jimhensonreject: thebibliosphere: thecuriousviolet: breelandwalker: nineprotons: “Got the morbs” should be a thing. Victorian slang is AMAZING, and select phrases really need to make a comeback. “Bitch the pot” – Pour the tea (HOW RELEVANT IS THIS!?) “Bang up the elephant” – Absolutely perfect; super stylish “Well, that’s shot the bale” – Something that has missed …
Tag Archives: language
kyrenzho: exeunt-pursued-by-a-bear: espill: my-diomedeian-compulsion: schuylering: AMAZING It is a well known fact that Latin is the true language of the gays in Spain, “entender” (to understand), is very much used in the same way. “Ella entiende” = she understands = she is a lesbian *points at girl* does she…you know….understand?? in russian youd say “он …
dauntlesshadowhunterravenclaw: phantamxrose: kvotheunkvothe: consulting-catlady: universalpotatochip: universalpotatochip: My stomach growled super loud in French omg I would like to clarify my stomach did not speak French. It growled in French class I apologize bonjour le growl hon hon hon feed me a baguette Why do I even go on this website
buzzfeed: 21 People Who Forgot A Word And Just Made Some Shit Up Source: bzfd.it
rosewater1997: Can’t believe the French found a way to make me feel pretentious for wanting to die
tips for writing bilingual characters
ironinkpen: ironinkpen: there are different types of bilinguals the All Around: speaks, reads, and writes both languages pretty well the Conversational: one language is stronger than the other; can speak the other language a lot better than they read/write it (a lot of kids of immigrants are this type) the High Schooler: understands what’s being …
cherrystreet: can you believe there are people out there who speak MULTIPLE languages and then APOLOGIZE for not having perfect grammar in their third or fourth language?????? like do you know how incredible you are???
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polyglotical: I’m not sure how many of you know about this website – but bUT BUT – it has a TON of languages with awesome beginner/intermediate vocabulary lists – and as a bonus, it has the pronunciation of NEARLY ALL the languages offered which is super helpful! Languages like Ukrainian, Persian, Swahili, and even Amharic all have …
legit-writing-tips: fozmeadows: Watching my toddler figure out how to language is fascinating. Yesterday we were stumped when he kept insisting there was a “Lego winner” behind his bookshelf – it turned out to be a little Lego trophy cup. Not knowing the word for “trophy”, he’d extrapolated a word for “thing you can win”. And …
dracofidus: princeofdoomrps: ghostcries: also guys i think it’s time to start spelling ‘small’ right again,, it’s been long enough see the thing is, at this point, smol isn’t even a “mispelling” of small anymore; it has its own connotations. while small is a regular adjective, smol acts more like a diminutive marker, which English has …
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