#it sounded too formal

[turnipoddity]

sometimes youll post smt or respond to someone and the way you talks sounds like.. an exasperated lawrence?? like the reddie rb "oh brother what a throwback" and the sherlock "oh fuck me i did."

idk how to explain it but everytime i see you post smt along the lines of "oh lord." it sounds like an exasperated middle aged guy who cant express his emotions properly so he constantly sounds exhausted..

I SOUND LIKE A WHAT

#OH MY GOD???? HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH #IM SPEECHLESS WHAT AM I SUPPOSED TO SAY TO THIS. good lord #i mish mash formal and slang bc it sounds hilarious to me #but hey. im not complaining #hiii lawrence i can be posh too im free on thursdays if you wanna hang out with a senior art major 🥰 #asks

[the-way-astray]

பொத்தான்களை அழுத்துவதை நிறுத்திவிட்டேன் என்று சொன்னால் என்ன செய்வாய்?

#fitz vacker #kotlc fitz #kotlc fandom #this sentence is so hard to translate into tamil wtf #a rough translation is more of “if i told you i stopped pressing buttons what would you do?” #this sounds so stilted and formal too lmfao #for context: in tamil (and also most indian languages i think) the written language is a lot more formal-sounding than the spoken language #people don't speak the way they write #it sounds like this guy is writing a formal report to his boss instead of going through an emotionally scarring moment #but oh well

[shanti-ashant-hai]

when a kid new in school from delhi uses 'tu' 'tera' 'tereko' 'mereko'

behen no. its 'aap' 'aapka' 'aapko' 'mujhko/mujhe'

#im sorry but it just irritates me #this tu-taraba just sounds so rude #say 'tum' if aap is too formal #ye tu tu kya hai #desiblr #desi problems #desi things #being desi #shitposts #desi culture #shanti ki ashanti suno

[wi11owbird]

made a little comic <3 season of passage appreciation post, the evers

#sky: cotl #sky: children of the light #willowbird art #season of passage #passage guide #overactive overachiever #yes I gave them a headcanon name I just think it sounds nice #they definitely need to be tricked into breaks sometimes #bro takes life a bit too seriously (just like me fr) #passage guide knows this and wants them to give themself time to just be a kid #but they know nari too well to just say that #I don't think they often say outright that they care about someone #they're very formal ingame (bowing at us for the quests) #so they show they care in other ways #sorry for the ramble in tags (it will happen again) #oh wait last thing “all night” is referring to a nocturnal isle hc a friend has that I promptly yoinked

[dimiclaudeblaigan]

i love this alliance general and am glad someone is thinking positive about future friendships in this damn game

look at this cute general look at him wanting to be friends with all these people he spent all these good times with

#DCB Three Hopes Run #interesting enough too is that raphael mentions they have ''parties'' in ag #he seems to think they're too formal for him but im gonna be real with you #with rodrigue there they are NOT having stiff formal parties like you'd have with like #nobles and rich people mingling and that kind of thing. rodrigue literally goes to have fun at bars and drink with his men lmfao #he's dimitri's dad i'm SURE he lets it slide and lets him just do what he wants #so i'm SURE their parties are lively. also with how the npcs (particularly the alliance npcs) seem to talk abt it #they all seem to be having fun/feeling close to the kingdom and church #i will be honest it sounds like being in the kingdom army is a very fun time esp after the alliance joins up with them

[tragedykery]

[ID: the prophecy from percy jackson and the lightning thief transcribed into tengwar, tolkien’s elvish script. the prophecy reads:

you shall go west and face the god who has turned / you shall find what was stolen and see it safely returned / you shall be betrayed by one who calls you [a] friend / and you shall fail to save what matters most in the end.

/end ID]

ipa transcription + rambling under the cut!

this was originally practice for my phonemic english tengwar mode with inherent vowel schwa but it got. a bit out of hand lol. tenchnically the mode’s still under construction but that’s mostly bc I’m running into issues with the guide I wrote for it (mainly font & accessibility issues)

both the ipa and the tengwar transcripts are based on how I personally would pronounce the prophecy if I were to read it aloud slowly & carefully. which is to say I don’t sound that much like a stuck up ass irl lmao. the ipa is mostly based on geoff lindsey’s transcription guidelines for standard southern british, with a few adjustments. also I didn’t use stress markers in monosyllabic words bc I’m lazy

ipa (so warning for screenreaders):

jʉw ʃal gəw wɛst and fejs ðə gɔd hʉw has təːnd | jʉw ʃal fɑjnd wɔt wɔs stə́wlən and sij ɪt séjflij rɪtə́ːnd | jʉw ʃal bij bətréjd bɑj wʌn hʉw koːlz jʉw frɛnd | and jʉw ʃal fejl tʉw sejv wɔt mátəz məwst ɪn ðij ɛnd

