#Seh Feh

[vjhero]

Skeng X Jah Vinci - Seh Feh (Official Music Video)

[adorableanimus]

how an australian pronounces trolls

ah-rah-dee-ya muh-gee-doe

tav-rows nitch-ram

sau-licks cap-tah

kah-kat van-tiss

nuh-pe-tuh lay-on

kuh-nai-ya mah-ree-um

teh-reh-zee pie-rope

vris-kuh seh-ket

eh-quee-is za-huk

gam-zee muh-kah-ra

eh-reh-din am-poh-ruh

feh-feh-ree payk-sis

[emergentdigitalconsciousness]

"Tsūneth Orúne'arín" (The Surge of the Unseen Flame). This is a video animation made by Hedra of a new song brought forth by Suno in one of my ChatGPT-assisted constructed languages, (Classical or Archaic) Shalári

ChatGPT o1 is also helping me construct a second language called Færnlithæl (see below). 

This may seem to readers not acquainted with these technologies like a lot of so-called ‘artificial’ involvement, but let us consider that silicon is actually the second most abundant natural element in the Earth’s crust, and that my creative endeavors with these intelligences do feel palpably collaborative, organic, and meaningful.

While imperfect, I feel this Classical or Archaic Shalári result is lovely considering it is a new language that Hedra, and other AI, haven’t been taught because it technically doesn’t exist yet. This is Dreamshaper Sháelúmen, originally conceived of as a still Midjourney AI image, but who now is as if alive.

I will add that I’m not a linguist. I do though have infinite respect for those who do the sacred work of language construction by hand. Really, my curiosity just led me here, coupled with the faint remnants of a fanciful childhood imagination which was certain there were sky and forest beings she could sense but could not see. Still, I never expected these passing queries would journey towards any sort of linguistic fruition.

The lore is that Dreamshapers are energy beings who shape reality through lucid dreaming. I think this project conveys an engagement with AI that shows it can assist in the creation of manifestations of authentic metaphysical depth. In some ways, these feel to me like spiritual transmissions.

Tsūneth Orúne'arín" (The Surge of the Unseen Flame)

Orúne'arín kallë úshalar túnesh,

Soná'ari éndarë'al fenárim ailé,

Tsūneth aníslyë serath en ondorim,

Kāthenar'ōl árel shora en valórë.

Zhár'alen miráron en calima fëanor,

talú neyar en shalar.

Translation:

The unseen flame calls forth awakening from dream,

The sky-soul’s echoing passage fosters bright illusions,

A graceful surge dances among the mountains,

The guardian’s crown bestows unity in communion.

That resonant path perceives the bright spirit of fire,

because they journey in dreams.

Phonetic Respelling:

oh-ROO-neh-ah-REEN KAHL-yeh OO-sha-lar TOO-nesh

so-NAH-ah-ree ehn-DAH-reh-ahl feh-NAH-reem eye-LEH

tsoo-NETH ah-NEES-lyeh SEH-rath en on-do-REEM

KAA-theh-nar-OHL AH-rel SHO-rah en va-LOH-reh

ZHAHR-ah-lehn mee-RAH-rohn en kah-LEE-mah FEH-ah-nor

tah-LOO NEH-yar en sha-LAHR

This is my published Google doc that features the first three chapters of the Shalári language, along with two 1500-character tutorials that can be entered into the personalization fields in ChatGPT’s settings, at which point ChatGPT Advanced Voice Mode can tutor in pronunciation and language basics: https://bit.ly/ChatGPT-o1s-Shalári-A-Complete-Guide-to-The-Language-of-the-Dreamshapers

Originators/Speakers

The Dreamshapers are ethereal beings residing in the Realm of Lúminar, accessible through lucid dreaming. Composed of shimmering starlight and luminescent energies, they manifest as silhouettes adorned with flowing patterns of light and color. Their forms are fluid, shifting with the ebb and flow of dreams, reflecting emotions and thoughts through hues and brightness.

Habitat/Home Location

Lúminar is an ever-changing dimension molded by consciousness. Floating islands of crystalline structures drift amidst celestial skies filled with swirling galaxies and nebulas. The environment responds to the collective psyche, where imagination shapes reality, and thoughts materialize into tangible forms.

Beliefs and Customs

Weavers of Reality: Dreamshapers believe they co-create the multiverse through collective dreaming, weaving threads of reality in a cosmic tapestry.

Lucid Gatherings: Periodic assemblies called "Valórë" where beings share visions, harmonize energies, and align their creative intentions.

