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Clare @claredactyl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

Things I have had a character for whom English is not their first language be unfamiliar with: the word "cahoots". The phrase "Who knows what evil lurks in the hearts of men". And even then you're not like WHAT COULD THAT MEAN? It has to be a very specific word for you to not just... figure it out.

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weary bunions @ziusik.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

right!! Context!! Ilya isn't a stupid person! And yes, he might not know what "cahoots" is but he MOST CERTAINLY knows "laboratory" and "experiment" (I do partially blame Rachel Reid, though....she also is very stupid about that stuff.)

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Clare @claredactyl.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

It also is so blind to the trajectory of language learning! I don't know HR (my example is from, throwback, The Losers) but Ilya can put together full, compound sentences? He has been learning!! The language!

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