u/Specialist_Ruin_1378

Relax this isn't for a baby.

I'm looking for names that sound evil but also like they belong to someone affluent and wealthy. I think Cruella de Vil is the perfect example of this, but I can't just copy Disney.

I only have one idea and I don't like it tbh: Mony Monybags

This is for a comedy project, so the more ridiculous the name, the better. Puns would be especially great. Realism and subtlety are being thrown out the window. If you have any ideas, let me know

Westerners, mostly English or Americans, often mistake Никита, Илья, Саша, and other traditionally masculine names/nicknames for girl's names. I'm wondering if the reverse is also true. Are there any common Western names that Russians mistake for the wrong gender?

Also, when you hear "Jennifer", what gender would you assume it is (if you didn't have any context/never heard the name before)?

The problem is "x²-9x-8=0"

Using the quadratic formula, I end up with: (9+-√133)/2

But when I throw this problem into Mathpapa's algebra calculator, it says 9/2 + 1/2√133 OR 9/2 + -1/2√133

I don't know how Mathpapa got that answer because when I click "show steps" it just jumps from the result that I got to the final result. It doesn't explain how it got from point A to point B, and I'm confused.

Please explain like I'm 5 because I'm very bad at math. Why did this singular fraction ((9+-√133)/2) split into two fractions added together? Why isn't √133 part of any numerator anymore?

This game is based on languages that create new vocabulary by stringing together existing vocabulary, such as Tokipona's "jan pi pana sona" ("somebody that gives knowledge") = "teacher"

First, you write down 20 words. You can pick whatever words you want; I recommend you pick very basic things like "human", "animal", "liquid", etc because these will be the only words you can use for the next part. You can use adjectives, nouns, verbs, or whatever your heart desires. Put your list in the comments.

Example:

1. Not

2. Device

3. Material

4. Person

5. Animal

6. Living

7. Harmful

8. Building (an adjective as in "building materials", not a building you'd find in a city)

9. Moving

10. Protecting

11. Big

12. Hot

13. Fast

14. Loud

15. Consumable

16. Circle

17. Box

18. Plane (like a flat plane, a board)

19. Soft

20. Liquid

Next part: I will reply to your comment with a random word like "Sun". You need to decide the best way to convey the idea of a sun by stringing together the words you chose. For me, "big hot circle." Other people are also free to reply to you with random words/challenges

Edit: yes, you can conjugate verbs so it makes more sense, or turn adjectives into adverbs, or alter the words slightly (like using "much" even though your list only has "many"). Plus if you want to make things easier, you can use in/at/on/of/which/that/etc and other similar words without including them in your 20, so they don't waste space

Idk if this is a linguistics question, but what I'm asking is: what words are found in every known world language? I assume these are words like "to go", "to eat", etc. What words can you not imagine a natural language existing without?

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I know it's not strong enough to affect you while you're standing next to the toilet cause people use airplane bathrooms all the time, but if you were stupid enough to get closer, and I mean really close, could it suck you in?

Me personally

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Favorite: all siblings' names having the same number of letters because it allows for a lot of different sounding names like James and Lydia. It's not immediately obvious that the parents are following a certain rule for all their children's names. Most people probably wouldn't even notice. I really love sibling names that numerically match though because it makes them look connected in a very subtle way. I think it's adorable. Also I may be biased toward this one as a former Homestuck fan...

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Least favorite: all siblings' names starting with the same letter. It's fine when the parents only have 2 kids, but normally the families I see with this sort of naming convention have 7 kids and you can tell they were really running out by the end because it jumps from Adam to Aubergine

I was talking about future names with my partner, and we decided if we ever have a boy, we would name him Bara Neyeen Ali (~last name~) or maybe Bara Ali Neyeen (~last name~) We can't decide on the word order though. My personal favorite is Bara Neyeen Ali (~last name~)

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The only order that's a definite no is Ali Bara cause it sounds like Alibaba the shopping website, but otherwise you can suggest any arrangement of names. I'm not sure which one sounds the best?

