People will sometimes tell you that in Turkey, the turkey is called "the American bird." Actually, the Turkish name for the turkey is hindi. If that looks like the name of one of the main languages of India, that's because it is. The Turkish name means "[the bird] from India."
Next door to Turkey, in Arabic-speaking countries, the name for the turkey is dik rumi, "Roman chicken." In Israel it's tarnegol hodu, "rooster of India." In Greece, it's galopoula, which can mean "birdie" or "French chicken." The Khmer and Scots Gaelic names for it also mean "French chicken." But in France the turkey is dinde, which is shortened from poule d'Inde, "chicken of India."
In Belgium and the Netherlands, it's kalkoen. Kalkoen also shows up, as kalkun and kalkon, in Scandinavian languages. They're all cut-down names — from Calicut-hoen, "hen of Calicut." Calicut is a city in India, not to be mistaken for Calcutta. It's also known as Kozhikode, and it's a port in the southern state of Kerala. It had a lot of Portuguese trade starting in the 1500s.
Ah, yes, the Portuguese. What do they call the turkey? Peru. As in the country. That's also what it's called in Hindi.
I thought Columbus insisting on call them the Indies really messed things up, but it turns out it was because almost no one was sure where they came from.
The Portuguese didn't get the turkey from Calicut or anywhere else in India, of course. Their trade route — carrying spices and other goods — from India went up the African coast, where they picked up guinea-fowl, which are a lot like turkeys. They also picked up turkeys from Spanish traders coming from Mexico and sold them around Europe. But they didn't say where they got them from. Many people in Europe assumed they were from India, and in particular Calicut.
At the time, guinea-fowl were also popular, but they weren't called guinea-fowl. The English didn't know they were from the Guinea area of west Africa. The trade that brought them to England came through Turkey. So guinea-fowl were called turkey-cocks. When the American birds were brought over, they were at first thought to be the same thing. When the two species were sorted out, the American ones kept the name turkey. The Latin genus name for turkeys also kept the confusion: It's Meleagris, which was a Greek name for guinea-fowl.
And peru? Were the Portuguese being devious? No, it was probably just because at the time Peru was being used in Portuguese to refer to Spanish-speaking America in general.
This is some wild shit. I'm like blinking in confusion at the successive revelations
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I don't like so much the retail shops that are just an ad for an online store because they don't let you leave with the clothes right then most of the time and what's even the point of leaving my home and socially interacting (gross) if I don't even get the benefit of immediately receiving goods and services.
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I don't like so much the retail shops that are just an ad for an online store because they don't let you leave with the clothes right then most of the time and what's even the point of leaving my home and socially interacting (gross) if I don't even get the benefit of immediately receiving goods and services.
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I have wasted hundreds of dollars not returning internet clothes in the window after they didn't fit. I also don't mind socially interacting at all. Even so, I agree with you and will just keep trying to be better at trying things on quickly and returning them
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a lot of the great painters used dudes as models for women except Raphael who was quite possibly the horniest hetero motherfucker to ever live
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I love that Wizards of the Coast decided to name the Pauper+ format in MTGA "Artisan".
I don't like so much the retail shops that are just an ad for an online store because they don't let you leave with the clothes right then most of the time and what's even the point of leaving my home and socially interacting (gross) if I don't even get the benefit of immediately receiving goods and services.
the worst
I have wasted hundreds of dollars not returning internet clothes in the window after they didn't fit. I also don't mind socially interacting at all. Even so, I agree with you and will just keep trying to be better at trying things on quickly and returning them
don't you even live in a house where the mail carrier will pick up return packages for clothes from your doorstep without scheduling? And don't most online shops ship all the return stuff with the clothes now?
