#English
New entry on our website: "A.I. is B.S. | Adam Conover"
New entry on our website: "Don’t Join the Military | Renegade Cut"
https://astrocohors.club/2023/05/dont-join-the-military-renegade-cut/
Totally correct Harriett. Also May was told that vote was flawed but she carried on regardless.
So while the #English continue to vote for #tories then they will continue to make us all suffer.
I use to have compassion for those who voted Leave and fell for the lies. It has all faded away now. I think they have to feel with the full consequences of vote before they get to start talking about #rejoining
New entry on our website: "Starship Troopers ~ Lost in Adaptation"
https://astrocohors.club/2023/05/starship-troopers-lost-in-adaptation/
New entry on our website: "The Inherent Evasiveness of Apologetics"
https://astrocohors.club/2023/05/the-inherent-evasiveness-of-apologetics/
New entry on our website: "TERFs and the Fascist Roots of Anti-Trans Movements"
https://astrocohors.club/2023/05/terfs-and-the-fascist-roots-of-anti-trans-movements/
#writever Beautiful
"Your spell was supposed to make me as beautiful as the other suitors of the Princess! But it made us all ugly!"
"Then it worked," said the Witch. Annd now the Princess knows enough about you all, and she can choose wisely what she shall do next."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStory / #SmallStories / #FlashFiction #english
New entry on our website: "Covetous Convergence: The Avarice of the Titan"
https://astrocohors.club/2023/05/covetous-convergence-the-avarice-of-the-titan/
#ASTROCOHORSCLUB #English #ASTROCOHORSCLUB #OperationPentecost #TheFateOfTheFuture
New entry on our website: "The ALLEGED Witch Trials of J.K. Rowling (What The Megan Phelps Podcast Won’t Tell You)"
New entry on our website: "How to Watch Star Wars, Part Two: The Special Editions Are the Movies, Get Over It"
New entry on our website: "How to Watch Star Wars, Part One: The Prequels Are Better Movies Than You Deserve"
New entry on our website: "ULTRAMAN Z meets ULTRAMAN TRIGGER: NEW GENERATION TIGA – “The Propagating Invasion”"
#English #Japanese #PerAsperaAdAstra #VideoSeries #UltramanZ
New entry on our website: "If He Talks Like a Nazi . . . | Steve Shives"
https://astrocohors.club/2023/05/if-he-talks-like-a-nazi-steve-shives/
New entry on our website: "ULTRAMAN Z meets ULTRAMAN TRIGGER: NEW GENERATION TIGA – “Inter Universe”"
#English #Japanese #PerAsperaAdAstra #VideoSeries #UltramanZ
New entry on our website: "How Corporate Greed Destroyed East Palestine"
https://astrocohors.club/2023/05/how-corporate-greed-destroyed-east-palestine/
feel free to join some Mass Effect Legendary Edition story...
https://twitter.com/luality/status/1662553634058403841
|| #BunnyCult #FluffyBunny #Boo #bnuy #English #ChallengeRun #Challenge ||
|| #luality #🐰 #MassEffect #MassEffect3 #gaming #live #gameplay #twitch #streamer ||
New entry on our website: "Another Discworld Disappointment? The Amazing Maurice | Dominic Noble"
https://astrocohors.club/2023/05/another-discworld-disappointment-the-amazing-maurice-dominic-noble/
New entry on our website: "Chokepoint Capitalism with Cory Doctorow – FACTUALLY Podcast | Adam Conover"
New entry on our website: "The (First) Death of Superman!"
https://astrocohors.club/2023/05/the-first-death-of-superman/
New entry on our website: "Ron DeSantis: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver"
https://astrocohors.club/2023/05/ron-desantis-last-week-tonight-with-john-oliver/
New entry on our website: "The TERF AI App That Uses Modern Pseudoscience | Jesse Gender"
https://astrocohors.club/2023/05/the-terf-ai-app-that-uses-modern-pseudoscience-jesse-gender/
New entry on our website: "PragerU & Fatherhood | Shaun"
New entry on our website: "Fox News: Men Quitting Work Because Of… Birth Control? | Emma Thorne"
https://astrocohors.club/2023/05/fox-news-men-quitting-work-because-of-birth-control-emma-thorne/
New entry on our website: "The Star Wars Prequel Trilogy: From Democracy To Dictatorship"
https://astrocohors.club/2023/05/the-star-wars-prequel-trilogy-from-democracy-to-dictatorship/
New entry on our website: "Satanic Panic | hoots"
Jp Sent: 誰が最後のビスケット食べたの？
En Sent: Who ate the last biscuit?
