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Mastodon: Americans need to stop putting themselves as a center of the universe, there are a lot of non-USians here

Also Mastodon: *shares an amerimutt article about why you shouldn't call an amerimutt cop and here's alternatives that work only within murica* btw if you're not yapping a cops youre a fascist 😍

I love this place. /s

It's always "include non-westerners" until they actually aren't a westoid who puts amerimutts on the pedestal all the time.
Fuck you US-centrism for all I care.

#america #FuckAmericans #US #USCentric #fediverse

secretsloth Dec 6, 2022

@sozou as an American, bravo and carry on 😂 honestly, it's not totally our fault, we don't get much international news here unless we actively go looking for it. So it's annoying (and embarrassing) but not surprising. I really hope the fediverse will help with this, because more people will realize we need this here in the US. I read a lot of news in French (when I'm awake enough) but most people raised here only speak English, because again... eduction. I taught myself most of it.

@secretsloth my point was the cultural attitude and how americans think they're the center of the universe and if you don't conform to their norms you're evil

like the audacity online to attack others for not giving a fuck about american issues... but the americans never cared about shit outside their bubble either

it's the entitlement i have issues with

secretsloth Dec 6, 2022

@sozou ohhhh I thought we were just culturally illiterate. Which we are. Lol sorry. That's also true. 😱 Not good, not good. We don't even really have much culture to put out there 😭

@secretsloth i remember that i was once banned by an american for saying the Amis word for "cat" because for them it sounded like "pussy"

ngl that's racist for someone who was boasting all about" oooh black lives matter, support indigenous people 😍🥺"

it's just yiiiiikes

secretsloth Dec 6, 2022

@sozou wait whaaaaaat?? 😬 Oooooh that's cringey. I mean honestly, that's... probably a bad mod, too, like, when I did mod work, if there was something like that, I might ask about it, but only if it wasn't obvious. Like I'm betting there was context. Learning stuff like this is actually super cool, and can be really important. It's pretty obvious when somebody is just being pervy. 🙄

@secretsloth HAHAHA because you know words in other languages are so funny! haha english should be the only language amirite /s

secretsloth Dec 6, 2022

@sozou that's also a super cute word for cat, did I say that? I always thought that was sad, that we made it mean something dirty. That was not always true and it really does seem like a good word for cats! People are so weird.

@secretsloth "Pusi" is truly one of the hardest going words ever. 😼

And of course, I also had a little giggle at the Amis word for goat (Siri) but like... some ppl just were plain racist about it 😒

secretsloth Dec 6, 2022

@sozou Siri is the word for goat?? That's :3 adorable! 🐐 I don't really like the way English sounds, personally, and there aren't very good words for feelings. It's not a good language for poetry or trying to be specific about a lot of things. I remember my Dad telling me about Hausa, and how there is a word for "over there," and to communicate how far, you say it louder. I always thought that was really smart! I don't know why we don't appreciate these cool ideas and cool words.

@secretsloth this was fact-checked by true siri 🐐✅

i also love rattling around in the internet looking for some fun stuff and share them here. i think it's the best way to weave cultures together as they will inevitably blend one day.

if i feel confident enough one day i want to post daily words in Amis (or maybe later grab up a different indigenous taiwanese language??) for the fedi

secretsloth Dec 6, 2022

@sozou oh my gosh I want to call all goats "siri" now, that is a much cuter word than "goat" and I love goats! 🥰 I'll have to look up a video to make sure I'm saying it right, I'm probably not 😅 but I shall try to learn it.

@secretsloth if you know how to use IPA there's a wiki article on the language and the letter pronunciation: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amis_language

Amis language - Wikipedia

secretsloth Dec 6, 2022

@sozou I technically do but I get some of the symbols confused, which is fine, since I just have to check any that I get confused. Thank you! I learned something really cool today! 🫶🐐 Well, two things actually, since there are two words. I guess I just like siris best, our former neighbors have a farm now and have the CUTEST baby siris :3 we used to see them sometimes. So small!

@secretsloth i wish there was a dictionary that shows both singular and plural version of the nouns (unless it's both the same thing?)

but yes, Siri Approved 🐐✅

secretsloth Dec 6, 2022

@sozou haha you're right, I didn't even notice that I added an S there, what is the plural? Or are they the same? 😅 One must always have several baby 🐐 much cuter that way.