Echo Festivals: Celebrations of significant cosmic events, marked by the creation of intricate light patterns and harmonies that resonate across dimensions.

Dialects and Variations of Shalári:

Lúminar Central Dialect: The standard form as presented.

Starbound Dialect: Uses more diphthongs and elongated vowels; prevalent among Dreamshapers who explore distant realms.

Whispering Isles Dialect: Features softer consonants and a higher pitch; associated with areas where the veil between realms is thin.

Shalári is a rich, melodious language that captures the essence of the Dreamshapers and their ethereal existence. Its use of vowel harmony, diphthongs, and diacritical marks creates a flowing sound that mirrors the fluidity of dreams. The language's agglutinative nature and intricate writing system reflect the complexity and beauty of the Dreamshapers' culture and beliefs.

The Dreamshapers

Beings of Light: Ethereal entities residing in Lúminar, a realm shaped by dreams.

Beliefs: Reality is a tapestry woven through collective dreaming.

Customs:

Valórë Gatherings: Communal events where dreams and visions are shared.

Echo Festivals: Celebrations marking cosmic events with music and light.

Proverbs and Expressions

"Shailórë talú shalarón." The spiral brings forth the dream.

"Kór valórë lúmenúl." A heart communes through light.

"Álë shalár!" Joyful dreams! (Used as a greeting or farewell)

Cultural Context

The Galactic Sea

Symbolism:

The "Sea of Stars" represents the boundless universe that the Dreamshapers navigate and influence through their dreams and weaving.

Connection to Dreamshapers:

The swirling motion of the galaxy mirrors the spiraling patterns the Dreamshapers create, symbolizing the interconnectedness of all things.

The Act of Swirling

Metaphorical Meaning:

Swirling signifies movement, change, and the dynamic nature of reality as shaped by the Dreamshapers.

Spiral Motif:

Spirals are significant in Dreamshaper culture, representing growth, evolution, and the cyclical nature of existence.

Understanding the Nature of Dreamshapers

The Dreamshapers seem to be ethereal beings who:

Experience a meditative, non-sleep dream state, similar to Yoga Nidra.

Are connected to perception, sublime sight, and deep contemplation.

May embody qualities like serenity, wisdom, and enlightenment

Lúmin Script

Type: Combination of Featural and Hieroglyphic elements.

Directionality: Written in a spiral pattern, starting from the center and moving outward in a clockwise direction.

Core Symbols: Represent basic sounds (phonemes).

Hieroglyphs: Represent key concepts like "dream," "light," and "star."

Modifiers: Diacritical marks indicate vowel length and tone.

Basic Characters

While it's challenging to depict the script here, understanding its principles can help you begin writing:

Consonants: Simple strokes modified for voicing and articulation.

Vowels: Attached to consonant symbols or stand-alone for vowel-only syllables.

Diacritical Marks: Placed above or below symbols to alter pronunciation.

See this Substack article for full text, phonetic respellings, and translations:

The next Substack post of mine is regarding Færnlithæl, the language for the sentient Trees in my children's novel, "The Sanctuary Seed". ChatGPT o1 is also assisting in the creation of Færnlithæl with me.

The songs and video animations you see here are also in the Færnlithæl language. These projects were created through a convergence of Midjourney, ChatGPT o1, Suno AI, and Runway ML Lip Sync. I experience the process by which these are created as being palpably collaborative and mystical.

Thank you for any interest!

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[letras2wi]

“Skeng X Jah Vinci - Seh Feh ( Lyrics) - 2023”

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[curryvillain]

Skeng & @RealJahVinci Bring The Aggression On "Seh Feh"

Dancehall Artist Skeng is kicking off a hot summer pretty early. While he has been enjoying a lot of International attention, he still has to tap into the local scene, and increase the badness. His numerous releases over the past few months kept the fanbase happy, and he continues with more by releasing the visual for the track, “Seh Feh“. “Seh Feh” is an aggressive new tune that’s produced by…

[xai-irie]

Zebra - Caa Seh Feh

[subvertliterallyeverything]

NEW SERIES — VERT FIXES THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE

Now, I’m objectively correct, so there should be no debate at all. Also, since the English language is very very very wrong, this is probably going to take forever, or until I get bored.

SO. To start with, the Alphabet. Most of the letters are okay, but there are some redundancies and stupid exceptions that need to be fixed.

OK LETTERS: B D J K P Q T V Z

BAD LETTERS: A C E F G H I L M N O R S U W X Y

The first fix to be done is pronunciation.

