JoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to memes@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agoNGL reading stuff like this is rather uplifting.hexbear.netimagemessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up1178arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1178arrow-down1imageNGL reading stuff like this is rather uplifting.hexbear.netJoeByeThen [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to memes@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 months agomessage-square10fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareFourteenEyes [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·8 months agoArabic and related languages just seem to be inherently poetic in a way English just can’t be
minus-squareRedQuestionAsker2 [he/him, she/her]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·8 months agoI don’t know, if you read old letters even the casual correspondence is often really gorgeous. Maybe those are just the letters we keep, though
minus-squareFourteenEyes [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8 months agoVictorian writers indulged in purple prose even in their letters, yes, but Arabic transliterations tend to be metal as fuck
Arabic and related languages just seem to be inherently poetic in a way English just can’t be
I don’t know, if you read old letters even the casual correspondence is often really gorgeous.
Maybe those are just the letters we keep, though
Victorian writers indulged in purple prose even in their letters, yes, but Arabic transliterations tend to be metal as fuck