The Brits Are Back

I’ve been on this site way too long…

[kaldurcalms]

I love every fucking part of this.

[naamahdarling]

Please audio on at the end it's so unexpected.

[revenantghost]

[dankmemeuniversity]

[freakinasheet]

[seeingstarberries]

This is right near my hometown!

[thoodleoo]

no punctuation we read like romans

[caecilius-est-pater]

NOPUNCTUATIONORLOWERCASEORSPACESWEREADLIKEROMANS

[terpsikeraunos]

INTER·PVNCTVATION·WE·INSCRIBE·LIKE·ROMANS

[imaginarycircus]

words doesn’t classical matter order in greek;

[tanoraqui]

we, in a manner akin to that of a man who once was, in Rome, an orator of significant skill, who was then for his elegance of speech renowned and now for his elaborate structure of sentences cursed by generations of scholars of Latin, the language which he spoke and we now study, Cicero, write, rather than by any efficiency, functionality, or ease of legibility have our words, our honors, the breaths of our hearts, be besmirched.

[cevulusvoluptatemcapit-deactiva]

The fact that this has yet to devolve into boustrophedon is a miracle… or a challenge. I’m looking at you @terpsikeraunos @macdicilla @labellamordens

[rem-ir]

I’m up to it

[lawrencearabia]

Not many jnſtances of Punctuation - but for many Daſhes – et words Capitaliz’d for emphavſis, but not logicaly - ſpeeling and word Endings varied Gratelie - and the long S - ſ - vſed in at the ſtart and Centre of wordes - & the short “s” vſed only at the end - as with the U and V, and the I and J - but v and j only at the ſtart of wordes (we diſtinguishe not between Vouels and Conſonants, only decoratiue Letteres). Ye letter “y” being in lookes cloſe to an Olde letter “þ” which is vſed as “th” - Y may be vſed in the place of TH - but only ſparingly - and ſtill Pronounc’d the ſame as TH. Long and rambling ſentences - ſeeminglie without end - a paragraph can conſiſt of One whole ſentence, and ſhort ſentences are rare – we ſcribe like hiſtorical Modern English – and other european Languages.

[krabbydon]

And furthermore, Carthage is to be destroyed.

[robotslenderman]

I hate all of you.

[ladienymsmoved-blog]

Beware the Ides of March [x]

[blackcatkin]

OF ALL DAYS THIS WAS THE BEST DAY TO DO THIS

[alfa-lima-limon]

SCREAMING.

[semi-precious-stoner]

Ides of March 2025 is going to be a fucking blast because it will have been 2069 years since Caesar's death day

[i-am-dulaman]

Happy 2069th anniversary of Caesars death

[girlactionfigure]

[awlwren]

[id: Twitter thread by McKay Smith (@McKayMSmith): “1) Artist Uses 100,000 Banned Books To Build A Full-Size Parthenon At Historic Nazi Book Burning Site. bookishbizz.info/artist-uses-10…” followed by a night-time image of a glowing Grecian-style temple that looks to be made out of mosaic columns and pediments and roof, all lit white from within. The steps and base look to be metallic, and framework is visible on the interior of the structure and in the columns on the far right side.

“2) The German city of Kassel has just become home to one for one of the most impressive pieces of art we’ve seen in a while.” Another photograph, this time taken during the day, of four people chatting between some of the columns, now visible as books suspended in cling wrap, and the surrounding scaffolding. They are dwarfed by the massive building.

“3) It was created by the Argentinian artist Marta Minujín, 74, who has decided to bring back the topic of political oppression by making a full-size replica of the Greek Parthenon from 100,000 copies banned books.” An ariel view that shows the whole building, still incomplete, and with simplified shapes to the columns and pediment.

“4) Part of the Documenta 14 Art Festival the massive structure called ‘The Parthenon of Books’, represents the resistance to repression by taking the symbol of democracy and coating it with the countless written evidence of oppression.” A close-up of a column, showing evenly spaced, but not aligned, books, including: Dan Brown’s “DaVinci Code”, George Orwell’s “1984”, Cervantes’ “Don Quixote”, another copy of 1984, a Disney comic book featuring “Micky”, Franz Kafka’s collected works (“Das Werk”), Ray Bradbury’s “Fahrenheit 451”, Lessing’s “Minna von Barnhelm” and “Hamburgische Dramaturgie”, and J. K. Rowling’s “Harry Potter und die Stein der Weisen”.

“5) Minujín relied on the help of students from Kassel University who together identified over 170 titles that were, or still are, banned in different countries around the world.” Another wide shot, this time backlit by the low sun of early morning or late evening, and showing a sculture next to the piece.

“6) He used the donated physical copies to build a temple out of them by sticking the books to the steel frame and using plastic sheeting to keep them in place.” A close-up of J. D. Salinger’s “Catcher in the Rye” and the overlapping strips of heavy sheeting covering it.

“7) If the structure itself weren’t enough, it was built on the very same historic site where the Nazis burnt 2,000 books in 1933 as part of their censorship campaign…

“A truly mind-blowing piece of art.” A final shot, looking head-on and up at the piece, filled with people, against the blue sky.]/end id.

[mikkeneko]

Marta Minujín (born 1943) is an Argentine conceptual and performance artist.

[hudsonchristie]

[niamhuncensored]

[image description: a claymation depiction of a life drawing class. The nude model spins a hula hoop around their waist while their penis flops around. Of the two visible artists, one shakes their head while holding a pencil to a blank sheet of paper. The other draws a torso with three penises, due to the model’s member’s movement side-to-side. End description.]

[ouroborealis-charnivore]

@official-penis-posts

[official-penis-posts]

HOW is today the first time I am seeing this amazing gif that has been on tumblr for 11 years and 67K notes??