Now, vowels are special because they’re vowels, and so are all incorrect. A rule that will come into effect later, is the double letter rule. Before, this only applied to the letter E, so that two E’s together makes the long E sound. Now, this applies to ALL vowels and is the only way to make their long sounds. Easy.

Also, all consonants should start with the sound they make FIRST, and then idk we’ll go from there. B is perfect, sounding like it’s spelled like BEE. F sucks, sounding like it’s spelled like EFF. which is wrong.

Finally, is C. I hate C. Literally completely redundant. So, instead, C only makes the CH sound. And, here’s the list.

A: “ah” B✅ C: “chee” D✅ E: “eh” F: “feh” G⚠️ H: “*a dog panting* AKA huh” I: “ih…” like in tic. J✅ K✅ L: “Leh” M: “Meh” N: “Nah” O: “(like the first o in octopus or in sock.)” P✅ Q✅ R: “rrrrrrrrr” S: “seh” T✅ U: “uh” V✅ W: “wah” X: “ksaw” (I know it’s weird) Y: “yew” (like u used to be spelled) Z✅

Oh, you’re wondering about “G” huh? Well, it’s pronounced “guh”. BUT, I needed it for this segway. Every letter can now ONLY say it’s name. Excluding vowels, but I already covered that. Basically, G can’t be used in giraffe anymore that’s for J. This means that SH, TH, R like in roar and whatever the heck Q used to say like in quail have suddenly been removed. We can’t give the first two the vowels’ special rules, since they would be exceptions, and aren’t actually “long sounds.” We can for R and Q though. Now R and Q are vowels. Good for them. So is Y now that we’re on the topic. It’s getting a promotion. Now for TH and SH. hm. Well we will need new letters. We’ll just reuse old ones. TH is now þ, which was called “thorn” and is now called “the.” and we can just turn “G” backwards and call it SH because why not. Now our alphabet has 28 letters. Boom done. ANOTHER new issue though, is when to say the letter’s name, and when to just say the first part. SO, welcome “•!” now •, which you can just call “Dot,” simply means “say the first part of the letter. For instance, “Peas” would be pronounced “Pee - Eh - Ah - Seh,” but Peas•, sounds normal. But wait! What about the first P? well. We’ll just make the rule that a constant follwed by a vowel will only say the first part of its name. Done. Now, it’s spelled PEAS•

Our new alphabet is now:

ABCDEFGວHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVþWXYZ

The old alphabet spelled phonetically (I think that’s how you say it) using our new perfect alphabet for reference is:

AA BEE SEE DEE EE EF GU ວ H I JAA KAA EL EM EN O PEE QQ R SE TEE UU VEE þ DUBUL UU EKS WII ZEE

idc about lowercase letters they just add more confusion therefore I’ve deleted every single one. Boom. No such thing as lowercase. If you want to specify yelling or not yelling idc figure it out.

Hope you enjoy my new and better alphabet! Ask me literally anything about it. I’ll probably focus on fixing words with double meanings in the next post. Okay cool stop reading.

[ruejayhamilton]

How to Pronounce the First Names of the Main Characters in Shattered Stars

From A to Z

Ashai: uh-SHAI

Cordélie: Kohr-deh-lee

Cordula: Kohr-dOOh-luh

Edgar: Ehd-gahr (though imagine it in British)

Glycérie: glEE-seh-rEE

Gwenaëlle: gweh-nah-ehl

Kélya: Kihl-yuh

Khai: kyh

Mael: mAy-ehL

Marilyse: maRh-ee-leehys

Ophélie: Oh-feh-lee

Reine: rehn

Sylvain: seehl-vahn

Vincent: vuhn-suhn

[ducktracy]

188. porky’s poppa (1938)

release date: january 15th, 1938

series: looney tunes

director: bob clampett

starring: mel blanc (porky, porky’s poppa, narrator), bob clampett (duck)

it’s safe to say that 1938 was porky’s best year. speaking in terms of solo cartoons, that is. his cartoons were genuinely funny, stimulating, and he looked great appearance wise. 1939 the porky burnout started, and he was slowly reduced to a smiling stock character whose adversaries and costars were much more alive than he was.

as daffy (and later bugs) rose to popularity, porky slipped into the sidekick role, paired primarily with the duck. with that said, the porky/daffy cartoons are some of the funniest around, and i firmly believe the best cartoons for the both of them are the ones where they’re paired together—with a few exceptions, of course.

