@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 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 ππ₯Ί"
it's just yiiiiikes
@secretsloth "Pusi" is truly one of the hardest going words ever. πΌ
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 π
@secretsloth this was fact-checked by true siri πβ
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 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 πβ
@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? π One must always have several baby π 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. π
@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 π₯Ί learning together is much more fun
on a sidenote... "wacu" = πΆ
@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 π 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 πΆπ±
I hope one day there will be an English-Ami dictionary β€οΈ
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@secretsloth hat (mΓ ozi) - εΈ½ε
monkey (hΓ³uzi) - η΄ε
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)
𦣠the one piece is real π¦£
@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 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"
by the way, did you check the spotify playlist i shared~?
@secretsloth on a sidenote... I listened to the song I sent, and after that I got One-Winged Angel... which is oh well, orchestra, rock and latin choir in one song.
When you have a dance practice in your village at 5pm but you have to slay a fallen angel with a super long sword at 6pm.
@secretsloth speaking of music and connecting... now I'm curious what would you get from connecting Ami's traditional music and, say, Poland's folk music
both are considered traditional, but the sounds for obvious reasons are two different worlds... wondering what we could end up with
if i were a musician i would be trying to connect the dots but π
@secretsloth going to offtop a bit but~ I think I already said it that I want to visit the tribe villages one day... but I'm afraid my AuDHD and RSD will join up together making the stay unenjoyable. and I'm always afraid that the people there may find me annoying or just bad.
wish I had more courage because such a stay would definitely be quite an experience
@secretsloth it's not about being impolite, but rather my internal self will start freaking out.
also the RSD would be kicking in with every smallest mistake like "they now hate you" or the fact i may stumble onto an intolerant group that hold prejudice towards trans/nd people 
perhaps if i had someone i know well that is part of their community i would get along easier
@secretsloth first though I'd like to see some mainstream parts of Taiwan, and here I got a helper called my bro, so I won't feel so alienated~
but no money to travel or time... huhu
i always liked cultural exchange, even in mini version and especially when it comes to food
@secretsloth speaking of food: i found a website with resources on Amis cuisine - I will be fair I'm not a fan of seafood and veggies, but I want to try out some of that meat π
(the site is in chinese so you'd have to use google translate to read it)
https://www.dmtip.gov.tw/web/page/detail?l1=2&l2=61#:~:text=%E9%98%BF%E7%BE%8E%E6%97%8F%E4%B8%BB%E8%A6%81%E7%9A%84%E9%A3%B2%E9%A3%9F,%E9%AD%9A%E5%8F%8A%E5%90%83%E6%AA%B3%E6%A6%94%E7%AD%89%E3%80%82&text=%E9%98%BF%E7%BE%8E%E6%97%8F%E6%89%80%E8%99%95%E7%92%B0%E5%A2%83,%E7%9A%84%E9%86%83%E7%94%9F%E8%82%89(silao)%E3%80%82
@sozou ooooooh yes! As soon as we move I'm going to get to cook my own food, I would love to try this! My poor family is going to have to eat all kinds of "weird" food π they're not really into food like I am.
I would really like to visit Taiwan someday. Especially since China has gotten so scary now. But I could visit Taiwan, it seems much more open and like, very cool and interesting. And I wouldn't get government kidnapped, which is a plus. π±
@secretsloth you get to experience both the more authentic chinese culture without CCP's bastardisation of it AND the indigenous cultures
that's an absolute win
AND they have a temple dedicated to the Chinese gay deity : https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu%27er_Shen
@secretsloth I only feel sorry for the innocent people who have to live under such rule...
...anyways, I'm so hungry now after all the food talk
Yesterday I came to the conclusion that since Pokemon is taking inspiration from around the world for regions, they should take a look at Taiwan.
a lot of potential there~ I used to work on a fan imagination of how it would look like, maybe I can share some stuff if you want to
@sozou yeah, exactly, I feel bad for the people, and those ancient places, it's not their fault :c
I would love to see your thoughts on what Pokemon might look like in Taiwan, that sounds very cool! Have you gotten to play the new game? I haven't got it, I have a Switch, but we're so busy with this move, we are going all the way from Washington DC to the south of Georgia. It is a long way. So I don't have time right now. π±
@secretsloth i havent gotten to play it because I don't have a Switch
But the idea started around when Legends Arceus were announced and it all clicked in my head perfectly.
The idea was to weave the present and past. While the modern region's lore would deal with the problems of today and cherish the multiple cultures, the past would be more chill, kinda like Breath of The Wild stuff.
I had an idea that after the lore of modern region comes to an end (typical woohoo i am the champion now etc.), the protagonist researches the history of region and gets to use a time machine crafted by one of the professors... which throws them back to ancient times and they need to make their way out of it.
Several characters I designed were supposed to have direct ancestors in the ancient version of the region.
There's much more to say, but I have no idea where to start and if you're still interested
I love games and shows that weave in folklore, and this would be so much fun to do as a Pokemon journey! So clever!@secretsloth when I was making graphics for it I made a mockup of the language selection screen where it was possible to pick one of the indigenous languages
and tbh that'd be a big brain move for preservation of these languages. what's a more fun way than to add these in a game?
@secretsloth remember when black and white had separate gym themes for each leader?
let's bring back that shit
@secretsloth also since indigenous Taiwanese and native Hawaiians have the same ethnolinguistic origin, they could sprinkle a bit of Alola on the new region.
Nintendo is really sleeping on a goldmine
@secretsloth found this cool feature I developed: you could get a special variant of Pikachu in the various parts of the region by doing some tasks! (also the handle is of my IG account that no longer has content)
here are some examples of it
Webfeline Sou 
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