The Dread Pirate Khan

castiel-is-wonderful:

sionainnlindsay:

castiel-is-wonderful:

WAIT HOLD THE FUCK UP

IS ‘MRS’ JUST MR’S 

LIKE BELONGING TO MR

OMG

Mr comes from the French monsieur, which I think literally translates as ‘my lord’ and basically just means master, and Mrs comes from maistre which is the feminine form of master, so actually—for once—no.

This was an extremely relevant comment and I thank you for educating me 

“Instead, back then “mistress”, deriving from the Old French “maistresse” (female of master), was just the feminine form of “mister/master”.  “Mistress” itself first popped up in English around the 14th century, originally meaning “female teacher, governess”.

By the 16th century “mistress” referred to any woman, with neither “mistress” nor “mister” referencing one’s marital status.  It wasn’t until around the late 17th century that the marital status distinction began coming into play.”

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…surely it should be athpirin?

(and it should definitely be dost.)

expatinschland:

When I’m sober and appreciate it:

When I’ve had a fair few Bierchen:

disneykid321:

geniusbillionairesassmaster:

michelleisnotonfire:

theonewhowrites:

loki-dokey:

postordiea:

bendydicks:

You know how you get those posts with Americans and Brits bickering over freedom and tea and scones and spelling.
And the rest of us who aren’t from either country are just looking on like
oh just kiss already

WE. ARE. NOT. YOUR. OTP

GOD WE HAVE SHIPPERS

Bramerica.

#LIBERTEA

Wait so does that make Australia your lovechild or

What about Canada?

And Australia’s our bad-boy cousin that both of us kind of have a little thing for, to which we would never admit 

(via everydayimwholockin)

salvadorolliesout:

superjellycake:

mydollyaviana:

that in the Chinese version of Disney’s Mulan, the fake name she gives is “Ping”, but her family name “Fa” in English is “Hua” in Chinese, therefore her full name is “Hua Ping”, which is literally “Flower Vase”, and that’s why Shang is so bewildered because it’s a silly name.

but OP how could you not tell them the best part

“hua ping”/flower vase is chinese slang for “camp gay”

I—

(via witticaster)

expatgayberliners:

Excusez-moi? Perdóname? Come again? Wie bitte?

LOOK JUST SLOW DOWN OKAY sheesh

I love that there are still so many mysteries about our own past. ^_^

How interesting! An examination of Southern (US) accents and how they’re basically Europe’s fault.

SO THERE EUROPE

(Source: ask-changeling-lyra-closed, via sephybaby)

Neat.

(Source: mostlikelyloveyou, via the-absolute-funniest-posts)

It’s good to have goals. I’m starting to get there!  English, French, Spanish, more German every day, and a dash each of Italian, Latin, and Urdu. ^_^

(Click on the title.)

Related: 5 Insane Ways Words Can Control Your Mind. 

See also: Ned.