I know these are both the case I'm just asking rhetorical questions to explore the depths of your depravity
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I don't like so much the retail shops that are just an ad for an online store because they don't let you leave with the clothes right then most of the time and what's even the point of leaving my home and socially interacting (gross) if I don't even get the benefit of immediately receiving goods and services.
the worst
I have wasted hundreds of dollars not returning internet clothes in the window after they didn't fit. I also don't mind socially interacting at all. Even so, I agree with you and will just keep trying to be better at trying things on quickly and returning them
don't you even live in a house where the mail carrier will pick up return packages for clothes from your doorstep without scheduling? And don't most online shops ship all the return stuff with the clothes now?
I know these are both the case I'm just asking rhetorical questions to explore the depths of your depravity
If either of these things is true i didn't know about it!
a lot of the great painters used dudes as models for women except Michelangelo who was quite possibly the horniest hetero motherfucker to ever live
As I'm ever so fond of reminding myself, Raphael literally fucked himself to death
Raphael died on Good Friday (April 6, 1520), which was possibly his 37th birthday... the artist died from exhaustion brought on by unceasing romantic interests while he was working on the Loggia.
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My depravity knows no depths.
I just ordered new gym shorts from Amazon and they’re immediately my favorite workout shorts ever. I had ordered two pairs of another brand but they showed up and didn’t have pockets so I returned them.
I am a responsible consumer.
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a lot of the great painters used dudes as models for women except Michelangelo who was quite possibly the horniest hetero motherfucker to ever live
As I'm ever so fond of reminding myself, Raphael literally fucked himself to death
Raphael died on Good Friday (April 6, 1520), which was possibly his 37th birthday... the artist died from exhaustion brought on by unceasing romantic interests while he was working on the Loggia.
Oh wait I definitely meant Raphael and I blame the ninja turtles for this error
Thousands of hot, local singles are waiting to play at bubbulon.com.
Yeah it's rare and was really fucked up. Abrupt, intentional, dispassionate, mechanized mangling of a person while they screamed. Came out of nowhere too, woke up then had to fight off sleep or go right back into it.
Extremely not good, image persists, do not fucking want.
a lot of the great painters used dudes as models for women except Michelangelo who was quite possibly the horniest hetero motherfucker to ever live
As I'm ever so fond of reminding myself, Raphael literally fucked himself to death
Raphael died on Good Friday (April 6, 1520), which was possibly his 37th birthday... the artist died from exhaustion brought on by unceasing romantic interests while he was working on the Loggia.
Oh wait I definitely meant Raphael and I blame the ninja turtles for this error
Raph being a sexually frustrated teenager would explain the ceaseless rage.
Yeah it's rare and was really fucked up. Abrupt, intentional, dispassionate, mechanized mangling of a person while they screamed. Came out of nowhere too, woke up then had to fight off sleep or go right back into it.
Extremely not good, image persists, do not fucking want.
A vision of Hell? Still from what I have seen, Hell was made up.
I know this is along the lines of my mom asking "which one will be the bride and which one the groom" about a gay wedding, but in languages with gendered adjectives, which word ending do non-binary people take?
it's a lot stickier that the strict pronoun issue because the roots are deeper into grammar and muscle memory of speech.
many gendered noun languages don't have a genderless adjective ending and usually default male.
@Donkey Kong I looked into this on italian internet a bit ago and there's no good option
Basically the language keeps you from having that option and you must choose to refer to yourself one way or the other (so people will, as you do, maybe use the opposite one in social/safe contexts and just use the same one at work)
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I’m going home from the hospital today, so I’ve been told.
I just horked out a boog the size of a matchbox car
The human body is an endless font of beauty and elegance
PornHub knows how to get good publicity for a website that profits a lot from stealing from artists.
If porn was art then it wouldn't be porn.
no.
To be fair to pornhub they do pay for the views on the videos, however their cpm is a lot lower than YouTube, likely because their advertisers are less prestigious, and less willing to pay.
Yeah it's rare and was really fucked up. Abrupt, intentional, dispassionate, mechanized mangling of a person while they screamed. Came out of nowhere too, woke up then had to fight off sleep or go right back into it.
