February 2012
harrebscht said: omg is ginger still a thing? having red hair isn’t even a big deal. Most people don’t even have it for their entire lives
Yes. Wrong. And wrong.
By the powers vested in me by the Secret Ginger Super Hero League, I compel thee to repent thy sins.
The first American in space was ginger
That awkward moment when a friend asks you if you...
The day so far
I wrote and sent of a letter to the editor of Västerbottens Kuriren. Now I’ll just have to wait and see if they publish it. I used the word ‘colonialism’ in it though, so I’m pretty sure they won’t publish it.
Read some of the chapters in the book I am reviewing for Northwords Now.
Translated a couple of adverts into Swedish. The dating site ads have been largely replaced by...
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Fingers crossed and this will be published in...
Saami rights and all that, but in Swedish. Google translate it if you want to read it.
Det är nu mindre än två år kvar tills Umeå blir hela Europas kulturhuvudstad och det tack vare ett program som är baserat på vad man kallar ett samiskt synsätt, där alltifrån nya kåtor på Gammlia och koltar till umesamiska namn på olika inslag lyfts fram. Omfattande steg har även tagits för att tillmötesgå...
i wanna like you, internet pagans
neetainari:
And yeah, I get it that it’s not your responsibility to make me. But most of the stuff I come across is highly problematic to me as an indigenous person. It seems like a mix-and-match of leftover myths, some of them originating within indigenous cultures that still exist. And it seems that almost every person who claims shamanism as a foundation of their beliefs has never been NEAR...
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Things I am going to do today
Write a thing for the largest papers in Umeå, arguing for a mandatory introductory South Saami or Ume Saami course for all children in the council’s schools as a way to show that the Saami aren’t just something exotic and distant but that we actually exist.
And I am going to use the Swedish curriculum to my advantage.
And I will get the shite published as well.
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ILO169 and Umeå
One of the things I despise about Umeå’s future as the capital of European culture in 2014 is the way the council is pushing everything stereotypically Saami, while completely ignoring real issues facing the Saami.
Cultural appropriation does not only refer to white people in feather bonnets, cultural appropriation is just as much a council that chooses to display stereotypical depictions...
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moosermoose asked: So, if the Basque and the Saami are the only ones considered to be indigenous to Europe, where did all of the other ethnic groups originally come from?
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Anonymous asked: Hey! I remember reading something on your blog about who is considered indigenous. I had a feeling you were missing someone but I wasn't 100%, but I've thought it through and thought it was worth mentioning. There's a few native ethnic groups in Poland (Poles, Kashubians, Silesians, and I think also Prussian Lithuanians), but Gorals/Highlanders (Górale) have always, to me,...
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‘All My Relations’ by Pura Fé (Tuscarora)
To our elders who teach us of our creation and of our past so that we may preserve it for ancestors yet to come This is dedicated to our relatives before us, thousands of years ago And to the 150 million who were exterminated across the Western Hemisphere in the first four hundred year’s time, starting in 1492 To those who have kept their homelands And to the nations extinct due to mass...
lesserjoke:
bluetoothtoaster:
Merely Human: Shit People Say to Linguistics Majors
didyoudrinkmygingerale:
iawachie:
Linguistics, wow! That’s wonderful, good for you! What is that exactly?
What specific area of Linguistics are you interested in? What is that exactly?
So you study… like… language?
How did you decide to major in that?
Do you do accents?
How many languages do you speak?
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Both South Saami and Scottish Gaelic have...
As do other Saami languages, Icelandic, Faroese and Huautla Mazatec. Preaspiration is pretty uncommon, but these languages can’t be the only ones who use it, right?
necoho asked: What IPA letter does the [ï] sound in South Saami correspond to?
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Voeresth jïh lahkeskh
Live long and prosper in South Saami
inspired by Ayiman’s post
A Star Trek, btw, would be a Naestien Vaedtseme in South Saami. Or possibly a Naestien Raajroe.
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A Chianalas ciùin
A translation of a Swedish song called O Tysta Ensamhet (O silent solitude) that I used to know and sing when I was younger. In short it tells of a man who curses love as it has robbed him of his first true love, leaving him broken-hearted in a state of silent solitude and depression.
A chianalas ciùin, cin a chaidh mi airson àigh a gheibhear; teirgeadh mo làithean am measg do-bhròn...
My job
I got three staff clothing items today; the first being a t-shirt that I am pretty sure was actually meant to be worn by an underweight meerkat, the second being a red polo shirt that is four sizes too big and the third one being a grey hoodie that’s actually wearable.
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Anonymous asked: I'm sorry if this is a really silly question but, do you ever feel like you have to choose between your backgrounds? I'm a teen with a mixed heritage and on top of that a migrant. I feel so confused and often feel forced to choose. I'm never enough to be either. I don't know why it plays such major role in my life. I just never feel accepted anywhere.
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Tha mi off to teach a’ Ghàidhlig, the wonderful...
because, because, becaaaaaaauuuuuussssseeeee, it’s a’ Ghàidhlig cho àilinn bhò Nìs.
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Indigenous endangered languages
A couple of things; first there is this persistent myth that indigenous languages, by virtue of being perceived and talked about in terms of antiquity and romanticism lack words for modern things, such as skateboards and computers, while at the same time lacking the ability to form curses. Not only is an indigenous person seen as someone whose language restricts them from partaking in the...
Who's worst, the Swedish or the British Prime...
Cameron’s evil
Reinfeldt is equally evil
Cameron’s equipped with an ugly, arrogant face
Reinfeldt is ugly, bald but somehow still looks like a teddy bear
Cameron only cares about himself
Reinfeldt only cares about himself
Cameron is killing the British Welfare system
Reinfeldt is killing the Swedish Welfare system, while destroying the Swedish education system and raising the...
Tomorrow's going to be soooooo busy.
I have a meeting with my job tomorrow morning at 10am to 2pm and then I teach Gaelic from 5-7pm and then I sing from 7-10pm and then I might head to the session and then I might die.
Is this what being an adult feels like?
All work and no play.
Oh, wait, I work as an activity leader - it’s more like all play and no work but loads of travel back and forth between Edinburgh and Stirling...
wow, i seem to be having this conversation...
neetainari:
Especially with white-raised part-Saami people form the UK or former British colonies. Now, I don’t want to drive anyone away from learning the facts. I want to be nice and bring them in to learn some real facts about their ancestral culture but there are only so many ways you can word the following: Having indigenous heritage doesn’t automatically confer understanding of the culture...
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“It is not that the Yanomami do not want progress, or other things that white...”
– Davi Kopenawa, Yanomami shaman, Brazil, 2003