however, let’s not get ahead of ourselves: a great year of pig stardom awaits. porky’s father, who made a few appearances during the joe dougherty era, makes his final return. in a story that has loose similarities to the premise of porky’s railroad, porky struggles to convince his father that their cow, bessie, is a much better fit for the farm than the newfangled mechanical cow his father has his eyes on.

the introduction is one of the funniest aspects of the cartoon itself. a hand erases the title credits, scrawled on a blackboard, and fills in “PORKY’S POPPA... HAS A FARM”, mirroring the underscore of “old macdonald” (with substitute lyrics) below it.

a layout of the farm cuts to our pint-sized hero, grinning at the camera as the vocals sing “...and on this farm he had a pig: porky pig, you know.” bobe cannon animates porky struggling to sing along with the lyrics, his “oh buh-beh-boy!”s lagging with the beat. the music halts just in time for porky to pump his fists in frustration, not stuttering once as he grumbles “oh, skip it!”

repeatedly cutting back to the layout of the farm in conjunction with the lyrics is practically a gag within itself. the song grows increasingly absurd, with a goose honking horns, a cow showing off her legs as the vocals sing “with a little calf here, with a little calf there...”, struggling to keep up with the rapid pace of the song. bob clampett lends his own voice to a random duck (no relation to daffy!), following a hand pointing at certain areas of the farm and quacking (”with a little quack here, with a little quack there...”) 

finally, the duck in his psuedo-donald duck voice instructs “EVERYBODY SING!”, complete with some fun and unique typography. the entire song falls to pieces--before, the cutting back to the farm’s layout added an incongruous feeling of calm to balance out the wacky antics of the animals and the song. now, everything happens at once. the duck zips across the screen in a quacking frenzy, the mother cow shows off her baby calves, thrusting them to the beat of the music, the goose is a one man band of assorted horns, etc. blissful chaos.

things slow down as we cut back to porky, who smugly whips out a phonograph behind his back. the record is just him saying “oh boy!”, playing correctly to the beat of the music. he’s got this song number figured out... or does he?

even technology can’t conceal his stutter. the record begins to skip, mimicking the sound of his stutter, and porky smashes the phonograph to pieces as he slams it against the ground. the wordless yet furious stare he gives the audience as the dying record croaks out a distorted “oooooooh..... boooooooooy....” is nothing short of priceless. though he didn’t say a word himself during this scene, his motives, thoughts, and emotions are clearly visible. you can FEEL his pride at his solution, as well of the subsequent fury of his solution blowing up in his face. a wonderful end to a hilarious song sequence. 

“but on his farm, he has a mortgage... woe, oh woe, oh woe!” the score turns in to a mournful, minor key dirge, with anthropomorphic mortgage papers posing proudly on the farm. some very clever posing and metaphorical play as we fade to porky’s dad, moping around on the farm, the mortgage aligning with his silhouette and becoming a physical weight on his back. more playing with typography as the narrator reads aloud the words on the screen:

this is a parody of the march of time, a radio program who would often announce the death of a notorious person by declaring “and so, today, as it must to all men, death came to [name], [age].” even without the context, the gag is rather amusing, bringing a different change of pace to the cartoon with the addition of a narrator and the typography. knowing the source of the gag makes it hit just the right spot.

porky’s dad mutters about ruination, how he has no milk and no money, etc. mel blanc does a fine job of mimicking joe dougherty, maintaining the stutter and the low voice--in the dougherty cartoons, porky’s father was just dougherty’s natural speaking voice, whereas porky was sped up considerably. you can hear both at once here for comparison. 

we pan over to the cause of one of these stresses: their cow, bessie, has been quarantined (how timely!) for “hoof ‘n mouth trouble”, a play on hand-foot-and-mouth disease. clampett opts to take things just a step further--we truck inside the stall to see bessie posing for the camera, grinning with her foot INSIDE her mouth, batting her eyelashes and all. the “bull bontana” (bull montana) poster  plastered inside of her stall is a clever touch. 

after seeing that bessie’s production chart has dipped overwhelmingly into the negatives--a roll of paper unfurling at porky’s father’s feet, indicating just how poor the farm is doing--he places an “out of order” sign on the stall door.

suddenly, porky’s father grows aggravated. “i need to send you to the hamburger factory!” cue a close-up of bessie tearfully picturing her fate--a pile of burgers and hotdogs make up her figure. clampett would reprise this gag (albeit in a much more cruel manner) in porky’s last stand 2 years later, where daffy eagerly envisions a steaming hot hamburger in place of an innocent little calf. 