#realised only as I was writing the image description that I’d forgotten the word ‘a’ in the third line. sad :( #pjo #percy jackson and the olympians #riordanverse #percy jackson #r #tengwar #the deviations from geoff lindsey’s transcription guidelines are that I used ej and ij where he uses ɛi and ɪj #to better portray the ‘formal’ accent I’m using here #in colloquial speech I would pronounce it closer to ɛi and ɪj #that said in colloquial speech I do sometimes use ow instead of əw & ɑ or ʌ instead of ɔ #in order to not sound so insufferably poshly british so like. my accent is inconsistent as shit anyway #also I used s instead of z in the words ‘was’ and ‘has’ bc the following sounds are devoiced & so I would devoice the z too #but I’m not sure if this type of voicing assimilation is sth that actually standardly happens in english or if it’s just sth I do bc #it happens in dutch lol #anyway. nerd moment over. sorry

[derpderpi]

Falling badge(?)

But in the end they are just 'semi-fliriting' to each other w

#fgo #fate grand order #daybit sem void #gudako #fujimaru ritsuka #daygudako #mine #my wording kinda sound too formal for this #ah well #I JUST WANNA DRAW DAYGUDAKO ARGHH

[imagoddamnonionmason]

There are so many of my mutuals that I would send the beautiful person award to- but I don't want to spam everyone- BUT HERE IS AN AWARD RN

If we are mutuals and you read this, know you are loved and wonderful and a sweet soul. You deserve a beautiful person award <3

#ily mutuals! #I'd actually probably call you friends #mutuals sounds too formal 00" #goosethinks

[kiose]

9 Fav Characters! Thanks to @chimchiri for taggin me in this, it was a real fun to do

Choosing only nine was becoming hard enough so I limited myself to one character per franchise (and then I struggled choosing a SINGLE Fire Emblem character, also, why do I like series that have so many characters?)

Dunno who to tag for this, I'm tagging some people I'd like it to do it but no pressure BUT if you're reading this, are not tagged, and wanna do it, pls do and tag me so we can compare favs (or even if we have any in common we can chat about 'em) @hijirai @ratstuckinamarble @wolfie1991 @nopantsparade @23deecy @ink-sound

Names and series for each chara under the cut

They're not in any particular order, I just placed the pics in a way that felt like it looked cool :P from left to right we got:

1. Ariane Yeong - Signalis 2. Glimmer - SheRa 3. Rebecca Chambers - Resident Evil 4. R.Dash - My Little Pony 5. Brigitte Lindholm - Overwatch 6. Jill Fizzart - Fire Emblem 7. Alphonse Elric - Fullmetal Alchemist 8. Harley - Sleepless Domain 9. Sakura Kasugano - Street Fighter

#i deliberately skipped most of the characters i have a crush on cause i dont want people to find the pattern #ther IS a pattern and some friends have noticed and bully me for it haha #I felt like I left out characters I do like a lot because I couldn't decide on a single character from their franchise...like touhou #also...there are so many fire emblem characters that would have made the list...but the list would have ended being half fire emblem #Jill only won her spot cause she was my first fav ever...and she and her game kinda kickstarted the Fire Emblem love so she had to represen #tag game #Thanks again Chim! #if ya wanna send asks or comment about the characters in here feel free to do that too #I got some asks to answer and I'm getting ready to formally open commissions #so be in the lookout for that if it sounds like something that might interest ya

[mthevlamister]

Terrible news! Whenever you try to reach out to someone new, you sound like you’re drafting a formal email!

This is my dilemma

#I am meeting Peach’s friends #and I haven’t sent a message yet bc each time I try to write one it sounds too formal

[wantbytaemin]

omg funniest thing happened so we were talking clothes and i’m kinda the go to for advice in general but esp on this front so through this conversation i told my leo work girlie i wanted just a plain black blazer (i have a black one w stripes you know the blackpink one hehe but no plain black) and she DIDN’T BELIEVE ME LMAO she listed all my blazers to me from memory and when she realised there really wasn’t a plain black one she was like…. it feels like the whole world is wrong.

#AND I AGREE! #as someone whose closet is 80% black clothes and very formal/elegant themed im in shock too.. smh need to get on it! #I’ve got 7 blazers which might not sound like a lot but im Very intentional with my clothes and never buy stuff i won’t wear so like these #get WORN. and still i need more i think..

[theforesteldritch]

Oh I got really good news I guess, I’ve finally got off the wait list for the pediatric Ehlers Danlos clinic, I was worried for a while that I was going to turn 18 before I got in and so have to be put back on the end of the adult wait list but I have an appointment in a few weeks and I have to go to Toronto for it lol

#My moms diagnosed with it and I have a ton of symptoms of hypermobile Eds (certain joints being very flexible #Stretchy skin #It’s a symptom of EDS) #mildly unstable joints #Since I haven’t gotten a formal diagnosis yet but my geneticist is pretty sure I have it it says on my medical records #That I MAY have Eds #My geneticist was really good actually me and my parents had an appointment with her #During my CAIS diagnosis to get genetic testing and see family history and stuff #And my mom was answering about her history and at the end she was like #This isn’t related to CAIS at all but this does sound like potentially Ehlers Danlos syndrome #And since I have a lot of similar symptoms she said it sounded like I could have it too

