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So I decided to read Book of Bill and managed to finish right before the countdown ended

Favourite Colour: I could never chose their are too many cool colours but I always end up with black

Currently Reading: I have been reading Aancient Legends, Mystic Charms and Supersitions of Ancient Ireland by Lady Jane Wilde (I am also trying to start on Phantom of the Opera and Persuasion by Jane Austin soon)

Currently Watching: I have been watching Sasaki to Miyano with @monochrome-dreamer, I have been re-watching B99 with my mam too which is fun

Coffee of Tea: I do not drink Coffee only Tea and I would try out tea flavours in the future

I can't think of people to @ :(

Rules: answer + tag 9 people you want to know better and/or catch up with

I got tagged by @the-oc-lass, so thank you for that!

Favourite Colour: Blue and purple, any and all shades, but I do like the darker ones!

Last Song: Best Day Of My Life by American Authors

Currently Reading: Nothing at the moment (I just got done with my last book) but I am looking to buy the Maze Runner books!

Currently Watching: The Social Dilemma on Netflix, really interesting documentary about social media in society!

Currently Craving: Hmmm onion rings

Coffee or Tea: Never been much of a fan of coffee, but I love tea! Perfect drink to get me in a writing mood!

Tags: @alchemicalwerewolf @ippyhaj @ilivelikeimtrying @j3ankimorit4 I can't think of other people to tag, but anyone else who wants can join!

Irish language things

One thing I’ll never not find interesting is the intersection between Irish and English. Especially how young people navigate this.

Gaeltacht colleges/ courses are an excellent example of this. Gaeltachts are Irish speaking areas in Ireland. There are very few of them left (most being in the Republic). A big source of income for these areas are setting up colleges or courses where young people can come and participate in for a week or two or even three. They’re basically summer camps where you’re only allowed to speak Irish. You do classes as well as fun activities. They’re really useful for young people to learn Irish and do well in their exams.

The linguistic example I was thinking of is what we say when we’re trying to get by someone. Most cultures will say “excuse me”. We sometimes do as well, but most Irish people will say “sorry”. This then translates over to Irish where people say “(Tá) brón orm”, meaning “I’m sorry”. Even when excuse me is “gabh mo leithscéal” in Irish.

Where young people and gaelcholáistí come into this is with the hilarious “brónzies”. I don’t know if this is exclusive to Ireland, but in text talk people shorten sorry to “soz”. Then that developed into “sozies”. And thus young people use “brónzies” a lot (mostly ironically) at Irish speaking summer camps.

People have conflicting opinions of “brónzies”. Most think it’s an abomination, which I agree with. But I think that’s what makes it so funny.

I'm still working away on this!! I'll stream a couple days next week (probably Tuesday and Thursday?) while I keep at it!!

I'm so genuinely gutted that of the big three Gothic horror stories, Frankenstein; the biggest of them all, is the ONLY ONE who doesn't have this relatively huge Tumblr fanbase. Like, yeah. Don't get me wrong, it exists... but compared to DRACULA??? Or even J&H???? Not even CLOSEEE. And it's because they both got some cool thing Tumblr enjoys, like Dracula Weekly/Re; Dracula, or The Glass Scientists. BUT I GET NOTHING OVER HERE. WHEN WILL IT BE MY TURN.

The funniest part of Ekko going to the alt timeline is how he casually and accidentally reminds everyone of the most traumatic things to happen to them

Like imagine you go to your future-son-in-law's graduation party after presumably knowing him for years and just not seeing him for a couple months and the FIRST thing he says to you is "remember when your husband tried to fucking murder you" LIKE???

Also, imagine your bf/situationship/lab partner/ best friend, who has spent time with you nearly every day for years and KNOWS how your sister died just starts suddenly being like "Your sister died? How did it happen? DID YOU MURDER HER?"

I love you Ekko you are very smart but "reading the room" is not one of your many skills lmfao

it's immensely funny to me how andrew lloyd webber read this passage from the book and was like yeah the journey down to the phantom's lair is this really breathtaking magical gondola ride where christine is just captivated by the strange and fantastical beauty of it all (see below)

when in the novel they're both like in a rowboat in the dark with christine scared out of her mind and confused as hell while erik is paddling like he's out for an extreme day of fishing and just staring christine down for the entire duration of the journey without blinking once . like mind you his eyes quite literally GLOW in the DARK and he's just fucking staring into her soul and silently rowing and probably not even breathing like

Jonah Magnus being irish whil me hating the irish is honestly great cus I can imagine him trying to hide it while everyone is completely underwhelmed by his secret

My friend's headcanon of Jonah Magnus (and by extension, Elias) hating Irish people is so ingrained into my mind that I actually thought it was real and spent ages thralling through the wiki to fact check it