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The answer to the question 'why does [group of people] pronounce [word] like [this]?' is almost always because they have an accent.

#crazy revelation: people from different places say things differently #Language evolves

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“Quiznak” was never actually an Altean swear word. Coran just accidentally turned it into one while spending time with little Allura.

Because of the war, the destruction of Altea, and the cryosleep, Allura never learned that it wasn’t a real curse word in the first place — and thanks to the Paladins, it eventually became one for real.

#pronouns #people matter more than grammar rules #lgbtq #language evolves

bring back calling people git, ninny, dork, silly sausage, silly goose, twit, tit, baboon, buffoon, clown, fool, preposterous, out the gate, cooked, out of touch, psychotic

instead of delusional, insane, stupid, idiot, dumb, evil, nasty, morally reprehensible

#add more!#language #language evolves #silly sausage and silly goose are better suited towards friends/family/kids etc #but like there are a lot of options when you are wanting to call.. say a horrid politician a name #when you are trying to get your frustration across #with the caveat that sometimes slurs can be ok for a specific friend/family who has given you permission to call them it #just also be aware that sometimes people will reclaim a slur for themsef that they are a part of #so will refer to themselves as the slur (like for me crazy) but still won't really want anybody else to call them it #tw slurs #mental health awareness #mental health #actual mental health awareness #actually neurodivergent #neurodivergent #id #intellectual disability #disability #hidden disability #invisible disability #chronic illness #autism #autistic #actually autistic #schizospec #actually schizospec #schizophrenia #schizoaffective #psychotic #psychotic spectrum

Something occurred to me about neopronouns. I was talking with a friend who uses he/they about pronouns and how they think their pronouns are boring, while I think it’s nice that he has pronouns that are socially recognized as pronouns whereas my e/eir/em use gets multiple questions and debates. Despite them being around for over a century. Which made me think about words that entered the English language in the last 100 years. That people use without batting an eye.

So here’s my (slightly bitter) list of words to use the next time someone says they can’t wrap their head around older words:

- TV/ television

- microwave (yes technically the word existed, but not in the modern definition)

- bikini (again, only the Atoll existed until the invention of the clothing garment)

- LCD (the words existed separately, but never as an acronym together)

- computer (which changed definition from a human to a machine)

Feel free to add more. I only gave this a few seconds of thought so I might add more later

#neopronouns #language evolves #queer thoughts #queer history #lgbtq #trans #nonbinary #genderqueer

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Lmfao, you don't know what I would or wouldn't identify as if pan as a label didn't exist. Neither do I.

Maybe I'd identify as bisexual - maybe I wouldn't. Maybe I would have coined my own sexuality, or some other mspec label would have come into existence instead and I would have chosen that. Maybe I'd be omni or poly. Maybe I'd just be queer. Maybe I wouldn't have realized I'm queer at all.

We'll never know, because this is a world where pan does exist, and that's what I identify as, and I do not identify whatsoever with any other sexuality labels aside from pan and queer.

I am not bisexual, and no amount of you saying I am or that I would be in this hypothetical other reality will ever change that ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

#pancourse #using hypotheticals where 'but if this word didnt exist' is ridiculous lmfao #a lot of people would identify different if certain words didnt exist #thats kinda how language works #a lot of bisexuals used to identify as gay and lesbian and were considered one and the same in those groups #now they dont #shit evolves lmfao #language evolves #stop being so pressed about other people defining their experiences different than yours

I agree w/ the anon, it's rovina. In the libretto of Don Giovanni, it's also written as rovina actually.

not in my bärenreiter score, which is the definitive score used by opera companies:

#leporello’s line moves down to the next line on the second page due to the voices at the top #i’ve performed in this opera and sung this exact page so i’m v familiar w it #language evolves #ask #anon

Recently heard someone use the word “fandom” to refer to tabletop RPG players, and like the term felt incredibly wrong to me in that context. I’m wondering if the phrase has just become a stand-in for any group that happens to share an interest, or if the recent popularity of Critical Role and associated media has transformed the way people conceptualize that community into more of a more modern media->consumer relationship.

#ttrpg #dnd #language evolves #even within our lifetime

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