[sachermorte]

so the thing about english is that people think it's so divorced from other germanic languages based on like. words. I've even heard people try to insist that english is a romance language. because of that whole messy business in 1066 with out-of-wedlock willy and his band of naughty normans. and now a good chunk of the vocabulary is french or whatever and they're prestigious so not using them makes you sound like a rube and this and that and the other

and yes william the conqueror will never be safe from me. I will have my revenge on him. he fucked up a perfectly good germanic language is what he did. this will be me in hell

but the thing is that most words in, say, german do have a one to one english equivalent. not all hope is lost, for those who still dare to see it. it's just that you 1066pilled normancels aren't looking in the right place

dog (en) ≠ der Hund (de) but der Hund (de) -> hound (en)

look with your special eyes. that one was easier. not all of them are this intuitive because of semantic narrowing and broadening and waltzing and hokey-pokeying and whatever else. I'll give you a few more

animal (en) ≠ das Tier (de)

aha! you think. I've got him on the ropes now.

but then

das Tier (de) -> deer (en)

nooooo!! you whine and cry in gay baby jail. the consonants are different!!! listen to me. listen, I say, putting both my hands on your shoulder. /t/and /d/ are the same sound. you just put your voice behind one of them.

nooooooooo!! you wail. deer are animals but not all animals are deer!!! listen to me. LISTEN. they used to be. animals used to be deer. that's just what we called them. it was a long time ago. it was a weird time in all our lives. it's okay.

let's try for a verb this time

to die (en) ≠ sterben (de) but sterben (de) -> to starve

same principle with the consonants, we're just changing a stop (where we completely stop the airflow and then let it through) for a fricative (where we still let some air go through. idk where it's going. maybe to its job or something.)

to starve used to mean generally to die, not just to die of malnourishment. we do that a lot. we take one word for a lot of things and make it mean one thing. or take one word for one thing and make it mean a lot of things. this is common and normal.

"okay but roland," you say, suddenly coming up with an argument. "what about tree? trees are super common. I don't think we'd fuck around too much with that. the german word is baum! what about THAT?"

"when did you learn german?" I ask, but then decide it isn't relevant right at this very moment. but fine.

tree (en) ≠ der Baum (de) but der Baum (de) -> beam (en)

beam??? you ask incredulously. beam???? BEAM?????? you continue with the same tone and cadence of captain holt from brooklyn 99.

yes. beam. like the evil beams from my eye I'm going to hit you with if you don't stop shouting.

but the vowels!!! you howl.

listen. listen to me. the vowels mean nothing. absolutely nothing. they're fluid like water. it got raised in english.

"WHAT DOES RAISED MEAN"

it doesn't matter right now. they were raised better than you, at least. stop shouting. open your eyes and see what god has given you. they're the same word.

"they're NOT the same word. they mean different things!"

we've been over this. they didn't used to. a beam was (and is) a long solid piece of wood. much like the long solid piece of wood I showed your mother last night.

FAQ:

Q: could english be some kind of germanic-romance hybrid?

A: do you become a sexy thing from the black lagoon just because you dressed up as one for halloween? english may have gotten a lot of vocabulary from norman french, but its history and syntax are distinctly germanic. that's what we base these things on.

Q: okay but what does it matter? this doesn't actually affect my day to day life

A: you come into my house? you come into my house, the house of an autistic man living in vienna austria and studying english linguistics and you ask me what does it matter? sit back down. I was going to let you go but now I have powerpoints to show you

Q: you're stupid and wrong and gay and a bad person

A: I know it's you, Willy

[normal-horoscopes]

You're passing through Wonka's factory and through a doorway you see what is distinctly the body of Christ being fed into a big wacky machine

[normal-horoscopes]

There's an oompa looma in a cardinal robe

[cryptotheism]

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

it's important to know that this took approximately 1 (one) listenthrough of all five dracula flows to make this

(also listening to dracula flow while writing was a bad idea there is at least one spelling error in there)

[theshitpostcalligrapher]

#oh thats glorious#my compliments to both shits and the commissioner#how do i even tag this#uh#calligraphy#jesus#charlie and the chocolate factory#the experimentaloatmeal gallery

dude no one fuckin commissioned me to do this i do terrible things on terrible whims at 2 in the morning

although... although i probably WILL add this to the new listing i'm throwing together this afternoon where I try to get rid of a big pile of original works...

[sailorsally]

funny how there were so many rumors about tumblr shutting down for good and yet it has watched some of the biggest social media platforms die

[fremulon]

forget Resting Bitch Face, I have Resting Competent Face. People see me and think ah yes she can point me to the nearest train station. Fellow grocery shoppers ask if I know what kind of butter they should buy. If a strange man speaks to me on the street it is literally always an inquiry and never a catcall. Once someone randomly asked me what an equinox was and after I told her she nodded and said "you seemed like you'd know." why am I assigned oracle at random interaction

[nat-20s]

I can’t speak for other social media webbed sites but I really enjoy how tumblr seems to just completely spin a wheel on whatever media is hot right now. Like yeah sometimes it’s a new show that’s big and actively coming out but also sometimes there will be a solid month where half my dash is Columbo memes. Defy authority. Get really into an book from the 1800s. Watch shows that haven’t aired in 40 years. Celebrate the anniversary of the Boston Molasses Flood. Become unmarketable

[nonasuch]

oh shit i almost missed it!

[victusinveritas]

[foone]

I was trying to find out if Kermit was eligible to be pope and I found a blog that says he's the perfect example of a catholic priest

[vivian-the-barbarian]

What do you expect? He's a man of the cloth

[skipppppy]

[skipppppy]

[escuerzoresucitado]

[reading-writing-revolution]

Just saying...