“Monster” is derived from the Latin noun monstrum, “divine portent,” itself formed on the root of the verb monere, “to warn.” It came to refer to living things of anomalous shape or structure, or to fabulous creatures like the sphinx who were composed of strikingly incongruous parts, because the ancients considered the appearance of such beings to be a sign of some impending supernatural event. Monsters, like angels, functioned as messengers and heralds of the extraordinary. They served to announce impending revelation, saying, in effect, “Pay attention; something of profound importance is happening.”
- My Words to Victor Frankenstein: by Susan Stryker (via ladystigmata)
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Watching Babylon 5 in a coffee shop like flawless dorks~ <3
are you two getting married or what
edit: yeah they’re totally getting married
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From: Grammaticalization – Theory and Data
I’d try to translate what all these technical terms mean, but.
Basically, language is so cool that it changes in ways that actually can be pretty similar across languages. And basically, sometimes when we end a sentence with “but” or “and” (or maybe, as I suggest “or”), we’re actually very specifically ending the sentence, even though these words typically indicate the middle of a conjunction. I only have access to the limited google books version, but if you’re interested in getting the whole story, it was published by John Benjamins Publishing this year. There are some other really cool looking chapters, too!
But is is really just but and and, or?
I’ve also ended a sentence with other coordinators/subordinators, so.
*But certain ones don’t seem to work at all, because.
*Especially the ones that need to appear in pairs, if.
*More research is clearly necessary to figure out, when.
Some of them seem like you could also end them with “yeah” or general trailing off, which…yeah.
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radioactivesoup replied to your photo“I’m still in the linework stage, the background is faded for easier…”
In my defense, he was happy in this one too!Londo is hAPPY????
But yes, I know, considering my track record, it’s a Christmas miracle. You can’t be unhappy in a Lisa Frank drawing, though. One would argue you can’t be middle aged, male, or carrying alcohol in a Lisa Frank drawing either, but pshaw, details.
Reblog if your tumblr url is the same one you started with.
This is a serious thing. Im curious how many people over the course of year(s) kept the same tumblr handle. A ton of the people I follow have changed their over time.
As far as I know Im one of the few who havent. Few being relative as there are millions of tumblr users. But yeah.
Social experiment.
If you HAVE changed your URL Click Here
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