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Hello people of tumblr,
I have been working on a project to fix the English language. This includes making every vowel make only one sound, removing unnecessary letters, and adding new grammatical symbols. The goal is to make English a phonetic language that is easy for immigrants and people with dyslexia to learn! If you would like to participate in this experiment, click here https://discord.gg/AAmmyH5j
I am but a humble highschool linguist, but I would appreciate your support :)
The ironic thing about cursive to me is that formed it naturally as a way for people to be able to write things quicker by not having to lift up their pen, but I feel like when I was growing up, cursive was treated as this big fancy thing that only the adults and rich people know and you can only have have extremely good penmanship in order to have proper cursive. That’s why it was super hard for us to learn it and we all wrote extremely slow and meticulously so that our teacher would give us our stamp in our textbook so we could go play uno with our friends and be other with it for the rest of class.
There's a reason why 90% of the people I know chose to stick to print script.
Top 10 Reasons to know Sign Langauge:
1. You can communicate through windows 2. Sign language is a 3-D Language 3. You can sign with your mouth full 4. Hearing parents can communicate with their Deaf child 5. You can sign underwater 6. Sign Language is a neat way to express yourself 7. You can communicate across a room or via mirror without shouting 8. Sign language is beautiful 9. You can make friends with Deaf people 10. Sign language brings together Hearing & Deaf people
Turkey
So, I noticed a little translation thingy with the word for Turkey in German:
Well, that middle word might seem familiar! The word "Pute" is really similar to alot of "fun" words in other languages. Either spelled or sounds similar.
Even similar to, but not completely as close to
Which brings us to This!
Disclaimer: I'm in no way an expert, but I am just a simple Goof who noticed a mildly funny thingy!
Everyone is for a descriptive approach to language rather than a prescriptive one, until there is the slightest disagreement abot the meaning of queerbaiting. At that point, you'll have the smuggiest people in earth acting like the meaning has been uncontroversially established through decades of academic consensus, and any dissent is tantamount to denying Gravity.
I'll be learning German and then my dumbass will misspell "Schauspielerin" in the most horrendous ways. Why the German word for actress gotta be so long man
I'm learning German and this post is not only hilarious, but has taught me the word for "death"
what is the best word for death in any language and why is it the german translation
I've had a dumb thought, perhaps the dumbest yet: the night is dark, and when we think of dark (or at least when I do) we think of the color black, soo that leaves me wondering if there are any examples in languages where "black" and "night" have a similar origin or shared ancestry
Hawk X Reader
Warnings? Language and fighting! Spoiler for season three last episode!
Final Strike
You would be lying if you said everything with Cobra Kai, Miyagi Do, and Eagle Fang wasn’t hectic. Robby joining Cobra Kai, Hawk coming back on the good side which was a good thing considering you finally had your Eli back.
Though he may be in the form of Hawk, he was still your Eli before karate. It was just another normal hot and sweaty day in Encino LA, training you did not want to do but it was very much needed seeing as the all valley tournament was coming up in less than a couple months.
You needed all the training you could get seeing as you were going to have to go up against Cobra Kai. Krease was teaching them how to kill and strike where it hurts, not karate.
Grabbing your gym back full of extra clothes, and a couple water bottle's you head for your front door getting ready to walk to Miyagi DoJo where, Johnny and Daniel finally came together. Combining both Eagle Fang and Miyagi Do together.
You wondered how it was going to work, both Daniel and Johnny had different karate styles but you knew they would come through eventually. Well they would have to if you guys wanted to show Cobra Kai who the bosses were and win the all valley tournament.
Closing the front door you make your way down the steps of your porch walking on the sidewalk. Suddenly your phone buzzes signaling you got a message.
Grabbing your phone out of your bag you look at your Home Screen to see a text from none other than your beautiful boyfriend Eli.
Which read 'hey love, what time are you coming to the DoJo' even though he called you nicknames through texts you still couldn’t help the fluttering feeling in your chest and stomach.
You were about to reply before a black jeep comes flying with blaring music your way, it slams on breaks preventing you from the walking or going around.
Putting your phone in your bag you look up furrowing your brows as to what was going on. Soon you see Tory, Kyler, and the other gang of Cobra's open the doors and rush out slamming the doors back shut. The one person you didn’t see was Robby which confused you but you were sure you were going to have to fight so that was the least of your worry’s as of now.
