~YesterOwl

All the tier lists I've found on TierMaker aren't very well made in my opinion, so I created my own. This took several hours just to look for good images and adding text over the images, so I hope it's worth it lol (I'm sure it will be)
https://tiermaker.com/create/furson.....terowl-1085283

For all of the images of the characters, I just searched through FA looking for a good representative of the species. I will credit them here:

Species: Character (Artist, if different user)
Fox: ArcyTheFox (MylaFox)
Wolf: ion-static13 (tsaiwolf)
Protogen: LegendaryKangaroo (NAZAKI-CAIN)
Synth: Vader-San
Dragon: captainnikko (Negger)
Dog: RedRusker
Hyena: Oki (Unknown Artist)
Lion: ZEN
Tiger: MLJ199012103 (Rwolf)
Cat: Dustafyer7 (lady-darkstreak)
Rodent: Prowler7 (PigFlesh)
Sergal: Gustav (twis)
Avali: PinkRathian (TheRoguez)
Lagomorph: Guil_Bunny
Raccoon: Rocket Raccoon (seth-iova)
Red Panda: konomichi (happycrumble)
Lizard: 3rdvan_AD (ludicium_86)
Snake: Adleisio (TotesFleisch8)
Otter: LetoDoesArt (shuryashish)
Deer: SigmaX
Equine: Ryan (abelsword)
Owl: EnderRiens
Corvid: Dragoneill (Shockodile)
Eagle: Eaglerick
Ferret: TubeBoiiEddy (MylaFox)
Lucario: (FillyScoots42)
Bat: Zevrant_Bapt (gothwolf)
Kangaroo: S0C0M_3 (terriesmith)
Gryphon: stormgryphon (likeshine)
Goat: LowKeyGoat (SolarByte)
Sheep: Wayworn
Boar/Pig: odissy (Raiyk)
Phoenix: AriosThePhoenix (yggiiggy)
Shark: Zale-the-Shark
Dolphin: trun (altairxxx)
Dinosaur: Deiwei (RestrainedRaptor)
Moth: Otterjunk

It has certainly been a while since I decided to post one of these again. I came pretty close to just ending it at sixty, to be honest, but I've just made it to eighty which I will hopefully post soon.
I know these journals get like, no attention, but they're still fun to post lol

#41: When quoting, do not correct poor grammar! Instead, add 'sic': 'Please wash you're [sic] hands'!
When there's multiple mistakes, just put '[sic]' after each one, no matter how repetitive it gets lol

#42: When referring to multiple species of fish, you can actually use 'fishes' as a plural!
I believe 'fish' as a plural would still technically be right regardless of circumstance, but 'fishes' is a grammatically correct option.

#43: 'Went' is the past tense of 'go', whereas 'gone' is the past participle (followed by 'have', etc.)!
I actually do not remember why I made this a lesson. It seems pretty obvious. I suppose 'went' is sometimes mistakenly used as the past participle.

#44: 'Bear' is also a verb meaning to carry or endure. This means you say 'bear with me' or 'bear arms'!
I notice people might say 'bare' instead, but 'bare' really has one definition, meaning naked or plain. So outside of those contexts, use 'bear'.

#45: Only hyphenate numbers 21–99 (e.g. forty-three, sixty-four thousand, thirty-first, two hundredth)!
This is the same with ordinal numbers (first, second, third, etc.). Even when it's part of a larger number, hyphenate it (e.g. twenty-four thousand sixty-two).

#46: Make sure you're clear with pronouns! Here's a bad example: Dad found the boy, and he was glad.
I'm actually not a good reader (I read a little less than half the average speed), so it's frustrating to see this type of writing.

#47: 'Cacti' is technically incorrect because it is not a Latin word, unlike nuclei, radii, and alumni!
The correct pluralisation is just cactuses. This is the same with 'platypuses' and 'octopuses' which was a previous English lesson.

#48: When quoting British English as an American or vice versa, keep the same spelling verbatim!
This isn't only with American vs. British English, this is basically international, unless the text has to be translated, in which you should probably state.