I hope if you do a daily word here, it will be a good experience, because I know many people would love it! It's so awful that horrible people can discourage such good content. I hope it doesn't happen, but someone says something awful, the mods here are really great. They will help. 💜

@secretsloth I don't know, there's little easy-to-digest resources on Amis language...

and honestly if I ever feel confident enough to not make a fuck up I want to make a daily word 🥺 learning together is much more fun

on a sidenote... "wacu" = 🐶

secretsloth Dec 6, 2022

@sozou oh my goshhhhh what a cute word! You know, when I was small, I wanted to find the best words from every language and have my own language with only the coolest words 😅 it didn't occur to my child brain that nobody would understand it, but I still love learning words anyway.

Here is my wacu, since I do not have any cool words that I can remember right now (it's 5 am here)

@secretsloth thats a cute wacu can i pet it

also! the dictionary at https://e-dictionary.ilrdf.org.tw/ami/about/1.htm suggests that the spellings are "posi" and "waco" for cat and dog respectively 🐶🐱

I hope one day there will be an English-Ami dictionary ❤️

原住民族語言線上辭典 - 財團法人原住民族語言研究發展基金會

【原住民族語言線上辭典】（https://e-dictionary.ilrdf.org.tw）提供簡介、線上查閱、下載專區、交流討論、線上測驗與延伸學習等六大主題功能。使用者不但可以查詢各族的詞項解釋與發音，同時還有豐富實用的例句可以作線上即時的學習應用。

secretsloth Dec 6, 2022

@sozou that would be really amazing! I would love to just have dictionaries, for a lot of languages most people don't know. Of course it's tricky with languages like Greek and Mandarin and Russian. I did try with Mandarin, but I can't hear the tones :c although I did learn ... let me think. The word for hat? Mao-ze? Something like that? And the word for monkey, hodze, and a few others when I was in mainland China years ago. That was all I could manage. Sadness.

@secretsloth hat (màozi) - 帽子
monkey (hóuzi) - 猴子

i think it would be fun if the indigenous cultures went as popular as the Korean Wave with K-Pop, K-Dramas etc... maybe then we would get more resources to learn from

BTW: was looking in the meantime, and dictionary says...
hairy/fluffy = cifanohay
elephant = eco (no, not pronounced like the english eco)

🦣 the one piece is real 🦣

secretsloth Dec 6, 2022

@sozou YES!! Those are the words!! 😭 I taught my friend's aunt her first English word, which was "monkey," because I was looking for a monkey figurine for a coworker, and then a monkey came on TV later that night and the aunt turned to me and said "monkey?" And we both got so excited and had this amazing bonding moment, I still get feelings remembering. I really hope the family is okay. They were very kind to me, I did not know I wouldn't see them again.

secretsloth Dec 6, 2022

@sozou which way around do the words go I wonder, would it be hairy-elephant, or elephant-hairy? 🤔

@secretsloth
apparently the structure is <adjective> a <noun> from what I see... so it would be "cifanohay a eco"

but again, it's just my guess I don't want to pass as truth to avoid unconsciously spreading misinfo

and the dictionaries don't have a word for mastodon.. or mammoth

secretsloth Dec 6, 2022

@sozou well, it's the best we can do for now, as long as we know we're not quite right, it's okay 😊 I found this video on YouTube, it's in the Navajo language, a song of morning blessing. I don't speak Navajo, it is very hard to learn and unfortunately not many people speak it - and of course, it should be taught to people of their tribe first. But I do love listening to traditional songs and reading folk tales. https://youtu.be/jHiD6PaWnus

Navajo Early Morning Blessing

YouTube

@secretsloth ooh thats beautiful actually! i think my spawner had a CD disc with Native Americam music... but it was like a decade ago, and I can't recall much from it (back then I was all super into vocaloids so wasn't interested in traditional stuff)
In exchange I will link to one of my favorite Ami songs - it's not for any ceremony (I think?), the YouTube title says it's a dance practice song... or "Ami Cha-cha"

https://youtu.be/G8VhOIvfMJ0

by the way, did you check the spotify playlist i shared~?

阿美族語歌曲練習:優美舞姿(阿美恰恰)

YouTube

secretsloth Dec 6, 2022

@sozou also, yes, absolutely pet the wacu, Nala loves pets, and her ears are so velvety soft. She doesn't lick or drool or shed very much, and she looks like a princess 🥰

@secretsloth who's a good girl 🥺🥺🥺