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@phenokage@snouts.online [seemingly long and involved conversation]
TRANSLATION: rhubarb rhubarb, rhubarb rhubarb

re: Dragon Style admin: pawoo followbot battalion. 

@anthracite Not on your instance, but as someone who got a spam follow request from there on an alt account literally earlier today, do it.

@juni@snouts.online .... holy fuck, I'm so sorry >.< It's the worst kind of nonsense, speaking from experience *offers gentle hugs*

mecidine, capitalism, future shit (-) 

@Kyresti I mean, I'm inclined to agree with her; capitalism values only that which it feels it can profit from, with long term considerations made only according to whatever keeps the upper classes in power, at any cost.

We need to get rid of this hell system like yesterday.

@starkatt /ɔr ɪn ˈʌðər wɜrdz, ɪts ðə ˈdifrəns biˈtwiːn rɛpriˈsɛntɪŋ θɪŋz ɪn ə dʒɛnərəˈlɪstɪk sɛns laɪk jud siː ɪn ə ˈdɪkʃənɛəri.../

[... ænd ˈdu.ɨn soʊ ɨn ə moɚ stɹɪkt̚ ˈmænɚ ðæʔ ʃoʊz ɑːf ˈɛɹi wiɻd kʰwɝk of maə ˈmɛltɪn pʰɑː-ɾæs ˈæksənt, ɪɾ̃əˈnæʃənɤ ˈɪnfɫuənsəz ən ˈɛɹiθeŋ.]

@starkatt this is a matter of narrow vs. broad transcription; in broad transcription, typically marked like /this/ you'll see words represented by their phonemes in the simplest way possible that is at least reasonably accurate, or in other words it only sets out to represent things within the phonology of the language itself - narrow transcription marked like [this] is meant to be an accurate representation of the sounds themselves~

@starkatt ah! this clears up a lot 💙

the "Hsyara" spelling along with the pinyin-based "Xiara" makes me suspect the first consonant is a simple ɕ as found in Mandarin (as <x>) - I'm less sure about the R out of context, but given that both Mandarin and English have an approximant for that and there's nothing to indicate it's a rolling R otherwise, my best guess for the pronunciation would be [ɕaɻa] or maybe [ɕaɻə]

@starkatt same "ng" in "singer", just with different vowels around it!

@starkatt ah, hmm

having a sample of the name being said out loud would help a lot with guessing the IPA behind it, ahaha

@starkatt [xɕarə] more strictly speaking, perhaps?

(and considering Thaminga's full name is properly pronounced [ˈtʰamʲiˌŋɐ ˈɢɛsɛmˌɣoq], I'll take that as a compliment 💙)

re: patreon link, nsfw werewolf content 

@argylewerewolf@snouts.online shit, I'd subscribe if I wasn't literally planning to move before the end of this year, ahaha

will keep this in mind and go for it once that's done with if finances permit it 💙

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