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[elengil]

"Slag" might not be as inappropriate a name as first appears.

Yes, until the guy brought up the idea of it being "inappropriate" I had only ever known slag to be the stuff you skim off the top of molten metal.

[Beorhtnoth]

"Slag" might not be as inappropriate a name as first appears.

Yes, until the guy brought up the idea of it being "inappropriate" I had only ever known slag to be the stuff you skim off the top of molten metal.

From https://www.etymonline.com/word/slag

slag (n.)
"refuse from smelting," 1550s, from Middle Low German slagge (German Schlacke) "splinter flying off when metal is struck," related to Old High German slahan "to strike, slay

A rather apposite name for a dragon!

[Túrin Turambar]

"Slag" might not be as inappropriate a name as first appears.

Yes, until the guy brought up the idea of it being "inappropriate" I had only ever known slag to be the stuff you skim off the top of molten metal.

"Slag" as "promiscuous woman" is more of a British thing. It is used here as well, but it's less-common, and isn't the first connection I'd make with the name for a dragon.

[Beorhtnoth]

"Slag" might not be as inappropriate a name as first appears.

Yes, until the guy brought up the idea of it being "inappropriate" I had only ever known slag to be the stuff you skim off the top of molten metal.

"Slag" as "promiscuous woman" is more of a British thing. It is used here as well, but it's less-common, and isn't the first connection I'd make with the name for a dragon.

It may be wrong, but I remember being told "slag" as a synonym for "slut" originated in rhyming slang; slag = slag heap = cheap

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Unusual guitar stylings.

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[Frelga]

That was cool! Did they identify the musician (other than "this guy")?

[Voronwë the Faithful]

I have not yet been able to identify him, unfortunately.

[Voronwë the Faithful]

Found him! Vitali Makukin, from Crimea.

https://www.vitalymakukin.com/

[Frelga]

Thank you, V!

[Túrin Turambar]

From Youtuber Homberguy, a great (and topical) little documentary on the Andrew Wakefield MMR vaccine controversy. I knew the basics of the scandal but not the full story.

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[RoseMorninStar]

From Youtuber Homberguy, a great (and topical) little documentary on the Andrew Wakefield MMR vaccine controversy. I knew the basics of the scandal but not the full story.

The video was long so I almost didn't watch it, but I'm glad I did. It moved along nicely and was easy to follow. The claims of Wakefield were a big topic when my daughter was young. I recall doing some reading and discounted him fairly quickly (home computers weren't a thing quite yet), but the autism spectrum and its cause was a big topic, as is the gut/brain connection. I know quite a few people on the spectrum/Aspergers, PDD-NOS, etc.. and most of them have not fallen down this rabbit hole, but it's surprising to me how many people I know are anti-vax, still citing this charlatan.. well that and religion/anti-science, which .. I just don't get it.

[Túrin Turambar]

A couple of months back I posted a first-time LotR reaction video. These have proven hugely popular and have proliferated recently. I've found some of them interesting, like this one, which is by an Argentinian in Spanish with English subtitles. Tolkien had a famous distaste for the Frenchification of modern English, and only used names of French etymology to show contempt (e.g. the Sackville-Bagginses). This means that very few of his names are of Latin origin, and hence are meaningless to a Spanish speaker in a way many wouldn't be to a speaker of another Germanic language, like Dutch. Perhaps I should keep an eye out for a Dutch, German or Scandinavian reaction video.



This will also teach you all the Spanish you need to talk about how handsome Viggo Mortensen is for about ten minutes straight :p

[Jude]

This could belong in any number of our threads, but I guess I'll just put it here:



This is definitely worth 8 minutes of your time.

[RoseMorninStar]

Jude, I know far too many people like that poor lady. It makes me sad. It's a real tragedy. It is far easier to brainwash people than I would have ever thought.

[narya]

A couple of months back I posted a first-time LotR reaction video. These have proven hugely popular and have proliferated recently. I've found some of them interesting, like this one, which is by an Argentinian in Spanish with English subtitles......

Thanks, Túrin, for posting this. I spent the entire afternoon watching all seven parts. I didn't mean to, but it was so delightful, I couldn't stop! The entire set is a little over 3 hours. The Argentinian Spanglish was a little hard for me to follow, but the subtitles helped (even though they didn't exactly follow what she said). Her reactions were priceless. I highly recommend it!

[elengil]

Can't seem to embed this, link is to a site with a roughly 30 second video clip and music. Must, must, must have the music on to get the laughs.

https://ifunny.co/video/changing-the-so ... LiNk8?s=cl

[RoseMorninStar]

[Impenitent]

This is the 30th anniversary of the release of this groundbreaking song by Archie Roach.

Archie was one of the children who suffered the enforced separation of indigenous children from their families, imposed through the Federal and state government official policy of assimilation Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander children between 1910 and 1970. The children ended up in Missions or with white foster families who assiduously stripped them of their language, connection to land and culture. Many of these children were never reunited with their family.

They are known as the Stolen Generation.

[elengil]

[RoseMorninStar]

We never seem to learn from our mistakes. May we do better.