#49: 'Should of' is never correct. It's always 'should have' or the informal 'should've'!
This is more of an obvious one that people just tend to get wrong because they just don't care lol

#50: Avoid is, are, was, etc. in formal writing! Instead of 'he is ecstatic', try 'he displays ecstasy'!
I like doing important lessons for milestone lessons like #50. Sentences with is, are, was, etc. aren't very creative and tend to be pretty simple.

#51: A 'one month anniversary' doesn't make sense (anni- means year)! It is called a 'mensiversary'!
Just as a side note since I don't have a lot to say semantically, I don't understand one month anniversaries. Are you too impatient? Do you not expect it to last a year? I think anniversaries are kind of poetic, since that's when the Earth would return to the exact position the event happened since then.

#52: Outside America, 'programme' is used instead of program outside computer and verb contexts!
In America, it's always 'program'. They tend to have easier spellings, like internationally it's 'manoeuvre', but in America it's just 'maneuver'.

#53: After giving my friend a goodnight hug, I thought it would be a good night to go fishing!
As an exclamation, either spelling is correct, but 'good night' is slightly more formal.

#54: Tom and Gus' dad means they share the same dad; Tom's and Gus' dads means they have different ones!
Someone told me this is '5th grade material'. Is this common knowledge? I honestly didn't know until I did a lesson on it lol

#55: A short cut is a quick way to do something—shortcut is an adjective as well as a desktop procedure!
Take this one with a grain of salt. I haven't seen a lot of reliable sources address this and they might just be equally acceptable.

#56: Add one space after punctuation. Two spaces came from the typewriter era because of uneven spacing!
I still see my teachers do this mistake. It's not really a 'young person' mistake, unless an older person says so lol

#57: Assure means to relieve, ensure means to make sure, and insure means to pay for causing damage!
'Ensure' and 'assure' are interchangeable only on ensure's definition (to make certain). Assure can also be used to mean to promise or calm.

#58: Endonyms are names given by insiders (Deutschland), and exonyms are given by outsiders (Germany)!
Endo- means 'in' and exo- means 'out'. Things go 'in and out', and both in and endo- would come first alphabetically.

#59: Teachers teach principles (n), whilst principals are your 'pals' but also first in order (n, adj)!
As an adjective, use 'principal' as the other cannot be used as an adjective.

#60: Alliteration is a repetition of sounds, not letters (e.g. 'full photo' works as an alliteration!)
This would mean that 'poor psychology' would not count.

Leparese (Leparsók) is the name of a made-up language (conlang) first drafted by Červené Yester in early to mid 2020. It also refers to the people living in the small country in the fictional planet Gókasitô named 'Levanó', who speak said language.

As a language, the Latinised version of Leparese is often confused for Portuguese, Hungarian, or Haitian Creole despite having no direct influence. The proper script of Leparese is difficult to type digitally, so often times it will be communicated through Latin characters.
The Leparese language has:
• No definite article (The).
• No words for Earthling inventions, languages, places, or ideas that are non-existent in Gókasitô.
• Exclusive words for Leparese and Gókasitô inventions non-existant in Earth.
• Fourteen letters with six 'uncommon' letters only used in certain words, such as 'é'.
• A part of speech for every word (every word can be used as a noun, verb, adjective, or adverb).
• A base-4 number system (four is the first two-digit number).
• Still been in development (some things may be changed around in the future).

The Leparese tribe of people often live in small villages, and are typically secluded from more major countries. It is also where Červené Yester's main original character Góda-Sóvô resides.

(I made this quick article to redirect people to or for people to search up for clarification; I may update or even redo this journal entirely.)

#21: Analyses, theses, and crises are the correct plurals of analysis, thesis, and crisis respectively!
All of the ending syllables have an '-ease' sound at the end instead of '-iss' for their plurals.

#22: This might sound stupid, but 'stupider' is technically correct! And so are cleverer and gentler!
You'd usually just say 'more stupid' anyway. In formal writing you'd never even use the word 'stupid' lol—cleverer and gentler are fine however.

#23: A device is a plan, to devise is to plan or build. Advice is a suggestion, to advise is to suggest!
To turn a noun into a verb, you'd usually use '-ise' (or -ize in America). This is similar, except you just remove the '-ice' part. (Also, it's still devise in America, not 'devize'.)

