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It has to do with the word coming from French to English. There isn’t a b sound in the French word. Sometimes, the weird spellings harden back to French loan words.

My guess is that English speakers spoke it with an accent and it eventually morphs into the modern English pronunciation

How do you keep your paper from curling? Mine always curls when I try watercolor

Maybe let then trade stocks, but they have to publicly report all trades before or right when they’re made

Until we can make everything through the tireless efforts of a single Australian man

Jerboa!

I pronounce it the correct way: dah-tah

Your figures look flat because you're drawing what you think it should be rather than what it is.

I would recommend drawing through on the perspective and some practice with making figures out of simple geometric shapes.

Also, I'd consider getting one of those posing mannequins and an anatomy drawing book to give you more examples.

Your poses are somewhat complex from a perspective viewpoint (parts pointing and angles towards different planes). You may want to try some simpler poses like standing with arms down to get the basic proportions right.

Aren't lemming, fedizens, and reddit r/efugees referring to different specific groups of people?

It might be best to go with something that has more appeal. That's part of why I went with lemon because it seemed catchy. Lemmings, unfortunately, has historically had a negative meaning. Fedizens is okay, but citizen might be better as it isn't a portmaneau (new word combined from other words)

Supermodel cats!