#english
New entry on our website: "Lucky Luke in Desperado City | ACC #089"
https://astrocohors.club/2023/06/lucky-luke-in-desperado-city-acc-089/
#ASTROCOHORSCLUB #English #VideoSeries #ASTROCOHORSCLUB #LuckyLuke #TheFateOfTheFuture
After a night of drinking and a massive morning hangover:
Toad in the Hole, or Bubble and Squeak?
What say you, Anglophiles?
#British #food
#English
#Anglophile
Watch todays lesson on the most common Hebrew Idioms & Sayings!
Head to “Hebrew by Inbal”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P0rv95P70NQ
#hebrew #idioms #learnhebrew #sayings #jewish #english #mazeldon
Watch todays lesson on the most common Hebrew Idioms & Sayings!
Head to “Hebrew by Inbal”
#hebrew #idioms #learnhebrew #sayings #jewish #english
https://youtube.com/watch?v=P0rv95P70NQ&feature=share
Grass train tracks.....
【路上感撮】緑のじゅうたんの上をガタンゴトン 東急世田谷線 - 産経ニュース
https://www.sankei.com/article/20230523-VJFRJL3WQJPV3BDPQIJJDQ4NJU/
>半袖でも暑い陽気の中、駅までの道を急ぐ。線路には緑色のじゅうたんを敷いたように、スギナなどの草花がふわふわと茂っている。春から夏へ、季節の移り変わりを感じ、額…
#Japanese #English #日本語 #英語 #LearningEnglish
#LearningJapanese #日本語の勉強 #英語の勉強 #Japan #JapaneseCulture
Exploring Japan’s Historical Landmarks and Shrines in the Middle of Streets | Spoon & Tamago
https://www.spoon-tamago.com/japan-jijinto-shrines/
>If you've ever driven in Japan you may have come across an unfamiliar scene: a small shrine right in the middle of the road. Sometimes the road curves to one side to avoid the shrine and give it some space.
#Japanese #English #日本語 #英語 #LearningEnglish
#LearningJapanese #日本語の勉強 #英語の勉強 #Japan #JapaneseCulture
"Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinches." — English proverb — — — #Englishproverb #quote #quotes #individual #issues #problems #personal #proverb #English
And today's English translation of a Japanese sentence that's close to the Japanese but still valid English is:
「蛾（ガ）」とは、鱗翅目の昆虫のうち、チョウ類を除いたものの総称。
'Moth' is among the insects of type Lepidoptera, a generic term excluding things classified as butterflies.
I really want to definite article to The Moth but, I'm not sure a definition sentence technically needs. Anyone knows let me know.
#Japanese #English #日本語 #英語 #LearningEnglish
#LearningJapanese #日本語の勉強 #英語の勉強 #Japan #JapaneseCulture
I was searching for the meaning for 雀[すずめ]: Sparrow.
My Daijisen 大辞泉 dictionary says not to use the kanji, only the reading.
But my Jim Breen Dictionary datafile based dictionary does not indicate kana only (uk).
So knowledgeable Japanese language people how is it written generally.
#Japanese #English #日本語 #英語 #LearningEnglish
#LearningJapanese #日本語の勉強 #英語の勉強 #Japan #JapaneseCulture
#writever Dig up
"I can't communicate with this Poltergeist," said le spiritualist. "He was a caveman, we don't speak the same language. What you need is not a spiritualist, but an archaeologist, who will know where to look and dig up his remains for a proper burial."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStory / #SmallStories / #FlashFiction #english
A #review of the #book "An Admirable Point" by Florence Hazrat:
"The Art Of Exclamation Marks", The Spectator (https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-art-of-exclamation-marks/).
#English #Style #Punctuation #ExclamationMark #Exclamation #Bang #BookReview #Books #Language #Sticklers #Writing
دیشب من دلیر بودم. در رستوران به جای همبرگر و سیب زمینی سرخ شده پاستا خوردم.
Last night I was brave and ordered pasta instead of a hamburger and fries
Utau(うたう) -“to sing” / Japanese Word - JapanUp! magazine
https://japanupmagazine.com/archives/7535
>Learn Japanese word with us!
#Japanese #English #日本語 #英語 #LearningEnglish
#LearningJapanese #日本語の勉強 #英語の勉強 #Japan #JapaneseCulture
[LIVE] hatniX plays games
Nostalgia stream „Neverwinter Nights (EE)“ [DE/EN]
#streaming #gaming #linux #videogames #english #deutsch #hatclan
https://live.hatnix.net
https://archive.is/x67TQ#selection-721.0-721.49
This a fascinating article from the Economist (the link is strange because it's an archive to bypass the paywall).
