fel-fisk:

you-had-me-at-e-flat-major:

obsidian-disorder:

false-dawn:

redroomballerinas:

slurfucker:

commie-saskia:

languageoclock:

you-had-me-at-e-flat-major:

watercolorsheep:

catchingjinns:

spirited-simmer:

my-name-is-long:

renaissavce:

roumanian:

english: coconut oil

french: :)

english: oh boy

french: oil of the nut of the coco

IM CRYINGNFN

english: ninety-nine

french: :)

english: oh no

french: four-twenty-ten-nine

english: potato

french: :)

english: oh geez

french: apple of the earth

french: papillon

english: :)

french: don’t

english: beurremouche

French: pamplemousse
English: :)
French: pls no
English: raisinfruit

english: squirrel

german: :)

english: oh dear

german: oak croissant

english: helicopter

german: :)

english: uh oh

german: lifting screwdriver

english: toes

spanish: :)

english: no don’t

spanish : fingers of the feet

english: bowl

spanish: :)

english: oh lordy

spanish: deep plate

english: car

polish: :)

english: i changed my mind

polish:  that which walks by itself

french: coccinelle

UK english: ladybird!

american english: ladybug

french: weird

dutch: :)

french: …what

dutch: the good lord’s little animal

french: …ok

irish, polish and russian: *giggling*

french: …just tell me

irish, polish and russian: GOD’S SMALL COW

IT’S BACK

german: Marie’s beetle

english: ankle

japanese: :)

english: //lies down for an eternal sleep

japanese: foot neck

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Gretchen: On the International Space Station, you have astronauts from the US and from other English speaking countries and you have cosmonauts from Russia. And obviously it’s very important to get your communication right if you’re on a tiny metal box circling the Earth or going somewhere. You don’t want to have a miscommunication there because you could end up floating in space in the wrong way. And so one of the things that they do on the ISS – so first of all every astronaut and cosmonaut needs to be bilingual in English and Russian because those are the languages of space.

Lauren: Yep. Wait, the language of space are English and Russian? I’m sorry, I just said ‘yep’ and I didn’t really think about it, so that’s a fact is it?

Gretchen: I mean, pretty much, yeah, if you go on astronaut training recruitment forums, which I have gone on to research this episode…

Lauren: You’re got to have a backup job, Gretchen.

Gretchen: I don’t think I’m going to become an astronaut, but I would like to do astronaut linguistics. And one of the things these forums say, is, you need to know stuff about math and engineering and, like, how to fly planes and so on. But they also say, you either have to arrive knowing English and Russian or they put you through an intensive language training course.

But then when they’re up in space, one of the things that they do is have the English native speakers speak Russian and the Russian speakers speak English. Because the idea is, if you speak your native language, maybe you’re speaking too fast or maybe you’re not sure if the other person’s really understanding you. Whereas if you both speak the language you’re not as fluent in, then you arrive at a level where where people can be sure that the other person’s understanding. And by now, there’s kind of this hybrid English-Russian language that’s developed. Not a full-fledged language but kind of a-

Lauren: Space Creole!

Gretchen: Yeah, a Space Pidgin that the astronauts use to speak with each other! I don’t know if anyone’s written a grammar of it, but I really want to see a grammar of Space Pidgin.

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Excerpt from Episode 1 of Lingthusiasm: Speaking a single language won’t bring about world peace. Listen to the full episode, read the transcript, or check out the show notes. (via lingthusiasm)

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littlestartopaz:

flightcub:

my three favorite things are the oxford comma, irony, and missed opportunities

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captainlatin:

I fucking hate languages.

The Greeks had this word, right, we have no idea where it came from, it just kinda popped up out of nowhere, and it could mean either apples, cheeks, or boobs. Problem is it looked and sounded *exactly* like another, unrelated word which could mean sheep, goat, or any animal in general really, which must have got confusing if you were a farmer talking about your livestock, but anyway…

Then the Romans, having stolen practically everything else from the Greeks, thought they’d nick this word too, because Latin isn’t confusing enough without throwing in a bunch of loan words. And they adopted it to mean a pumpkin.

Then the English came along and were all like “when in Rome”, and stole it, where it became our word ‘melon’. Which has now come back to mean boobs.

How do you like them apples.

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Anonymous asked: Goddamn, i did not know you spoke latin properly. i only know like two phrases. i am so glad anon is a thing that exists rn.

OH ALSO ANON

IF YOU WANT TO LEARN HOW TO FLIRT IN LATIN SOME MORE

I WROTE A BRIEF PRIMER A LONG TIME AGO

words-writ-in-starlight:

Pfffft, corculum, let’s not pretend “ability to talk dirty in Latin” is a life skill here, okay?  I took a couple years and read some Catullus/Virgil, and then our teacher had us translate erotica as a reward for all of us doing well on a test.  He’s a weird dude.

But on the other hand I’ve been pretty depressed tonight and talking dirty in a dead language made me feel good about myself, so gratias tibi ago, corculum meum, teque amo.

THIS IS MY TIME TO SHINE.  HERE IS HOW YOU SEXT IN LATIN.

GREETING FIRST: Salve, puer pulcher/puella pulchra/hominis dulcis.  (Hey, pretty boy/pretty girl/sweet person. Latin is inherently gendered but both hominis and dulcis are ‘neuter’ so.)  

EVERYBODY LIKES FLATTERY: Facies splendidissimus habes.  (You have the most amazing face.)  

BE BLUNT: Visne me futere/pedicare?  (Do you want to fuck me/have anal with me?  Use as applicable)

INVITATION: Domus meus vacuus est lectusque meus frigus te sine est, si vis visitare.  (My house is empty and my bed is cold without you, if you want to come over.)

Go forth and seduce people with your Latin.  I also recommend this poem if you want to piss someone off and learn some Latin vulgarities (teaches ‘to fuck’, ‘to face-fuck,’ ‘to have anal/sodomize,’ ‘bottom/catamite,’ etc.) and this one if you want to be romantic and seduce someone (genuinely beautiful love poetry and imagery, also lovely when read aloud).

Anonymous asked: Goddamn, i did not know you spoke latin properly. i only know like two phrases. i am so glad anon is a thing that exists rn.

Pfffft, corculum, let’s not pretend “ability to talk dirty in Latin” is a life skill here, okay?  I took a couple years and read some Catullus/Virgil, and then our teacher had us translate erotica as a reward for all of us doing well on a test.  He’s a weird dude.

But on the other hand I’ve been pretty depressed tonight and talking dirty in a dead language made me feel good about myself, so gratias tibi ago, corculum meum, teque amo.

Anonymous asked: Cubitum eamus?

Awww, corculum meum, urbanissimum es.  Con me futuere vis?  Lectus commodus habeo.  Te alligam, si vis.

exeunt-pursued-by-a-bear:

drag0nair:

te amo?? more like te quila

So this is excellent because it’s a play on “tequila” AND a correct conjugation of “quilar” meaning “to fuck”

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littlestartopaz:

nerdismyhobby:

so-many-frequencies:

loweryi:

crowbegottenbatman:

loweryi:

crowbegottenbatman:

the word “sabotage” is p much short for “fucking shit up with a wooden shoe”

what

image

fucking shit up with a wooden shoe

oh my god

well wooden shoe look at that

I’M FUCKING CRYING AT THAT PUN BE MY FRIEND PLEASE 

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