#language in schools

[iyemarathichiyenagari1971]

पहिलीपासून हिंदी या मुद्द्याला विरोध करणे चुकीचे अन् मराठी माणसाच्या तोट्याचे

सध्या हिंदी भाषा पहिलीपासून शिकवली जावी का ? या संदर्भात महाराष्ट्रातील राजकारण ढवळून निघाले आहे. या मुद्द्यावर राजकिय पोळी भाजून घेण्याचा प्रयत्नच अधिक होत आहे. खऱ्या अर्थाने महाराष्ट्राच्या विकासाच्या राजकारणाचा हा सर्वात मोठा पराभव आहे असे म्हटले तर ��ुक होणार नाही. या मुद्द्यावर तज्ज्ञांनी फारसे बोलणे टाळलेले दिसते. पण अशा गंभीर मुद्द्यावर गप्प बसणे हा तज्ज्ञांचा धर्म नव्हे हे लक्षात घ्यायला…

[pearlore]

@eydilily 's gempearl designs r so gorgeous i had to draw........ also a swap?? ft. some nzsl bc i was briefly possessed by the spirit of. hands.

[thedeadpoets-blog]

oh september, how you have my heart.

[skycadexx]

PONY AND JOHNNY SCHOOL HEADCANONS

-when they knew Johnny was gonna be held back a year they were secretly happy they would be in the same class

-they sit in the right corner of every classroom and when they see their seat is taken awkwardly stare at the person the whole class

-then they would be glaring each other from opposite sides of the class trying not to laugh

-Johnny is dyslexic so usually Pony is far earlier done with his work than Johnny

-Pony would be peacefully daydreaming while Johnny would be litterally crashing out bc of an assignment

-They giggle during class like little girls so sometimes teacher has to seperate them

-When someone random is told to do a group project with them, they just become really awkward and dont talk almost at all

-Pony would be the one with the neatest handwriting but notebooks full with doodles

-Teachers have to ask Johnny "what does this say" when reading his assignments (he cant even read it himself)

-Pony smiles at teachers

-When Johnny knows the answer but refuses to raise his hand Pony keeps kicking him under the table until he raises his hand

-judging everyone seacretly but when theyre talked to they're polite

-johnny would be the "miss i dont have a pencil" in every single class

thats all for now :> let me know if you want more hc's of anything else i have them LOTS

[kizzer55555]

DP x DC: The Most Dangerous Card Game

Ok so Danny has essentially claimed earth as his. And he is fully aware that there are constant threats to the planet. Now he can’t stop a threat that originates on earth (that’s something he’ll leave to the Justice league) but he can do something about outside threats. Doing some research on ancient spells, rituals, and artifacts, he cast a world wide barrier on the planet to protect it from hostile threats so they cannot enter. This will prevent another Pariah Dark incident. However, barriers like this come at a price. You see, there are two ways to make a barrier. Either make one powered up by your own energy and power (which would be constantly draining) or set up a barrier with rules. The way magic works is that nothing can be absolutely indestructible. It must have a weakness. The most powerful barriers weren’t the ones reinforced with layer after layer of protective charms and buffed up with power. Those could eventually be destroyed either by being overpowered, wearing them down, or by cutting off the original power source. No, the most powerful barriers were the ones with a deliberate weakness. A barrier indestructible except for one spot. A cage that can only be opened from the outside. Or that can only be passed with a key or by solving a riddle. So Danny chooses this type of barrier and does the necessary ritual and pours in enough power to make it. And he adds his condition for anyone to enter. 

Now the Justice league? Find out about the barrier when Trigon attempts to attack, they were preparing after he threatened what he would do once he got to earth. How he would destroy them. The Justice league tried to take the fight to him first but were utterly destroyed, so they retreated home to tend to their injuries, and fortify earth for one. Last. Stand. Only when Trigon makes his big entrance…he’s stopped.

The Justice league watch in awe as this thin see-through barrier with beautiful green swirls and speckled white lights like stars apears blocking Trigon and his army’s advance. The barrier looks so thin and fragile yet no matter how hard the warlord hits, none of his attacks can get through and neither can he damage said barrier. That’s when Constantine and Zatanna recognizes what this barrier is. Something only a powerful entity could create. For a moment, the league is filled with hope that Trigon can’t get through yet Constantine also explains that it’s not impenetrable. And clearly Trigon knows this too for he calls out a challenge. 

