孫悟空

But I could give you directions to an actual Chinese restaurant.

[onceiwashere]

Bradley cooper is currently getting fitted for a long prosthetic asscrack to play John Lennon

[keikuns]

— KAEDEHARA KAZUHA —

🍁 HAPPY BIRTHDAY 10.29 🍁

[pamietniko]

dusk in Appalachia

Great Smoky Mountains National Park, Tennessee

[heritageposts]

tumblr citizenship test (uquiz)

[plasmalogical]

Clueless White Boy SHOCKS Chinese Waiter With Brutal And Senseless Suicide

[dedalvs]

Do you have any thoughts on the translation scene in Goncharov? I haven't seen a lot of people talking about it but it's a pretty pivotal scene and given that what they're doing is not dissimilar to a conlang imo i figured you might have some good insights

*sigh*

I figured someone was going to ask this eventually...

So listen, the whole translation scene in Goncharov is not technically conlang-related. It's actually even more brilliant, but it's hard to explain.

Since the tutor doesn't speak Russian and the nurse only speaks Italian, the aphasiac Soviet spy has to use an impromptu series of hand gestures to indicate that he either does or doesn't understand. I mean, you can glean that from the subtitles, so that's no big revelation.

But this is where it gets weird and...I mean, linguistically controversial, to say the least, but it was the 70s.

As the tutor and the nurse attempt to communicate with him and each other, they begin to winnow down their vocabulary to words that are cognate between Italian and Russian. And through this back and forth, the languages seem like they're blending, but what they're actually doing is reversing the sound changes of Italian and Russian until they both end up, improbably, at Proto-Indo-European. It's like something you'd see in Fantasia, but aural! It's...utterly bizarre.

And, of course the final word that the nurse and the tutor utter simultaneously, the one that brings the spy to tears, is *bʰewdʰ- "awake, aware"—which, I mean, knowing how the rest of the movie goes...yeah. Bombshell. And it's crazy to me that they didn't subtitle it! Like, you pretty much have to be a PIE scholar to get that, and the entire subplot hinges on it! I mean, bold isn't the word for it. Unfathomable. Cannot believe they got away with that...

Rumor has it that Morris Halle consulted on the film, but he's adamantly refused to talk about. (For years, he'd end all his guest lectures with, "Are they any questions about anything other than Goncharov?") He never once confirmed whether or not he was involved (of course, he wasn't credited, but that wouldn't be unusual for the time even if he was involved).

I can see why you'd think it would be a conlang, but the reverse-engineered sound changes were so precise, and the whole thing so by the book, that there really wasn't any actual invention. It was all Indo-European!

[sunwukong]

idk how ppl in long-distance relationships do it, bc this is the first time I’ve been away from my bf for more than a few hours, and it’s really only been a couple days, but I’m already having a really hard time haha

[sunwukong]

my bf’s gonna be in Japan for 3 months guess I'll be sad for 3 months

[sunwukong]

i miss you all :’)

[shiroa]

Castle in the Sky (1986) dir. Hayao Miyazaki

[camelotsheart]

An amazing speech by Kenya at the UN Security Council regarding Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, 22/02/2022 (video excerpt from this reddit post)

Transcript:

Kenya is gravely concerned by the announcement made by the Russian Federation to recognise Donetsk and Luhansk Regions of Ukraine as independent states. In our considered view, this action and announcement breaches the territorial integrity of Ukraine. We do not deny that there may be serious security concerns in these regions, but they cannot justify today’s recognition of these regions as independent states. Not when there are multiple diplomatic tracks available and underway that have the ability to offer peaceful solutions.

Mr President, this situation echoes our history. Kenya and almost every African country was birthed by the ending of empires. Our borders were not of our own drawing. They were drawn in the distant colonial metropolis of London, Paris and Lisbon with no regard for the ancient nations that they cleaved apart. Today, across the border of every single African country live our countrymen with whom we share deep historical, cultural and linguistic bonds. At independence, had we chosen to pursue states on the basis of ethnic, racial or religious homogeneity, we would still be waging bloody wars these many decades later. Instead, we agreed that we would settle for the borders that we inherited, but we would still pursue continental, political, economic and legal integration. Rather than form nations that looked ever-backword into history with a dangerous nostalgia, we chose to look forward to a greatness none of our nations and many peoples had ever known. We chose to follow the rules of the Organisation of African Unity and the United Nations Charter; not because our borders satisfied us, but because we wanted something greater forged in peace.

We believe that all states formed from empires that have collapsed or retreated have many peoples in them yearning for integration from people in neighbouring states. This is normal and understandable. After all, who does not want to be joined to the brethren and to make common purpose with them? However, Kenya rejects such a yearning from being pursued by force. We must complete our recovery from the embers of dead empires in a way that does not plunge us back into new forms of domination and oppression. We rejected irredentism and expansionism on any basis including racial, ethnic, religious or cultural factors. We reject it again today.

Kenya registers its strong concern and opposition to the recognition of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent states. We further strongly condemn the trend in the last few decades of powerful states including members of this security council breaching international law with little regard.

[sunwukong]

also why are yuzuru hanyu fans like …. insane …… as bad as k-pop fans

[sunwukong]

also like the crowd cheered as loud for him as they did the chinese skater

[sunwukong]

also why are yuzuru hanyu fans like .... insane ...... as bad as k-pop fans

[sunwukong]

i get called a weeb on a regular basis now because i’m dating someone who’s japanese and i hate it 🙃

[sunwukong]

idk how ppl in long-distance relationships do it, bc this is the first time I’ve been away from my bf for more than a few hours, and it’s really only been a couple days, but I’m already having a really hard time haha

[hayden-christensen]

You were right about me. Tell your sister, you were right.

STAR WARS: EPISODE VI - RETURN OF THE JEDI dir. Richard Marquand | released May 25, 1983

[costumedstories]

The King’s Woman (秦时丽人明月心) // Ying Zheng + outfits

[sunwukong]

how tf are you supposed to address university instructors who don’t have phd