Frank Herbert I apologize for ever doubting you

Those are both wrong, but the second is closer! The problem is that the "gy" consonant (a voiced palatal plosive) is very common in Hungarian, but does not exist in English! /dʒ/ is the closest in English phonologoy, I think.

Széchenyi or Gellért ?

Excited to hear all the different ways people can mispronounce Magyar! 🇭🇺 #linguistics

I don't know who you mean, because I'm sure there isn't just *one*. 😭

Chat #24 - Joanne Harris "To me, this is a call to arms"

Born above a Barnsley sweet shop, taught French to grammar school boys, and once chased by an ostrich.

Internationally reknowned author Joanne Harris @joannechocolat.bsky.social joins Tarot DMs to talk about cards, cats, Chocolat and her new novel Vianne.

#tarot #booksky #joanneharris

Anthony Adams rubbing hands together meme with the text "when your branch announces an industrial action ballot will open on march 2nd"

After a massive turn out in the indicative ballot, we're moving to make it formal.

On March 2nd, our formal ballot for another round of industrial action against Future Nottingham, compulsory redundancies, and course closures opens. If you are a member, make sure you vote! Let your voice be heard!

I mean, the good news is that if any cis kids do mistakenly think they are trans as a result of this belief, they aren't going to want to transition once you point this out! The even better news is that no one believes this!

I remember when people thought that children should know nothing about being gay except that it was an unpleasant and dangerous lifestyle, just in case they were tempted to come out of the closet. This is no different.

Reminds me of the people who think you should look at photos of dead foetuses until you decide against an abortion. 🙄

She does seem to think that trans children should be frightened back into the closet whenever possible.

"Social media misleads young trans people to think that life might be better out of the closet."

I'm sorry, Robin. It was such an obvious false accusation. But they will always choose to believe something that supports their worldview. It doesn't matter whether or not it is a fact; what matters is that it *feels* true.

Lots of people seem to think it is better for little humans to drink cow's milk than human milk. As if cows are somehow better mammals than us!

Yes, you could be right. Breastfeeding *must* be done in a self-sacrificial way. People are often hesitant to admit that they enjoy it!

Okay, that was FAST! 😆

They transporters in Star Trek were developed to prevent expensive landing/take-off special effect sequences every episode. And then, of course, transporter technology became key to several excellent episodes. But also Tuvix. So maybe it didn't *all* turn out "brilliantly".

I'm picturing @adrianchills.bsky.social reading this and dropping everything to immediately get to work on.

Right wing Christian music is so vapid you cannot imagine anyone wanting to listen outside of a church. There is so much incredible devotional music, but they aren't the ones producing it!

-> Maybe like the relationship between transmisogyny and misogyny more general?

->positively, and cis women do get told that we are narcissists or perverts for feeding our children. Could the monstering of trans breastfeeding be an exaggerated form of the negative view that society holds of breastfeeding in general? ->

I'm v. interested in this, and loved reading it! I think your description of how lactation can be used to reify the differences between the sexes is so good. But I think some of your description of "monstering" could apply to breastfeeding cis women as well. Breastfeeding isn't always thought of ->

I tried, in vain, to get my sixth form drama group to use Slaughterhouse Five as a framework for our improvised performance of the history of the 20th Century, but they did not understand my explanation of poo-tee-weet 😔

You cannot argue against trans women breastfeeding without using anti breastfeeding tropes. It's gross, it's not safe, it's a fetish, you're just doing it for yourself, why haven't you stopped yet?

Breastfeeding support must include trans mothers if we want to normalise human milk.

The most ridiculous part of this is that if the word "milk" actually deceived anyone into thinking it was dairy, they would not use it. Their sales DEPEND on people knowing that it is plant-based and dairy-free. #linguistics

Oh absolutely. He is vile! I consider that to be part of what makes him the supposed "continuity candidate", because Starmer is just as guilty.

He's also extremely likely to lose his seat, which is another reason he is a terrible choice.

They aren't in charge, but backbenchers aren't powerless, and this cohort seem remarkably reluctant to rock the boat.

I think both perspectives are an oversimplification. No, they aren't Mandelson clones, but the selection process was still micro-managed and overwhelmingly top down to prevent local members from having too much input. Plenty of CLPS feel that a better candidate was blocked.

File under: ambiguity

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