Extremely not good, image persists, do not fucking want.
A vision of Hell? Still from what I have seen, Hell was made up.
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I know this is along the lines of my mom asking "which one will be the bride and which one the groom" about a gay wedding, but in languages with gendered adjectives, which word ending do non-binary people take?
it's a lot stickier that the strict pronoun issue because the roots are deeper into grammar and muscle memory of speech.
many gendered noun languages don't have a genderless adjective ending and usually default male.
So making green chili for a thing this afternoon. Using the last of the green chilis I got and roasted in the fall.
Fuck these are dangerous. Crazy spicy. I will not be partaking. My stomach would murder me.
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Hello your girl has a light hangover, she had 7 shots last night and it was good, someone wrote some friendly cute poetry abt me, went to brunch and heard an INSANE story I'll tell y'all later.. Sending love wherever it's needed, I'm managing!!
I know this is along the lines of my mom asking "which one will be the bride and which one the groom" about a gay wedding, but in languages with gendered adjectives, which word ending do non-binary people take?
it's a lot stickier that the strict pronoun issue because the roots are deeper into grammar and muscle memory of speech.
many gendered noun languages don't have a genderless adjective ending and usually default male.
This is a good example of the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis in an emerging modern thing. From what I read ages back non binaryism is far less prevalent in languages with strict gender binaries. That should imply native speakers of languages with strict neutral genders would have more, but this was a short article for a French class about four years ago
The specific example involved a non binary person who kept the male pronouns he always used as switching to female seems to make less sense. It was more about avoiding homme/femme designations where possible for them.
Homogeneous distribution of your varieties of amuse-gueule
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So making green chili for a thing this afternoon. Using the last of the green chilis I got and roasted in the fall.
Fuck these are dangerous. Crazy spicy. I will not be partaking. My stomach would murder me.
I’ll take the hit for you
*wears bib*
Taking to a friends place. She is Texan and making both a veggie and meat chili. With leftovers. I am bringing Colorado Green Chili. A friend is making Ohio white chili? It is suppose to not be spicy.
I know this is along the lines of my mom asking "which one will be the bride and which one the groom" about a gay wedding, but in languages with gendered adjectives, which word ending do non-binary people take?
it's a lot stickier that the strict pronoun issue because the roots are deeper into grammar and muscle memory of speech.
many gendered noun languages don't have a genderless adjective ending and usually default male.
I know this is along the lines of my mom asking "which one will be the bride and which one the groom" about a gay wedding, but in languages with gendered adjectives, which word ending do non-binary people take?
it's a lot stickier that the strict pronoun issue because the roots are deeper into grammar and muscle memory of speech.
many gendered noun languages don't have a genderless adjective ending and usually default male.
As far as i know for French, the answer is "fuck you, be a man or a woman. fuck you."
It was real annoying when i swapped to French in Pyre and my pronouns reverted to masculine.
This also makes it impossible to be catty and mysterious about the gender of your spouse / partner in certain languages!
French has a word for partner that sounds identical in masculine and feminine but I'm fucked if I can remember it. I usually just refer to French girl as my wife as I can't remember the proper term
Homogeneous distribution of your varieties of amuse-gueule
Also still love this comic on Latinx (which is very much an English term). And covers all sorts of interesting bits about the discussion about it also changes folks are working on in Spanish and such.
I know this is along the lines of my mom asking "which one will be the bride and which one the groom" about a gay wedding, but in languages with gendered adjectives, which word ending do non-binary people take?
it's a lot stickier that the strict pronoun issue because the roots are deeper into grammar and muscle memory of speech.
many gendered noun languages don't have a genderless adjective ending and usually default male.
As far as i know for French, the answer is "fuck you, be a man or a woman. fuck you."
It was real annoying when i swapped to French in Pyre and my pronouns reverted to masculine.
