Just opening with "I think it's bad" made me cackle 😆 So interesting hearing your thoughts on The Secret History! It's one of those hugely hyped books I've never read and either hear people rave about or not like at all 😅 I don't have anything wonderfully illuminating to say but I loved how chatty and fun this was, I've been working with it on in the background and it feels like we're just hanging out 😊
Oh also one of the reasons I'm supposed to be learning Welsh is so my partner and I can talk around people we know (i.e. family who don't speak it!), which is aided by the fact we don't actually live in Wales but is obviously not foolproof 😆 But I have dabbled a little in Cornish too as it's way better suited to my West Country accent 😅 If only we had any knowledge of what Pictish was like! My partner also collects dictionaries of other languages and is particularly passionate about minority languages and language preservation so you could really delve into one of those too, help restore languages from the brink of extinction while having super secret convos!
i'm so glad the vibe of the video was like that!! & u appreciated my ... bluntness..... that is such a great reason for learning welsh tbh !! that would be so perfect! do you think ur partner would have any good book recommendations in general about minority langauges & their preservation and / or more specific ones he just likes a lot ?
@actual-spinster I have some recommendations! 1. The Atlas of Unusual Languages by Zoran Nikolic - I borrowed this one in August and it was a good little intro, it's split geographically and just gives you little intros to the culture and language of minority groups around the world 2. Atlas of Stateless Nations in Europe by Mikael Bodlore Peblaez. Obviously specific to Europe but focuses on minority people in search of recognition so is another good little intro one. 3. Rebuilding the Celtic Languages by Diarmuid O Neill. Focused on reversing language shift in Celtic countries and useful for looking at the diversity of languages here in these islands! 4. Language City by Ross Perlin. He's not read this yet but really wants to, it's written by one of the directors of the Endangered Language Alliance and focuses on the linguistic history of New York.
@@redheadreading this is amazing tysm !! language city sounds especially interesting to me, but im gonna put all these on my tbr ! n check if the library might have them :))
the energy of this video was so fun, you had me giggling along with you a couple times. also bc the subtitles said "pollen shipper" which i assume is spelled polin in the fandom but i know so little about bridgerton that i was just like.... flowers? tho i knew it had to be characters😂 it was interesting to hear your thoughts on brideshead revisited, i also know so little about that but was just talking with a publishing friend about the book yesterday!
"donna sweet" lolol... another weird coincidence, i was watching a very funny snarky riverdale analysis video essay yesterday😳 re: languages i wonder if there are other ancient versions of current languages like the ancient greek situation that would be far enough removed from current speakers to not be understood but also have enough record to learn them fully? i'm also thinking with so much heartbreak of all the lost indigenous languages and also how communities are trying to revitalize them which is incredible, but there's probably so many places where there would be no chance of encountering a speaker in the wild :((
those r conicidences !! ur right, i didnt think about the much more tragic side of lost / very very minority + minoritised languages ! i think ur right that there are some amazing efforts to revitalize them but obviously u need a basis / some amount of access to fairly fluent language speakers to do that and im sure there are lots that are just dying out :( but i do think the internet can be super helpful in that regard!! but it is so sad bc language holds sm culutre & life that is specific to the group that uses it.... an old language that is maybe different enough from current versions of it could be old english to modern english but even then i imagine germanic [including scandinavian] language speakers might b able to understand even if english speakers couldnt?
I think Old English could be worth looking into for a language that isn't so comprehensible to others. Same roots as German, but I think pretty different from both modern English and German.
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Just opening with "I think it's bad" made me cackle 😆 So interesting hearing your thoughts on The Secret History! It's one of those hugely hyped books I've never read and either hear people rave about or not like at all 😅 I don't have anything wonderfully illuminating to say but I loved how chatty and fun this was, I've been working with it on in the background and it feels like we're just hanging out 😊
Oh also one of the reasons I'm supposed to be learning Welsh is so my partner and I can talk around people we know (i.e. family who don't speak it!), which is aided by the fact we don't actually live in Wales but is obviously not foolproof 😆 But I have dabbled a little in Cornish too as it's way better suited to my West Country accent 😅 If only we had any knowledge of what Pictish was like! My partner also collects dictionaries of other languages and is particularly passionate about minority languages and language preservation so you could really delve into one of those too, help restore languages from the brink of extinction while having super secret convos!
i'm so glad the vibe of the video was like that!! & u appreciated my ... bluntness..... that is such a great reason for learning welsh tbh !! that would be so perfect! do you think ur partner would have any good book recommendations in general about minority langauges & their preservation and / or more specific ones he just likes a lot ?
@actual-spinster I have some recommendations!
1. The Atlas of Unusual Languages by Zoran Nikolic - I borrowed this one in August and it was a good little intro, it's split geographically and just gives you little intros to the culture and language of minority groups around the world
2. Atlas of Stateless Nations in Europe by Mikael Bodlore Peblaez. Obviously specific to Europe but focuses on minority people in search of recognition so is another good little intro one.
3. Rebuilding the Celtic Languages by Diarmuid O Neill. Focused on reversing language shift in Celtic countries and useful for looking at the diversity of languages here in these islands!
4. Language City by Ross Perlin. He's not read this yet but really wants to, it's written by one of the directors of the Endangered Language Alliance and focuses on the linguistic history of New York.
@@redheadreading this is amazing tysm !! language city sounds especially interesting to me, but im gonna put all these on my tbr ! n check if the library might have them :))
the energy of this video was so fun, you had me giggling along with you a couple times. also bc the subtitles said "pollen shipper" which i assume is spelled polin in the fandom but i know so little about bridgerton that i was just like.... flowers? tho i knew it had to be characters😂 it was interesting to hear your thoughts on brideshead revisited, i also know so little about that but was just talking with a publishing friend about the book yesterday!
i am so glad u thought so bc i do think im funny lol !!! pollen shipper nooooo.... altho i guess i do ship bees w pollen !
I wasn't keen on The Secret History, probably for very similar reasons. I do really want to read Villette now though!
aaah yes i hope u do read villette :) im glad i'm not alone !
"donna sweet" lolol... another weird coincidence, i was watching a very funny snarky riverdale analysis video essay yesterday😳 re: languages i wonder if there are other ancient versions of current languages like the ancient greek situation that would be far enough removed from current speakers to not be understood but also have enough record to learn them fully? i'm also thinking with so much heartbreak of all the lost indigenous languages and also how communities are trying to revitalize them which is incredible, but there's probably so many places where there would be no chance of encountering a speaker in the wild :((
those r conicidences !! ur right, i didnt think about the much more tragic side of lost / very very minority + minoritised languages ! i think ur right that there are some amazing efforts to revitalize them but obviously u need a basis / some amount of access to fairly fluent language speakers to do that and im sure there are lots that are just dying out :( but i do think the internet can be super helpful in that regard!! but it is so sad bc language holds sm culutre & life that is specific to the group that uses it.... an old language that is maybe different enough from current versions of it could be old english to modern english but even then i imagine germanic [including scandinavian] language speakers might b able to understand even if english speakers couldnt?
I think Old English could be worth looking into for a language that isn't so comprehensible to others. Same roots as German, but I think pretty different from both modern English and German.
i think ur right actually !!! much to think abt..... catch me learning old english next haha