"Hey b*tch, where do you think you’re going~" Tory says smirking as they all swarm you in a circle.
"None of your business" you say back, cursing yourself for your back talking....in a way.
She laughs evilly "oh, I know where you’re off to. With those little, Eagle fangs and Miyagi do quitters" she says walking closer.
"Well we’re going to give Hawk something to remember for turning on us" She says before right hooking you.
That was the final strike for you, you were going to give her a taste of what she gave to Sam. You run towards Tory pushing her against the jeep, breaking the little circle they created around you slamming her back into the truck creating a noticeable dent on the side.
Turning you around Tory throws you to the ground kicking your sides, as do the others. You put all of the pain aside in using your feet kicking it under Tory's causing her to fall.
Rushing back up while all the other Cobras help Tory up you get in a fighting stance.
"You’re dead b*tch" She yells as launches for you pushing you into a tree causing you to groan arching your back from the pain.
Giving up you throw her on the ground once more as your body slides down the tree on it’s on, tired. Tory gets up with a groan, "pathetic" she says as she rolls up her sleeves "goodnight" she smirks as she punches you in the face one last time causing your head to hit the tree.
Falling to the side your vision becomes blurry "come on, we’re done here" Tory says to the other Cobras before loading up the jeep and driving off.
Groaning you roll over on your back, trying to get your vision back to normal. You stay there for a few minutes, your whole body sore. Deciding you should finally make your way to Miyagi do you slowly get up.
Feeling a pain rush through your back "that’s definitely leaving a mark" you say to your self as you limp over to your back bending over to pick it up.
Definitely not the kind of limp you wanted, you keep walking down the side walk. Probably getting side glances from people while doing so.
The walk to Miyagi do was only a couple minutes but it felt like hours. Opening the gates you see both Johnny, and Daniel training their classes together.
Eli’s the first to notice you, as you drop your bag off to the side "Y/n!" He calls out, running to your side catching everyone’s attention causing them to gasp.
"I’m fine" you say as Hawk comes up to you grabbing your hands as you almost fall, feeling your head spinning around in circles.
"Obviously you are not" He apposes as he helps you to a chair sitting toy down, going to grab you a water.
"Y/n? What happened?" Daniel asks worriedly.
"Oh nothing, just Cobras being cobras" you say hissing as your back cracks in places you never knew could crack.
"Wait was Robby in on it?" Johnny asks coming closer.
"No, he wasn’t there. Doubt he knew" you respond bluntly as Eli rushes back out handing you a water bottle.
"What happened?" He asks sharply.
"Cobra Kai happened" Daniel responds to Eli so you don’t have to, noticing your look of pain.
A twist of anger contorts on Hawks face "I’m going to kill them" he says gritting his teeth as he gets up staring for the gate.
"No Eli" You call out for him rushing towards him, ignoring the screaming pain.
"Please don’t" you say stopping him.
"I just want you to stay here with me please" you plead as he turns around, all that anger gone now as his face softens up.
"I-I’m sorry, they just- I- they can’t just hurt you like that and expect to get away with it" He mumbles looking down as you walk over to him pulling him into a much needed hug.
"I know, but there’s nothing we can do right now" You mumble into his chest as his scent hits your sense of smell to which you smile at.
He walks you over to the chair sitting down, pulling you in his lap running his hands through your hair. "I love you Y/n, and I’m sorry I wasn’t there. It’s my fault" he says guiltily.
"Hey, no it’s not you didn’t know, I didn’t know" you say grabbing a hold of his cheek and placing a small gentle kiss upon his beautiful silky lips.
No matter how many times you do that his cheeks will always turn a shade of red.
"I’m sorry this happened Y/n" Daniel says walking up to you.
"It’s okay Sensei LaRusso, Sensei Lawrence it wasn’t either of your faults" You say going to stand up, but Eli stops you not wanting you to hurt yourself anymore. Giving you puppy eyes as to say be careful you smile.
"It’s okay Eli, I’m okay" you say causing him to release you so you could make your way to Daniel.
Once you do Daniel enguffles you in a tight warming hug, causing you to let out a surprising Yelp only before hugging back.
"I’m sorry to Y/n" You hear Johnny say after a long silence.
Pulling away from the hug with Daniel you limp over to Johnny pulling him into a hug catching him off guard only to smile softly and hug you back slowly.
"It’s okay Sensei, it wasn’t your fault" You reply giving Johnny a sense of relief.
