Churchill. Without him it’s not unlikely that the UK would’ve accepted Nazi Germany’s peace offer.
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?
2·2 years agoUxor, Uxoris, f. (Latin) = wife
pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.worksto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What's an obsolete or incredibly obscure word you think people should know?
2·2 years agoEuouae
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euouae
Euouae (/juː.ˈuː.iː/; sometimes spelled Evovae)[1] is an abbreviation used as a musical mnemonic in Latin psalters and other liturgical books of the Roman Rite. It stands for the syllables of the Latin words saeculorum Amen, taken from the Gloria Patri, a Christian doxology that concludes with the phrase in saecula saeculorum. Amen. The mnemonic is used to notate the variable melodic endings (differentiae) of psalm tones in Gregorian chant.
In some cases, the letters of Euouae may be further abbreviated to E—E.[2] A few books of English chant (notably Burgess and Palmer’s The Plainchant Gradual) make use of oioueae for the equivalent English phrase, “world without end. Amen”.
According to Guinness World Records, Euouae is the longest word in the English language consisting only of vowels, and also the English word with the most consecutive vowels.[3] As a mnemonic originating from Latin, it is unclear that it should count as an English word; however, it is found in the unabridged Collins English Dictionary.[4]
pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.worksto
politics @lemmy.world•Letters to the Editor: Your 'protest vote' for Jill Stein is really a vote for Donald Trump
143·2 years agoindirectly
Say there are 9 voters. Four vote for Trump. Five heavily disagree with Trump (more than Trump’s four supporters). Three of them vote for Harris, two refuse to vote. Then these two people helped Trump since he’s winning now.
It works exactly the same on a much larger scale.
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World News@lemmy.world•Austrian parties to begin talks on forming government after far-right winEnglish
4·2 years agoKarl Habsburg currently would be the emperor. But obviously he simply has the same rights as any other citizen (doesn’t even have a “von” anymore), as it should be, so he isn’t politically relevant
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World News@lemmy.world•Austrian parties to begin talks on forming government after far-right winEnglish
5·2 years agoThen minister of inner affairs Herbert Kickl (who is now likely to become chancellor)
Is he? Every single party has said they will not be forming a coalition with Kickl.
My bet is that either the FPÖ drops Kickl (which is possible but unlikely since he brought them their best result in all of their history, 29%), forming a coalition with the ÖVP (People’s Party), or they refuse to drop him (more likely) and the ÖVP forms a coalition with the SPÖ (social democrats) and NEOS (economically right (less regulation), else left).
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politics @lemmy.world•Letters to the Editor: Your 'protest vote' for Jill Stein is really a vote for Donald Trump
2310·2 years agoNot voting indirectly also is a vote for Trump.
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World News@lemmy.world•Austria’s far-right Freedom Party projected to win electionEnglish
13·2 years agoUpdate: They won, but every single party has said they will not work together with Herbert Kickl. Maybe with the FPÖ without him though (they didn’t specifically rule that out), but I doubt the FPÖ will be willing to drop him after getting their best result in history so far (nearly 29%).
The only possible coalitions without it would be ÖVP (people’s party) + SPÖ (social democratic party) + NEOS (center (economic right (less regulation) else left)) or ÖVP + SPÖ + Green Party.
Technically ÖVP + SPÖ would also work by a very slim margin (out of 92 needed mandates to form a coalition (183 mandates in total) they’re getting 92 or 93) but wouldn’t hold much power (failing to get a majority if one single mandate doesn’t agree to something) which is why it’s more likely that they also include NEOS or the green party.
pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.worksto
World News@lemmy.world•Austria: Outrage on election eve amid funeral with Nazi songEnglish
41·2 years agoAlso important
The song was adopted and glorified by the Nazi Schutzstaffel (SS) as a “song of loyalty.” The Nazi resistance sang the song too.
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The SS only used an adopted version.
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It was sang by the resistance.
If we were to condemn all songs that were sang by Nazis we’d have to condemn pretty much all old German songs.
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pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.worksto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•When was the last time you changed your Google password?
2·2 years agoWhich phone OS are you using?
pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.worksto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What music do you use for concentration?
2·2 years agoUsually none, sometimes classical music, Viennese Classic especially
pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.worksto
politics @lemmy.world•Trump promises immigrants he wants to deport will get serial numbers
14·2 years agoThen they have a conference where they figure out a Endlösung for the Migrantenfrage (the Nazis discussed three major options: simply deporting them, creating an own state for them somewhere in Africa, and killing them all)
pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.worksto
politics @lemmy.world•Montana voting system shut down after Kamala Harris left off ballot
41·2 years agoPeople have been living in Montana for thousands of years. Ask them about immigrants.
The ones who’ve been living there for thousands of years, or rather the very few that are left, probably aren’t too fond of it.
Or did you mean to write hundreds?
pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.worksto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What's the most polarizing thing you've ever done or said?
11·2 years agoCars should not be street legal. If I can get a ticket for not wearing my helmet, why do cars get a pass?
pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.worksto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What's the most polarizing thing you've ever done or said?
22·2 years agocommunist nations have been defeated by capitalist hegemony multiple times throughout history, mainly during the Cold War
You are aware of the many attempts in different countries to leave the USSR, right?
All of them were violently shut down, that’s why the system was able to keep going, but without violence against their own population the USSR would’ve collapsed much earlier.
pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.worksto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What's the most polarizing thing you've ever done or said?
2·2 years agoWait they’re supposed to be pronounced with J? Except JS obviously I pronounced them all with G
pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.worksto
politics @lemmy.world•Bush called out on Trump-Harris: When democracy calls, ‘you can’t just roll it over to voicemail’
2·2 years agoWhat are they expecting out of not voting? Do they not care if Trump or Harris win? I just really don’t get why you wouldn’t vote here.
There also were enough people who didn’t vote for or against the NSDAP because they also disagreed with the other parties… It’s not about voting for a party you agree with, it’s about voting for the party with which you agree more / disagree less than with the other parties.
pumpkinseedoil@sh.itjust.worksto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•What is a product you would never recommend?
21·2 years agoS24:
UI not confusing at all imo, just your typical Samsung Android. And obviously not slow since it’s a flagship phone
No ads
Not really bloated (comes with Samsung’s own apps + Google’s apps but you can uninstall most of them)
Decently fast updates
7 years software support (not only security updates but also 7 years of new Android updates)
Wouldn’t say 4000 mAh 50 MP sounds that fancy, but it works very well (lots of optimisation for the battery and good software for the camera)
Downside: expensive (~600€ new currently)
Where do you see a W?

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