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Me going into anaphylactic shock because the bell getting shoved down my throat is made of nickel
I love the term “loanwords” because it implies that you intend to give them back.
*dumps a box full of words on French’s front porch* You never came back for your shit.
Loanwords, loaned to the British Museum so
Would everyone like to know the best thing??? There are two types of borrowed word - loan words and calques. Loan words are words taken directly from the language i.e. tattoo, sushi, guillotine. Calques are words literally translated from the language before being borrowed i.e. beer garden, scapegoat, killer whale (incorrectly calqued, the original actually means whale killer which is a whole other post).
Did anyone notice the fun thing?
Loan word is a calque (German lehnwort lit. Loan+word) and calque is a loan word (French calque - tracing or imitation). Have a good day!
i learned about Tim Wong who successfully and singlehandedly repopulated the rare California Pipevine Swallowtail butterfly in San Francisco. In the past few years, he’s cultivated more than 200 pipevine plants (their only food source) and gives thousands of caterpillars to his local Botanical Garden (x)
Sometimes, people are really great.
This is also an example of picking One Thing and putting most of your Better The World efforts there. We have so many different important issues to care about and act toward, and it’s tempting to try and do a Little for Many Things - and I’m not saying that little bits of effort don’t add up! They do. But often you’ll make a bigger impact (and possibly have less compassion/activist fatigue) if you direct the majority of your efforts toward one or two things.
always follow the four g rule .... is it gaudy is it gauche is it grotesque is it godly
Ranking the Kens in Barbie based on overall ‘kenergy’
1. Ken
- little cowboy hat
- doctor who
- just misses his best friend barbie 🥹
8.5 out of Ken
2. Ken
- less fun lil cowboy hat
- gets to be douche bro president Ken
- related to Chris evans maybe?
- gives Ryan gosling a lil kiss
5 out of Ken
3. Ken
- back flipping Ken
- excellent dancer
- gives serious steal ur girl energy
- possibly the most sexually aggressive of all the Kens (I am referencing his interactions with Ryan Gosling Ken exclusively, the energy was palpable)
- served some mad cunt
9 out of Ken
4. Ken
- possibly my favourite Ken
- always has Ken’s back
- very goofy dancer 💜
- played drums when all the other Ken’s played guitar
- recipient of the holy pimp coat
- almost certainly in love with his best friend Ken
10 out of Ken
5. Ken
- THE Ken
- he’s kenough 🥲
- lost interest in the patriarchy when he found out it wasn’t about horses
- instigated the greatest out of nowhere dance number in a film I’ve ever seen
- buuuuuuuut also enslaved a bunch of women so…
-10 out of Ken (still love him tho)
Excited to share the cover for Kari’s and mine upcoming Shortbox Comic: Morana, Until Death.
This sapphic psychological thriller will be available as a pdf in October as part of Shortbox Comic Fair alongside a bunch of new comic works by an amazing lineup of creators!
girls girls cuddling girls kissing girls giggling together girls holding hands girls just looking at each other and smiling girls stroking each others hair girls sitting on the sofa watching a movie girls resting their head on each other girls making weird noses at each other girls...
reblog if you really love lesbians or if you've ever used a rice cooker
my lesbian girlfriends mom got us a new rice cooker for housewarming :)
When I'm in charge of the planet, it will be illegal to make a job posting unless you are actively searching for a candidate.
Lean staffing will also be illegal. If you need three people to do a job, you're hiring four.
You are also either earning an amount or you are not earning that amount. 'Earn up to 21.50/hr' no. Either you're paying 21.50 or you are not paying 21.50. Tell the truth or jail for employer for 1000 years.