Aug 6, 2023Liked by Whitney McKnight, Elisabeth Grace
At the risk of lowering the tone here, the word 'trump' is a slightly more acceptable way to say 'fart' in my part of the world which somehow feels appropriate in his case! 🤣
That aside, what a sobering thought to think we may have got what we deserved. Faschism is on the rise in so many countries, so clearly we have not been vigilant. I never thought we'd allow that to happen again, yet here we are.
Be careful of that how to pronounce! It can get things wrong. Also, there are sometimes more than one way to say a name. Take "Hephaistion/Hephaestion." The first is he-PHAIS-ti-on, the second he-PHAES-ti-on...one is Greek transliteration, the second Latinized. But if you went back in time and walked up to him to call him either, he's stare at you in confusion. Actual ancient Greek pronunciation would be he-pais-TEE-on. Totally different accent. On "how to pronounce" they've got a bunch of them, many totally wrong. So yeah, especially with historic, non-English names, be careful. Always check with your friendly, local academic for how to pronounce. (And just to make it worse, there's sometimes US English and UK/other English differences. Is it King DARE-ee-us of Persia (Darius), or King da-RAI-us? Depends on which side of the pond you're occupying.)
At the risk of lowering the tone here, the word 'trump' is a slightly more acceptable way to say 'fart' in my part of the world which somehow feels appropriate in his case! 🤣
That aside, what a sobering thought to think we may have got what we deserved. Faschism is on the rise in so many countries, so clearly we have not been vigilant. I never thought we'd allow that to happen again, yet here we are.
Really really good information. I just love the look at the individual and collective energies happening. So helpful.
Be careful of that how to pronounce! It can get things wrong. Also, there are sometimes more than one way to say a name. Take "Hephaistion/Hephaestion." The first is he-PHAIS-ti-on, the second he-PHAES-ti-on...one is Greek transliteration, the second Latinized. But if you went back in time and walked up to him to call him either, he's stare at you in confusion. Actual ancient Greek pronunciation would be he-pais-TEE-on. Totally different accent. On "how to pronounce" they've got a bunch of them, many totally wrong. So yeah, especially with historic, non-English names, be careful. Always check with your friendly, local academic for how to pronounce. (And just to make it worse, there's sometimes US English and UK/other English differences. Is it King DARE-ee-us of Persia (Darius), or King da-RAI-us? Depends on which side of the pond you're occupying.)