I’ll speak for that user. They can’t observe very well.
I shared with them a 2022 UN report that acknowledges human rights abuses of the Uyghurs and other minority populations (via OHCHR), but I purposely didn’t say it was the UN. They then went to say the UN said there was no genocide.
You had a mission. It was really time to stop browsing and put away the phone to recharge, but you said “No, I must investigate and share!”
Edit: This was meant to be a supportive joke commenting on the battery level in your screenshot
To clarify, you’re saying the UN disagrees with the OHCHR assessment…
Edit: Clearly pointless to continue a thread of comments
The UN says there’s no genocide of the uyghurs taking place in China.
I’m a little surprised I was able to make you say something so stupid so quickly. The OHCHR Assessment is a UN statement. It concludes the many claims about human rights abuses are supported and there is cause to claim China has committed crimes against humanity. It never discredits genocide, for—as I summarized previously—it avoids addressing the term genocide completely.
I’m newer to the “site”, but way to go on making a statement that presumes truth with nothing to back it up. You may be using reverse psychology or be a bot, but for posterity, let’s put out some actual info.
If we presume your comment to be sincere, then it would logically follow that you would dismiss all the western nations’ legislative declarations that genocide has taken place, and that dismissal would extend to claims made by all the activist organizations.
How about some reports and declarations from international bodies who jump through hoops to avoid commitment? I’ll link them below, which you can evaluate on your own. An example of noncommittal can be found in the activist criticism against the OHCHR assessment. The assessment goes in great detail of all the human rights abuses but doesn’t mention the word genocide or try to address if it meets the definition. Unsurprisingly, China’s retort to the assessment was “Nuh uh we are fighting terrorism” and NK, Cuba, and Venezuela advocated on behalf of China with “Shhh please don’t publish”
https://genocidescholars.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/Final-IAGS-resolution-Uyghurs.pdf https://www.icij.org/investigations/china-cables/icc-complaint-alleging-uighur-genocide-cites-china-cables-as-evidence/ https://www.ohchr.org/en/documents/country-reports/ohchr-assessment-human-rights-concerns-xinjiang-uyghur-autonomous-region
I think you meant rooter sounds ruder
Regarding valence, both pronunciations I’ve heard and used put emphasis on the first syllable, it’s just whether the first vowel is long or short.
It’s one of those things that just doesn’t come up often enough to actually address it and nobody has ever misunderstood or challenged me whenever I’ve said it differently in conversation, during a presentation or afterwards, or in lecture. It sticks out as an example for me because any other words I was uncertain about definitely get challenged (e.g., route and router)
I try to avoid watching anything that shows his image or replays his voice, but I’ve seen Trump be absolutely humiliated at least once. It was the WHCA dinner when Obama roasted him over Trump’s birth certificate flop.
It’s could very well be the point at which he dedicated himself to raping America and never would be able to stop obsessing over Obama, the man who smirked while he spanked him in public and everyone laughed.
Sounds like instances where they become more familiar with the written forms first and then hear only one of the forms later that became reinforced somehow. Estimate is a common word, so I’m guessing the mispronunciation must be coming out of a unique environment.
For myself, yhere are definitely words in which the correct pronunciation still escapes me, such as valence. To this day, I might pronounce differently depending on my mood with no certainty on how it’s supposed to be said (either rhyming with cadence or balance).
I’ve only ever heard Japanese, Chinese, etc. described as tonal languages, not pitch accents.
You’re wondering about languages in the Indo-European language group making distinctions between homonyms/homophones by tone. Tone has a different function in those languages, such as expressing inquiry.
In English, syllable emphasis can be used to distinguish between homonyms (verb presENT vs noun PRESent) and would-be homophones (desSERT vs DEsert)
According to everyone here, the sandwich you’re supposed to make is:
Peanut butter, butter, honey, banana, pickles (cucumbers if you’re impatient), cayenne pepper, and lastly, if you’re a Vincent, jam or preserves.
Toasting optional
You’re just pushing a gateway drug to peanut butter and pickle sandwiches
Even if not learned through experience, it can also be learned through critical thinking. One could take a moment to ponder why someone is checking the eggs and could easily arrive at the conclusion they’re checking for broken ones.
Or they could open their mouth without thinking much and say something ignorant to a stranger in the grocery store
Or they can demonstrate the greater depths of their ignorance and make a post about it on a social media platform showing they had time to figure it out but couldn’t despite it being on their mind the entire time.
Sadly, much of our random interactions and popular public discourse are driven by #2 and #3
You should believe in yourself more.
You said you couldn’t speak for them, but that’s a spot-on impression