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 Map of ISIS recruitment in the last three years.
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No numbers from Iran? Gotta be a few disgruntled Sunnites coming from there.
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Nov 28, 2014 15:05
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Honj Steak posted:
Kanada Marokko Irak It turns out Mortal Kombat actually takes place in Germany.
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Nov 28, 2014 15:07
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Only one guy from Switzerland.  What's the matter, all mercenaried out? Get the gently caress over there, you've got a reputation to uphold.
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Nov 28, 2014 15:09
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Peanut President posted:Kanada Shao Kaliph
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Nov 28, 2014 15:09
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The Islamic State of Outworld and Earthrealm.
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Nov 28, 2014 15:11
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WTF Belgium and Sweden.
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Nov 28, 2014 15:15
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Torrannor posted:WTF Belgium and Sweden. I'm more interested in the relatively low amounts from Libya and Egypt, especially compared with Tunisia.
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Nov 28, 2014 15:18
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computer parts posted:I'm more interested in the relatively low amounts from Libya and Egypt, especially compared with Tunisia. There are still armed conflicts in Libya, radical Libyans have enough opportunities to advance their cause at home. And the conflict between Egypt's military and the Muslim Brotherhood was probably more important for Egyptian Muslims than ISIS.
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Nov 28, 2014 15:32
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Haha, I didn't know that the German word for France is still, literally, "Kingdom of the Franks". That's cool!
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Nov 28, 2014 16:07
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One thing I find interesting for some reason is all the different ways of saying the United Kingdom.
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Nov 28, 2014 16:12
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Abilifier posted:One thing I find interesting for some reason is all the different ways of saying the United Kingdom. Even better are the various names for Germany. Slavs call it "Land of Mutes."
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Nov 28, 2014 16:24
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Kurtofan posted:Where does that leave people from the French Flanders (Chtis!) Anecdotal but I once met two guys who self-identified as Flemings from France (they had Flemish first and last names but didn't speak Dutch) and used this to distance themselves from the dreaded Ch'ti label. I'm not an expert but I read somewhere else that some people in the Nord department like to link themselves to a more Flemish regional identity because of the positive associations with a more prosperous economy and a rich Medieval history, even though only a part of the historical Nord was ever Dutch-speaking. Another anecdote, if you will: Charles de Gaulle came from this region (his name was originally Vandewalle), and reportedly when he visited the front lines in Belgium, Flemish soldiers were instructed not to talk poo poo behind his back because he was allegedly able to understand them.
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Nov 28, 2014 16:31
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DrSunshine posted:Haha, I didn't know that the German word for France is still, literally, "Kingdom of the Franks". That's cool! Wouldn't "Realm of the Franks" be a better translation?.
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Nov 28, 2014 16:37
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I heard people didn't like the Ch'ti label because it refers specifically to the Picard language, meaning that it's misleading to apply it to all of French Flanders.
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Nov 28, 2014 16:43
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TheImmigrant posted:Even better are the various names for Germany. Slavs call it "Land of Mutes." 'Nem' didn't just mean mute, it also meant unintelligible back when the name was made. So, basically, Germans are 'Bar bar bar'ians.
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Nov 28, 2014 17:18
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Kurtofan posted:Where does that leave people from the French Flanders (Chtis!)  Riso posted:Wouldn't "Realm of the Franks" be a better translation?.
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Nov 28, 2014 17:25
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the jizz taxi posted:Another anecdote, if you will: Charles de Gaulle came from this region (his name was originally Vandewalle), and reportedly when he visited the front lines in Belgium, Flemish soldiers were instructed not to talk poo poo behind his back because he was allegedly able to understand them. I was right in not believing this claim right away. It is, in fact, false, and nothing more than a local legend.
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Nov 28, 2014 17:36
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A Buttery Pastry posted:Nordic. Ahh, okay! That does make a lot more sense. 
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Nov 28, 2014 17:51
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Phlegmish posted:I heard people didn't like the Ch'ti label because it refers specifically to the Picard language, meaning that it's misleading to apply it to all of French Flanders. Probably, my family is from around Lille/Douai, where Ch'timi is spoken. No idea where people speak Flemish though.
