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This is brilliant.
Also, Iāll start a fondant fonts/typefaces/graphic design thread - if there isnāt one already; I want to check this first. But as the search function leaves something to be desiredā¦ Boxing day boredom should be ideal for some heavy scrolling.
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I like how the telephone has a light that changes brightness with changes in spoken volume.
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Itās a brilliant film, and I highly recco it to all who havenāt seen it.
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Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond pretty much at the height of their powers (and Wilder back in Berlin1)), a great castā¦
Also everything you need to know about denazification.
1) Well, sort of. The timing was less than perfect - they started filming just when The Wall went up. So they had to build a replica of Brandenburg Gate at the Bavaria Studios in Munich. Which is also why some of the extras have Bavarian accents.
Bonus fun fact: there is another Brandenburg Gate in Potsdam.
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ā¦and the great Ferenc MolnĆ”r wrote the play on whomst itās based. Geniuses, all!
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Dr. Who shows us that British coal mining was like, well, mining. With giant insects and mind control.
But I have to wonder about British metal mining.
Because people keep saying that things are ātruly ore-inspiring.ā
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Honestly, I kind of find that fascinating. Seeing language evolution in real time. Not so sure I grasp ā4th person,ā but I could see that being the impersonal 2nd person maybe? Where I am, it would be the difference between āyāallā and āall yāall,ā maybe. But not really, as at least if I refer to āall yāallā I do know who I am addressing. This seems to be addressing a semi-anonymous internet group? Or we can go with āStop trying to make chat happen! It is never going to!ā
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i donāt understand that part as i donāt know the context the kids are using it. i do find the evolution of language fascinating as well though.
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We lost āeraā and āperiod.ā Itās a good thing they left us āageā or I donāt know what historians would do in 2025.
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But not decimated, now used as if it were a synonym for eviscerated or destroyed?
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They banished decimate in 2008, but despite their scolding and sass people continue to use it however the heck they want to. Also disappointed. Iām starting to wonder how effective this banishing practice even is!
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This may be unpopular but āgiftedā as in āI was gifted a thingā is like nails on a blackboard for me. Itās like someone putting on what they think is a posh accent but missing the mark. āGivenā is a perfectly fine word; āI was given a thingā.
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I work in engineering, and āutilizeā does that to me. āUseā is cheaper and does the job even better.
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I donāt have a problem with gifted if it used to express the sentiment behind the giving, though. Or if it is used to try and make a joke. Like, āOn Saturday, I hosted my momās side of the family for a holiday gathering and they gifted me this respiratory infection.ā But I do feel like itās being overused.
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Ugh, all these dreadful attempts to make English evolve into slightly more regular language. The past tense is gave, because we are a proud Germanic language where vowels will change for absolutely no reason and children simply have to memorize all of that. Youād only say gifted in a language that made sense.
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