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Yep, that.

Many Indian languages use some version of 'akshara', which means 'unchanging' or 'indestructible'. (I guess the alphabet does change, but too slowly for us to notice.) Most Indian languages start the alphabet with all the vowels, so 'first n letters' would be unpronouncable.

Yes, some months ago. 'Normalised' here doesn't mean they are friends, just that they will no longer try to start proxy wars against each other.

Regarding Genshin's large female audience, (1) there are a lot of hot male characters, (2) its two sister games have a lot of gay / lesbian characters, and therefore a large LGBT fanbase, and (3) the Genshin community is (relatively) friendly and casual, since there is no PvP.

There's another book that I have heard of but neglected to write the name down, where the reader of the book is a character within the book, and the narrator speaks directly to you

If, on a winter's night, a traveller?

The definition you gave for nihilism sounds like epistemological nihilism ('nothing can be known'), which is one type of nihilism. Existential nihilism ('nothing has innate meaning') is another type, moral nihilism ('nothing is right or wrong') yet another. One person can hold any combination of these views.

You forgot the fedoras and capes. And of course OG h4X0rs wore XXL t-shirts and ancient jeans, and lived on honey coffee, locusts cigarettes and stuff that got stuck between their toes.

Stereotypical h4X0r wear.

Xiangling (the character OP is playing) is (in)famously meta, since she is easy to get, easy to play and very overpowered. All National and International teams revolve around her, and even random teams splash her because she's just so good.

Well ackshually, the Red Sea trade route is much older than the Cape of Good Hope one. They just had to use camels / horses across Egypt.

Something like WhatsApp >> Youtube > Instagram > TikTok > Telegram > Facebook > Reddit > Twitter, with some variations and local additions from country to country.

If I remember correctly, at least some of Wikipedia's servers are in Florida. So Florida would definitely be able to take action against them.

Counterpoint: Earthsea, Discworld, American Gods, Stardust

Anyone who wants to make even slightly complex organic compounds will also need to study five different types of isomerism and how they determine major / minor product. That should be enough of a deterrent.

The kana alphabets were (probably) borrowed from Pali, and syllables follow the structure (consonant + vowel) or (vowel). In other words, a consonant must not, grammatically, occur alone. I don't know if Japanese still retains this as an explicit rule, but this is why you see the -u ending. It may or may not be pronounced, depending on which way flows better.

Many other languages with Pali / Sanskrit heritage have similar behaviour. However, Sanskrit itself and some modern languages have a dedicated character called a 'viraama', which says 'this consonant has no following vowel'. For example, in the word 'Padma' (lotus), the d is followed by a virama. Other languages, like Japanese, use 'u' instead of a dedicated viraama. So different languages in east, southeast and south Asia might write and say it as Padma, Paduma or Padama, but all versions would be mutually intelligible.

The funny thing is that Japanese kanji sometimes do have subtitles, and these may even be in the Latin script.

A polygraph, often incorrectly referred to as a lie detector test, is a junk science device or procedure that measures and records several physiological indicators … there are no specific physiological reactions associated with lying.

Lead of Wikipedia article

Apple's marketshare in India is (1) tiny and (2) largely driven by older models. I know 2 people who have iPhones. I know 4 people who have Jiophones (Firefox OS).

Unfortunately, Apple's marketshare in India is tiny, so they can leave without too much loss.

Also, India is now the world's most populous country. :-(

Under normal conditions, your body will make you start breathing before your oxygen levels go that low.