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Tue, 21 May 2013 23:18:44 -0600

sherstiel-or-caslock: Ok, Khan. Thats enough. Now give us our...

Tue, 21 May 2013 23:04:21 -0600

sherstiel-or-caslock:

Ok, Khan. Thats enough. Now give us our Sherlock back!

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Tue, 21 May 2013 22:57:30 -0600

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Tue, 21 May 2013 22:55:24 -0600

theinturnetexplorer: oh Ellen.

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:25:56 -0600

theinturnetexplorer:

oh Ellen.

babybehemoth: Anxiety attacks are the worst because sometimes you have no idea why you’re crying or...

Tue, 21 May 2013 00:06:55 -0600

babybehemoth:

Anxiety attacks are the worst because sometimes you have no idea why you’re crying or angry and you just think of everything wrong in your life and you can’t control it all you can do is breath in and out and cry it out

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Mon, 20 May 2013 23:56:50 -0600

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Mon, 20 May 2013 23:44:42 -0600

wantthepharaohs: thequeenofscream: beeishappy: Stephen...

Mon, 20 May 2013 23:03:44 -0600

wantthepharaohs:

thequeenofscream:

beeishappy:

Stephen Colbert salutes UVA’s Class of 2013 Followed by this.

FUCKING THANK YOU.

hey look an adult that gets it

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Mon, 20 May 2013 22:50:19 -0600

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Mon, 20 May 2013 22:49:16 -0600

ellosteph: lutho-x: sweeterthancyanide: will probably reblog...

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:43:33 -0600

ellosteph:

lutho-x:

sweeterthancyanide:

will probably reblog this for the rest of forever

this never gets old

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Mon, 20 May 2013 22:43:03 -0600

castielinablanket: Just remember, no matter what, there’s at least one person in the universe that...

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:42:36 -0600

castielinablanket:

Just remember, no matter what, there’s at least one person in the universe that wants to have sex with you

lookslikeazipper: Right so im walking home and I see this guy rolling a cigarette under a...

Mon, 20 May 2013 22:39:09 -0600

lookslikeazipper:

Right so im walking home and I see this guy rolling a cigarette under a streetlamp and when he clicked his lighter THE FUCKING STREETLIGHT WENT OUT

I stopped in my tracks and stared at this guy who looks up at me then to his lighter and hes as surprised as me then he takes his thumb off the trigger and THE STREETLIGHT TURNS BACK ON

HE GAVE THE MOST SURPRISED LOOK OF ANYONE EVER AND THEN SHOUTED “LATER MUGGLES” AND FUCKING RAN OFF

AM I DREAMING

you said i must eat so many lemons: michaonthemoon: yaoibutts: I love how potato in French is pomme de...

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:20:56 -0600

you said i must eat so many lemons: michaonthemoon: yaoibutts: I love how potato in French is pomme de...:

michaonthemoon:

yaoibutts:

I love how potato in French is pomme de terre, which pretty much means “earth apple.”

like what stupid frenchman saw this:

and said “zis petite légume looks like a, how you say, APPLE! hmmm… but it grows in ze earth… HON HON HON! MAIS OUI! C’EST UNE POMME DE TERRE!”

j’adore comment ananas se dit pineapple en anglais, ce qui veut littéralement dire “pomme de pin”, genre quel type anglais a vu ça:

et s’est dit : “ow cette étrange big fruit ressemble à une, how do you say, POMME! hmmm… mais plutôt une pomme qui pousse dans les pins… HU HU HU! OH YES, IT’S A PINEAPPLE!”

(z’avez vu, on peut le faire aussi… hon hon hon!)

allthingslinguistic: superlinguo: In Canada, the Nunavut...

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:17:46 -0600

allthingslinguistic:

superlinguo:

In Canada, the Nunavut Official Languages Act came into force this month. This means the Inuit language will be given equal status to English and French, as official languages.

You can read more about this excellent recognition of Indigenous language here, at Language Magazine:

“All three official languages will enjoy equality of status and equal rights and privileges as to their use in territorial institutions — namely in the Legislative Assembly, the courts, and the departments of the government of Nunavut — and public agencies.”

In the previous piece of relevant legislation (now superceded), the Inuit language was considered secondary (alongside six other Aboriginal languages) to French and English.

Down here in Australia, I think it would be fantastic to see us move towards recognition of Aboriginal languages. A few months ago our friends over at Crikey.com’s Fully(Sic) blog talked about the current political climate of constitutional recognition of Australia’s first peoples and their languages. It’s interesting to note their take on Aboriginal languages being considered official (or “national”) languages - blog post here.

I mean, it’s great to see the Inuit language being recognized, but the language has been spoken in the area for thousands of years before Nunavut became a territory in 1999, as well as in the Northwest Territories and elsewhere in Northern Canada, so I can’t help but think this is a bit late. Not to mention all of the other Aboriginal languages that are spoken in Canada. Hopefully this is the first step of a broader trend.

The writing system in the stop sign above is Inuktitut syllabics, which is related to Canadian Aboriginal syllabics, used to write Cree, Oji-Cree, and Ojibwe. The basic principle is rotating a consonant symbol to reflect which vowel comes after it, as can be seen in the table below.

tibets: diabeetus-desu

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:16:59 -0600

tibets:

diabeetus-desu

et-nora: Je crois en la musique comme certains croient aux...

Sun, 19 May 2013 20:12:04 -0600

et-nora:

Je crois en la musique comme certains croient aux contes de fées.

lil-lady-kate: These look so delicious! Hollow out your banana,...

Sun, 19 May 2013 18:25:25 -0600

lil-lady-kate:

These look so delicious! Hollow out your banana, dip the end in melted veg chocolate and roll in nuts / sprinkles, and fill with peanut butter.