And that’s when, in a flash of light, a tiny glowing teenager appears. He looked absolutly minuscule compared to Trigon and yet practically glowed with power (this isn’t a King Danny AU though).

And that is when the conditions for passing the barrier are revealed. And the Justice realize that the only thing stopping Trigon and his army from decimating earth. The only way he can get through….is by beating this glowing teenager in a card game. 

Not just any card game though. The most convoluted game Sam, Danny, and Tucker invented themselves. It’s like the infinite realms version of magic the gathering, combined with Pokémon, and chess. And Danny is the master. So sit down Trigon and let’s play.

(The most intense card game of the Justice league’s life).

After Danny wins, this happens a few more times with outer word beings and possibly even demons attempting to invade earth, yet none have been able to beat the mysterious teenager in a card game. Constantine might even take a crack at it and try to figure out how to play. He’s really bad though. Every time this happens, the Justice league worry that this might be the time the teenager looses. Yet every time, he wins (even if only barely). 

Meanwhile, Danny, Sam, and Tucker have gotten addicted to the game and play it almost daily. Some teachers might seem them playing the game are are like ‘awww how cute’ not realizing this game is literally saving the world. Jazz is just happy they aren’t spending as much time on their screens playing Doomed.

[kyoyasbirkenstocks]

I recently got reunited with my Japanese Ouran mangas and flipped to this:

And while my Japanese has gotten rusty, this made me laugh

Tamaki: …Sankyu (Thank you, katakana English)

Kyoya: You’re welcome.

The word for ‘you’re welcome’ in Japanese is what Kyoya used (Douitashimashite) however it is generally discouraged to use in response to ‘thank you’ as it can be perceived as rude. With that, I think Kyoya’s energy around his word choice was probably “you’re welcome you lovable idiot”

And in the English manga this little cultural context piece gets dropped, which is a bummer but maybe it’ll motivate me to get back into my Japanese practice?

[official-linguistics-post]

on reconstruction and historical linguistics

to follow up on today's reblog, i want to comment briefly on the apparent misapprehension that linguistic reconstruction is just guesswork with a fancy name, because that's not accurate!

reconstruction is based on specific, well-attested constraints of linguistic development. we know from centuries of investigation that languages tend to change in predictable ways. we also have a decent understanding of the complexities introduced by phenomena like language contact, which can result in borrowing on multiple structural levels. our methods are well established and borne out by evidence.

comparative reconstruction involves applying these known constraints ("rules") in reverse on a collected body of words in related descendant languages. when possible, we also incorporate historical written evidence, which often provides midpoint references for changes in progress. it is always recognized by historical linguists that reconstruction can be imperfect; we cannot know what information has been lost.

the results of reconstruction can be mixed, but i'll let campbell (2013:144) explain:

How Realistic are Reconstructed Proto-languages? The success of any given reconstruction depends on the material at hand to work with and the ability of the comparative linguist to figure out what happened in the history of the languages being compared. In cases where the daughter languages preserve clear evidence of what the parent language had, a reconstruction can be very successful, matching closely the actual spoken ancestral language from which the compared daughters descend. However, there are many cases in which all the daughters lose or merge formerly contrasting sounds or eliminate earlier alternations through analogy, or lose morphological categories due to changes of various sorts. We cannot recover things about the proto-language via the comparative method if the daughters simply do not preserve evidence of them. In cases where the evidence is severely limited or unclear, we often make mistakes. We make the best inferences we can based on the evidence available and on everything we know about the nature of human languages and linguistic change. We do the best we can with what we have to work with. Often the results are very good; sometimes they are less complete. In general, the longer in the past the proto-language split up, the more linguistic changes will have accumulated and the more difficult it becomes to reconstruct with full success. (emphasis mine)

or, to quote labov's (1982:20) pithier if less optimistic approach:

Historical linguistics may be characterized as the art of making the best use of bad data, in the sense that the fragments of the literary record that remain are the results of historical accidents beyond the control of the investigator.

in sum, historical linguists are very realistic about what we can achieve, but the confidence we do have is genuinely well earned, because linguistics is a scientific field and we treat our investigations with rigor.

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Campbell, Lyle. 2013. Historical Linguistics: An Introduction. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press.

Labov, William. 1982. "Building on Empirical Foundations." In Perspectives on Historical Linguistics. Winifred P. Lehmann and Yakov Malkiel, eds. Pp. 17-92. Amsterdam: John Benjamins.