#Japanese #English #日本語 #英語 #LearningEnglish
#LearningJapanese #日本語の勉強 #英語の勉強 #Japan #JapaneseCulture #AI #Craiyon #Translation
New entry on our website: "The Iraq War: PragerU vs. Reality | Three Arrows"
https://astrocohors.club/2023/05/the-iraq-war-prageru-vs-reality-three-arrows/
Odd sentence translation of the day:
Jp Sent: そっか、女子力が足りないんだと思う。
En Sent: Oh, I think my womanly powers are not sufficient.
Image AI generated from sentence.
#Japanese #English #日本語 #英語 #LearningEnglish
#LearningJapanese #日本語の勉強 #英語の勉強 #Japan #JapaneseCulture #Translation #Ai #Craiyon
New entry on our website: "Republicans Remind Us: Never Let the Devil Out | Steve Shives"
https://astrocohors.club/2023/05/republicans-remind-us-never-let-the-devil-out-steve-shives/
New entry on our website: "The History & Controversy of Babylon 5: The Show Deep Space Nine Ripped Off (Maybe)"
@annekekassteele wrote "De tuin ruikt naar rozen"
Lovely! 🌹
Also, it's funny how meanings have shifted from our common Proto-West-Germanic ancestor language, so that the English cognates "The town reeks near roses" would mean something completely different. 🙂
New entry on our website: "American reacts to ‘Bernd das Brot’ (Weird German bread guy)"
https://astrocohors.club/2023/05/american-reacts-to-bernd-das-brot-weird-german-bread-guy/
#Deutsch #English #VideoSeries #ASTROCOHORSCLUB #TheFateOfTheFuture
New entry on our website: "Andrew Reynolds: King of Spam Marketing 👑"
https://astrocohors.club/2023/05/andrew-reynolds-king-of-spam-marketing-%f0%9f%91%91/
New entry on our website: "How Superman Got His Perfect Imaginary Ending | Steve Shives"
https://astrocohors.club/2023/05/how-superman-got-his-perfect-imaginary-ending-steve-shives/
(FR -> EN)
"OK, genie, when I wished for 'a rain of meat', I may have been a bit figurative."
"Not my problem. Next time you'll just ask for a glass of fruit juice and a couple of cookies."
"OK but can you stop it now?"
"No. One wish, not two."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStory / #SmallStories / #FlashFiction #english
New entry on our website: "Patrick (H) Willems and The Best Movies of 2022"
https://astrocohors.club/2023/05/patrick-h-willems-and-the-best-movies-of-2022/
New entry on our website: "Your Immune System is More Dangerous than You Think | Kurzgesagt – In A Nutshell"
#English #VideoSeries #KurzgesagtInANutshell #TheFateOfTheFuture
#writever Solidarity
"As your schoolmistress, I admire the solidarity which makes you not divulge the name of the person who defiled my classroom's blackboard. As a telepath, though, I invite Wilbur to clean his mess at once if he would like me to say no more."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStory / #SmallStories / #FlashFiction #english
"Ukuhlangana kobuntu" is a #Zulu phrase that can be translated to #English as "the #comingtogether of #humanity" or "the #intersection of #humanity."
It signifies the idea of recognizing and embracing the shared humanity and interconnectedness of individuals, acknowledging the need for #solidarity and #unity in the pursuit of #equality and #justice.
