yeahhh if i could actually ever get anything done that would be?? great??

it’s like 3 days early but i’m getting hyped for august so some august goals

- finish WIP rewrite and start phase 2 of edits

- sort out the massive clusterfuck that is my other WIP

- plan that class i’m teaching this semester that i literally can’t do yet bc i don’t have any info on it from my higher ups ✌🏼

- start a new writing project bc i clearly don’t have enough

oh, and i traced most of those flowers from stock photos bc i’m not talented enough to draw my own

[maryjblige]

[friendly-neighborhood-study-pal]

Stop buying from Muji.

It’s being reported that Muji uses cotton produced by Uyghur Muslims in Chinese concentration and labor camps, specifically in Xinjiang. Obviously, the atrocities being done to the Uyghur Muslims are horrific, and a company profiting off of said atrocities is disgusting.

I know Muji is wildly popular on studyblr, but I’m asking you to think about real humans being forced into labor camps. As an average citizen, we only have two ways of imposing our power: by voting and by being deliberate with our money. Do not give Muji your money.

Do not support Muji. Do not support concentration camps. Do not support the violation of civil rights. Stay aware, read the news, and be a critical consumer.

Articles and petitions linked here:

ABC Net article: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.abc.net.au/article/11645612

BBC article: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/business-50312010

The Independent Article: https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/chinese-cotton-uk-government-important-uighur-muslim-labour-a9478501.html%3famp

Change.org Petition - Stand up for the Uyghur Muslims in China: https://www.change.org/p/stand-up-for-the-uyghur-muslims-in-china-antonioguterres-amnesty-un

StopGenocide.org - Close the Camps: https://www.stopgenocide.org/close-the-camps/

[learnelle]

Please correct me if I'm wrong

But a good alternative to Muji is Sostern Grene. It's a chain but is still a privatly ( & family! ) owned business that has a strict code of conduct for their suppliers with regards to health & safety, forced labor, child labor, environment, animal welfare & denial of factory inspections. Their code of conduct can be found here :

If anyone else has any other ethical alternatives for stationary please let me know!!!

[stillstudies]

STUDYBLRS! LET’S PHASE OUT HARMFUL BRANDS LIKE MUJI!

SHOP ETHICALLY OR LOCALLY/SMALL BUSINESS!!

Yoseka Stionary is one of my personal faves right now! I just ordered a journal from them and was sooo tempted by all the other stuff they have, ranging from classic Japanese brands to small artists. they’re based in NYC and I live on the west coast but my package got delivered pretty quickly. everything is so high quality, and they’re family-owned. check them out!