I fully agree with it, and it has become my approach to teaching and using English these days.
TL;DR: No, it doesn't belong to Britain, even less to the US, it belongs to the entire world now.
"An oil bath ?"
"Yes," replied R42, so that I can ensure proper lubrication of all my moving parts."
"Warm?"
"It increases oil fluidity and thus enhances propagation throughout my structure."
"... In a *jacuzzi*?"
"I have determined that it helps to keep my brain busy while I must stay at rest. I do so by predicting in real time where the next bubbles will pop based on the previous ones."
#MicroPrompt #MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStory / #SmallStories / #FlashFiction #english
‘The billionaires have won’: #English #pubs forced to close after owners demand full rent for #lockdown -
#Publicans face #bankruptcy and #homelessness after losing their fight with #ToryDonors against #Covid19 rent back-payments
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/jun/03/the-billionaires-have-won-english-pubs-forced-to-close-after-owners-demand-full-rent-for-lockdown #ToryPoliciesInAction
Ascending a high mountain up to its snowy summit in Asia was in itself a topic worthy enough to write a book about it. When, in addition, once the snow was removed, the summit appeared to be a temple of clearly Mayan architecture, then evidently that meant a profitable viral, monetized, video.
#HebdoCubes #MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStory / #SmallStories / #FlashFiction #english
Now I am hungry。。。。
【行列店】パワフル母さんの手作り！街で愛される弁当店『every.特集』 - YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akcWfBZahAU
>地元の人たちの活力になるお弁当屋さん。工場での夜勤を終えた人たちのために、早朝5時から店を開ける、パワフル母さんのボリューム満点手作り弁当。割烹の技を取り入れた彩り豊かな和食弁当。そして三浦三崎に移住した夫婦の店では、品川の人気店が伝授したローストビーフサンド。通いたくなる店いろいろ見つけました。(2023年6月...
#Japanese #English #日本語 #英語 #LearningEnglish
#LearningJapanese #日本語の勉強 #英語の勉強 #Japan #JapaneseCulture
Only in Nara, cracker munching monsters :)
#Japanese #English #日本語 #英語 #LearningEnglish
#LearningJapanese #日本語の勉強 #英語の勉強 #Japan #JapaneseCulture #Duolingo #DuolingoJapanese
#writever Parietal
"Did you know that werewolves practice parietal art?"
"Let me guess... They crush your parietal bone artfully?"
"Er... No, they paint hunting scenes on cave walls with their paws -- using two colors, of course."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStory / #SmallStories / #FlashFiction #english
It's kinda #ironic that I get foreigners to want to learn #Portuguese at the same time that fellow #Brazilians complain I use so much #English I forgot how to speak Portuguese.
New entry on our website: "Hulk Hogan’s Forgotten Film (McCinsey’s Island) (Movie Nights) (ft. Phelous & FilmBrain ) | Allison Pregler"
#English #VideoSeries #AllisonPregler #FilmBrain #PhelanPorteous
オーストリアの性教育絵本 日本語版「わたしのからだ、だいすき リナのぼうけん」初のオンライン読書会を6/22(木)・6/24(土)開催！｜株式会社ボディポジティブのプレスリリース
https://www.atpress.ne.jp/news/357047
>株式会社ボディポジティブ(所在地：東京都新宿区、代表取締役：赤羽美咲(タリカ))は、オーストリアの性教育絵本『わたしのからだ、だいすき リナのぼうけん』日本語版について、代表の赤羽タリカがファシリテー…
#Japanese #English #日本語 #英語 #LearningEnglish
#LearningJapanese #日本語の勉強 #英語の勉強 #Japan #JapaneseCulture #絵本 #子供
New entry on our website: "LEGO: Eurovision – All Winners (1956-2021)"
https://astrocohors.club/2023/06/lego-eurovision-all-winners-1956-2021/
#Deutsch #English #Franais #Hindi #Japanese #Korean #Portugus #VideoSeries #EurovisionSongContest
New entry on our website: "Debunking Laughable Flat Earth Logic – SciManDan & Creaky Blinder"
https://astrocohors.club/2023/06/debunking-laughable-flat-earth-logic-scimandan-creaky-blinder/
My #English language headcanon is that the reason we use the originally plural pronoun "you" for the singular 2nd person as well is that...
...a couple centuries ago, all English-speaking people suddenly were multiple personalities. And now we've forgotten.
