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Lets talk about languages
Mogensthegreat replied to Bronezhilet's topic in History, Culture, and Archaeology
Since I've been studying Latin in school and also Russian in my free time, I've been noticing some curious patterns regarding the inflections of each. The verb conjugation endings are nearly identical between the two, but noun declension is way, way different. To show: Russian 1st conjugation verb endings: Latin: Singular Plural Singular Plural -yu -yem -o -amus -yesh -yetye -as -atis -yet -yut -at -ant But if we look at nouns, it's totally different. For starters, Russian has an extra case compared to Latin, the instrumental, used when something is an instrument in an action. In Latin this would just be another use for the accusative. Russian 1st declension noun endings: Latin: Singular Plural Singular Plural Nominative -a -i -a -ae Genitive -i (noun stem) -ae -arum Dative -ye -am -ae -is Accusative -u -i -am -as Prepositional -ye -akh -a -is Instrumental -oi -ami I can see how they would be somewhat similar, both being Indo-European languages, but why one part of speech would be inflected so similarly, but the other so differently. Also, question for better Russian-speakers than me: How, in speech, are Й and И distinguished? -
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Cool collection of Russian folk tales: https://russian-crafts.com/russian-folk-tales.html
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The Meteorology Thread: Hector Lives
Mogensthegreat replied to LostCosmonaut's topic in Open Discussion
Due to all the fires in Washington and Montana nearby, where I am in North Idaho it's been... interesting weather-wise. The air smells smoky, everything has a reddish tint, AND THE SKY IS FUCKING PINK. -
Worst Star Wars remake I've ever seen.
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The Homemade Alcoholic Beverages Thread
Mogensthegreat replied to Toxn's topic in History, Culture, and Archaeology
Are different strains of yeast very picky about the types of sugars they will process? I know certain brewer's yeasts are labeled as beer or wine yeast, will "beer yeast" only work with the sugars in cereal grains for example, or does it just do better with those as opposed to, say, grape sugars? -
The Meteorology Thread: Hector Lives
Mogensthegreat replied to LostCosmonaut's topic in Open Discussion
If only Houstonians were as buoyant as fire ants. -
My grandfather's F-86 Sabre that he flew in Korea and shot down a Mig-15 in, his was #881, in the front of the picture.
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North Korea's ICBMs and You
Mogensthegreat replied to LostCosmonaut's topic in Dr. Strangelove's Nuclear Palace
As long as he gets a five-minute hamburger break in the middle. -
North Korea's ICBMs and You
Mogensthegreat replied to LostCosmonaut's topic in Dr. Strangelove's Nuclear Palace
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https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2017/07/12/trump-s-next-interviewer-thinks-his-critics-are-serving-satan/217233
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This picture is clearly about how Trump would be far better at being Napoleon than Napoleon ever was.
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The Atlatl Thread
Mogensthegreat replied to Mogensthegreat's topic in History, Culture, and Archaeology
Oh, I see. The problem I was having is that i had too flexible a dart shaft. -
The Atlatl Thread
Mogensthegreat replied to Mogensthegreat's topic in History, Culture, and Archaeology
As in just having a curve in the wood or bending during use? -
The Atlatl Thread
Mogensthegreat replied to Mogensthegreat's topic in History, Culture, and Archaeology
I made another atlatl over last weekend, this one made out of some sort of green-barked shrub int my yard, where as the first was made of ash (I believe). This one was about 1.5 times as long as the first, and curved in the same way. I found that it was ridiculously less accurate, most of the time falling short of the target with the same type of throw as normal. Then I thought that an atlatl the same length as the first would perform better, and in fact it was. I used a simply knapped quartzite blade and a grind-polished hand-axe to cut the longer atlatl at the point where it began to curve, leaving a straight atlatl the same length as the first one. This one outperformed the very first ash atlatl pretty well, and I'm not sure whether the wood type or the curve had more influence on the increase in accuracy. I have a feeling it's the curve, but I'd like to hear the opinions of people who know more about the material qualities of varying types of wood. Could a different wood type have a substantial influence on the performance of an atlatl? -
If you wanted, you could call the Battle of Berkeley the First Antifada.
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Alright, here goes: 1. Pro-Trump supporters hold a rally 2. Communists start a counter-protest, calling pro-Trumpers "Nazis" 3. "Nazis" kick the shit out of Communists, despite Communist usage of fireworks and smoke bombs I do think it's funny that the Communists will call ANYONE who is right-wing a Nazi, just to rally support against them Also, one of the Communist "fighters" was a 5'1, 98 lb pornstar who thought shed be somehow good in a fight.
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The General Purpose Archaeology Thread
Mogensthegreat replied to Donward's topic in History, Culture, and Archaeology
The gods of the Proto-Indo-Europeans: