So, 1 thing I learned in the Twitter war of the SEA-blings vs South Koreans: Indonesians, Malaysians, and Filipinos are more alike than we think. The names of Indonesian girl group No Na and Filipino girl group BINI mean basically the same thing. The two peoples also seem to have similar insults.
Screenshot of Twitter post. Malaysian flag: Mak kau hijau (your mom is green). Philippine flag: Mama mo blue (your mom is blue). Malaysians shake hands with Filipinos. Insulting people with colors
Some really good news.
A new university will be built in Arviat, Nunavut, on the western shores of Hudson’s Bay, by 2030. It will be by and for Inuit peoples and all to learn the culture and language of the North and for people in the North to obtain post-secondary education in their language.
Even though #English is the universal #language of #earth, due to its primitive #colonial escapades, and indeed the most convenient, it is neither the most beautiful nor the most soulful language on #earth.
Abhijit Naskar, Bulletproof Backbone: Injustice Not Allowed on My Watch
Is anybody aware of an existing word in English or any other language for the intense pain of being misunderstood?
We're thinking specifically about the kinda of pain that neurospicy folks often feel from being constantly misunderstood by others, but particularly by non-neurospicy folks.
It's usually a cumulative pain that builds up over years or even decades, and factors into neurodivergent experiences like Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria (RSD) :AutismInfinitySymbol: :ADHD_Butterfly:
A public transport terminology question: What do you call a kind of (usually bus) route feature where the line turns onto some side street, serves one or more stops along it, turns around, goes back along the same street, and then continues onwards on some 'main' road?
(And seriously, this feels obscure enough that I'd like answers in literally any language)
I know two Polish terms for it - "zajazd" and the clearer and perhaps more professional "wjazd kieszeniowy" - but nothing that could possibly be recognized by anyone not from Poland, which might be an issue with regard to documenting a thing I'm working on.
Attached is an example of what I'm talking about from a Brno line map I had lying around:
An excerpt from a Brno public transport line map: Line 64 to Červený Písek turns off towards Zimní I at Depo ČD, then returns before continuing onwards