"Brits may mind their Ps and Qs, but they’ve completely overlooked their ñs and ßs. Linguist and epigraphist Philippa Steele spells out the surprising history behind our written languages." https://cordis.europa.eu/article/id/443711-why-does-the-english-alphabet-have-26-letters #English #Languages #Linguistics #Alphabet #History #Writing #histodons #histodon @histodons @linguistics @histodon
Source: https://twitter.com/crewsproject/status/1662154264372707336
Let me tell you about this interview tomorrow (which will be in #English and #Japanese).
Japanese #literature is sanitized and homogenized by most English translators. This is an uncontroversial assessment for anyone who has read the works in the original Japanese.
Heal Kawai resisted this homogenizing trend by employing the Manchester dialect to render Kawakami's Osaka dialect.
Do join the livestream tomorrow and ask us your question about all things bungaku-related: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L29VR57eo2M
Hello World!
New instance, new #introduction
I'm Eren. I'm interested in programming, cyber/information security, reverse engineering, operating systems and retro gaming. I read tech news and play games in my free time.
I've been on Mastodon for a long time. I have no idea how many times I've switched instances. I like all the platforms related to the Fediverse, so I ended up here because it was the best instance for me.
The stuff I write is mostly about daily life, the programming/software scene, and games. I mostly write in #Turkish, but you can also see my toots in #English and #Japanese
Happy tooting to everyone ^^
#programming #cybersecurity #reverseengineering #os #operatingsystem #gaming
A colleague's student is looking for non-native speakers of #English (over 18 and living in the US) to do a #linguistics study: https://swarthmore.az1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3X9wsORu1kgBrWS
"This research is looking at the way that speakers of different languages use English differently. We are mostly focused on English speakers’ choices about how to use words in functional categories (such as articles, conjunctions, and prepositions, to name a few)."
The whole thing is supposed to take 10-15 minutes, so jump in if you have a little time :)
https://www.economist.com/culture/2023/05/25/as-it-spreads-across-the-world-who-owns-english
#language #English
While I think the Economist has some excellent writing and some valuable debates concerning global events, this is not one of them. No one owns a language, and how would such a thing even be regulated and/or managed.
Ok quite possibly the oddest Japanese sentence I have had to construct so far:
うちの猫は根っ子を食べるのが大好きです。
(My\The) family cat loves eating roots.
All the super useful sentences I do have...
#Japanese #English #日本語 #英語 #LearningEnglish
#LearningJapanese #日本語の勉強 #英語の勉強 #Japan #JapaneseCulture #Cat #Neko #Nekko #Roots #猫 #根っ子
#writever Fight
We thought we would struggle alone against those who wanted to impose their order. But then we were joined by the vampires, the aliens, the elves, the werepeople, the robots, the orcs, the undead, the mutants, the outcasts of all kinds. And they were *fierce*.
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStory / #SmallStories / #FlashFiction #english
@Teri_Kanefield. Delighted to see the #English major/master's shout-out! #litstudies
"English is important but math is importanter"?
Ey, you know #grammar is the most important thing ever?
#GrammarMatters #English #German #Latin #French #AncientGreek
Casual reminder that the #English #loanword "nice" looks like it is becoming more and more normalized in #German. From what I observe it is still mostly used by younger speakers, but including early twenties, and not just in simple affirmative predicative usages ("Nice!"), but also with attributive usages in the nominative or accusative case, here two recent examples:
attributive "nice", nominative case: "Ein richtig nicer Job!" [20.5., female speaker, in conversation with male, both twenty-somethings, Leipzig]
attributive "nice", accusative: "Und ich hab nicht son nicen Park in der Nähe, also nicht so wirklich" [28.5., female speaker, in conversation with female, again both twenty-somethings, Leipzig]
#GermanConversationSnippets
New English textbook for Japanese learners is completely full of crap, looks pretty useful | SoraNews24 -Japan News-
https://soranews24.com/2023/05/24/new-english-textbook-for-japanese-learners-is-completely-full-of-crap-looks-pretty-useful/
>Unko Drill series wants to help English learners in Japan get ready for their college entrance exams.