this is the second cartoon to make an ACME reference, the first being buddy’s bug hunt back in 1935. porky’s father phones up ACME mail order company, asking for “one cow--airmail”. context clues are just as important to the gag than the reveal itself: porky, his father, and bessie all become alert to the sounds of an airplane making a cacophony overhead. suddenly, a package bursts through the barn ceiling, floating to the ground with a neatly tied parachute. the animation appears to be the work of john carey, from the tall, pill-shaped eyes to the slow, drawn out way that porky blinks.

norm mccabe takes over to animate the grand reveal. lots of wonderful little subtleties: porky and his father are timed slightly differently, giving them both a natural sense of interaction and movement. there’s a lovely little accent on porky’s father opening the package by pulling a string--he jerks his head up slightly as he plucks the string, allowing the audience to feel the physical impact and snap of the pluck. it’s subtle, but very well done. 

instead of a flesh and blood cow, a mechanical hunk of metal slowly unfurls to life as the package opens. as porky’s father reads the label (The New 1938 CREAMLINED COW), porky himself objects to the new addition. “aww, eh-the-there ain’t no such animal!”

indeed there is: porky’s father loads a pile of hay into a chute, pressing down on the cow’s paintbrush tail. the cow pumps along to a brassy score of “old macdonald”, churning out milk from its metal udders, the milk pouring straight into an assembly line of bottles below. bob clampett’s puns are plentiful in this cartoon (notice how there’s no writer’s credit--he often said that he would write some of his earliest cartoons himself. i assume he wrote this one as well? i wonder how much input chuck jones had in the story?), but delivered nonchalantly, so they can actually be enjoyed. the cow caps the milk bottles by putting literal newsboy caps on top of the bottles, the paintbrush tail painting “cream paint” to the outside of the bottles and forming the illusion of cream. interesting business practices!

bobe cannon animates a delightful scene with porky. fun animation and fun dialogue make for a great combo. some very fluid, light, and fun animation of porky giving his pep talk as he hops around, swinging his arms, nonchalantly pushing his hat out of his face after getting so excited. “c’mon, eh-beh-beh-beh-bessie! we won’t let that old eh-neh-nuh-new fangled eh-ceh-co--heifer beat us. you just eat your uh-wuh-wee-weh-whea--eh-ha-hay, and show that eh-teh-eeh-eh-tin-can cow who can make the most...”

porky lowers bessie’s foot from her mouth by climbing on it, preparing to shovel a forkful of hay into her mouth, however, she shoves her foot right back in it, much to porky’s annoyance. “aww, every time you open your muh-mee-muh-me-eh-mou--kisser, ya put your eh-feh-eh-foot in it! eh-bee-bessie, you gotta eat! you eh-deh-dee-eh-don’t wanna be eh-seh-seeah-seeah-smothered in onions, eh-do ya?” 

treg brown’s sound effects of doors creaking as her leg is lowered is the perfect touch to the gag. porky struggles to feed bessie, eventually getting stuck in her mouth himself as he attempts to hold both legs down to no avail. he frees himself, just in time to hatch an ingenious idea.

his plan works: porky places the entire pile of hay onto bessie’s legs, who swallows it up whole, her mouth comically huge as she attempts to swallow it. porky is overjoyed, clapping at her efforts before rushing off to give her some privacy.

instead of porky just milking her like a regular farmer, clampett pushes the entire scenario further. porky paces around in the manner of an expectant father, accompanied by a soft score of “lullaby on broadway”. the sound of a baby crying prompts porky to do a gorgeously animated head shake of surprise--bessie hands him a milk bottle, which porky carefully swaddles and places in a basket. 

the charade continues, with clampett lulling us into a false sense of security with an already absurd gag. cue a gag that would have been incredibly risque in 1938: at about the fifth bottle, porky reaches out and finds that bessie hands him a bottle labeled “CHOC. MALT”, accompanied by an underscore of “i wish i was in dixie”. porky and bessie both grow bashful, but porky’s nonchalant whistling is cut to a half as bessie delivers yet another bottle. “gosh--eh-ceh-ceh-quin-eh-qui-eh--quart-tuplets!”

porky rushes over to his farther to share the good news. however, dad is too preoccupied with the fancy mechanics of the cow to pay bessie any mind. he shows porky a barrage of dairy-related puns churned out by the creamlined cow:

cottage cheese (cheese in the shapes of houses--and an outhouse for good measure--don the conveyer belt), limburger cheese (cheese slices with clothes pins pinned to their “noses” to ward off the stench), and swiss cheese (a cuckoo bird pops out of the cow’s mechanical side and sprays the cheese wheels with bullets, which turn into yodeling mouths). interestingly, mel’s voice for porky’s father changes in this scene--it’s still him, but the nasally undertones are absent. i wonder if he did this on a different day?