[coulson-is-an-avenger]

never in my life have i ever had such a strong urge to write smut fics before now and now that i actually do it's for some fucking ASSHOLES who EXCLUSIVELY speak to each other with thy/thou/thee pronouns. do you see my problem

#IT IS SO UNBELIEVABLY HARD TO MAKE THAT SHIT SOUND APPEALING GBSKXHWKXNSKXNSKX #mossy speaks #I MADE IT WORK IN THE ONE FIC IM GONNA POST SOON BUT. FOR A FULL E FIC IT WOULD NOT SLIDE #this is why there's no starhab smut on ao3 GBSJWHDJ /J #losers. quaker dialect patterns. i hate y'all im too autistic for formal/informal pronouns. #also for the record idk if i would actually have the balls to write a smut fic however comma. for the sake of the bit-

[dark-raven-feathers]

pleased to report that my band director, who normally restrains himself from acting too deranged, loses all sense of control when it's a Thursday evening and he's spent the last 72 hours around a bunch of highschoolers

#As much as I would love to discuss compositions with you I can hardly think about music at the moment so I'll get back to you when #I have more braincells to share #dark raven feathers #he's still got that deadpan sense of humor but it's 700% more sarcastic and the comments he makes are 100% more insane #but like somehow it still has that refined tone to it so sometimes you get things like #sir how did you make “more braincells to share” sound like a formal reply in cursive what's up with that #it's a level of formal sarcasm said in the same dead tone that one can only get when #you mix Brendan Hagan with too much melatonin #marching band #concert band #concert and marching band #band director

[medicinemane]

Can I just for a minute complain as someone dyslexic about how when I was young everyone would always be like "well look up the spelling in the dictionary"?

Just now, I go to type a word and I spell it something like "erevicobly", which is obviously wrong, but... no idea

Well, I throw it in the search engine* and find out it's irrevocably (didn't spell it right there either, but got it close enough spellcheck could fix it)

Now you might notice something here, which is if I'd looked it up in the dictionary, I wouldn't have found it, no matter how long and hard I searched, because I'd be looking under "er" not "ir"

So do you see why that advice made me mad as hell as a kid, and I stand by my feelings today?

*literally one of the few ways search engines are a blessing is being a really great way to find spellings

#like my typing is great with very few mistakes; but my spelling while mostly alright these days isn't great #cause like... literal diagnosed dyslexia since I was a tiny kid #and let me tell you; no matter the reason; people will shit on you so much for poor spelling (no matter the age too) #fucker; we speak english; everything you said was a lie #there's not (consistent) rhyme or reason to it; and sounding it out is terrible advice cause we've all got fucking accents #and sometimes even if you don't the word is fucking worcestershire and you're fucked #actually gets me a bit heated how many good teachers I had who still acted like this #I actually have many strong opinions on linguistics and teaching despite not being a linguist or a teacher #give me descriptivism or give me death #prescriptivism can burn in hell where it belongs #and one thing that technology has 100% made better (at least for me as a dyslexic adult) is being able to spell well and quickly #it's an aid and an accommodation to me; we just don't look at it like that #I literally can't even spell accommodation; but you get to see the right word there #I have a vast vocabulary... I just can't fucking spell half of it #so prespellcheck you just kind of... had my writing look a lot worse and be a lot harder to parse #the main thing that helped with my spelling wasn't school or anything... it was everquest #you want to be able to type to people and be understood; there's no spellscheck or anything... you work to get it right quickly #mmos are a great way to teach typing if you don't have voice chat #similarly it's actually thanks to tumblr that I'm a quick typist; zero formal training with it and sucked through my teens #was a quick chicken scratch typist... pretty fast; but I pecked #through typing a lot of messages and asks to people on here and wanting to do it quickly I stumbled on something pretty... #close to what I think they teach; though I'm pretty sure there's gotta be some differences #it's nothing formal for one thing; it's all muscle memory; the fingers go where they go #but I can type pretty fast and accurately with my eyes closed #and it's just cause... I wanted to say things to people and say it quickly #eh... I hope I kill myself soon #... it seems out of nowhere; but that's just how my brain works; this is stream of consciousness more or less so... figured I'd leave it #anyway... there whatever this is... is #mm tag so i can find things later

[altruistic-meme]

BUT WHAT ARE THEY AT THE PALACE FOR THOUGH

#it sounded Pretty Bad #and linda is there!!!! #and sinon is worried about her!!!!! #are they doing a press release??? wilhelm seemed confident the wouldn't start and they aren't dressed Too Formal so #Wille isn't in a suit like he was for the last two press releases though (the two in s1) #hghhhhhhhhh #my boys :(((( #wille is also in blue representing the crown for this which is Nervewracking!!! #ough #young royals #yr3 #young royals season 3 #shh ac