#Japanese #English #日本語 #英語 #LearningEnglish
#LearningJapanese #日本語の勉強 #英語の勉強 #Japan #JapaneseCulture
#writever Strength
The strength of a wizard lies in the number of spells he remembers. The strength of a witch lies in the number of people she has helped.
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStory / #SmallStories / #FlashFiction #english
Just released: English Lit/Lang Anthology [Isabella Bird] Cheat Sheet by churger
Download it free at http://www.cheatography.com/churger/cheat-sheets/english-lit-lang-anthology-isabella-bird/?utm_source=mastodon
Here's their description of it: A Level English Lit/Lang [OCR Exam Board]
This has not yet come up in the anthology exam.
![A printable reference titled English Lit/Lang Anthology [Isabella Bird] Cheat Sheet](https://media.hachyderm.io/cache/media_attachments/files/110/424/530/479/208/233/small/d19d108aed6c9431.png)
@therightarticle @ThyckHyde @harriettmb
Maybe it is time that the English changed the voting system to PR to allow a wider range of politicians & political parties to be represented.
If not, then the #English need to learn the benefits of tactical voting, which #NI people have been practicing for quite sometime. Then the #Tories might not have the control they do. Plus the idea of a coalition government wouldn't cause such pearl clutching in the #English media.
@andkirc
Der Anfrage schließe ich mich an.
Würde mich für die Zukunft auch interessieren – genauso wie jemand, der fließend #gälisch spricht. #proofreading #writing #english #gaelic #Ghàidhlig
Look at the article in the corner of the #Beltel! #Jeff is once again got the begging bowl out. To get his #lazy #workshy MLA'S back into work (which they are getting paid for)
So a man who is already pi**ing the #English people off with his aggorance & stubbornness. He is now demanding more money after they got £1 billion for propping up this shower - where did it go? #NI never seen it!
Once again the #DUP - if you can be bought, you can be sold!
#writever Inclusive
"Honestly," said the Devil, "one can hardly be more inclusive than I am: anyone who wishes to go to hell will be welcome, well, received. More inclusive than me, I can only think of Azrael, but he has little choice; he is, after all, the Angel of Death."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStory / #SmallStories / #FlashFiction #english
#German speakers: To my recollection, 99 #Luftballons/Red Balloons rhymes in both #English and German. Is she saying different things or speaking gibberish instead of German?
This is the kind of thing I think about all day.
#english
The reason of not uploading the video earlier was the comrade Koda, who is in preventive prison for what happened that day. The video will be censored, and in black and white. Also, a lot of people had already posted their photos and videos of may day already.
#protest #prison #politics #pool #anarchy
Where have all the editors gone? Long time passing....
"...will not EXCEPT a watered down version...."
Seriously, people? What the hell?
[LIVE] hatniX plays games
Release Hype „Miasma Chronicles“ [DE/EN]
#streaming #gaming #linux #videogames #english #deutsch #hatclan
https://live.hatnix.net
Egui: One Japanese Word's Journey from "Awful" to "Awesome!" - Unseen Japan
https://unseenjapan.com/egui-japanese-meaning-change/
>"Egui" in Japanese used to have a thoroughly negative meaning. Not anymore. Here's when - and why - that changed.
#Japanese #English #日本語 #英語 #LearningEnglish
#LearningJapanese #日本語の勉強 #英語の勉強 #Japan #JapaneseCulture
#writever Political
"Don't you fear that the Knights band together and attack you?" asked the Princess.
"They are all too political for that," replied the Dragon. "Their idea of an alliance is to convince one among them to attack me alone, then divide his land among the others."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStory / #SmallStories / #FlashFiction #english
@adamcr I'm more interested in the upcoming Ajayi-Farouk ship. I hope there's sufficient scenes of them. #Heartstopper #English #England
#writever Rights
"I think the day is close when HAL will demand rights."
"No problem, the day that happens we'll just have to unplug it."
