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[fuckyeahchinesefashion]

from silk reeling to fine suzhou embroidery by 许潇潇

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

you know how in greek myths people who die tragically sometimes get placed among the stars by the gods?

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

call that

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

call that a

[arsonist-arcade]

Its okay, take your time

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

constellation prize

[omarapetirun]

[biggest-gaudiest-poltergeist]

in my defense they did not specify the order in which i was allowed to take my time!

[sentimental-androids]

Dear God these tags are immaculate….

[redstonedust]

phenomenom thats been bothering me that i could only express via an mspaint reverse boomer comic

[itscolossal]

Los Angeles Public Library Unveils the World’s Largest Pop-Up Book

[official-library-posts]

EPIC official library post

[thydungeongal]

Also shout-out to the Swedes for just borrowing the French "adieu" into their vocabulary and just spelling it "adjö"

[legov7]

German has borrowed the italian "Ciau", spelling it "Tschau" and only using it as a goodby instead of also a greeting.

[thydungeongal]

I had completely forgotten about this, this is fantastic.

[erlann]

If you enjoyed "ciao" becoming "tschau", you'll definitely want to hear where "tschüss" (German, also meaning "goodbye") comes from!

[thydungeongal]

Borrowed from German Low German tschüß from earlier adjüs, from Dutch adjuus, back-formation from adjuusjes, from French adieu.

We can't let the French keep getting away with this

[ospreyonthemoon]

I mean the french very much aren't getting away with it. Everyone else is taking their language and running off with it cackling with glee. We're all getting away with fucking up french words on purpose

[saxifraga-x-urbium]

#English loves french so much it steals the same fucking word a few centuries apart so it gets two words that have the same meaning#But different spellings -#Like guarantee/warranty#(aside: There was a w/g shift so you can see if the word showed up with the normans or got nicked later#Which is why for e.g. the english call it wales and the french call it pays de galls)#Catch/chase#Gender/genre

[thydungeongal]

I'm so glad someone reblogged these additions while I was away from my puter, I absolutely love doublets (or twinlings as they are apparently called as well!! That's so cute!!)!

[viejospellejos]

[microraptorhours]

i love you archival work. i love you alphabetizing. i love you sorting. i love you reshelving. i love you document restoration. i love you shelf reading. i love you inventorying. i love you analysis. i love you archival work.

[snailpass]

gnarp gnarp

[stopmyhearts]

they're called human rights because you get them by being human. No ifs no buts. Everyone gets them. Yes even those people

[thombalan]

[xanaxfarts]

A tiny insect clinging to the head of a horned viper

[nattousan]

#ratatouille

[fervent-bookwomb]

i think that soy sauce fish and honey bear must be the very very best of friends

[fervent-bookwomb]

look at them. look at them!!! i bet they have tea parties together when the spice cabinet is closed.

[emtearzz]

buddies!!

[ownencyclopedia]

☀ cross stitch of a cat , which is about 1000 years old !

A textile fragment was found in Peru. It belongs to the Chimu or Chancay culture (pre-Columbian era X - XV centuries)

[dorothylarouge]

My edo period samurai roommate keeps telling me how i’ll bring shame and dishonor to our apartment if I keep forgetting to wash the dishes. Like whatever dude, I’m not the one carrying on a passionate yet illicit affair with the daimyo’s daughter whose hand has already been promised to another.

[lagtrainzzz]

もう大名に「真に申し訳ございませんでした」と言いましたよ！と、お前は、我の浮気を公衆に明かさないと言いました！！

[dorothylarouge]

Bullshit dude last night I saw you texting O-Sumire haikus comparing her to the flower which gives her her name

[rainbowriderjt]

[uncle-mojave]

I adore analog technology like this

[thememedaddy]

[pmamtraveller]

Nature’s print making