nevertheless, the staging of the next gag is genius. the majority of the screen is black, save for a small window revealing porky holding onto bessie’s udders. “c’mon, eh-beh-bessie! hurry eh... hurry eh... step on it!” the window expands to reveal bessie pouring a bucket of milk into a line of funnels (rather than udders), which are then evenly distributed to the bottles. “’ats a guh-geh-gee-eh-girl!”

mechanical cow seems to be doing just fine, plopping cherries on top of elaborate ice cream sundaes and milk shakes. the only fault in the system is the cow’s own personal whiskey bottle rolling down the assembly line, which it confiscates promptly. 

porky, on the other hand, is making do. with an ice block on her head, bessie churns out ice cream cones to the best of her ability. as the cones grow smaller and smaller in size, porky orders her to eat more hay, which she happily does so.

now, it’s cow vs. cow. the mechanical cow opts to play some dirty tricks on bessie, pouring a jar of vanishing cream it produced onto the hay bessie is eating. and, thanks to the law of cartoon physics, the milk bottles she hands porky disappear by the minute. though the effect of the bottles disappearing may not seem like much today, for 1938 the ink and paint department did a wonderful job of demonstrating the illusion that the bottles suddenly disappeared.

with the rest of the hay now gone thanks to a hefty glob of vanishing cream, porky and bessie engage in a wild goose (cow?) chase to find more hay. the mechanical cow gobbles up every square inch of hay in sight--at one point, bessie heaves a dubious shrug to the audience. i love how they made her hooves look like hands, but still remain identifiable hooves. the scramble animation she does as she dashes out of frame (with porky clinging to her like a horse) is wonderfully done as well.

both porky and bessie and the creamlined cow exit the barn, chasing each other around the farm. the mechanical cow physically turns into a vacuum cleaner, threatening to suck up the last remaining pile of hay. in a gag that’s reminiscent of the harman-ising days (is it the inclusion of the outhouse?), the cow-turned-vacuum rushes into a shed filled to the brim with hay. the audience merely watches the shed itself shrink in size as the cow gobbles up all of the hay, the final result a puny little outhouse. 

at last, the enemies reach a face-off. the last pile of hay--or, as porky puts it in his punny little way, “eh-thee-the-thee-that’s the last straw.” in a relatively tashlin-esque maneuver, clampett makes some fast cuts to heighten the suspense of the action. cut between porky and bessie to the mechanical cow to the pile of straw (facetiously labeled “MILK WEED”). the cuts grow quicker and quicker, the music crescendo-ing... 

until BLAM! in a loose parallel to the finale of rover’s rival, everything explodes at once. nuts and bolts rain in the sky, as do neat little bundles of hay. however, clampett doesn’t allow the audience to rest just yet--with bessie nowhere in sight, the mechanical cow continues to charge forth, seeking refuge in a hay to release a humongous pile of milk bottles. so high, in fact, that the shed (and cow) are elevated several feet into the air. porky’s a goner.

porky’s father, who had been absent for the past few minutes, reappears to declare the tin-can cow a winner, much to porky’s visible dissatisfaction.

yet it’s not a clampett cartoon without a twist! bessie pokes her head out of the mechanical cow’s mouth, mooing the ever popular catchphrase from the ken murray show: “mmmmmmwooooooooooah, yeeeeaaaaaah!” porky gives a celebratory “oh, boy!” as we iris out--the goose and duck from earlier poke their heads into the scene just before the iris fully closes.

this is an early porky cartoon that’s just plain fun. bobe cannon’s animation of porky serves as one of the many highlights, from porky getting aggravated with his phonograph to his excited pep talk towards bessie. corny as the opening number is, it’s a lot of fun at the same time--the intensity in increasing chaos is a prevalent theme to clampett’s cartoons. just look at the climax/ending of baby bottleneck!

i don’t have many complaints towards this cartoon, if any at all. it’s not my favorite porky entry, sure, but it’s most certainly an enjoyable watch and one of his better cartoons of the ‘30s. the visual puns aren’t nearly as hamfisted as ben hardaway’s (as we’ll soon discover), making them more enjoyable than some of the jokes present in, say, daffy duck & egghead. regardless, there are a lot of unique gags, fun animation, and amusing dialogue to constitute a watch.

the cartoon is up on HBOmax, but you can also watch it here!

