Learn esperanto to fight english cultural dominance
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    xarvos
    3y ago 0%

    Esperanto is still eurocentric. That is, it is only easy to learn because you already know English, and perhaps another European language. Lojban or toki pona would be a better option.

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    /c/showerthoughts xarvos 3y ago 100%
    "Man" is a fine interjection but "woman" is not

    Woman, English is weird.

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    Hey Lemmy, what are your favorite ear worms?
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    xarvos
    3y ago 100%

    One of the few I can enjoy is Boney M's Daddy Cool. Had to endure it for hours on a trip so I guess I had to enjoy it as a defense mechanism.

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    Behond, the centrist.
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    xarvos
    3y ago 100%

    Centrists are so balanced, just like the upvote/downvote ratio of this post. It also has 4 comments at the time I wrote this. Screenshot of this post with 4 upvotes and 4 downvotes

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  • Which websites should we link to?
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    xarvos
    3y ago 100%

    BookWyrm is a secondary source, so I don't think it's a good idea. Personally, I'd link to:

    • The book's website, if there is (which usually just links to amazon)
    • Wikipedia page
    • OpenLibrary

    As for where to buy books, I've recently heard of Libreture, which have DRM-free books (see other DRM-free book source), though its database might be lacking because it's rather new.

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    Constructed Languages xarvos 3y ago 100%
    My Hàësdáïga translation for an XKCD comic strip

    [Original comics](https://xkcd.com/2462/) The text on the right is the title text. # Gloss (Lemmy parsed these dotted gloss as links, smh) Ponytail: ! this-prize-nom.mt.sg Nobel-gen.mt.sg you-dat.wo.sg we\_exclusive-nom.plaward-ind.prs.prf Hairy: ! that-nom.sg be-ind.prs.cnt rock-nom.ea.sg Ponytail: . yes but if you-nom.wo.sg look-sub.prs.prf other-angle-abl.mt.sg, Text: . NASA start-ind.prs.prf award new-prize-acc.mt.sg people-dat.ea.plwho-nom.pl say-ind.prs.prf world-computer-net-dat.mt.sg infind life.acc.wo.sg fire-star-gen.fi.sg number-picture-dat.fi.pl Title text: . fire-star-gen.fi.sg life-acc.wo.sg find-gen.ea.sg to\_purpose,make-sub.prs.prf picture-machine-acc.mt.sg and it-acc.mt.sg send-sub.prs.prffire-star-dat.fi.sg . that-when-dat after search\_for-sub.prs.prfdog-acc.ea.pl and plant-acc.wo.pl picture-dat.fi.pl in Translation note: * NASA is an organization so its name isn't translated if not necessary. * "Mars" whose translation is literally "Fire star", is a calque from Chinese * "Photo" is literally "digital picture". Normally, this distinction is not important, but in this case it is to emphasize it is not a drawing. "Digital" is also a calque. # Pronunciation Note for tones: * level tone (a): /˧˧/ * rising tone (á): /˧˥/ * falling tone (à): /˥˩/ /ki.dúɲ.ga.so nu.bel.ko lúk.da rèχ.sə˧˥ χaːs.wú.ʔa//las wí.tar goŋ.si//daː gai̯.ʔa χaːswúz səŋ.dúɲ.ga.no lìmdí də baŋ.sì zaː tanaːŋ.dè.leː χan.ner.moχ.do jos dák.zə siː.vəl.men.na raː.té.reŋ.keva.lu.ɣós.meŋ.de jos//raː.té.reŋ.ke siː.vəl.men.na dák.ki jaɲ daʊ̯.ʔu ɣós.meŋ.χó.no nòːrtèn.no siː.pu raːtéːreŋ.de//la.hip.də mús.neχ dá cu wuːp.ni nòːr daːn.rá.na ɣós.meŋ.dé jos/ # Grammar Some notable features: * 5 genders, named after the five phases in [wǔxíng](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wuxing_(Chinese_philosophy)). * Sentence punctuation is at the beginning. * [A glyph structure](https://git.disroot.org/huyngo/conlang/raw/branch/master/src/haasdaiga/glyph.png) similar to Korean: built from individual letters. * Agglutinative and has vowels, consonants, and tones as inflection unit.

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