Lvxferre [he/him]

The catarrhine who invented a perpetual motion machine, by dreaming at night and devouring its own dreams through the day.

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Cake day: January 12th, 2024

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  • It’s only partial, for things that I could reasonably misspell while writing Portuguese:

    spelling actual pronunciation mental “pronunciation” example
    ⟨ç⟩; ⟨c⟩ before ⟨e i⟩ [s] [ts] ⟨caçar⟩ to hunt [kɐ’saɾ]→[kɐ’tsaɾ]
    ⟨ss⟩; non-intervocalic ⟨s⟩ [sː] [s] ⟨cassar⟩ to revoke [kɐ’saɾ]→[kɐ’aɾ]
    ⟨z⟩ [z] [dz] ⟨cozer⟩ to cook [ko’zeɾ]→[ko’dzeɾ]
    intervocalic ⟨s⟩ [z] [zː] ⟨coser⟩ to sew [ko’zeɾ]→[ko’eɾ]
    ⟨ch⟩ [ʃ] [ç] ⟨chá⟩ tea [ʃa]→[ça]
    ⟨x⟩ [ʃ], [ks], [s], [z] [ks] ⟨xá⟩ shah [ʃa]→[ksa]
    ⟨g⟩ before ⟨e i⟩ [ʒ] [dʒ] ⟨viagem⟩ travel, noun [vi’aʒẽ]→[vi’aẽ]
    ⟨j⟩ [ʒ] [ʒː] ⟨viajem⟩ travel, verb [vi’aʒẽ]→[vi’aʒːẽ]
    ⟨h⟩ Ø [h] ⟨há⟩ there is [a]→[ha]
    coda ⟨l⟩ [ʊ̯] [ɫ] ⟨mal⟩ evil, noun [maʊ̯]→[maɫ]
    coda ⟨u⟩ [ʊ̯] [ʔu] ⟨mau⟩ bad, adj. [maʊ̯]→[maʔu]

    I picked those specific readings because they’re easy enough to pronounce but they wouldn’t otherwise pop up in my dialect of Portuguese. A good chunk of them are actually archaisms, like ⟨c z⟩ used to actually sound like [ts dz] some 700 years ago or so.


  • It’s kind of the opposite - the IPA gives you an unambiguous written representation for each sound, while OP is making an unambiguous sound for each letter.

    So for example, let’s say that you keep misspelling ⟨cache⟩ as ⟨cash⟩. Inside your head you memorise “⟨cache⟩ is spelled like [katʃe]”, then next time you need to write the word you’ll be less likely to write ⟨cash⟩ instead.



  • Yeah, behaviour-wise Lemmy has been going downhill the last years. For me at least it’s still way better than Reddit, but it’s different for each person. And I think that you’re doing the sensible thing here - it’s affecting you negatively, so you step back and take a break.

    Everytime I post stuff I just end up with an inbox that I’ve got to go through and just get more and more depressed and deflated.

    Ah, the “orange icon syndrome”. I know how it’s like.

    Take care.






  • A potato and beef soup known locally as “Slavic soup” (sopa eslava). Likely brought to my chunk of South America by Polish immigrants, and then adapted to local tastes.

    might as well share the recipe
    • 500g potatoes, preferably creamier ones, skin on
    • some veg oil
    • 150g of some soft beef cut, cut into thin strips
    • a medium onion, peeled, diced small
    • salt, black pepper, smoked paprika
    • 2 tbsp soy sauce
    • 2 tbsp ketchup
    • milk cream to taste; I typically use homemade sour cream, but even half-and-half works fine
    1. Leave the potatoes boiling in some water.
    2. In the meantime, in a separated large pot, use the veg oil to brown the meat. High fire.
    3. When the meat is browned turn the fire to low, add the diced onion, and let it cook until transparent.
    4. When the potatoes finished boiling, peel and blend them with some of their cooking water (a cup of water is enough). Then transfer the blend to the pot with the meat and onion.
    5. Add salt, paprika, pepper, soy sauce, ketchup. Let it boil again, then turn off the fire.
    6. Add cream, mix it well, then add the parsley for garnish.

    Notes:

    • You could peel and dice the potatoes before boiling them, I guess. It’s faster, but I feel like it loses some flavour.
    • This recipe also works great if you sub the beef with sausages, bacon, or even button mushrooms.
    • If you’re vegan and/or lactose intolerant: it’s fine to simply omit the milk cream.

    Other soups I really enjoy are

    • chicken, leeks, carrots, rice
    • ramen of all types
    • beet soup
    • lovage soup