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Marcos Dione<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.online/@NatureMC" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>NatureMC</span></a></span> I foumd that knowing French (which is probably the most different bezidesmRomajian) and another latin language (Spanish in my case) helps at least reading all the others (except Romanian, sorry). The other day I comnected Català's "amb" ("with") with Spanish's "también" ("also").</p><p><a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languages</span></a></p>
Petra van Cronenburg<p>I just read a post that was confusing to me: I thought, why are there so many strange spellings? A French dialect that I didn't know yet? The search engine said: it's Catalan. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_language#History" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Catalan_</span><span class="invisible">language#History</span></a> </p><p>And now I either need a coffee or a thank you to my etymological brain centre, which deciphered and understood a few things. :blobcatcoffee: <br><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Languages</span></a> are fascinating!</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a></p>
celtgreeklatin<p>How many languages do you think in? <br>Me - 3. </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/linguistique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>linguistique</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bilingual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>bilingual</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/multilingual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>multilingual</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/poll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poll</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languages</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/langues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>langues</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>education</span></a></p>
The Language Garage<p>J’entends les grillons. I hear crickets. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/French" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>French</span></a> vocabulary for <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/summer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>summer</span></a>. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/LearnFrench" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearnFrench</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Languages</span></a>. Click to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/learn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>learn</span></a> more: <a href="https://thelanguagegarage.com/summer-in-french/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thelanguagegarage.com/summer-i</span><span class="invisible">n-french/</span></a></p>
ChasMusic (he/him)<p>Just passed 4,300 tracks in my Infectious Multilingual playlist. Eclectic feel-good music in dozens of languages.</p><p><a href="https://music.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLLdlgvDfBTAJb2Jx86sRBuOQqh-mcJN0y" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">music.youtube.com/playlist?lis</span><span class="invisible">t=PLLdlgvDfBTAJb2Jx86sRBuOQqh-mcJN0y</span></a></p><p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/music" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>music</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/languagelovers" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">@<span>languagelovers</span></a></span> </p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>music</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/SelfCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SelfCare</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languages</span></a></p>
JiKo<p>When do you turn on subtitles while watching on your TV or portable device?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Polls" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Polls</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/SubTitles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SubTitles</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Captions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Captions</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Languages</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Movies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Movies</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TVshows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TVshows</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Films" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Films</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TVseries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TVseries</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Survey" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Survey</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/TVdramas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TVdramas</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Poll" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Poll</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Video" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Video</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VOD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VOD</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Streaming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Streaming</span></a></p>
Linguist Gone Foreign 🌏<p>What about you? What is your superpower? 🤪 </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Comic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Comic</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Languages</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ThrowbackThursday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ThrowbackThursday</span></a></p>
Florian<p><a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languages</span></a> can be so much fun if you really start thinking about common idoms and how much context they sometimes require. </p><p>Dutch: "je bent een lekker ding"<br>fellow Dutch: "they just called me hot"<br>Foreigner: "...did you just call me a tasty thing? The f*ck is wrong with you?" </p><p><a href="https://cupoftea.social/tags/showerthoughts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>showerthoughts</span></a></p>
INBELLA<p>Mila Kunis’s Surprising Language Journey <a href="https://www.inbella.com/1154022/mila-kuniss-surprising-language-journey/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">inbella.com/1154022/mila-kunis</span><span class="invisible">s-surprising-language-journey/</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/FemaleCelebrities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FemaleCelebrities</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/ForeignLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForeignLanguages</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/HowToLearnALanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HowToLearnALanguage</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/LanguageLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LanguageLearning</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languages</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/LearnALanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearnALanguage</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/LearnANewLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearnANewLanguage</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/LearnLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LearnLanguages</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/MilaKunis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>MilaKunis</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/OllyRichards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OllyRichards</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Polyglot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Polyglot</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/stories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>stories</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/storylearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>storylearning</span></a></p>
Jessie (they/she) 🍓 🏳️‍⚧️ 🍉<p>Does anyone know of some sort of active community of language exchange for queer english speakin folks who are learning spanish? Im in a community rn which is awesome, but my experiences there are mixed with me being trans 😭 <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languages</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lgbt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lgbt</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>lgbtq</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trans</span></a></p>
Jonathan Emmesedi<p>VIVIZ</p><p>SinB, Umji, and Eunha show us that Korean is an SOV (Subject-Object-Verb) language.</p><p><a href="https://c.im/tags/Kpop" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Kpop</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/VIVIZ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>VIVIZ</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Korean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Korean</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Languages</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/KpopPix" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>KpopPix</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/LinguisticTypology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LinguisticTypology</span></a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/WordOrder" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WordOrder</span></a></p>
Explorers Wanted<p>This week's Player Intrusion comes from Alex who recommends our listeners play <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/NounTown" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NounTown</span></a>!</p><p><a href="https://noun.town" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">noun.town</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> </p><p><a href="https://dice.camp/tags/videogames" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>videogames</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languages</span></a> <a href="https://dice.camp/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>learning</span></a></p>
Marcos Dione<p>Yay, my Italian (4th language I speak) is good enough to help a newcomer to <a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/OpenStreetMap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>OpenStreetMap</span></a> \o/</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.uno/@emmecola/114858033891929351" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.uno/@emmecola/1148580</span><span class="invisible">33891929351</span></a></p><p><a href="https://en.osm.town/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languages</span></a></p>
Xab<p>A thought I've been having for a while:</p><p>If the Italian-speaking Fediverse keeps getting quieter, maybe it would make sense to start posting only in English or Spanish in the future?</p><p>I think other linguistic minorities can understand me on this:</p><p>it would be a shame, but I imagine these are considerations that often happen on the web 🤔</p><p><a href="https://social.andreacorinti.com/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fediverse</span></a><br><a href="https://social.andreacorinti.com/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Languages</span></a></p>
AnneArchy Anne<p>Looking for opinions on independent language learning tools (apps, programs, etc). Anyone have thoughts, recommendations, words to the wise?</p><p><a href="https://glammr.us/tags/Languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Languages</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/LanguageLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LanguageLearning</span></a> <a href="https://glammr.us/tags/FediRecommends" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>FediRecommends</span></a></p>
Programming Quotes<p>If there is a feature of a language that is sometimes problematic, and if it can be replaced with another feature that is more reliable, then always use the more reliable feature.</p><p> — Douglas Crockford</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languages</span></a></p>
celtgreeklatin<p>"Ancient Greeks were Europeans" sounds like an anecdote. 🫢 </p><p>Credit: see ALT</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>europe</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/dna" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>dna</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/genetics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>genetics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languages</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/culture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>culture</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anceintgreece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>anceintgreece</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/greece" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>greece</span></a></p>
Tombe la pluie - Theespookje<p>I wish I was reliably working on writing and reading and translating so that I could make a substack or something similar <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/substack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>substack</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/photographer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>photographer</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poetry</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/poet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>poet</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languages</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>art</span></a> <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/support" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>support</span></a></p>
Neil<p>Any opinions on language learning tools, dear <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fediverse" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fediverse</span></a> ?</p><p>I know about <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/duolingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>duolingo</span></a> , but are there good alternatives? Is there a reason not to use Duolingo?</p><p>Specifically: to (try to) learn basic Hungarian as a native German and English speaker.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languages</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/languagelearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languagelearning</span></a></p><p>Retoots helpful and welcome!</p><p>Edit: thanks for all the helpful replies!</p>
Programming Quotes<p>JavaScript is the only language that I'm aware of that people feel they don't need to learn before they start using it.</p><p> — Douglas Crockford</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/javascript" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>javascript</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>languages</span></a></p>
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