This also makes it impossible to be catty and mysterious about the gender of your spouse / partner in certain languages!
French has a word for partner that sounds identical in masculine and feminine but I'm fucked if I can remember it. I usually just refer to French girl as my wife as I can't remember the proper term
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This painting of Jesus has sick abs and fancy eyeliner and he is kissing another dude because of platonic art reasons.
This one shows mythical creatures and people "lying" next to each other in the woods because of uh... symbolism. Or something.
but they're listening to every word I say
A lot of retail stores are basically just billboards for online shops. Marketing is a screwed up world.
I'm appreciating art! I appreciate it best when I'm alone... don't come in!
but they're listening to every word I say
This is some wild shit. I'm like blinking in confusion at the successive revelations
the worst
I'm looking at the Rubens painting of this and I'd wager a fair sum that he was using male models as a base for the women in it
Mannequin (8AD)
but they're listening to every word I say
I have wasted hundreds of dollars not returning internet clothes in the window after they didn't fit. I also don't mind socially interacting at all. Even so, I agree with you and will just keep trying to be better at trying things on quickly and returning them
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don't you even live in a house where the mail carrier will pick up return packages for clothes from your doorstep without scheduling? And don't most online shops ship all the return stuff with the clothes now?
I know these are both the case I'm just asking rhetorical questions to explore the depths of your depravity
If either of these things is true i didn't know about it!
As I'm ever so fond of reminding myself, Raphael literally fucked himself to death
I just ordered new gym shorts from Amazon and they’re immediately my favorite workout shorts ever. I had ordered two pairs of another brand but they showed up and didn’t have pockets so I returned them.
I am a responsible consumer.
Oh wait I definitely meant Raphael and I blame the ninja turtles for this error
Yeah it's rare and was really fucked up. Abrupt, intentional, dispassionate, mechanized mangling of a person while they screamed. Came out of nowhere too, woke up then had to fight off sleep or go right back into it.
Extremely not good, image persists, do not fucking want.
Raph being a sexually frustrated teenager would explain the ceaseless rage.
A vision of Hell? Still from what I have seen, Hell was made up.
@Donkey Kong I looked into this on italian internet a bit ago and there's no good option
Basically the language keeps you from having that option and you must choose to refer to yourself one way or the other (so people will, as you do, maybe use the opposite one in social/safe contexts and just use the same one at work)
I just horked out a boog the size of a matchbox car
The human body is an endless font of beauty and elegance
thank u for sharing
Proof of intelligent design it is.
big news if true
@Donkey Kong
As far as i know for French, the answer is "fuck you, be a man or a woman. fuck you."
It was real annoying when i swapped to French in Pyre and my pronouns reverted to masculine.
Check out my site, the Bismuth Heart | My Twitter
Fuck these are dangerous. Crazy spicy. I will not be partaking. My stomach would murder me.
I'd love it if you took a look at my art and my PATREON!
This is a good example of the Sapir–Whorf hypothesis in an emerging modern thing. From what I read ages back non binaryism is far less prevalent in languages with strict gender binaries. That should imply native speakers of languages with strict neutral genders would have more, but this was a short article for a French class about four years ago
The specific example involved a non binary person who kept the male pronouns he always used as switching to female seems to make less sense. It was more about avoiding homme/femme designations where possible for them.
*wears bib*
Taking to a friends place. She is Texan and making both a veggie and meat chili. With leftovers. I am bringing Colorado Green Chili. A friend is making Ohio white chili? It is suppose to not be spicy.
Its a chili night.
This also makes it impossible to be catty and mysterious about the gender of your spouse / partner in certain languages!
French has a word for partner that sounds identical in masculine and feminine but I'm fucked if I can remember it. I usually just refer to French girl as my wife as I can't remember the proper term
https://www.vox.com/the-highlight/2019/10/15/20914347/latin-latina-latino-latinx-means
Just call each other chouchou.