We should invent a universal language that is designed such that it can be spoken as a dialect of all the other lingua francas, so it just sort of funnels people speaking other languages into speaking it.
We should invent a universal language that is designed such that it can be spoken as a dialect of all the other lingua francas, so it just sort of funnels people speaking other languages into speaking it.
I think, technically, this is math.
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
I only feed my cat roses so his piss smells like perfume.
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
We should invent a universal language that is designed such that it can be spoken as a dialect of all the other lingua francas, so it just sort of funnels people speaking other languages into speaking it.
it's Esperanto
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In my dream world instead of pronouns everybody has a set of single syllable nicknames.
some of the native american languages have no pronouns of any sort. Lots of languages don't have gendered pronouns at all, or require a suffix or a separate word to provide clarity if context doesn't get you there.
We should invent a universal language that is designed such that it can be spoken as a dialect of all the other lingua francas, so it just sort of funnels people speaking other languages into speaking it.
We should invent a universal language that is designed such that it can be spoken as a dialect of all the other lingua francas, so it just sort of funnels people speaking other languages into speaking it.
in my dream world we don't need pronouns because you never talk about anybody else you just play with cats all day
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
life's a game that you're bound to lose / like using a hammer to pound in screws
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
I've been reading idly about Ojibwe and it's got some interesting grammar
Nouns and verbs are heavily inflected (prefixes and suffixes added to the root word) to convey a lot of different information, which isn't uncommon, but the the sheer variety of info they convey seems notable
Not just gender or number or tense, which we see in English and related languages, but evidentiality (what evidence or sense has produced this fact, or how evident is it; we might say "I saw that..." or "allegedly..." or "people say...") and distinction between proximate/obviative third person, which is basically a way to be more specific and add a "fourth person" when there's ambiguity
Thundercat is hilarious because of how subtle/nuanced she can be in how communicative she is.
Like the other two cats are incredibly blunt and basically just meow as a function of how they feel at the moment, their interactions with me are very skinner-box-ey, but Thundercat actually modulates her meows in such a way that she seems to be attempting to say something to me. Like she's the only one out of the bunch who behaves as though she understands that I hold some sort of complex internal state. I wonder how much of that is simply a function of her being older and thus understanding how the humans be better?
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I've been reading idly about Ojibwe and it's got some interesting grammar
Nouns and verbs are heavily inflected (prefixes and suffixes added to the root word) to convey a lot of different information, which isn't uncommon, but the the sheer variety of info they convey seems notable
Not just gender or number or tense, which we see in English and related languages, but evidentiality (what evidence or sense has produced this fact, or how evident is it; we might say "I saw that..." or "allegedly..." or "people say...") and distinction between proximate/obviative third person, which is basically a way to be more specific and add a "fourth person" when there's ambiguity
remember how in Atlantis: The Lost Empire the Atlanteans can understand english because they speak the "root language" that English was derived from even tho this makes no sense whatsoever
remember how in Atlantis: The Lost Empire the Atlanteans can understand english because they speak the "root language" that English was derived from even tho this makes no sense whatsoever
You know how the more languages you learn, generally the easier it is to learn new languages?
It would be neat if you could just teach the completely abstracted "language" and it would somehow give you the means to decipher other languages very quickly.
Similar to how once you understand basic programming concepts translating into different syntax is usually trivial.
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I will always wonder if China might have turned out better if they hadn't given up on the whole 'Emperor' thing.
I will always wonder if China might have turned out better if they hadn't given up on the whole 'Emperor' thing.
They didn't really
New words same concepts in practice
Ummm no they did. And actually moved between a few government types before CKS and then Mao set up their oligarchical structures.
Edit:
Between 1912~1925 was really the Republican period in China though central authority was weak and there was a lot of proto-civil war to full civil war going on. And not just the KMT and the communist but a bunch of factions.
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it's English
I think, technically, this is math.
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
do you not lick it to see if it has the taste properties of piss then
Obviously exceptions are exceptions but she isn't anosmic.
How bad does a house have to be for cat piss to funk through all their possessions? My ex's mother had 15+ cats and she didn't smell like cat piss.
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
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some of the native american languages have no pronouns of any sort. Lots of languages don't have gendered pronouns at all, or require a suffix or a separate word to provide clarity if context doesn't get you there.
We should just speak math.
There are 15 competing standards.
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
Nah, I don't like Stormcast Eternals.
gender: Shelley
language: Duval
fuck up once and you break your thumb / if you're happy at all then you're god damn dumb
that's right we're on a fucked up cruise / God is dead but at least we have booze
bad things happen, no one knows why / the sun burns out and everyone dies
Speaking u but with a heavy accent
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more cats
Nouns and verbs are heavily inflected (prefixes and suffixes added to the root word) to convey a lot of different information, which isn't uncommon, but the the sheer variety of info they convey seems notable
Not just gender or number or tense, which we see in English and related languages, but evidentiality (what evidence or sense has produced this fact, or how evident is it; we might say "I saw that..." or "allegedly..." or "people say...") and distinction between proximate/obviative third person, which is basically a way to be more specific and add a "fourth person" when there's ambiguity
Pretty neat
Like the other two cats are incredibly blunt and basically just meow as a function of how they feel at the moment, their interactions with me are very skinner-box-ey, but Thundercat actually modulates her meows in such a way that she seems to be attempting to say something to me. Like she's the only one out of the bunch who behaves as though she understands that I hold some sort of complex internal state. I wonder how much of that is simply a function of her being older and thus understanding how the humans be better?
in a pig's eye!!
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Also Free Hong Kong
I'm not sure why pictures of a cartoon bear would be political.
https://66.media.tumblr.com/9d283b01292c0090ca81188f22fccc49/tumblr_pzj8eedRVv1qhgogbo1_640.png
Alexey Bednij
It was a Streisand effect that just led to more and more hilarious backlash
The honey is political power and the pot is authoritarian measures
It's been around for a long time. The original joke is from 2013 and the banning and bigger internet explosion of the joke was back in 2017.
Recently it's back on the table because of everything going on with China.
Is Rabbit's garden Hong Kong?
You know how the more languages you learn, generally the easier it is to learn new languages?
It would be neat if you could just teach the completely abstracted "language" and it would somehow give you the means to decipher other languages very quickly.
Similar to how once you understand basic programming concepts translating into different syntax is usually trivial.
He looks like Winnie the Pooh
and saying it makes him mad
It is hilarious
They didn't really
New words same concepts in practice
thats pretty much the whole thing.
Ummm no they did. And actually moved between a few government types before CKS and then Mao set up their oligarchical structures.
Edit:
Between 1912~1925 was really the Republican period in China though central authority was weak and there was a lot of proto-civil war to full civil war going on. And not just the KMT and the communist but a bunch of factions.