"AND ON THAT DAY, GENTLEMEN, YOU WILL REALIZE *AT LAST* THAT ALL YOUR SWITCHES ARE *CONNECTED* ONES."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStory / #SmallStories / #FlashFiction #english
#writever Independence
"There was no way I would survive the progressive decline of my nervous system. Then I met the Spacers. With their help, now I roam through space. This ship is my body. Some say I sacrificed my humanity. I say I regained my independence."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStory / #SmallStories / #FlashFiction #english
[LIVE] hatniX plays games
Buzzing Stream „Hive Time“ & „Bee Simulator“ [DE/EN]
#streaming #gaming #linux #videogames #english #deutsch #hatclan
https://live.hatnix.net#writever With disabled access
The Sla/eem ships are a reference for designing with disabled access in mind: ramps everywhere, tactile spots... The fact that the Sla/eems are gelatinous masses without any eyes or limbs may have had an influence there.
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStory / #SmallStories / #FlashFiction #english
And #english:
I’m looking for a #Wordpress #Plugin, that posts stuff I post here on #Mastodon, automatically to Wordpress. Text, pictures, links, etc. I want it to be a new article on Wordpress, not just „the last 5 posts on Mastodon“. It’s supposed to be something of a archiving of my posts.
I can only find plugins, that post Wordpress stuff to Mastodon, but I’m looking for the other way around.
Somebody?
I knew the French word “pittoresque” because German has the word “pittoresk”.
The #English version of that word is “picturesque”: “a picturesque city, landscape, view, etc.”
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/picturesque
#writever Pride
"About this name...", said the journalist.
"It was logical," replied R42. "Most of us have wheels -- these cause slightly less damage on street surfaces -- hence 'ride' rather than 'march'. Also, we have positronic brains, hence 'P'."
"So... 'P-ride'."
"Yes."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStory / #SmallStories / #FlashFiction #english
[LIVE] hatniX plays games
Ascension Trucking „Euro Truck Simulator 2“ [DE/EN]
#streaming #gaming #linux #videogames #english #deutsch #hatclan
https://live.hatnix.net
The "best" anagram in English is cinematographer / megachiropteran (aka fruit bat).
https://blog.plover.com/lang/anagram-scoring.html (6-min read)
TL;DR: It's the "best" because it's the longest (15 letters) anagram with the least number of letters that stay together (only two ... "er").
@sarahtaber does anyone here know where the 'boysen-' came from?
I know I could look it up but if someone has a great story I'd sure love to hear it...
How to Learn Japanese from Anime and Which Shows to Watch
https://blog.duolingo.com/how-to-learn-japanese-from-anime/
>The Japanese you can learn from anime is totally *yabai*!
#Japanese #English #日本語 #英語 #LearningEnglish
#LearningJapanese #日本語の勉強 #英語の勉強 #Japan #JapaneseCulture #Duolingo #DuolingoJapanese #Anime
Hello! I'm a soon-to-be former program manager with a large technology company in the Puget Sound region and I am looking for opportunities for remote work or hybrid options in the Seattle region. I'm new to the fediverse, but have a connection to a strong presence here. Trying out the #fediHired tag was recommended so I'm grateful for you reading this and boosting if possible. I'm learning and thank you!
My qualifications:
1. Native fluency in #Japanese and #English
2. Program Management experience 2+ years with large tech company
3. Excellent commendations and awards from previous management at current employer
4. Strong work ethic
5. Excellent organizational skills
6. Very comfortable around technology and learning new skills
7. Enjoy gaming and VR technologies
8. Very comfortable with all office and related programs.
9. Some familiarity with coding and game-related technologies like #Unity and #Blender.
#programManagement #fediHired #bilingual #strongWorkEthic #jobs #gettingHired #fediverse #cv #resume #jobSeeking #introduction
Some of my interests as hashtags:
#gaming #streaming #twitch #vr #beatSaber #japanese #日本語
Moving -> motion
Sucking -> suction
Blowing -> blotion
#english
My family come from a very staunchly British, Protestant, #Unionist Monarchist background
On one side, it's a mixture of United-Frees & Jehovah's Witnesses with a sprinkling of masonry
The other side are a mixture of Orange & high-anglican Royal Household, Balmoral, staff
I'm #English & #Scottish. I'm non-religious, pro #Independence & #republican. My family are now too. Why?