#24: Assent means (to) approve. Ascent is a climb or rise upwards. Accent is an emphasis or dialect.
Suppose 'Ass' in assent could also mean 'assure'. Also, if I ever have 'to' in parenthesis, that means the word can be a noun or a verb.

#25: A login (noun) is the process of logging onto a device. To 'log in' is the verb tense!
I see huge websites mix this up! 'Please login to your device.' It's been a pet peeve of mine lol

#26: Coming in to say 'into' means literally inside. You log in to a device or tune in to a radio!
'Into' can also denote a transformation. 'Turning into a driveway' means you transformed into a driveway! You turn in to a driveway.

#27: 'Never mind' is always two words—'pay no nevermind' however is an archaic saying for 'take notice'!
If you're referring to the Nirvana album, it's of course one word. Chances are they didn't know 'never mind' was two words lol

#28: A portmanteau is a hybrid word created with two existing words (ex. emoticon = emotion icon)!
'Wario' is actually a pormanteau as well, mixing 'Mario' and the Japanese word 'warui', meaning 'bad' or 'evil'!

#29: Capitalise earth, moon, and sun in the context of space! (e.g. 'out in the sun'—'orbiting the Sun')
This is according to MLA format (citation style). English classes use MLA, which is typically the only class where capitalisation counts.

#30: A 'compliment' is an admiration, but 'complements' complete (two 90° angles complement each other)!
I actually mess this up to this day sometimes. In maths, complementary angels equate to 180°!

#31: If 'ran' accompanies have, did, etc., you actually say 'run'! (e.g. have run, had run, did run)
This is called the 'past participle': when a verb accompanies had, did, etc. Today I run, yesterday I ran, the day before I had run!

#32: Clothes go in the dryer, but some may be drier than others (dryer is a noun, drier is comparative)!
This one is pretty straight-forward. Nothing to say here uvu

#33: 'May be' and 'maybe' may be similar-looking, but 'may be' is a verb phrase and maybe is an adverb!
Basically if 'may' and 'be' just happen to be next each other, don't morph them for no reason.

#34: A 'pareidolia' is an obscure word describing a stimulus in an object, such as faces in the clouds!
Technically emoticons like 'owo' are pareidolias because they are letters used to create a face!

#35: Lay means to place something down. Lie means to rest or recline (has nothing being acted upon)!
I still might mess this one up, since I do admit, it can be confusing. Natives often know the difference naturally, however.

#36: Today I lay, yesterday I (had) laid… Today I lie, yesterday I lay, before I had lain!
This is essentially a sequal to #35, demonstrating 'lay' and 'lie's simple past and past participle forms. I really wanted to include 'laying' vs. 'lying' (present participle) but I couldn't fit it in!

#37: 'Persons' could be a valid plural for an exact or small number of people! (100 people, 96 persons)
'People' in any circumstance works as a plural for 'person' however. Only under legal documents is 'persons' commonly used.

#38: If you can replace 'who' with (s)he, use who. If you can replace it with him or her, use whom!
Depending on its wording, you may have to temporarily change the word order. e.g. 'To ___ did she speak?' to 'She did speak to ___?'

#39: Vulcan, Martian, and Klingon have always been capitalised, but until 2017, 'Earthling' wasn't!
If you're quoting or writing something written before 2017, don't capitalise Earthling!

#40: Avoid redundancy in formal writing, unless it's for emphasis! e.g. Free gift, end result, total of…
I see redundancy as a form of literary device, so use it with that approach!

On Discord, I thought it would be fun and unique to set my status as something educational. I decided to do English lessons, as I think the general public could have a hand in that lol
I have very limited space to type, only 128 characters, which 'Yester's English Lesson #?: ' takes up 28–29 characters in itself. On my Twitter account, I often expand on it as I have much more room there. I will add on to what I originally say on most of these if I want to clarify, if I have more to say, or if I have an anecdote to share!

#1: I was ‘excited’ to see the movies, but I ‘exited’ because I didn't want to ‘C’ it after all!
I see a lot of people mistake 'exited' for 'excited'. These are my favourite type of English lessons because it's short and it gets everything I need to get across in one sentence. It even adds a little trick to make it easy to remember!

