Art duuuump!
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hellzabethAnother semi-educational one, in the form of my illustrated notes!
Warning, image heavy, as expected from an art dump.
English is called the cannibal language for a reason; it's a combination of every language we've ever admired, been ruled by or have conquered. Scandinavian, Old German (Saxons), Latin and French are the biggest influences.
About the "Great Vowel Shift": One day, for a reason linguists cannot fathom, the south of England started speaking their vowels differently from the north. Previously, we had used more open vowels, as demonstrated in an American accent, rather than closed vowels, as Standard English uses today.
About Neo-classicism: Yeah, we suddenly up and changed our grammar too. No longer are we allowed "to boldly go", that's splitting infinitives! Which, because it cannot be done in Latin (because infinitives are... one word... like in modern European languages and indeed most languages but English) shall therefore not be done in English! It's "to go boldly". >> Uptight and full of yourself much Iggy?
If you can read my handwriting you are a credit to your species.
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And now that's done, time for other drawings! 8D
I am a cruel and horrible person.
So yeah, France's oil burn scars from Family Ties. They're not going away too fast. Plus bruising on his neck and wrists. And the corner of his mouth. Because I can. And France is pretty when injured.
Random India sketch. Noooot entirely sure about it either. One thing's for sure; girl can multitask.Looks a bit like Saraswati.
While China gained power and inteligence over 3000 years, India's progress was much less rapid. When China hit teenagerdom (about 300BC?) India was still looking about 7 or 8.
Plus it's cute shut up.
That's me done for the evening. Ciao for now.
Warning, image heavy, as expected from an art dump.
English is called the cannibal language for a reason; it's a combination of every language we've ever admired, been ruled by or have conquered. Scandinavian, Old German (Saxons), Latin and French are the biggest influences.
About the "Great Vowel Shift": One day, for a reason linguists cannot fathom, the south of England started speaking their vowels differently from the north. Previously, we had used more open vowels, as demonstrated in an American accent, rather than closed vowels, as Standard English uses today.
About Neo-classicism: Yeah, we suddenly up and changed our grammar too. No longer are we allowed "to boldly go", that's splitting infinitives! Which, because it cannot be done in Latin (because infinitives are... one word... like in modern European languages and indeed most languages but English) shall therefore not be done in English! It's "to go boldly". >> Uptight and full of yourself much Iggy?
If you can read my handwriting you are a credit to your species.
---
And now that's done, time for other drawings! 8D
I am a cruel and horrible person.
So yeah, France's oil burn scars from Family Ties. They're not going away too fast. Plus bruising on his neck and wrists. And the corner of his mouth. Because I can. And France is pretty when injured.
Random India sketch. Noooot entirely sure about it either. One thing's for sure; girl can multitask.
While China gained power and inteligence over 3000 years, India's progress was much less rapid. When China hit teenagerdom (about 300BC?) India was still looking about 7 or 8.
Plus it's cute shut up.
That's me done for the evening. Ciao for now.
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Date: 2010-07-08 04:31 pm (UTC)NEVER EVAR SWITCH TO CHINESE TONGUES. ENGLISH IS A BEAUTIFUL LANGUAGE. (I can't stand hearing Mandarin Chinese spoken, although in writing it is quite beautiful. Also, I'm having a bitch of a time of it being shoved down my throat by my stupid school, so I guess I'm pretty biased.)
Also, we all speak American English because it's too effing hard to speak with that beautiful accent the British do and we're all too lazy to add that 'u' after 'o'. .___.
And we all know drawing makes notes fun. (No srsly; I'd doodle Port and Spain in my history notebook which is full of Age of Discovery notes, but school's over.)
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Date: 2010-07-08 04:33 pm (UTC)