This is just a little snippet today that really stuck out to me, about his time in post-Colonial Madagascar.

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For those who don't know, I'm a massive language nerd and I spend a lot of time researching conlangs (constructed languages), studying new grammar patterns and create my own languages time to time. When I first heard Old Ponish in MLP, I was hooked. I decided that, if no one else was going to, I'd spend time developing it in to a usable language for MLP fans to learn. Over the past 3-4 days, with the assistance of a friend, I have been studying the sentences already given in the show, working

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Language Decay

Someone--I can't remember who--observed that adjectives and adverbs in all languages gradually decay and must be replaced with new ones, because they are gravitationally drawn over the centuries towards meaning simply "good" or "bad".  Consider the original meanings of these words:

Good: From Proto-Indo-European *gʰedʰ- (“to unite, be associated, suit”)
Wonderful: Full of wonder
Awful: Full of awe, so holy or transcendent as to inspire fear

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A companion to "Observations" by my friend Remedy! Recommended to understand several things throughout the story, STRONGLY recommended to understand the chapter entitled "Zekizfet".

Feel free to ask questions, I cannot guarantee straightforward answers. :3

Nouns:

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So this weekend, I'm recovering from my third Covid shot reaction and trying to scrawl out a new chapter of How Twilight Learned and discovering that there is an update to an old favorite story of mine.

Journey with a Batpony by Gulheru

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“War, war never changes.”

“The Enclave are attacking fallback!”

“Reash something here Ahhhhh!”

“They say war never changes but through out all his there’s always been a hero willing to step in to stop the wars. I guess as I am one of the last generals it’s my job to restore what I failed to protect.”

“I let love blind me and make me weak but not anymore. I failed to do the right thing and now I have to atone for my sins.”

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Kakistocracy

kak·i·sto·cra·cy
/kakəˈstäkrəsē/

noun
noun: kakistocracy

1. government by the least suitable or competent citizens of a state.
   "the danger is that this will reduce us to kakistocracy"

   • a state or society governed by its least suitable or competent citizens.
     plural noun: kakistocracies
     "the modern regime is at once a plutocracy and a kakistocracy"

Random thoughts on waking up on the morning after nightmare night.

One of the peculiarities of the English language is that the word cider can refer to either an intoxicating liquid made from fermented pressed apples; or a non-alcoholic unfermented beverage of the same juice. Anything sold as cider in Britain contains alcohol. In North America, it is, more often than not, the other sort.

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I had hoped to offer everyone who's favourited or commented on my stories and everyone who's placed me on their watched list an individual message for the season. However attempting the same matter through another site has proven to be cumbersome, so I hope to reach everyone through this.

Geseënde Kersfees vir almal.

Gëzuar Krishtlindjen për të gjithë.

መልካም የገና በአል ይሁንላችሁ ፡፡

عيد ميلاد مجيد للجميع.

Շնորհավոր Սուրբ Christmasնունդ բոլորին:

Hamınıza Miladınız mübarək.

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One of the biggest problems I'm having with writing Dante is his origin.

He was born in Switzerland around about ten thousand years before the Battle of Earth took place, which is what landed him in Equestria. Switzerland, from what I've found, has only been populated for about ten thousand years.

Dante was born just a little after the first tribes took to Switzerland, making him roughly ten thousand years old.

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Wow. Do I have a lot to own up for with this post. I have a few things to talk about with all you guys. First off, to address the rather blatant elephant in the room . . .

Sorry. Fluttershy's been getting to know a new friend. She'll see him out. [Source]

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I don't feel like making this a pseudo let's play like last time.
Will update as things accur to me.

+ I was going to pick Chespin, since all my potential teammates are Special focused, but Fennekin looked so damn cute I couldn't not pick it!
- Delphox looks really stupid. I knew about this beforehand, I did consider giving her an Everstone, but she doesn't gain her Psychic typing until her last stage so... I don't like it, but I'll always remember her little cutie form.

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N.b.: This title should not be confused with linguistic Puzzlemint. No kidding.

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"To digress for a moment, in the Equestrian language, the term alicorn can refer to any of, first, the thaumatically-active substance making up the core of an alicorn (sense 2) and certain other bony structures; second, the bony spiral horn of a unicorn or alicorn (sense 3); or, third, the rare sub-species of pony manifesting the combined traits of the three major sub-species, notable for possessing thereby the largest alicorns (sense 2) and the largest proportionate quantity of alicorn

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I want to talk about the principal dimensions of theories of art, but to do that, I must explain what I mean by "principal dimensions". Besides, you should learn this stuff anyway.

How to Recommend Stories if you're a computer

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Courtesy of Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal:

I have a weird accent... or is it a pronunciation tick? If I read a word before I ever hear it I end up giving it my own bit-of-a-spin. I also tend to play with words and their sounds. English is my co-primary language. Sometimes those end up conspiring and I arrive at strange connections.

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