I am going to tell you a deep secret of the English language. When we want to tell the truth, we use Germanic-derived words. When we want to lie, we use Latin-derived words.
- Germanic (Old English) words → concrete, direct, sensory, testable
- Latinate/French words → abstract, bureaucratic, distancing, often euphemistic
Death / harm
Germanic (plain, testable):kill, die, hurt
Latinate (distancing, euphemistic):terminate, expire, neutralize, collateral damage
👉 “We killed civilians” vs “There was collateral damage”
Lying / deception
Germanic:lie, cheat, hide
Latinate:misrepresent, obfuscate, prevaricate
👉 “He lied” vs “He misrepresented the facts”
Money / exploitation
Germanic:take, steal, pay
Latinate:appropriate, extract, leverage, monetize
👉 “They’re taking your money” vs “They’re extracting value”
War / violence
Germanic:fight, bomb, burn
Latinate:engagement, kinetic action, force projection
👉 “We bombed them” vs “We conducted kinetic operations”
Bureaucracy / responsibility
Germanic:you broke it, you did it
Latinate:mistakes were made, systemic failure occurred
👉 Notice how the subject disappears.
Money / exploitation
Germanic:take, steal, pay
Latinate:appropriate, extract, leverage, monetize
👉 “They’re taking your money” vs “They’re extracting value”
War / violence
Germanic:fight, bomb, burn
Latinate:engagement, kinetic action, force projection
👉 “We bombed them” vs “We conducted kinetic operations”
Bureaucracy / responsibility
Germanic:you broke it, you did it
Latinate:mistakes were made, systemic failure occurred
👉 Notice how the subject disappears.
If you see a public statement filled with Latin-sounding words, you are being fooled, tricked, manipulated, or lied to.
Stray puppy ‘sneaks’ in family photo
The little one 'snuck' into the photos of a family that was visiting in Guanajuato.
According to the user who uploaded the publication, the family fed the puppy and then they took the pictures without realizing that the puppy had come close to pose, they may not know it but he was already part of their family.
@NewsAlgebraIND I challenge everyone to show me under what authority a Highway Minister is interfering in the Oil Ministry's domain and allowing fuel adulteration in the name of Ethanol mixing.
Gadkari is a highway minister or Oil Minister...clear this doubt first.
Someone asked me the other day: "What is the Indian diaspora doing to help stabilise Indo-US relaitons?"
I said: "Indian diaspora lobbies hardest when relations are good, but becomes quiet when they sour."
I cannot tell you how many messages I received about the Pashupati seal and some western historian denying it by bringing out a comparison with a totally unrelated Elamite seal even though there are stark differences between the two seals.
The Elamite seal is completely different from Pashupati/Proto-Shiva seal. They are not the same. Not even 1% of similarity exists between them to merit comparison.
The Pashupati seal from Sindhu-Saraswati civilization (previously known as Indus Valley civilization) depicts Shiva sitting in Mulabandhasana, which only accomplished yogis perform (representing calm/conscious of the world) surrounded by animals indigenous to India (tiger, elephant, rhinoceros). It scares the folks peddling false constructions of Indian history. Whether they realize it or not Indian history is no longer based on their constructs. Truth is emerging: #ColonizedMinds should bow to truth and accept fact-based history.
Elamite seal is a depiction of an anthropomorphic bull sitting in vajrasana.
Depiction of a divinity wearing horned crown is much different from the depiction of anthropomorphic bull. Somebody’s eyes must be checked for making this false assumption. There is huge difference here between representation of a divinity wearing horned crown and a bull (vaguely anthropomorphic) here. It could be Shiva’s bull but not Shiva/Pashupati if at all comparisons could be made, which is out of context here. And what about all the animals? A seal doesn’t depict “lord of animals” while depicting only an animal and not surrounded by animals.
The colonialists used deflection (like the one we see in this comparison), diffusion, distortion to promote their falsehoods as history. #ReclaimHistory
Proto-Elamite?
The Pashupati seal has an elephant, a water buffalo and a rhinoceros. Ancient Elam was centred in southwestern Iran. Elephants, water buffalos and rhinoceroses are not native to ancient Elam. BTW, they are native to India. Also, the figure is seated in a Yogic posture. Is Yoga also Elamite now? Seriously?
Your profile says you are a professor. I don't mean to sound rude, but your students deserve a refund. And seriously, Western universities need to improve their hiring practices.
Even before the case, we must challenge the sheer audacity of a White woman in the US telling the Indian Ministry of Culture that she knows what Indian culture better than them is staggering. Can any Indian ever get away directing something like this towards America? This happens