Iustinus

[Iustinus @MadLatinist]

The script appears to be a mashup of three (and a half) historical "Runic" writing systems:
• Futharc (used for Germanic languages, roughly 2–12 cent.)
• two variations of Old Turkic (roughly 8–10th)
• Old Hungarian (roughly 10th)

Here is my analysis.
@eavoss @NewRockstars

[Iustinus @MadLatinist]

@eavoss Also, your analysis of Lohar dumping weight to get over the rocks reminded me of similar tales of Ancient Greek ships getting over barriers by ordering crew abaft, then afore to shift weight. But can't find refs for those stories, just this later: https://t.co/muQEWaVvtP
Thanks!

[Iustinus @MadLatinist]

@eavoss, in the @NewRockstars analysis of HotD S3E1 (https://t.co/Qk77vNGUCz) you give a detailed nautical analysis. 1st of all: I loved this, thank you!

Given your interest in the topic, I figured you might like to know (if you don't already) these details:

[Iustinus @MadLatinist]

1. Corlys' "spyglass" is clearly inspired by the Norse sunstone https://t.co/ih4aY0JUJm

2. The Bitch Fist's ram is clearly based on the rostrum or "beak" used by Roman ships. Can't find a good article, but cf https://t.co/wlkJxskV9o.

@eavoss

[Iustinus @MadLatinist]

@eavoss @NewRockstars Oops, sorry, I meant "based on adjacent *vowels*."

[Iustinus @MadLatinist]

In https://t.co/K4fN8DxiBp, around 1:20, @eavoss of @NewRockstars points out that the bit of #Latverian revealed in the recent pop-up coffee shop promo is not a 1-to-1 cipher of English, as Marvel often does. It seems likely there will be an actual conlang made for the movie.

[Iustinus @MadLatinist]

@eavoss @NewRockstars Note that #Latverian appears to just borrow the letter shapes, not the quirks:

• Both OH and OT were written right-to-left, Latverian is left-to right.

• OT had separate symbols for consonants based on adjacent consonants. Latverian apparently does not.

[Iustinus @MadLatinist]

Do you remember when you joined Twitter? I don't! But X does, and apparently it's been 13 years now. Tempus fugit.

[Iustinus @MadLatinist]

@magia_nyangorou @_echo_11 @ken_photo_D Amazing work.

[Iustinus @MadLatinist]

@susie_dent @CSMFHT And lacertus "upper arm; biceps, muscle in general" seems to be from lacerta "lizard."

(But torus "knot, bulge, muscle" is NOT related to taurus! That one is a coincidence 😂)

[Iustinus @MadLatinist]

@RachelMoiselle It is an utterly bizarre sentiment to me. Aside from the fact that I love languages... seems like in most of the world listening to music in a language you don't know (or don't know well) is not all that unusual.

[sententiae antiquae @sentantiq]

νυκτιλαθραιοφάγος: “eating-secretly-at-night”
νυκτιπαταιπλάγιος: “going-here-and-there-at-night”
νυκτίφοιτος: “night-walking”
νυκτιχόρευτος: “of night-dancing”
νυκτιδρομία: “night-running”
νυκτικλοπία: “night-theft”
νυκτόμαντις: “nighttime-prophet”

[Amazing Physics @amazing_physics]

NASA just dropped the closest image ever taken of Jupiter...

[Iustinus @MadLatinist]

@straczynski I followed you *avidly* back then. Thanks for participating!

And you mostly handled the mean people very well. I still quote your analogy about pouring chocolate milk on the carpet to this day.

[Iustinus @MadLatinist]

@TheLincoln Hey, this shadow is getting too big! I can't see anything else!

[Marvel Updates @marvel_updat3s]

Joe Locke will reportedly return as Billy Maximoff/Wiccan in ‘VISIONQUEST’

(Via: DanielRPK)

[Reuven Goldstein @curatorWH]

One of the most compelling stories in the history of Hebrew printing is about a young girl by the name of Ella.She worked as a typesetter in her father’s print shop in Dessau,Germany. At the conclusion of the edition of the Frankfurt Talmud of 1699,she is praised for her efforts.

[CCP IS ASSHOE @CCPISASSH0E]

This broke my brain 🤯

[Andrew Nadeau @TheAndrewNadeau]

[waiting for anubis to weigh my heart]
anubis:

me: does anyone call you karmaduke?

anubis:

me:

anubis:

me: cuz you’re like a big dog guy but for cosmic justic—

anubis: hey so we don’t have to talk while I do this

[Russell Crowe @russellcrowe]

Today my eldest received his Bachelor of the Arts (Latin)…
I’m going to have to build some more storage space to pack away all this fatherly pride.
He’s a little bit taller these days … and he’s got a beard and such … but, same wise before his years fella