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it's in the blood, the stars, n' the heart

@almostblueontheearth

hunkpapa, natchez, mvskoke, sac & fox 💙
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cryptotheism

The closer a language is to yours, the easier it is to understand, the further it is from you, the harder it is to understand. But there's a sort of uncanny valley right in the middle that makes a language sound silly.

I'm an English speaker. German sounds similar, I can even find cognates sometimes. Mandarin Chinese sounds completely alien, but I can understand that it is a language.

But Dutch, Dutch sounds hilarious. Dutch sounds like a clown version of English. I wonder why that is.

I've heard Spanish speakers say similar things about Portuguese, which makes me think there's some sort of linguistic Silly Zone.

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cryptotheism

Y'all are already doing this but I am fascinated. Tag this with your native language, and what languages are in the Silly Zone for you.

#learning Dakota but I'm Lakota#also Meskwaki but I'm also Sac & Fox and my gpa spoke Sauk#I guess Ojibwe is like VERY odd for me to learn#i took an Ojibwe linguistics course just bc of the algonquin family tie to Meskwaki#and my project on reciprocal verbs would've been SO BAD bc I accidentally used a reciprocal verb for giving pleasure to one's self#ofc my teacher put a lid on it right away thank god#but damn i still don't understand Ojibwe#the dictionary was her pet project and somehow as a student I accidentally picked a dirty phrase
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mahoushojoe

israel has just bombed al-ahli hospital in gaza, instantly murdering more than 500 people. these were wounded, children, doctors, and people seeking safety and shelter. instant and deliberate murder.

every single zionist is complicit in this genocide. every single israeli politician and soldier has blood on their hands. every single journalist and every single person who spread news about "50 beheaded babies" and "they're raping the women" and "hamas uses human shields" and "global day of jihad" is complicit in this murder, including everyone who stayed silent.

i never, ever, want to hear a peep about palestinian retaliatory action ever again.