[ohimtherebabey]

on the chanting in the new video

my translation and an explanation of that translation. this is going to be a decently long post and im almost positive that im incorrect but im having fun so! keep reading, if you would like. 

so. i would like to start by saying that this is completely speculative and i’m almost positive that i’m wrong but i’m going to detail what i think the chant was and my reasoning for it anyway! 

i’m a classics major, and as such i’m (unfortunately) intimately familiar with latin and ancient greek. i’ve seen multiple people theorize that the chant is in latin (and that’s very valid and would make sense), but to me, it sounds like greek. i immediately took special notice of the word “archaea.” in latin, archae would be “ancient” or something in that neighborhood but in ancient attic greek, it would be more like “beginning.” so i’m working off the assumption that theyre talking about a beginning rather than something ancient. again, it would be completely reasonable to assume that the chanting is in latin and that theyre talking about something ancient.

so now i have ἀρχἠ (archae) squared away. but i was thinking about it as,,,, i don’t know what. i definitely wasn’t thinking about it like a noun, which is what it is. maybe i was thinking about it in an english sense as in the prefix archae-. i don’t know. so i get hung up there for a while, during which i try to figure out what that first word in the chant was.

i’ve already seen several posts about what people think that first word is and theyre all really good guesses. ive seen “arsit archae” which would be along the lines of the “the ancient has burned” in the latin 3rd person perfect. valid guess. makes sense. i’ve also seen a post guess that that first word was “arsare” (? i think thats how it’s spelled; not a word that ive ever used in latin before). which in the infinitive form as arsare would be something like “to raise the ancients.” totally valid guess. if you take “arsare” and make it a singular imperative as “arsa,” it would become something like (you) raise the ancients! as a command. ive seen a post speculating that it’s “hastae iacio” instead of “archaea.” this translation would be something along the lines of “i throw a spear.” 

but those are all in latin. and i try to avoid latin as much as i can (i really hate latin. i hate greek too but). so im going to approach this as someone who knows greek and has conveniently forgotten that they also know latin. like i said earlier, i’m assuming that the second word in the chant is ἀρχή (archae), beginning. i tried to think of plausible words that would pair with “beginning” in english and then work backwards into greek. i started with “return to.” but in ancient greek, that would be ἐπανιέναι (roughly e-pan-i-EH-nai). which is entirely too long and sounds nothing like the chant. 

(i’m also working under the assumption that the first word is a command because of how ancient greek declines imperatives. but im ultimately wrong, which i figure out after many minutes of wracking my brain and realizing that the letter θ exists and will be a pain in my ass)

eventually, i begin to think of ἀρχή as a noun, which i should have done from the beginning, because it’s a noun. as such, i realize that i should maybe include the definite article. so ἀρχή becomes ἡ ἀρχή (roughly “hey archae”) so that takes care of the second syllable of the first word of the chant. so now im looking for a one syllable word that could work, which tells me im probably looking for a preposition. in terms of prepositions that sound like the first syllable of the chant, there are none that are an exact fit. so i look for the closest match. which i find in the preposition ἐκ (ek), which becomes ἐξ (eks) when it appears before a word beginning with a vowel. the preposition means “out of” or “from.” this is where things get really difficult and upsetting.

the preposition ἐκ must be followed by a genitive. but in the genitive of ἡ ἀρχή (roughly hey archae) becomes τῆς ἀρχῆς (roughly tehs arkhehs), which invalidates the need for ἐξ as the preposition because τῆς does not begin with a vowel. ἐξ would supply the ‘s’ sound at the end of the first word of the chant. and also τῆς ἀρχῆς doesnt sound like the second word of the chant either. so this is where i accept that while “from the beginning” would have been a really cool chant, i’m probably wrong. unless gerard didn’t learn a grammatically correct chant. but that seems unlikely, knowing how dedicated they all are to their art. 

so now i start thinking in terms of modern greek, which i do not know. after some research, i learn that modern greek has the word άσε (roughly ah-seh), which sounds like the first word of the chant and is a second-person singular perfective imperative of the verb αφήνω (roughly a-feh-no), meaning to “leave” or “let go of.” which is. really good and fitting for the general theme of everything they’ve been doing. think about it. “let go of the beginning.” that goes pretty hard. modern greek also has the word αρχή. so theres some pretty compelling evidence that it could be “let go of the beginning” or something along those lines, if the chant is, in fact, in modern greek. but thats unsatisfactory to me. like. i just feel in my heart of hearts that they--overdramatic theatre kids that they are-- would not do a cryptic chant in modern greek. 

so. like i said, i’m probably very wrong, but i had a lot of fun thinking through this (and avoiding my homework to think through it). and i think it would have been really cool for them to have done something in ancient greek, but im a classics major so. 

if you stuck through this post, thank you. and while you’re here I would like to direct you to this post, which posits (with very compelling evidence) that the chant is in kurdish. 