Wer kam eigentlich auf die dämliche Idee, diese Crossbags alternativ "Bodybags" zu nennen? Ein body bag ist ein Leichensack, liebe Leute. 🙄
you look at this bad boy and tell me it ain't cool af
«...the city of #CôteStLuc made it clear just how seriously it takes the #Legault government’s latest linguistic reality.
“For service in English, press 2,” says a recorded voice that answers the municipality’s general information number. “And by the way, you don’t need to show us your Grade 3 report card or your family tree going back 10 generations. And you don’t have to pinky promise anything.»
#qcpoli #CSL #CAQ #CAQa #Bill96 #Language #English #French #Anglophobe
Sorry to say, apologizing in Japanese isn't always such a big deal | The Japan Times
https://www.japantimes.co.jp/life/2023/06/02/language/sorry-say-apologizing-japanese-isnt-always-big-deal/
>From bumping into a stranger to making amends for a past wrong, it's important to know how to apologize in Japanese.
#Japanese #English #日本語 #英語 #LearningEnglish
#LearningJapanese #日本語の勉強 #英語の勉強 #Japan #JapaneseCulture
I started a Friday night podcast. Here, I bust myths about #teaching #English in #Japan. Please listen and follow if that’s your thing.
https://podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/the-free-talk-staffroom/id1687709307?i=1000615401886
Canto Alla Vita - Italian/English duet version featuring Josh Groban and The Corrs
Time To Say Goodbye (Con Te Partiro) - Italian/English duet version featuring Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman
#JukeboxFridayNight #TheSignsTheyAreAChangin #Bilingual
#TimeToSayGoodbye #AndreaBocelli #SarahBrightman #Italian #English
#writever Remains
"Will you look at that! This city is magnificent!"
"It's a ruin."
"Are you kidding? It's a shiny, vibrant city full of life!"
"Reminder: I am a long term precog. You are seeing a short moment of this city's history. I am seeing its remains."
#MicroFiction #TootFic #SmallStory / #SmallStories / #FlashFiction #english
What Are the Different Levels of Politeness in Japanese?
https://blog.duolingo.com/japanese-politeness-formal-language/
>Won't you read more about politeness in Japanese—pretty, pretty please?
#Japanese #English #日本語 #英語 #LearningEnglish
#LearningJapanese #日本語の勉強 #英語の勉強 #Japan #JapaneseCulture
[LIVE] hatniX plays games
Flipping Trucks „SnowRunner“ [DE/EN]
#streaming #gaming #linux #videogames #english #deutsch #hatclan
https://live.hatnix.net
Yesterday I attended the seminar "From Mother Tongue to Other Tongue", where Jayasree Kalathil spoke about the challenges in #translation from #Malayalam to #English while keeping in mind her own privileges, #translating a different culture without simplifying it, and not pandering to the mythical "english reader". It was the best thing I've stumbled onto through #EventBrite so far, and it's awesome that it is now available on #YouTube, so you can give it a listen, too!
https://youtube.com/watch?v=NgUGkEp6JMs
From the description: "As migrants, we are ‘selves in translation,’ or as translator Madhu Kaza puts it, selves living ‘in the silence between languages.’ Thinking about the question of translatability and of the racial, gendered, casteist and classist nature of languages have a direct impact on how we engage in translation. What does it mean to render the diversity and idiosyncrasy of a language into English, a language with a long history of colonialism and erasure of cultures and identities? How does one negotiate the conflicting demands for foreignization or domestication, or the calls to italicize otherness? How do we work towards translations that embody difference, otherness, unease?"
#TIL: "weekend verbs". :) #english #linguistics #semantics #typology [from "English verb classes and alternations" by Beth Levin, https://katalogplus.uni-muenster.de/permalink/49HBZ_ULM/1orud0a/alma991044936752906449]
Lynne Murphy on translating dialectal place names—or not.
#language #LynneMurphy #English #book #AmericanEnglish #BritishEnglish @bookstodon
So… I’m British and I call dry cat food, “cat biscuits”.
Americans call it “kibble” which I assumed was derived from a brand name (like Kleenex) but apparently it comes from Middle English! 😳
[LIVE] hatniX plays games
Nostalgia stream „Neverwinter Nights (EE)“ [DE/EN]
#streaming #gaming #linux #videogames #english #deutsch #hatclan
https://live.hatnix.net
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"
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
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 :)
@Teri_Kanefield. Delighted to see the #English major/master's shout-out! #litstudies
#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
#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
[LIVE] hatniX plays games
Release Hype „Miasma Chronicles“ [DE/EN]
#streaming #gaming #linux #videogames #english #deutsch #hatclan
https://live.hatnix.netEgui: 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
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
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.
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. 😉