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Nov 28, 2014 18:09
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Some elders in a small coastal region between Dunkerque and the Belgian border still speak a bastardized dialect of Flemish. The official language of the area is French and all signs and such are in French, too. I don't think anyone born in that region who's under 60-70 years of age knows the Flemish dialect, though. Note that 'French Flanders' indicates a larger region and includes originally French-speaking parts that happened to belong to the historical County of Flanders. Carbon dioxide fucked around with this message at 18:24 on Nov 28, 2014 |
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Nov 28, 2014 18:20
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Anyone whose ever been to Wales knows that you can't describe it as "Mediterranean" e: haha nor is the West Coast of Scotland
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Nov 28, 2014 18:32
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Kurtofan posted:Probably, my family is from around Lille/Douai, where Ch'timi is spoken. No idea where people speak Flemish though. The historically [West-]Flemish linguistic area begins immediately northwest of Lille, which contrary to popular belief was never a Dutch-speaking city.  It's funny because if you visit Lille you see more Flemish flags than in actual Flemish cities.
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Nov 28, 2014 18:37
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Torrannor posted:WTF Belgium and Sweden. At least with Sweden it's about a huge and partially unintegrated immigrant population.
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Nov 28, 2014 18:47
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 A map wherein the negative influence of the Swedes becomes apparent. Scania has completely fallen to authoritarianism, while freedom only persists in the parts of Norway most heavily influenced by Denmark. In Finland too, the Swedes have destroyed the traditional family in favor of German-style authoritarianism. IceAgeComing posted:Anyone whose ever been to Wales knows that you can't describe it as "Mediterranean"
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Nov 28, 2014 20:55
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Buttery Pastry must have discovered a cache of old anthropological maps somewhere, we need to stop him before he starts trying to determine goons' psychological profiles using phrenology or something.
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Nov 28, 2014 21:01
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He's going insane man!
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Nov 28, 2014 21:04
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A Buttery Pastry posted:
 How does one even come to these definitions?
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Nov 28, 2014 21:05
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Disco Infiva posted:He's going insane man! Yes, the shape of the skull clearly shows it.
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Nov 28, 2014 21:05
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A Buttery Pastry posted:
Cousin marriage is prevalent in Corsica you say? 
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Nov 28, 2014 21:06
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Phlegmish posted:Buttery Pastry must have discovered a cache of old anthropological maps somewhere, we need to stop him before he starts trying to determine goons' psychological profiles using phrenology or something.
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Nov 28, 2014 21:10
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A Buttery Pastry posted:I haven't found a cache of old goon photos though, so doing phrenology on you would be pretty hard! I could however reconstruct your cranium from a psychological profile established from your posts. 
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Nov 28, 2014 21:12
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A Buttery Pastry posted:I haven't found a cache of old goon photos though, so doing phrenology on you would be pretty hard! I could however reconstruct your cranium from a psychological profile established from your posts. http://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3610276 
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Nov 28, 2014 21:17
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A Buttery Pastry apparently hasn't recovered from this diagram: Only Sweden better than Denmark, truly a dark day.
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Nov 28, 2014 21:22
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talking of Denmark being good at something Guess what they are very good at!
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Nov 28, 2014 23:20
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IceAgeComing posted:talking of Denmark being good at something
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Nov 28, 2014 23:24
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This is part of a wider study: in which Indonesia was 28th, one place ahead of France. That's the reason why there are gaps in the numbering btw!
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Nov 28, 2014 23:25
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420 Gank Mid posted:Ah yes, that tiny, insignificant portion of North America with Spanish colonial influence. That's bullshit, the whole western part we took from Mexico was almost uninhabited by Mexicans. They "owned" it but only a few thousands of families actually lived there. They were vastly outnumbered by English speakers.
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Nov 28, 2014 23:40
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OctaviusBeaver posted:That's bullshit, the whole western part we took from Mexico was almost uninhabited by Mexicans. They "owned" it but only a few thousands of families actually lived there. They were vastly outnumbered by English speakers. The issue was being "historically spoken"; Spanish was most definitely historically spoken in those areas for hundreds of years.
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Here's a slightly topical map for this holiday, and for language discussion: The range of the Wampanoag people around the time of the Pilgrim's arrival. This is the tribe that would have been present at the first Thanksgiving. The majority had been wiped out by disease (contact with European fishermen) in the 5 years leading up to the Pilgrim's landing. Due to aggressive policies used to eliminate native languages and cultures, the last native speaker of the Wampanoag language died in the late 19th century. The language, however, is one of the most recorded of all the extinct Native America languages. The Wampanoag people, quickly adapting to the bureaucratic nature of the European settlers, adopted the latin script and used it to write their language. An early missionary created a Wampanoag translation of the bible, the first bible printed in the Americas, and the Wampanoag often wrote petitions, in Wampanoag, to Boston to beg for assistance in dealing with aggressive settling of their lands. All of these letters became public records and were used in the 90's to attempt to revive the Wampanoag language, which had been extinct for ~7 generations. A very small number of tribal children have now been raised as the first native speakers of their language after those ~7 generations of the language being dead.
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