"Now give me my girlfriend" Hawk says sternly causing the whole class including Daniel and Johnny to burst into laughter.
"I’m coming, I’m coming" you joke as you pull away from the hug limping over to Eli.
"Grandma" Johnny jokes trying to lift up the tension more.
It worked.
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Thank you @rosiahills22 for requesting! I hope you enjoyed!
Does any comrade can tell my how do I FUCKING CHANGE THE LANGUAGE OF THE TUMBLER?
This time I'm doing "Dear theodosia" or in German "Oh Theodosia" once again, no Cast recording available yet, so I used a totally "legal" recording from YouTube
Literal Translation
Contextual Translation
"so ein" Letters that are left out while singing
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Oh Theodosia, hey du kleines Ding.
Oh Theodosia, hey you little thing
Du hast meinen Blick,
You have my sight,
You have my eyes
Den Namen deiner Mum
The name your mom
The name of your mom
Ich bekam dich in den Arm,
I got you in the arm
I held you in my arms
Du schliefst und mein Herz war hinüber
You slept and my heart was over
You slept and my heart melted
Ich will mit dir all meine Zeit verbringen.
I want with you all my time spend.
I want to spend all of my time with you.
Dieses Gefühl was du in mir entfachst,
This feeling that you in me ignite
This feeling that you ignite within me
Wenn du lachst
When you laugh
Du haust mich um vom ersten Tag
You punch me over from first day
You amaze me since the first day
Und ich hielte mich für so smart
And I held me for so smart
And I thought I was so smart
Du fängst dich, wie dein Land, gerade an zu regen
You start you, like your country, currently on to stir
You, like your country, are starting to stir
Fangt ihr zu laufen an,
Start you to run on
When you'll start running around
passen wir auf und dann,
pass we on and then
We'll watch out and then
Wird was wir heute in eure Wiegen legen
Will what we today in your cribs lay
What we lay into your cribs today will be
Das was euch weiter trägt, auf eurem weiten Weg
That what you continuously carry on your long way
That which will carry you further on your long way
Oh du haust uns alle um
Oh you hit us all over
Oh you will blow us all away
Schon bald, schon bald.
Already soon, already soon.
Soon already, soon already.
Oh du haust uns alle um
Oh you hit us all over
Oh you will blow us all away
Schon bald, schon bald
Already soon, already soon
Soon already, soon already
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Oh Philipp wie du lachst, der schönste Ton, mein Sohn.
Oh Phillip how you laugh, the prettiest sound, my son.
Oh Phillip your laughter is the most beautiful noise, my son.
Das ist mein Sohn
That is my son
That's my son
Stolz ist nicht das Wort an das ich denke
Pride is not the word at that I think
Pride is not the word I'm thinking of
Du bist ein Geschenk und noch viel mehr
You are one present and still much more
You're a present and so much more
Oh Philipp, das ist wie eine Explosion, mein Sohn.
Oh Phillip, that is how one explosion, my son.
Oh Phillip, it's like an explosion, my son.
Du haust mich um, von dem ersten Tag
You hit me over, from the first day
You've blown me away, since the first day
Und ich hielt mich für so smart
And I held me for so smart
And I thought I was so smart
Mein Vater war niemals da
My father was never there
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Mein Vater war niemals da
My father was never there
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Ich schwöre ich bin immer da für dich
I swear I be always there for you
I swear I'll always be there for you
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Ich lasse dich niemals alleine
I let you never alone
I'll never leave you
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Du musst mir manchmal verzeihen
You must me sometimes forgive
You'll need to forgive me sometimes
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Doch ich mache jeden Traum wahr für dich
But I make every dream true for you
But I'll make every dream come true for you
Du fängst dich, wie dein Land, gerade an zu regen
You start you, like your country, currently on to stir
You, like your country, are starting to stir
Fangt ihr zu laufen an,
Start you to run on
When you'll start running around
passen wir auf und dann,
pass we on and then
We'll watch out and then
Wird was wir heute in eure Wiegen legen
Will what we today in your cribs lay
What we lay into your cribs today will be
Das was euch weiter trägt, auf eurem weiten Weg
That what you continuously carry on your long way
That which will carry you further on your long way
Oh du haust uns alle um
Oh you hit us all over
Oh you will blow us all away
Schon bald, schon bald
Soon already, soon already
Already soon, already soon
Oh du haust uns alle um
Oh you hit us all over
Oh you will blow us all away
Schon bald, schon bald
Soon already, soon already
Already soon, already soon
you gotta be able to say "die"
you gotta be able to say "suicide"
you gotta be able to talk about "sex"
they're uncomfortable topics, YEAH for SURE
because LIFE is uncomfortable. Death and suicide and sex and pain are straight up going to happen. not having words for the way it discomforts you doesn't make it more comfortable, it just makes you less able to reach out about it.