#2: A lot of people misspell ‘a lot’, but it's indeed two words! It might take a lot of getting used to!
There's not a lot to say about this one actually, but I did use to use 'alot' a lot. I could've sworn it was one word too, I wonder where the incorrect compound word came from <v>

#3: In terms of colour, ‘grey’ and ‘gray’ are both correct, but ‘grey’ is more common outside America.
I haven't experienced any real arguments about this. I don't see myself doing too many dialectal lessons unless I just run out of ideas lol

#4: Always use 'who's' if you can substitute using 'who is' or 'who has', otherwise use 'whose'.
This could apply with it’s VS its and you’re VS your. They’re VS their VS there and is a different story however, because of its third spelling.

#5: Birthdays only have a month and day, but birthdates include a year too (birthdate = date of birth)!
Birthdate can be one or two words, but two words may be more common in an informal context.

#6: Affect means (to) change, an effect is the result. A good way to remember is that E comes after A.
I wish I worded this one better. It's pretty hard to explain the difference between the two in just one-hundred characters, which is why I haven't done 'who vs. whom' yet.

#7: A premier (n, adj) is a leader or dean. A premiere (n, v) is a play or movie's first public display.
Prior to this, I actually didn't know there was a similar-sounding word to 'premiere'. I personally have never seen these two words mixed up, but I figured 'premier' could be an interesting word for people at home to learn!

#8: 'Farther' means physical distance; 'further' is figurative. We can discuss it further if you'd like.
Both can be used as an adverb and adjective, but only 'further' can be a verb.

#9: A pleonasm is when there's a repetitive detail (e.g. burning fire)—think the opposite of 'oxymoron'.
This one is probably my favourite of all of these. Pleonasms might not be the most known term, but it's a very fun one. In everyday conversation it's best to just say 'redundancy' however.

#10: Slovak relates to Slovakia. Slavic are European languages including Russian, Bulgarian, Czech, etc.
I mixed up these two frequently because of their similar pronunciations—'slow-vok', 'slah-vik'. I've never heard anybody else mix up these two, but hopefully it's useful for somebody 'v'

#11: An elusion is an evasion, an allusion is a minor dignitary reference, then illusion is a deception.
Just to be more specific on what an 'allusion' is, it references a famous person, like how a smart person might be called an 'Einstein'!

#12: 'Aa' (pronounced 'ah-ah') is a real word describing lava flow with a rough, almost broken texture.
I remember hearing about this in school once upon a time. This is more of a science lesson than an English one, which is why it might be the least useful of the twenty.

#13: 'Infact' is, in fact, two words.
I mess this up a lot. This is easily the shortest English lesson lol

#14: Contrary to popular belief, the plural of octopus is actually octopuses because of its Greek roots!
This one might be the most shocking or controversial. The proper pluralisation could be 'octopi' if it had been a Latin word. Since it is Greek, 'octopodes' would be the most logical, though octopuses is technically the most correct one.

#15: A 'ghost word' (or Vox nihili) is a typo that becomes a real term, a great example being 'covfefe'!
Originally this English lesson was going to just be about 'Vox nihili', but it seemed too obscure. To be fair, ghost words are also an obscure term.

#16: Use 'awhile' (adverb) after an adjective, and 'a while' (noun) after a preposition (in, for, etc.)!
'Awhile' literally means 'for a while', so only both of those can be used interchangeably.

#17: My mum asked, 'Do you capitalise the first word in quotes?' I said yes if it's 'a proper sentence'!
Same rules apply if there's quotes within quotes.

#18: Than vs. then is easier than you think! 'Than' is to compare, then 'then' relates to time.
Note how 'than' and 'compare' both have A's, and 'then' and 'time' both have E's.

#19: Every day I see 'everyday' misused! It's two words unless referring to an everyday (usual) event!
Prior to this English lesson, I actually misused 'everyday' constantly! Just know that 'every day' is always an adverb, and 'everyday' is always an adjective.

#20: 'Wrong' can be an adverb only after the verb. 'Wrongly' can be used both before and after however!
'Wrongfully' is also a word used in legal contexts (wrongfully convicted, accused wrongfully, etc.)