[heldbybarnes]

okay but like hear me out---

avenger!bucky and avenger!reader where he hears her speak another language on a mission and gets turned on

I LOVE THIS

Pairing: Bucky Barnes x reader

Warnings: mild language, suggestive content, flirting via comms, mission setting, language kink (Italian), bucky is down bad

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The mission was going fine. Better than fine, actually.

Quick infiltration. Smooth extraction. Minimal gunfire. No injuries. No explosions. No Steve sighing like a disappointed father. Honestly, Bucky figured they might even grab a drink afterward—if Sam ever got done whining about how "everybody always sticks him with the exit team."

But then you did something.

You opened your mouth, and Bucky's brain turned to soup.

"Attento alla destra," you warned through the comms—voice low, commanding, steady as a heartbeat. "Due ostili, stanno salendo le scale."

He paused mid-step.

“What?” Sam hissed. “Did anyone get that? Sounded sexy but dangerous.”

“Two hostiles. Right side. Coming up the stairs,” Natasha translated flatly, already taking a position by the door.

But Bucky? Bucky just… stood there. Blinking. Processing. Or trying to.

Because apparently, you spoke Italian.

And for reasons unknown to the laws of nature and God himself, that knowledge detonated like a bomb in his bloodstream.

It wasn’t just the words—it was the way you said them. Silky and confident. A little rough from the mission adrenaline. It was how your voice dipped just enough to make his pulse jump. How the consonants curled like smoke around the vowels. Like a secret tucked under your tongue.

And Bucky? Bucky had no idea what to do with that.

He barely registered the next few minutes of combat. Someone went down. Someone else got cuffed. Natasha barked orders. Sam made a joke. A window shattered.

And through it all, Bucky just kept replaying your voice in his head.

"Stanno salendo le scale…"

Christ.

Back on the jet, you pulled your mask off and collapsed into the seat across from him with a tired grin.

"Well, that was fun," you said, rolling your neck with a satisfying crack.

Bucky stared at you like you’d just walked in wearing only his dog tags.

You blinked. “What?”

He didn’t answer. Couldn’t. His brain was too busy short-circuiting like a busted Stark prototype. Instead, he just gave a helpless sort of shrug, jaw tightening slightly.

You tilted your head. “You good?”

“Peachy,” he muttered, but it came out tight. Strained.

Natasha glanced between the two of you with mild amusement. “Barnes short-circuited mid-mission,” she deadpanned. “Didn’t even shoot the last guy. Just stood there and stared at the wall like he was having a spiritual experience.”

Sam laughed. “Probably is. You did go full Bond girl on us for a second.”

You frowned. “What are you guys talking about?”

“The Italian,” Sam said. “When you said all that stuff in your comms. That was hot.”

You raised an eyebrow. “I was giving you intel.”

“Sure,” Sam grinned. “But like… sexy intel.”

You rolled your eyes. “Idiots.”

But Bucky still wasn’t saying anything. Just sitting there, arms crossed, jaw clenched, looking like he might spontaneously combust.

You narrowed your eyes. “Wait. You’re the reason Nat had to translate, aren’t you?”

He didn’t deny it.

Your smile turned sly. “Bucky,” you teased. “Don’t tell me I broke your brain.”

He shot you a look, but there was no real heat behind it—just a simmering kind of frustration. And something else.

Something darker.

You leaned forward slightly, elbows resting on your knees. “Dimmi, soldato,” you purred, voice lower now, unmistakably flirtatious. “Vuoi sentirmelo dire di nuovo?”

That did it.

Bucky shifted in his seat like the leather burned, his hand flexing into a fist on his thigh. He dragged his gaze up to yours, stormy and heated.

“Don’t.”

You grinned. “Don’t what?”

“Say it like that.”

Your lashes fluttered innocently. “Say what like what, tesoro?”

He looked like he was one second from dragging you into the storage bay and showing you exactly how much Italian had ruined his night.

But instead, he leaned in—slow, deliberate—and murmured low enough that only you could hear:

“You keep saying that shit with that mouth, I’m gonna end up kissing you in front of everyone here.”

Your heart stuttered. “Maybe I want you to.”

His smirk was lethal.

And then you both realized: Sam had stopped talking. Nat had gone very, very quiet. And the air on the jet was suddenly thick with the kind of tension that didn’t come from combat.