even more vital, you gotta be able to say words like "rape", "abuse", "queer" or "racist". cause we fought fucking hard to name those experiences. to identify "rape" as distinct from "sex" and "racism" as distinct from "acceptable behaviour" and "queer" as distinct from "invert"
like the function of communication is not to minimise immediate discomfort. we gotta be able to talk about stuff that's hard or sucks or causes difficult conversations.
Martrakoji
BEHOLD! MARTRA’S ALPHABET. Geez, it is so hard to find the sounds in English 😭 if you speak some Latino language it is easier to understand!
Consonants
B, D, F, G, H, J, K, L, M, N, P, R, S, T, V, W, X, Y, Z, SH
W sounds like a vowel (u), but it can’t be matched with another consonant (like vowels do), and for this reason it’s a consonant.
Vowels
The vowels are A E I O U. Like in Portuguese, they have accents depending on the word.
For example, Bravá(place). Without acute accent (loud and strong), the stressed syllable would be BRA (BRA-va), but the accent turns VÁ into the stressed one (bra-VÁ).
Same with circumflex accent(low and deep?). Lânu(plural of it), LÂ-nu, without accent would be la-NU. The difference is small, but it exists. Try “calling/screaming” the word with emphasis in the stressed syllable. Like, LAAAAAAnu. LaNUUUUUU. U get it?
bra-VÁ, not BRA-va.
LÂ-nu, not la-NU.
u-TÉ(nine), not U-te.
Ê-nu(they/male), not e-NU.
Í-nan(we), not i-NAN.
Î isn’t used.
Ó isn’t used.
o-ye-TÔ(desert), not o-YE-to.
mo-Ú-li(rude), not MOU-li.
Û isn’t used.
How strong a syllable normally is?
I tried to understand my own logic, but I can’t explain it 😭😭
I just know that having M and N in the end makes the syllable stressed.
o-VEN(soon,early)
wa-NAM(double)
Also, sometimes Y makes the syllable stressed.
zi-YE (musician). Short word, stressed.
sha-yu-DE-fe (sea port). Long word, non-stressed.
yo-RAN (resignation). N/M syllables are stronger than Y.
Maivtre,
lukai ínan. Sov panemo vonako fare.
Translated from Martrakoji (my fictional language), it means: “Maivtre, protect us. Don’t bring your wrath.”
As said in some posts ago, Maivtre is the goddess and queen of Martra. “Maivtre” isn’t exactly a name, but a title passed down generation.
The current Maivtre isn’t on her sanest moment of her life, lol. It’s not entirely her fault, tho…
The style was inspired by @astrono77153462, I don’t know what social media cuz I found their drawings on Pinterest.
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"Speak of the wolf and the wolf is (coming) into the house" (Про вовка промовка а вовк і в хату) This is literally the "Speak of the devil" but with with a wolf. People don`t even use the second part about the house. They just say: "Speak of the wolf". Perhaps comes from long gone supestitions of not mentioning dangerous animals as if to not "manifest" them coming to you. Its literally the reason the original word for Bear is lost. People genuinely were afraid to call the dangerous beast by it`s name, replacing it will nicknames.
There is a saying in Ukrainian: "Tell an idiot to pray and he`s gonna smash his head" (Скажи дурню молитися і він голову розіб'є). Sometimes you can just say the firs half since everyone already know the second one. It comes. Context is It comes from the tradition of bowing/kneeling during prayer. And it can have two meanings:
No matter how easy, simple or straightforward the task is, a stupid person will still find a way to screw it up...somehow. Kinda like the phraze "You had ONE job, dude!"
No matter how healthy, constructive, well-intentioned, moral, wize, demure or logical the idea/cause/midset, an idiot will still find a way to either: a) completely misunderstand/distort it/miss the entire point....and screw it up, or b) go copletely overboard with no measure....and screw it up
This isn`t even related to anything specific in my life or on the internet, i just REALLY REALLY wanted to share some cool sayings/idioms from my language. Maybe language and folklore nerds will like it. Maybe writers and worldbuilders will get some cool inspiration for the way characters speak. Maybe i will just spread the good will of funny shit in my language and culture. I will post some more of these
This is not a god-emperor.