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Also for anyone curious:

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Bara means ember (pronounced bah-rah)

Neyeen is based on his grandfather's name (pronounced neigh-yeen)

Ali is a common Islamic name and we both really like the sound of it (ah-lee like the Disney song)

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(This is based on my previous idea for an English spelling reform. Read this first otherwise this probably won't make sense https://www.reddit.com/r/linguisticshumor/s/K33WoG5ei9. Also based on the poem "The Chaos" by Gerard Nolst Trenité)

D💌'est cr👽 in cr🌍

St✍️ E🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 pr💬'iation

I will t🧑‍🏫 you in my v📃🎶

S🔊🔊🔊 like c💀, c🪖, h🐎, and w😰

I will k🔐 you, Suzy, b💼

Make your h👤 with h🔥 gr🌱 d🌀🥴

T💧 in e👁️, your dr👗 will t🧻

So shall I! Oh h👂 my pr🙏

Just c2️⃣p⚖️ h♥️, b🧔, and h👂'd

D💀's and d🥦, l🧔✝️ and w🆒

Sw🗡️ and sw⛳, r🔄t🔐 and br🇬🇧

(M🧠 the l⏮️, how it's wr📝)

N⏱️ I s💯'ly will not pl🐀 you

With w🆒 such as pl🏆 and a🤒

But be c🏥'ful how you sp🗣️:

S💬 br💔 and st🥩, but bl▪️ and str📈

cl🐖, o♨️, h❓ and l⬇️

scr📄, r$🧾, sh🎭, p💌, and t🦶

H👂 me s💬, d❌v▪️ of tr🪄'ery

d👶♀️, l😂, and T💃🇬🇷

typh🦠, m🥵, t🔝s⛵, ai🏪🛒

e🚶❌⛪, s[like, as ... as], and r😡🗯️

sch🧑‍🏫, v🧍✝️, and c🇨🇺🚬

s☀️, m🪨, w⚔️, and f🗺️

o1️⃣, a🪸🐠, B🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🏰

k🧑‍🍳🍳, l🟩, l🧦👕🧺, l👑🌿

Gertrude, G🇩🇪, w💨 and m🧠

sc🎬, M🧑‍🎤🇬🇷, m🧍‍♂️k💛

B🎫 does not rh[=] with b🩰

b💐, w👛, m🔨, ch⛷️🏠

Bl🩸 and fl🌊 are not like f🍕🍔🍟

Nor is m🫟 like should and would

V💦, v⬇️c👑, l🚚 and br↔️

Toward, to f➡️ward, to r🔄w🎁

And your pr💬'iation's O👌

When you c✅'ly s💬 cr🏑

R🔴'ed, w🤕'ed, gr⚰️😭 and s[i really can't find any emojis that mean sieve]

This poem is so fucking long I give up

Th➡️ is my i💡 for an E🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 sp📝 r🔄. I🔀 of sp📝 w🆒 ph💬, wh❓ if we just wr📝 the f1️⃣ c[bcd...] or v[aeiou] cl🌪️ and u🛠️ a p🖼️ for the r🛏️ of the w🆒?

Translation: this is my idea for an English spelling reform. Instead of spelling words phonetically, what if we just wrote the first consonant or vowel cluster and used a picture for the rest of the word?

- Short words like a, an, the, and, or, if, is, are, etc do not have a picture. They just need to be memorized.

- There currently aren't enough emojis for every concept, but if this becomes the new way of texting, more emojis could be added. (This is why I used 🛏️ for "rest". I couldn't think of a better emoji so I just opted for a pun)

- This solves the common problem of English spelling reforms not accounting for accents.

- It's kinda like Japanese in the sense that pictures can be read multiple different ways depending on context. That's why the first few letters are there, to hint towards context. Example: in "I sp🔎 with my l🤏 e👁️" (👁️ = eye) BUT in "I s👁️ you" (👁️ = see)

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I like reading memoirs written by people who survived wars or particularly dark periods in their country's history. Some of my favorite books from my childhood are First They Killed My Father (Khmer Rouge), Endless Steppe (WW2), and Red Scarf Girl (Cultural revolution of China). All of these are from the perspective of kids though. I'm looking for books like this told from the perspective of adults (young, old, idc).

Perfect example: Bou Meng's biography (Khmer Rouge) - the book starts when he was a kid, but the Khmer Rouge didn't happen until he was 30ish. I loved reading this because it was the first time I saw an adult in this kinda story.

Also, to be honest, I'm a little tired of WW2 books. Don't get me wrong, there's a lot of beautiful/tragic memoirs from that time, but I've already read so many and I want to read about a *different* historical tragedy. Or at least a WW2 book that doesn't take place in Western Europe.

I'm interested in history from all around the world. You can recommend a book from any time period or any place. (I am particularly interested in 1800-1900s American and Southeast Asian history, but it doesn't have to be from there)

I live in Southeast Asia and noticed that most houses have concrete walls, concrete floors, and metal frames. But when I lived in the US, every house under construction that I ever saw had wooden framing. They usually only used concrete for the foundation.

I'm not saying one is better than the other. I'm just wondering what are the pros/cons of using wood vs concrete? And why are concrete houses so uncommon in the US?