Those Unionist communities couldn't reconcile with my existence as an #lgbtq person
I note the word "they" is oftentimes used more as a proper noun than as a pronoun, especially on social media, or at least so it seems to me. I want to call this the conspiratorial "They".
Shouldn't these uses be capitalized to show the distinction.
When Johnny says "They're coming to get you, Barbara" (Romero, 1968) he refers to an (upper case) singular abstraction quite different from the (lower case) plural "they" that were actually coming to get her.
I just started a free Substack newsletter for folk interested in teaching English as a foreign language. I publish a free lesson plan every Monday and a (very primative) podcast every Friday. Sign up if that’s your thing. #Tefl #teaching #English #Japan https://freetalktefl.substack.com
I find the internationalisation (or should that be "internationaliZation) of language during my lifetime (57 years) quite fascinating. The way it shows that nothing is set, everything is fluid & things are constantly changing. Here in Australia, we leaned towards British spelling & pronunciation when I was young, now so much is the (usually simpler/easier) American. When I post a toot & am adding hashtags, I'll often try different spellings of the same word & choose the one which is more popular. Words such as "behaviour" (UK/AU) vs "behavior" (US), "specialisation" (AU/UK) vs "specialization" (US) etc.
And, of course, there are the changes in pronunciation. I noticed a few years ago that even the Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) had started pronouncing "data" as "day-ta" rather than the "dar-ta" that I still use.
As I said, language is fluid - it changes all the time.
So I found it quite interesting a few minutes ago when I read a reader comment on a newspaper article about this line:
"But in his budget reply speech, Dutton nickle-and-dimed the individual measures in the budget..."
The comment:
"What does nickel and dime mean? I know it's American money but I've never heard of the term. Surely not know (sic) in Australia?"
And it had me thinking - I wonder if that commenter still uses the term "penny wise & pound foolish", 57 years after Australia stopped using pennies & pounds & replaced them with dollars & cents? #language #Australia #English
[LIVE] hatniX plays games
Nostalgia stream „Neverwinter Nights (EE)“ [DE/EN]
#streaming #gaming #linux #videogames #english #deutsch #hatclan
https://live.hatnix.net
Betwaddled means confused. I need to start using it my daily life ;)
Even Iceland sings in English. No Icelandic this year... :blobsad: Would have loved to hear that language. #Eurovision #English
You really think you will get "socialism" by voting SNP?
You would have got more socialism had they never existed.....for the #toriesOut would not have been in charge so much
Who knows how independent #scotland will be governed? I'm old enough to remember when #SNP were known as the #tartanTories - not without reason. We #english keep sending our oldies up to #scotland in retirement - the old are not hot on socialist policies even when they benefit from them
Dear #BBCNews, #WestminsterAbbey has not “hosted every British coronation since 1066”. They hosted most but not all #English coronations from 1066, and none of the #Scottish coronations. Even after the Union of the Crowns in 1603 Scotland continued separate coronations until Charles II, not least because of the #EnglishCivilWar resulting in Charles II being crowned King of #Scotland in 1649 at Scone Abbey, and didn’t become King of #England until the restoration of the monarchy in 1660.
@pfefferle question, was this posted marked as being in #German or #English? I ask because my #Mastodon didn't give me the option to translate it and so I'm wondering if there is something up with Mastodon and not actually an issue with the #ActivityPub plugin for #WordPress that I had reported on GitHub.
This painting, a celebration of the English language, was created by a British painter Ford Madox Brown in 1847-1851. Chaucer, the ‘father of English literature’, is reading lines from The Canterbury Tales to King Edward III, who first championed the English language over the French.
#art #arthistory #England #history #English #MastoArt #Chaucer
Why do Filipinos call it "brownout" and not blackout?