“Oh hell no,” Sam muttered, throwing his hands up. “Tell me this hasn’t been a thing this whole time��”

Nat kicked his shin. “Took him long enough.”

You rolled your eyes. “You people are the worst.”

Bucky just leaned back, arms behind his head, still looking at you like you were both a sin and a salvation.

Then he winked.

“Say it again when we land, dolcezza,” he said casually. “We’ll see what happens.”

You did.

And he most definitely followed through.

[imviotrash]

GUYS!!! GUYS!!! GUYS-

I MAY BE 10 DAYS LATE BUT HAVEN'T HEARD ANY NEWS ABOUT IT ON TUMBLR.

THE OFFICIAL ANIPLEX YOUTUBE CHANNEL WILL LEGALLY UPLOAD 7 KUROMYUS IN PREP FOR THE GREEN WITCH MUSICAL!

unfortunately, since this is intended for a Japanese audience, ENG subtitles will probably not be available.

ONE WILL BE POSTED EVERY WEEK ON SATURDAY AT 19:00 JST (UCT+9).

If I can deduce it correctly with no Translator, the order is the following:

1. Self explanatory (although I'm unsure if this is the 2010 or 2013 ver. Also highly recommended this one to all Grelle enjoyers because she serves tenfold. This storyline is original and not tied to the manga/anime.)

2. Lycoris that blazes the earth (I yet have to see that one, I believe it follows the Jack the Ripper arc.)

3. Lycoris that blazes the earth ver. 2015

4. Self explanatory

5. Self explanatory (Please give this one a watch if you can! The costume work is so incredibly gorgeous, they really outdid themselves. And Lizzys actress is literally in Babymetal now, can you believe it????)

6. Secrets of boarding school

7. Secrets of boarding school 2024

Source

Also found this out through Grelles actor!

[morningstarwrites]

My fic Of Saints and Sinners now has two Spanish translations 🤩Thank you so much!

Links here: 1st link + 2nd link

[inbetweencoffees]

no sleep, no coffee🌛

Just like the night before I slept less than 4 hours tonight, yay…Our coffee machine didn’t feel like doing its job at 6.30am (me too, my dear, me too), so the only thing that made me feel somewhat alive was todays sunset. Since the term is almost over we’re not doing too much in classes anymore. Gladly that means I can more or less relax until February. Except for homework and teachers getting on my nerves (my tutor huh). Who didn’t get on my nerves though was a friend of mine! They asked if I could give them feedback on their writing samples for their uni applications and I really enjoyed reading and reviewing it! It was a mix of short stories, text excerpts and poems; their last poem was my personal favourite :)

Now: watching soccer match, hoping to sleep >4h

[incognitopolls]

Notated this way because the number of zeroes becomes too long to fit but I wanted to establish a baseline for those who aren't as familiar with this type of notation. For easy understanding, the number after the ^ is the total number of zeroes. (10^21 has 21 zeroes in total.)

This question is asking about the numbers you can name sequentially, so for example, if you can name 10^12 and 10^100 but not 10^13, you would select 10^12.

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[thedeadpoets-blog]

“i wanted to vanish completely, that even i would not remember me. no feelings, no memories. just the freedom of oblivion.”

— unknown.

[winningismyjob]

Late night study sessions might feel exhausting, but they're also some of the most rewarding moments in your academic journey. When the world is quiet, and it's just you and your books, you have the opportunity to dive deep into your studies, to understand, and to grow. Remember, every hour you put in, every note you take, and every concept you master is a step closer to your goals.

It's okay to feel tired. It's okay to take breaks. But never forget the power of persistence. Each time you push through, you're building not just your knowledge, but also your resilience. This is your journey, and while it might not always be easy, it's worth it.

So, surround yourself with what inspires you whether it's a cup of coffee, your favorite study playlist, or motivational quotes that keep you going. You’ve got this. Keep your head up, your mind sharp, and your heart determined. Every challenge you overcome is a victory, every question you answer is progress.

Stay focused, stay motivated, and remember why you started. You’re capable of more than you know, and this is just one step on your path to success. Keep going. The effort you put in today will pay off tomorrow.

[writingraccoon]

Genuinely I think we as a society need to figure out why 90% of the population is unbelievably bad at math and hates it like why have we demonized truly one of the most important subjects in school