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KSP Atlas

@ KSPAtlas @sopuli.xyz

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  • This comic is sadly not so parodic

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  • A lot of languages have that, it's not just English

    In fact I feel English is relatively low on the scale of word inventing, some languages get crazy with it

  • Yes this is Otter

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  • Spamton???

  • The usual

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  • Amusement

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  • That's because "ph" is a combination of two letters to make a single sound

    Using the IPA, an alphabet designed for writing down sounds of words, where one sound tends to correspond to one letter, "phlegm" is /ˈflɛm/ and "phlegmatic" is /fleɡˈma.tɪk/

  • Amusement

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  • That's perfectly fine, as long as others understand you the exact was you pronounce it doesn't matter

    I was just saying what tends to happen, not what always happens

  • Amusement

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  • The reason why the p in "pterodactyl" is silent is because the consonant cluster /pt/ isn't allowed as the initial part of a syllable

    When words are borrowed into English but have consonant clusters like this, English simplifies the cluster (in this case, /pt/ becomes /t/)

    However, if the consonant cluster is preceded by a vowel, it splits up and the first consonant becomes the coda (final part) of the preceding syllable

    So while it might have been he-li-co-pter in Greek, it became he-li-cop-ter in English

    This also explains the silent g in "phlegm" and why it's pronounced in "phlegmatic"

  • Boo

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  • From earlier (15c.) boh, coined to create a loud and startling sound. Compare Middle English bus! (“bang!”, interjection), Latin boō (“cry aloud, roar, shout”, verb), Ancient Greek βοάω (boáō, “shout”, verb).

  • Let's learn some words in the Finnish language

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  • The first part works better with a polish ESL accent compared to a more native one btw

  • Let's learn some words in the Finnish language

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  • One of the polish words for luck is "fart"

  • Decentralization

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  • As someone who used to live in Edinburgh

    It's just like that

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    Good morning and happy Halloween

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  • It's photoshopped, it comes from an earlier picture posted here with pierogi

  • Feeling stupid sometimes

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  • What's with people constantly down voting your comments for using þorn? Even if i disagree with the exact reason you use it it makes no sense to downvote over a letter

  • I approve

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  • You mixed up singular and plural, thou was used for singular/informal situations and ye (you) was used for plural/formal situations

  • Toot toot

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  • Bu lemıu jí ꝡá kaqgaı jí sá raqkuqse Toaq râo ꝡá jısı jí ké raqkuqse po ní juo.

  • I approve

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  • That's not a verb

  • A little jealous of Arabic speakers for that, ngl

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  • This is Sütterlin, a form of handwriting taught between 1915 and 1941 in German schools, until it was banned by the Nazis because of their weird obsession with typefaces

  • Wendnesday

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  • English tends to be very etymological with its spelling but i support people simplifying it tbh

    Not sáing ðat ú kant mák úr ón ryting sistem for Inglix end úz it

  • A little known fact that may describe YOU

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  • Thanks for telling us a joke is a joke

  • I approve

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  • Are there any situations where the second person singular forms of a verb are not the same as the plural ones?