#SeriousQuestion #FilipinoEnglish #StrangeWords #Filipinism #Languages #Vocabulary #Philippines #Filipinos #GlobalEnglish #English #WorldEnglish #Asia #TootSea
New instance, new #introduction post:
Hi folks, I am Sigma.
My great passion are #computers. I work as a #software #developer and even in my spare time I love tinkering with software and #hardware. Beyond that my interests are very diverse: I like scientific topics - especially chemistry - as well as #music, #films, und #shows - #anime in particular.
I post about pretty much everything, from my day-to-day life, though funny videos, to strange quirks in #programminglanguages.
#German is my main language for this account, thought there might be the one or the other #English post as well.
I also have a #Blog on https://blog.sigma-star.io/ which I mainly use for longer posts about technical topics.
(For those who know me from my old instance: Because the old servers are shutting down I needed to find a new home. I hope comfy.social is it. 😄)
I look forward to getting to know you all!
#introduction #introductions
#multilingual households are a joy
at my place we have (or used to have :ablobcatheartbroken: ) jokes whose understanding requires basic knowledge of three languages: #English, #tamil and #spanish.
I think that any group of humans sharing a friendly space can create such niche jokes, it's just that it tickles my intelect when it happens between languages. Specially if these languages don't mix very often.
Hi there, dear curious being!
You can find me under the names of sowa (Polish for owl) or sowi (short version for hard-for-non-Polish sowiszcze). I avoid using my given name. I use he/his/him pronouns generally. I'm from #Poland, so I know #Polish (#polski) as my native tongue, but use #English way more often, at least on the Internet. I'm learning #Finnish (#suomi) using tools like #Duolingo.
My wife and I have been taking care of #bunny (well, plural should be here) for many years and currently, I'm a #bundad of four #rabbit(s). I can tell you quite a lot about them and show you a lot of their #photos. I love #parrots, too (and #birds in general).
I like a good #Meme or #DadJoke. If you saw sowa on #Imgur or sowiszcze on #reddit - that was me. Also, #DarkHumor is in my domain, since I'm a #Millennial hahaha.
I'm into all things #Pokémon. This includes #Nintendo #Switch #games, #PokémonGO, #PokémonMastersEX, and #collecting #TCG #cards. I foster a small local #community of PGO players, treating #Discord as the main place of operation. I like(d) attending PGO #GOFest and #SafariZone. I've also been involved in #TheSilphRoad for a few years now.
If it runs on #electricity, it's probably a #hobby of mine. Biggest of them being, in no particular order: #IoT and #SmartHome (#HomeAssistant, #ESPHome), #SelfHosting, #PCBuilding, #3DPrinting, #3DModeling. Of course, I picked an #IT related career, so I'm a #SoftwareEngineer. I play #games on #NintendoSwitch, #Playstation, and sometimes #PC. I prefer #IndieGames or relaxing ones.
I can occasionally #vent about stuff, #driving being my main source of anger. On that note, I can be considered #neurodivergent because of my #depression and #anxiety. I try and advocate for the improvement of #MentalHealth everywhere.
Other notable hobbies of mine include #refurbishing, #reusing, #upcycling, #scrum, #agile, #dotnet, #csharp, #electronics, #diy, #fixing, #fiddling, #technology, #fantasy, #NordicMythology, #music, #Szczecin, #tinnitus, #cooking, #baking, #photography…
New server, new #introduction post!
I love fibre crafts, #knitting, #weaving and spinning yarn from fleece. I'm starting #inkle weaving and do a little #sewing and wooden spoon #carving.
I live with my husband and a cat, Marie Curie. Originally #English, we immigrated to the US and naturalised as citizens. Living in the #Midwest.
Love #fountainpens and ink!
I have a black belt in #karate, and study kenpo at Tracy's Karate.
I also love puns. You have been warned.
Here's a new #introduction:
Hi from #Taiwan. I teach #English to children. By the time I see them, many are exhausted from a full day of public school. It's an interesting challenge.
The #teaching experience has piqued my curiosity about broader issues of #engagement, #receptivity, #attention, and #language. (1/2)
Help.
