Not so much a position as preferences and experiences, but the words people use to describe elements of music can often give away what they either enjoy or play. If you call a rhythm a beat, you're probably into electronic or hip hop. If you refer to a song's chord progression as "the changes," you must like jazz. If you use Italian words (outside of Italy I guess!) to talk about tempo and dynamics, you were either in an orchestra or fondly remember that one time at band camp. If a phrase is a "strain," you should get your lungs checked out. If the bridge is the "middle eight," get a colonoscopy while you're at it.

lawn guylanders often tawk in a way that, like a dawg whistle, can only be heard by other lawn guylanders. you really have to listen for it, it's subtle!

I'm a self proclaimed crazy cat lady. I also work in a field that has a lot of interaction with the police. I used to have a pin attached to my work badge that said "All Cats Are Beautiful".

What? I just love cats ;)

No, everyone else knew what you meant.

I can think of some sex ones I've heard of.

A "snow white" is some kind of deranged sex thing for a girl i can't remember... It is probably really bad though.

Also one place i was had furries who hung different color flags on their belt, it was pretty subtle but apparently it was a signal about what kind of sex things they were into. Someone told me that.

Also I've heard that long ago in hawai'i if you had a flower behind your right ear it meant one thing, and behind your other ear it meant another thing.

Yeah, as @Tikiporch@lemmy.world said, the meaning is clear.

It's such a fun word and i think it's such a neat concept, but it's annoying to use in a title cause it's quite a rare word. But i find that once there's a name for it, it's way easier to notice it, so i like to mention it.

Where i live we pronounce couch st and schuyler st as cooch and skyler, and the police dept is the police bureau. Not knowing these things is used as a shibboleth that marks visiters.

I always throw an occasional “streets ahead” in my conversation just to see if they’re a Community watcher. Most of the people around me are streets behind, though.

Perfect examples.

That's usually when I use my escape goat.

What happens if you ask for a double bass pedal at a practice room?

hung different color flags on their belt

Back in my day it was those jelly bracelets.

They may be a community watcher, or they may be British. Further investigation required.

When someone professes their love for reading, they’re insinuating that those who do not read are necessarily below them on the cognitive ladder.

At least that’s how my disdainful mind works.

'blacks' versus 'black people/folk/whatever"

When they say "property" on the other hand...

Dude municipal compost is fucking amazing.

Trash doesn't smell anymore.

• Those who enjoy movies starring Lemmy Kilmister

This took me a while

Not quite related but in a lovecraft book “mountains of madness” I think…

He mentions a “war of resubjegation” which I loved. One phrase tells a story. There was a slave revolt. If the slaves won it would be called “war of freedom” or “the rebellion”

War of re-subjugation lets you know how that war ended.

No more so than any other hobby. If someone tells me they like fishing I don’t assume they think less of me because I don’t fish… actually maybe they do now that I think about it lol bad example.

But like sewing, or poker, it’s just mentioning a hobby.

Pineapples are for swingers

Bulshit. Some of us cannibals understand rich people taste far better than poor people.

Joke aside which of the two groups do you place Motörhead in?

“Under no pretext” or “We protect Us“ gun fans

Yeah. Maybe a lot of people skimmed the headline and thought it said "neo-nazi" instead of "non-nazi"?

That sounds like the beginning of a joke. If it is, what happens?

The first time a friend referred to me wife as my "partner", I questioned his choice of words because he was well aware that I'm not gay.

Like, I would still just carry on in convo, but if I hear "partner", I make a mental note that they're gay. The correlation has close to a 100% hit rate.

Hetero people who don't believe in marriage and/or don't like husband/wife titles sometimes use titles like partner too because girlfriend/boyfriend doesn't sound serious enough I guess. Common amongst my social circle but I get why it's usually a dog whistle.

TIL the correct word for this, good comment.

Ventrue vampires would agree with you.

No one but those from the US claim the term "American". Canadians do not want to be called American, and everyone else speaks a whole different language, and they prefer to be referred to by their county as well

It's not US defaultism, it's like calling someone from China Asian, or worse Oriental. It's not woke, no one will thank you for calling them by a label you've assigned to them as an outsider

It's only ever done online, if you're taking to people irl, it's obvious via context. But online is global so it makes sense to talk in a global sense.

one shibboleth i noticed is that any mention of "race" strongly indicates that the person speaking is American, especially if it's conflated with nationalities. "I'm [number]% [nationality]", any use of "mixed race", and stuff like "I can drink a lot of beer because I'm German" or "this recipe offends me as an Italian" are dead giveaways (and quite racist in my humble opinion)

it's like giving them an all tomato.

"partner" sounds like you're lawyers. just make up a word, or take one from another language. we use "sambo".

wait, literally? you asked "why do you say 'usian'" and they've responded "je hateux vouz guys"? i've always used terms like that because "american" seems too broad. i
use "north/central/south" american" when referring to larger divisions, and us american when talking about the country specifically.

Partner sounds more serious than boyfriend or girlfriend anyway.

Jingle Bells is a Thanksgiving song!

https://youtu.be/BirJMnMcfBs?is=01s0JMZ-r9OqOgRM

I've started using "USA" and "USA citizens". They're not the only united states or the only Americans.

The corollary would be calling Ireland "The Republic".

My parents used to (probably still do) call black people “the element”.

Like, “this was a safe neighborhood until the element moved in.”

They might just use the English language correctly.

We have a perfectly good word in the English language, it's "partner"

"partner" sounds like you're lawyers. just make up a word, or take one from another language. we use "sambo".

Had an English teacher that would consistently use that phrase while explaining grammer etc.

But in a global sense, if you say American people know who or what you're talking about

We have a perfectly good word in the English language, it's "partner"

I’m from Oklahoma, I wear a ten gallon hat most days to work my acreage, to walk my doggies, when I have to work markets, and I’m so woke the coffee needs me to get it up early in the morning.

Probably the SportDOG Roy Gonia Mega Whistle. It's extra loud and works well.

This is a you issue