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I'm looking for the right words for @dallasfreepress' presentation this Wednesday to the @DallasTRHT #RENOW2023 cohort, and coincidentally, "desegregation" is the @Dictionarycom #wordoftheday.
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Another thing: "desegregation" ≠ "integration"
"Desegregation, 'the elimination of laws under which people are separated'...comes from Latin sēgregāre, 'to part from the flock.' Though segregation is often contrasted with its rhyming opposite integration, the two are unrelated.
"Desegregation, 'the elimination of laws under which people are separated'...comes from Latin sēgregāre, 'to part from the flock.' Though segregation is often contrasted with its rhyming opposite integration, the two are unrelated.
"Instead, integration ultimately comes from Latin integer, 'untouched, undivided, whole.' Desegregation was first recorded in English in the early 1950s."
This took me back to a piece I published for the 40th anniversary of @dallasschools' desegregation in 2011.
This took me back to a piece I published for the 40th anniversary of @dallasschools' desegregation in 2011.
In Human culture the analogy between day, year and life is very precise: each one has four seasons (that are further divided into three periods each).
#life #age #conlang #calendar #youth #wordoftheday #wordsmith #linguistics #languagematters #language #langtwt #conculture
#life #age #conlang #calendar #youth #wordoftheday #wordsmith #linguistics #languagematters #language #langtwt #conculture
Let's consider the first periods:
• Primanɔtte (Earlynight) is like Priminvɛrno (Earlywinter) and when you are a bambino (a person from 0 to 7 years old).
• Primanɔtte (Earlynight) is like Priminvɛrno (Earlywinter) and when you are a bambino (a person from 0 to 7 years old).
• Meʒʒanɔtte (Midnight) is like Meʒʒinvɛrno (Midwinter) and when you are a citto (a person from 7 to 14 years old).
• Tardanɔtte (Latenight) is like Tardinvɛrno (Latewinter) and when you are a ragazzo (a person from 14 to 21 years old).
• Tardanɔtte (Latenight) is like Tardinvɛrno (Latewinter) and when you are a ragazzo (a person from 14 to 21 years old).
#WordOfTheDay #lithotomy in Spanish #litotomía or as I prefer to call it “the most absurd position to give birth in”
Lithotomy is referred to this position. And although now I’m every picture and movie is generally understood as a position of birth. It is relatively modern and now questioned by people like me. But hey there is a man in the picture and not a birthing woman.
Lithotomy from Greek for "lithos" (stone) and "tomos" (cut), is a surgical method for removal of calculi, stones formed inside certain organs, such as the urinary tract (kidney stones), bladder (bladder stones), and gallbladder (gallstones)
Recently it was announced that, after decades of neglect, the Charleroi Metro is getting its 5th line built and trams renovated.
A breeze of fresh air for a "metro" that seems frozen in the 80s.
Let me show you some pics of Belgium's most bizarre public transport network 🚋🚇🇧🇪
A breeze of fresh air for a "metro" that seems frozen in the 80s.
Let me show you some pics of Belgium's most bizarre public transport network 🚋🚇🇧🇪
[I took these pics on a cold winter day of early 2021. Perhaps some things have changed. I doubt so.]
To give a little bit of context, the Charleroi Metro, as expected on the country of surrealism 🇧🇪 is obviously not a Metro
It's clearly a light rail transit
Today's network is made up of 3 branches that come out of a central loop. One of the branches loops both ways, so 2 lines
It's clearly a light rail transit
Today's network is made up of 3 branches that come out of a central loop. One of the branches loops both ways, so 2 lines
શબવાહિની ગંગા
એક અવાજે મડદા બોલ્યાં 'સબ કુછ ચંગા-ચંગા'
રાજ, તમારા રામરાજ્યમાં શબવાહિની ગંગા.