This is a god whose name is "Emperor."
Long-dead, he was the last ruler of a once-powerful empire whose cultural influence outlasted it.
Was he deified in his lifetime? We no longer know. But he is deified now.
While his memory lives on, his true name has been lost. At some point, the word "emperor" ceased to have meaning except when referring to him, therefore his name is now Emperor.
I’m working on a fictional continent that would take place on our Earth.
It’s located right above Antarctica and southwest of Australia.
I’m still working on the names for the continent and the countries within it.
I’ve also created 3 alphabets that would be used in these countries. I’m still working on the symbols/letters for them, but I do have the sound chart for each letter, along with an English adaptation of each letter.
If anyone wants to try writing/speaking these, please, I want to see if these alphabets will work or if I need to make adjustments.
Pst btw if you've ever wanted to use / look at / make handwriting headcanons about Chinese calligraphy, this site allows you to search a character and then pulls up an image list of that character in tons of famous calligraphers' styles!!
It's also organized by different script styles (standard, seal, semi-cursive, cursive) for different uses!
If you click on the blue names under the pictures, the site pulls up a list of every character it has indexed as written by that particular calligrapher too, so very helpful to find individual styles : )
You all DO NOT fucking understand.
A “what did I do-o-o-o 😭😭😭 I'm just a little guy, I'm apolitical, what do you want from me-e-e-e 😭😭😭😭” russian is not a “good” russian. It is a product of russian propaganda they've got going on inside the country. It is what they've been brainwashed to think like. Their government feeds them contradicting lies and punishes for speaking up, so they sit quietly, not even wanting to learn about Kursk.
They went on a protest when there was no electricity due to infrastructure damage. They went on a protest abroad when a russian nazi singer got blocked on Spotify. Why don't they protest the war while living in Britain? Why do they either not give a fuck or attack Ukrainians abroad? It is THEIR choice to see Chechnya, Georgia, Ukraine, Syria and then ploof on their backs receive belly scratches that Western folk happily provides.
They don't engage, then visit Crimea in the summer and run in complete bewilderment with tears on their faces when there's a bomb. What war? They're apolitical, guys. How could you? What did they do? Of coooourse they can call a Ukrainian a cowshed animal and still be apolitical (in russian of course, so you, their western friend, don't think bad of them). They can mock any language that got trapped under the empire however they please and not notice any oppressive undertones. You all did not hear what they think about Belarussian or Ukrainian — NOT when they're confronted, but when they speak in their space and in their language.
Image 1, “Dead languages of russia”
Image 2, “Guess why the fuck there are so many nationalities in ruzzian empire and why is that their culture is being erased. A bonus question: by whom? An extra hard question: do ordinary russians think that these people have the same social status as them? Do they think that some nationalities are subhuman?”
Of course they call for “peace”, because, you see, war is bad, because fuck the war! — because it's a surface-area nice thing they can say to get friends, because they're too “pure” to follow up with “they should give up so the killings stop giving me a bad reputation and I DO NOT GIVE A SINGLE SHIT about death when it's not on my Twitter feed”.
I know what a Westerner would think about this. At the very, very best, literally peak compassion I've met maybe twice, it would be: “Damn this is xenophobic, but I bet they're going through a lot right now, so I won't tell them that they're wrong”. And the funny thing is that I am not wrong. They're just nice to you, because your nation is not the funny one that belongs in the stables. If they're an opposition, they just want a better russia, not a free Ukraine.
And I'm talking about “leftists” here (not sure if it's the correct term, like, politically), the ones being befriended and cherished online. Shit the openly genocidal ones produce, which are many, is far beyond Western comprehension.
I was scrolling Instagram Reels and everything was fine, until I saw a video of a Ukrainian girl dubbing anime.
Honestly, I forgot what a pleasure is communication with not all Russians
She’s a cool girl but why she doesn’t speak Russian?
Well, I don’t know. Because other languages exist? Oh, wait
And now write in a human language
Explanation: a human language is any other language that is not Ukrainian, cause you know, Ukrainian language is an animal language
The Ukrainian language is a rural Russian. That’s why a lot of people find it funny. We haven’t been to the village, haven’t heard «бурак» (a twisted Ukrainian word for beetroot) and «кавун» (a Ukrainian word for watermelon).
