American Gods and etymology

  • Mr. Ibis (about the Vikings in America): They did not yet have a word in their language for "miserable". They would have to invent one.
  • Me: See that's funny, because one of the words for "miserable" in Swedish is "eländig", which originally meant "exiled" or "in a foreign land".

Tags: WAIT FUCK SERIOUSLY? AMERICAN GODS linguistics listen y'all i'm gonna have self-restraint for like two more days and then fic is Happening unfortunately it will be incredibly spoiler-laden because tbh i have no self-control and have finished the book or well i finished the book a couple years ago anyway who wants to talk about shadow and that whole deal wrt his parents ME THE ANSWER IS ME also if you are not watching american gods i am literally so sorry your life is so much poorer for not watching this show orlando jones as anansi was goddamn ELECTRIC like shit man i was ready for mr nancy to be some shit but G O D D A M N also i am in love with shadow *points to improbably named perpetually exasperated ex-con* fave and honestly like mr wednesday is AMAZING also tbh i would probably still make out with bilquis okay i have no self-preservation instincts and like...damn and like mad sweeny was a freaking delight i loved him every second aND THE ZORYAS LIKE FUCK and like i'm so glad they made shadow black and then DEALT WITH IT like bless i would trust the people who made this show with my life tbh