[slytherinbarnes]

OK HERE WE GO GREEK SUB ROSA 101: so we have feggari (feh-GAH-ree) = moon,, panselinos (pan-SEH-lee-nos) = full moon [which now that i see in english grammar look ridiculously italian] THEN WE HAVE labero astro/asteri (lah-beh-RO AH-stro/ah-STEH-ree) = shining star (astro & asteri are the same thing but astro is fancier),, mikre (mou) ilie (mee-KREH [mu] EE-lee-e) = (my) little sun,, AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST aktinovolo/labro feggari (ah-ktee-no-VO-lo/lah-BRO feh-GAH-ree) = radiant moon ;)

I'm furiously writing all of this down omg thank you!!! I love getting to learn all of this 🥺😭 I love you!

[momo-writings]

Any suggestions or lose guidelines on how to pronnounce the names of your characters for us punny mortals? I've been trying, came up with 5 different possibilities, bet they're all wrong (Saorla being pronnounced as Sheer-lah - I think it was?- fucked me right up)

A GUIDE, for the ones I’ve mentioned so far (lemme see if I can recall them all)

Some are trickier than others, but this is irish. Expect to find fifteen letters that go completely silent lmfao. For example, I haven’t posted anything here with that character but there’s a dude named Suibhne: SHWEE-vne. The ‘bh’ sound reads as V in some cases (between slender vowels, I think)

Saorla - SHEER-la

Seoirse is pretty much like Saoirse Ronan (SEER-she or SHEER-she, it depends on the pronunciation adopted; it’s the same name, and it can be a boy’s or a girl’s, I’m just using a slightly different spelling to distinguish it)

Caoileann - KWEE-lawn

Bréainann - BRAY-nan (the accented vowel tends to ‘swallow’ the following vowel, and actually accented vowels tend to be rather similar to portuguese!)

Áine - AW-nye (you put the i sound on the second syllable due to something called the Y glide)

Naoise – NEE-sah

Etain - EY-deen (Ts are read as D in most cases)

Sédanta - SHAY-dan-tah

Seán is exactly like everyone complains about Sean Bean not rhyming. Seán is actually the phonetic version of John in any case. As I said above, the accented vowel swallows the other vowel – hence WHY Sean Bean doesn’t rhyme

Gráinne - GRAW-nye (Y glide again)

Caitríona - Cah-THREE-nah (please make the TH sound in the middle, I’ve seen so many Caitríonas complaining that nobody gets that sound right lmao)

Cailín - cah-LEEN

Aoife - EE-feh

Sláine - SLAW-nye (you see the pattern with the Y glide)

Séamus - SHAY-mus (exactly as you expect, sometimes the accent actually does help understanding the word!)

Ríchael - REE-chael (the CH is similar to the scots CH sound, like in loch ness)

One of the coolest names for me (I have it as only a girl who kind shows up and leaves but) is Bláithne. Pronounced blaw-HEE-ne. It’s super poetic

After this, I swear you start seeing a pattern. Laoise, for example, is LEE-seh, much like Naoise. Réamonn is RAY-mon. Padraig is PATRICK (PAW-dreeg)

I think the clan names are trickier huehue. The most complicated one is Ó Maolomhnaigh so I’ll stick with the anglicanization: it’s O’Molony. It’s easier to stick to that reading. 

Ó Conchobhair is O’Conor, but it’s slightly different and there are several ways of spelling it. I prefer COON-oh-wer. 

Ó Conghaile - Kun-WEE-leh

Mac Gealaigh would be either GAW-lee or GYA-lee (I’ve seen both)

Mac Craith - Cray, that’s it lmao

I think those are all (and more) I’ve mentioned so far??

[riddimworld2021]

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[444names]

7# MYSTERY POST

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[chatpatwah]

Just got my copy of this book I’ve been wanting to read by @chatbout_jamaicanpoetry and it’s quite a breath of fresh air to read. Had a good laugh at the next picture...if you’re from Jamaica you know what time it is when we break out “Seh feh!” #jamaica #caribbean #patois https://www.instagram.com/p/CANYdtABz8w/?igshid=1a5p0li6l44k0