A lot of unpronounced letters are actually pronounced conditionally, for example in “Je suis un homme” the last s of suis is pronounced because it is followed by a vowel.
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Science Memes@mander.xyz•[controversial] nature be freaky like thatEnglish
121·1 year agoWhat are the chances, I just read this ‚fact‘ today in The Forever War by Joe Haldeman and was already kinda doubtful.
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Lemmy Shitpost@lemmy.world•How German Police Do Police BrutalityEnglish
611·1 year agoSome protesters against the Stuttgart21 project would probably disagree, as well as German courts.
Not to mention all the excessive violence against the anti genocide protests.
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World News@lemmy.world•Sinwar's killing is a win for Israel — but many Palestinians are proud of his defiant last standEnglish
71·1 year agoThat or reading public statements from politicians, military officials and other public figures.
And observing the actions of Israel, what other intent can denying food and blowing up all hospitals have than extermination.
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Technology@lemmy.world•United Nations wants to treat AI with same urgency as climate changeEnglish
12·2 years agoAI: “Put glue in your pizza.” UN: “Ow no! It’s sentient.”
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memes@lemmy.world•I don't think this meme is funny but I like mapsEnglish
31·2 years agoSay that to the English, (or rather to all of their victims). A boat has historically been a pretty effective medium for spreading negativity.
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Not The Onion@lemmy.world•Former Republican Vice President Dick Cheney to vote for Democrat Harris, Liz Cheney saysEnglish
42·2 years agoI’m voting for the same party as a world-historic war criminal so like that’s saying something.
At first I was at least impressed that it came up with such a hilarious idea, but then it of course turns out (just as with the pizza glue) it just stole it from somewhere else.
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Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL about William Phelps Eno. He invented traffic regulations, the stop sign, the crosswalk, the roundabout, the one-way street and pedestrian safety islands. He never learned how to drive.English
136·2 years agoYou could word it that way, or you could say: man who was driven everywhere by a chauffeur formalized the taking over of shared pedestrian spaces to car only spaces.
Also I have yet to learn of a member of the skull and bones society that was a good person.
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Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL Dodi Fayed, Princess Diana’s partner, who also tragically died in the car crash with her, was the cousin of assassinated Saudi journalist Jamal Khashoggi.English
91·2 years ago“It’s a big club and you ain’t in it”, in this case refers to the safari club.
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World News@lemmy.world•Wealth tax on super-rich could raise £1.5tn globally, campaigners sayEnglish
26·2 years agoI’m not in favor of gunboat diplomacy, but if the US is doing it anyway (to enable genocide) I would rather have them do something useful with it.
And using a military to enforce policy does not equal conquering the world, it’s at the end of the escalation ladder, diplomatic pressure then sanctions, embargoes, support regime change, militarily blockades, limiting military operations, and finally full on invasion. These are all things the US is already doing but then for nefarious reasons.
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World News@lemmy.world•Wealth tax on super-rich could raise £1.5tn globally, campaigners sayEnglish
214·2 years agoHere is an idea, how about the US uses its military to enforce a minimum wealth tax worldwide to end tax competition, instead of to enable its proxies to commit war crimes.
Respect for turning an awful boomer meme into a reasonable programming meme with just two words.
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Today I Learned@lemmy.world•TIL that on hearing about Kristallnacht, Kaiser Willhelm II said from his exile "For the first time, I am ashamed to be a German".English
301·2 years agoHe is like a never-Trump republican, his problem isn’t with the policy (or the cruelty there of), but rather with the lack of decorum and breaking of norms.
A party is indeed the time and place where no jokes are made ever, no alcohol is involved, no cheesy flirting techniques occur, and everything is meant a 100% seriously always.
Big-o’dickus
- very big
- causes gonorrhea (or I already had it, idk)
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Showerthoughts@lemmy.world•Under the Third Geneva Convention a foreign POW has more fundamental rights than a US citizen in the USAEnglish
141·2 years agoThey used the term ‘nongovernmental combatant’ (aka terrorist), because a war can only be between states these combatants were not legally POW and thus had no right whatsoever.


Interesting how France suddenly switched to a much more normal and acceptable stance on Palestine (including the statements in Egypt against a proposed ethnic cleansing), wonder what the catalyst was.
Also curious if Germany manages to keep their „saying Palestinians are humans equals antisemitism“ thing going, with even France moving closer to Spain, Ireland and Swedens standpoint. But I have little hope with Merz.