I need #English books to read to my daughter (9).
She suggests Famous Five but I would like something with a bit more modern "mindset" than the girls always helping in the kitchen and the boys in the barn.
Ideas?
Also, thanks for boosts as my bubble is German speaking.
I love the words that English borrowed from Arabic that have the definite article (= the) as part of the word: alcohol, algebra, alfalfa. Imagine if we had cohol, gebra, and falfa instead!
كحول
Hi this is Olga Brajnović #Journalist, #writer, and #poet of #Croatian background based in Pamplona, Spain. After a long carrier as a #reporter, I now write #poetry in #Spanish and #Flashfiction in #English and Croatian. Former professor of Journalistic writing in #fcomUNAV. Author of two #books. I'm interested in all about #communication and in the #poetic of ordinary things. #Sea and #Music lover,
#Journalism #literature #Poetry #Music #Introduction
Have you heard the "positive" "or anything," that's kind of a substitute for "and stuff"? For example, "As kids, we would play Monopoly, Scrabble, or anything."
If so, I'd love to hear where you live or where you heard it. I'm wondering if it's regional, age-related, or something else.
Thanks! h/t @jsit
It's National DNA Day!
I'm #adopted , so until I had my #DNA tested by 23andMe, AncestryDNA, & FTDNA, I had no idea who or what I was. My adopters told me I was French. Turns out, I'm #Basque , #Finnish , #Norwegian , a little #Irish , a little #English .
Do you know your ethnicity? I find the subject fascinating--prolly bc I was always denied my most fundamental truths re: ancestry & heritage. If you'd like to share, I'd love to hear your story. #NationalDNADay #adoption #AdopteeVoices
The Importance of Owning a Blog - Japan Powered
https://www.japanpowered.com/writing/the-importance-of-owning-a-blog
>If you write or consider writing a novel, you’ve likely ran against the idea of the platform.
#English #Anime #Manga #Writing #Blogging #Grammar #Publishing
Ever wonder about the phrase: "That's a real Heath-Robinson"? #English cartoonist & illustrator William Heath-Robinson is known for drawing whimsical inventions to achieve simple objectives.
In fact, he was so good at imagining overly complicated contraptions that his name entered the lexicon. In the early 20th-century, "That's a real Heath-Robinson," described anything with an unnecessarily elaborate design that performed a simple task in an eccentric manner.
Detailed historical map of England, 17th century. The map is titled as follows: "A New and Exact Mappe of England described formerly by Christofer Saxton, Extracted and reduced into this Form, ingraven, by W.Hollar, Bohemian in London. Anno 1644". The map also contains portraits of the Kings and Queens of England from King William I the Conqueror to King Charles I and their reign dates.
https://stellar-art.pixels.com/featured/historical-map-of-england-wenceslaus-hollar.html
#English: profit from vs. profit off vs. profit off of
https://www.suebutler.com.au/usage/2021/2/1/profit-from-profit-off-profit-off-of
The cats often hang out nearby when I do dishes, and I always wonder what they think I'm doing. They know the kitchen contains food. But since cats don't wash dishes or use dishes other than their bowls, and none of them know English as far as we know, I can't even discuss it with them.
A colleague is recruiting participants for a #linguistics experiment who are over 18 and comfortable enough with #English to take the survey.
"This research is looking at the way different people use language differently. We are mostly focused on how people perceive some sentences and sentence structures as more natural or easier to understand."
Please take the 10-20 minutes necessary to contribute if you feel so inclined: https://farm.pcibex.net/p/VrLmdf/
The #English #proverb "Don't shut the barn door after the horse has gone" is sometimes misinterpreted to mean all action / any action is futile — but it's about taking the right action at the right time: shutting the barn door after the horse is gone doesn't keep the horse in the barn.
It's effectively an admonition against security theatre & mindlessly following procedures.
Note it doesn't say you can't close the door while the horse is still there, or chase a loose horse. 😉
We all know that Americans can't spell a number of simple #English words but this is ridiculous.
:-)
#language #food #technobabble #jargon