The good old Russian belief that Ukrainian is a language of uneducated people from the countryside
South Slavic forms of Russian are quite similar to each other, do you also laugh at Serbian language or South Western Czech language?
It seems this person was trying to talk some sense into the previous user but South Western Czech is a South Slavic form of Russian????
Actually, no politics or something, but Ukrainian sounds somehow, I don’t know, like a rural language
A few moments later
500k dead pigs. It’s not enough, we need more
What did happened to ‘no politics’?
It’s common for Russians to call Ukrainians pigs, by the way
The most useless dubbing
It’s useless because it’s Ukrainian. Nothing new
Who might find the rural language, which only makes you laugh and smile, useful? You, even the Ukrainians themselves, don’t speak it
There are only two types of Russians: who thinks that no people speak Ukrainian in Ukraine, and who thinks that evil people who speak Ukrainian violate rights of Russian speakers in Ukraine
Weird, I’m so accustomed to reading such comments for all these years that I don’t have any emotional response to the insults.
So like, which hermit would you headcannon to know a ton of languages or what unexpected languages do you think some could speak?
Like one day scar just starts angrily ranting in French, or that time wels started roasting people in Japanese, maybe mumbo ordered chicken wings in Russian, or sometimes joe just tiredly mumbles random things in Icelandic. What weird things would this even bring?
Even better, where do you think they learned it?
Random linguistic worldbuilding: A language with six sets of pronouns, which are set by one's current state of existence. There's a separate pronoun for people who are alive, people who are dead, and potential future people who are yet to be born, and the ambiguous ones of "may or may not be alive or aleady dead", "may or may not have even been born yet", and the ultimate general/ambiguous all-covering one that covers all ambiguous states.
The culture has a specific defined term for that tragic span of time when a widow keeps accidentally referring to their spouse with living pronouns. New parents-to-be dropping the happy surprise news of a pregnancy by referring to their future child with the "is yet to be born" pronoun instead of a more ambiguous one and waiting for the "wait what did you just say?" reactions.
Someone jokingly referring to themselves with the dead person pronouns just to highlight how horrible their current hangover is. A notorious aspiring ladies' man who keeps trying to pursue women in their 20s despite of approaching middle age fails to notice the insult when someone asks him when he's planning to get married, and uses the pronoun that implies that his ideal future bride may not even be born yet.
A mother whose young adult child just moved away from home for the first time, who continues to dramatically refer to their child with "may or may not be already dead" until the aforementioned child replies to her on facebook like "ma stop telling people I'm dead" and having her respond with "well how could I possibly know that when you don't even write to us? >:,C"
EYO, I GOT SOME QUESTIONS TO ASK YOU
Hello friends,
I’m curious about something—and I love collecting empirical data (maybe it’s the autism/j 🤔). I wanted to do something about it,
So, I have some questions:
1. How many languages do you speak? (You can include ones you’re not fluent in, but please specify)
2. What are they?
Follow up: how many of your friends speak the same language(s)?
3. Where did you grow up (Country, state, province or whatever)?
Follow up: Describe your neighborhood to me, was it nice, bad, expensive, cheap, etc.
4. How financially well off were you as a child?
Follow up: If you feel comfortable sharing, what was the income your parent(s) made?
5. What ethnicity are you?
6. What job do you have now?
Follow up: And if you feel comfortable sharing, how much money do you make? (Also, please add if your pay is salaried or hourly)
Finally, what are some interesting facts about your language?
This is for a little project of my own that I’m doing. I know there are some issues in the school system (I’m an American, what do I expect) and I got curious. I want to see how many factors play in to the amount of languages someone speaks.
Most of the time, education is expensive—at least in the U.S it is (our public school system is shit). Yet, languages seem to be an outlier. The prissy rich white kids that can barely speak English, let alone a lick of Spanish, present an exception to the rule (education is expensive).
Also, a lot of my friends speak more than one language, but the American school system requires them to learn two while *in school*. Also, a lot of them speak languages that aren’t taught at my school— like Tagalog, Hindi, Gujarati, German, Russian, etc.— and I’m wondering if there’s a pattern to it.
Bíodh lá maith agat a chairde agus Que tengan buen día amigos
the existence of "maybe", "perhaps", "perchance", and "mayhaps" suggests there should also be "maychance" and "perbe"