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Selected Akan Proverbs And Their Meaning, Vol 1
How to get the book: http://bit.ly/2rUNppt, OR on amazon https://amzn.to/34GMuqN.
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Chief Linguist Kwame Frimpong Manso Adakabre shares some Akan proverbs and their meaning. Watch the full video here: http://bit.ly/2s11DDt
The One Who Promised you Heaven Is Rather Taking You To Hell.
“Obi ɔse ɔreɔbra owuo saana ɔso mpafe na ɔde nam” _Akan Proverb (Chief Linguist Kwame Frimpong Manso Adakare)
The Blind Doesn’t Get Angry In The Forest.
“Onifiranii ɛnnnfa abufuo ɛwɔ kwayɛ mu”
_Akan Proverb (Chief Linguist Kwame Frimpong Manso Adakare)
I took it upon myself to screenshot the intro to Crash Course Linguistics so that you wouldn’t have to
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THE JAPANESE LOANWORD FOR ‘LUTE’ IS BASED ON THE BRITISH PRONUNCIATION /lju:t/. INSIGHT.
My friend leant me this to read over the weekend (last week) and I’m so glad I asked if I could - it was simply fascinating. From the first definitively English word ‘Roe’ found engraved on the femur of a Roe deer, to modern words which are being formed as we speak (or type) such as Twittersphere (which I would like to add now has a red line beneath it - Tumblr, you need to update your dictionary!) David Crystal talks through the history of 100 words and how their history shaped the language we speak today.
I won’t give too many spoilers but the amount of information given for each word is incredible, some words which seem modern are in fact centuries old and their history is surprising but makes perfect sense. Crystal also manages to include all manner of words - polite words and quite obscure words, including those which are seen by most as taboo (the c word is actually one of his 100). Phrases are also mentioned as they’re dependant on the formation of certain words and how they change (either spelling or adding prefixes/suffixes).
This is well worth a read whether you’re into English, history or just general knowledge. It’s just super fascinating!
Yesterday a small glitch caused the Duolingo servers to let everyone into all the courses Duolingo has been working on, even the ones still in the incubator! You could try them like any other normal course.
It even has Conlangs like Lolcat, Zombie, Dothraki, and more
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Dr Cheikh Anta Diop
“Most of the ideas we call foreign are oftentimes nothing but mixed up, reversed, modified, elaborated images of the creations of our African ancestors, such as Judaism, Christianity, Islam, dialectics, the theory of being, the exact sciences, arithmetic, geometry, mechanical engineering, astronomy, medicine, literature (novel, poetry, drama), architecture, the arts, etc.,” Diop put forth in Civilization or Barbarism. He argued specifically that Aristotelian metaphysics, the Pythagorean theorem, the concept of pi, Platonic cosmogony, and other commonly believed Greek creations actually were developed in ancient Egypt. “Consequently, no thought, no ideology is, in essence, foreign to Africa, which was their birthplace.
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An alternative is “¿quieres pasar?”. Surprise your guests next time by answering the door in Spanish.
http://is.gd/Cat_Spanish
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¡Esa es la cuestión! (Round of applause for Shakespeare cat, por favor.)
http://is.gd/Cat_Spanish
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@calmdownace(they/them): Reply to @makesoupnotwar YOU’RE RIGHT AND YOU SHOULD SAY IT!
Video Description:
Reply to previous video: “no bc the fact that it’s after P???? P???!?!!! ITS WRONG”
Ace: “I feel like, fucking, you get it. It shouldbe”
*sings the alphabet but with q moved to after t*:
“a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p r s t q u v w x y and z,
because aesthetically, ‘q’ deserves to be pushed back in the line.”