રાજ, તમારા મસાણ ખૂટયા, ખૂટયા લક્કડભારા,
રાજ, અમારા ડાઘૂ ખૂટયા, ખૂટયા રોવણહારા,
ઘરેઘરે જઈ જમડાંટોળી કરતી નાચ કઢંગા
રાજ, તમારા રામરાજ્યમાં શબવાહિની ગંગા.
એક અવાજે મડદા બોલ્યાં 'સબ કુછ ચંગા-ચંગા'
રાજ, તમારા રામરાજ્યમાં શબવાહિની ગંગા.
રાજ, તમારા મસાણ ખૂટયા, ખૂટયા લક્કડભારા,
રાજ, અમારા ડાઘૂ ખૂટયા, ખૂટયા રોવણહારા,
ઘરેઘરે જઈ જમડાંટોળી કરતી નાચ કઢંગા
રાજ, તમારા રામરાજ્યમાં શબવાહિની ગંગા.
રાજ, તમારી ધગધગ ધૂણતી ચીમની પોરો માંગે,
રાજ, અમારી ચૂડલી ફૂટે, ધડધડ છાતી ભાંગે
બળતું જોઈ ફીડલ વગાડે 'વાહ રે બિલ્લા-રંગા'!
રાજ, તમારા રામરાજ્યમાં શબવાહિની ગંગા.
રાજ, તમારા દિવ્ય વસ્ત્ર ને દિવ્ય તમારી જ્યોતિ
રાજ, અમારી ચૂડલી ફૂટે, ધડધડ છાતી ભાંગે
બળતું જોઈ ફીડલ વગાડે 'વાહ રે બિલ્લા-રંગા'!
રાજ, તમારા રામરાજ્યમાં શબવાહિની ગંગા.
રાજ, તમારા દિવ્ય વસ્ત્ર ને દિવ્ય તમારી જ્યોતિ
રાજ, તમોને અસલી રૂપે આખી નગરી જોતી
હોય મરદ તે આવી બોલો 'રાજા મેરા નંગા'
રાજ, તમારા રામરાજ્યમાં શબવાહિની ગંગા.
-પારુલ ખખ્ખર
#આજનોશબ્દ #WordOfTheDay #WOTD #SahityaFalak #સાહિત્યફલક
હોય મરદ તે આવી બોલો 'રાજા મેરા નંગા'
રાજ, તમારા રામરાજ્યમાં શબવાહિની ગંગા.
-પારુલ ખખ્ખર
#આજનોશબ્દ #WordOfTheDay #WOTD #SahityaFalak #સાહિત્યફલક
UP NEXT: 8-seed Red-crested Tree Rat vs. 9-seed Red & White Giant Flying Squirrel #2021MMM
This battle was crafted by @PKurnath, but I will be pinch-hitting the tweeting for her tonight #2021MMM
Another battle with two competitors from Rodentia! Another tough decision for @MC_Marmot #TeamRodent #TeamRat #TeamSquirrel #2021MMM
#November 11th-
#VeteransDay Was Originally #ArmisticeDay
#ArmisticeDay began in 1918 to celebrate The Day World Leaders Came Together To End #WWI- The 'War To End All Wars'- And The Idea Of Ending All #War
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#VeteransDay Was Originally #ArmisticeDay
#ArmisticeDay began in 1918 to celebrate The Day World Leaders Came Together To End #WWI- The 'War To End All Wars'- And The Idea Of Ending All #War
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"Over one hundred years ago the world celebrated #peace as a universal principle. #WWI had just ended and nations mourning their dead collectively called for an end to all #wars. #ArmisticeDay was born and was designated as “a day to be dedicated to the cause...
... of world #peace and to be thereafter celebrated." After #WorldWarII, the U.S. Congress decided to rebrand #November11 as #VeteransDay. Honoring the warrior quickly morphed into honoring the #military and glorifying #war. #ArmisticeDay was flipped from a day for #peace into...
First off, Michigan exit polls already show Biden crushing it, so it might be a really early night, TBH 😉
Polls close in a few minutes in MS, MO, ND, and most of MI. Let's see how many of those states are called by the news networks immediately at 8:00 pm.
