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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

Oh no! That looks painful! Take good care of yourself! 😘

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 06/10/2023

Hope it's not too painful. Get well soon. 😘

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

This is heartbreaking to read. I'm so sorry this is happening to you. Unfortunately, those who are forcing life-changing decisions on others are often fit people who are not struggling.

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 05/10/2023

This is a study by the University of Liège in Belgium. Interestingly, the car was by far the most named object in this group. The aim of the study was to determine whether there's a link between object personification and the practice of giving personal names to objects.

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

Here's a paper on the influence of anthropomorphism on giving personal names to objects. orbi.uliege.be/handle/2268/...

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

Hier ist der Langsky Feed bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

Similar charts ranking languages by "difficulty" in function of the time needed to reach "proficiency" are regularly being shared on social media. www.economist.com/graphic-deta... Here's why they are to be taken with a mountain of salt 🧵 #langsky

Chart showing the number of weeks atneeded for an English speaker to learn different languages to general professional proficiency, ranging from 24-30 weeks to 88 weeks, with intermediate groups of 36 weeks and 44 weeks.

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

Several interesting BOOK 📚 feeds by genre in French! 🇫🇷 (and a SCI-FI FANTASY book feed in English 🇺🇸🇬🇧)

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

You're very welcome! 🙏 Glad to see you here!

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

Sim, aqui está bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

Sorry to read that. Sending you big hugs. 🌸💕 My DMs are always open if you need to talk. Your face shines ✨✨. Pink suits you well. 💜💜

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Yvette Cendes @whereisyvette.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

Anne L’Huillier won the Nobel prize in Physics today in the middle of class, and carried on with her lecture after. Dedication! 😃🧪

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

As always, please read the entire thread. This isn't about "intensive being helpful" or not, but about the terrible way languages are being ranked in that chart. Of course, intensive or full immersion is great under specific circumstances, but generalizations and creating false expectations aren't.

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

6) Conclusion: more important than these time criteria is finding the method (or teacher) that fits the learner. There are a myriad of variables that can slow down or speed up your language learning that are NOT related to the supposed or perceived difficulty or easiness of a language. #langsky

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

5) Every language journey is unique to the language learner and these comparisons merely serve to make language learners feel defeated, because they can never meet those time frames (for good reasons!) #langsky

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

4) What is intended here by "general professional proficiency"? Fluency in reading and writing? Fluency in listening ? Fluency in speaking only? Fluency and proficiency in themselves are open to many interpretations.

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

3) There's absolutely no rational explanation for how languages have been grouped here, but maybe more importantly, there's absolutely no comparison possible between individual language learners, even having the same L1, because every language learner comes with a diff set of skills & difficulties.

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

2) Many factors other than the first language come into play: - other languages known (have you learned other case, ergative, tone, or agglutinative languages before?) - method(s) used, - avalaible resources (e.g. Mongolian vs Turkish), - emotional bond with the language - etc. #langsky

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 04/10/2023

1) Hardly anybody studies a language "full-time" (as stated), i.e. 20-30hrs/week. It's not recommended either, bec. your brain needs time to rewire itself. So, brought back to hrs, "30 weeks" = in fact 600-900 hrs, which, at a rate of 3 to 4 hrs/w amounts to 3 to 5 yrs, which seems more realistic.

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

Remember to like the Langsky /Linguistics feed for more visibility.

Screenshot of the Langsky / Linguistics feed showing how to like the feed

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

For Langsky / Linguistics both #langsky and #linguistics work. The feed also picks up relevant keywords, but the surest way is to just add one of these hashtags.

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

To add your post to the Langsky / Linguistics feed both #langsky and #linguistics work. bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

Happens to me too sometimes. Refreshing the page on your phone (force scroll) usually helps.

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May Helena Plumb @mayhplumb.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

from a FB friend — how common is it, cross-culturally, to assign names to inanimate objects? e.g. boats, cars, favored houseplants... I'm also curious about cross-linguistic tendencies in this type of naming... anymore know of research? (kinda #linguistics, is there also #anthropology?)

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 03/10/2023

Non so niente di troppe cose per tenerne conto, però a volte affiora un'ignoranza che mi dà nostalgia. - Erri De Luca ("Tre cavalli") 🇮🇹 I can hardly keep track of the things I don’t know, but every now and then comes an ignorance that makes me nostalgic. - Erri De Luca ("Three horses") 🇬🇧🇺🇸

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

Exactly! So much indifference for these Afghan allies, who risk being tortured to death in their country. It are often the veterans themselves (who have already given so much) who have to go above and beyond to save their former local comrades, because of politics and red tape.

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

Hier gibt es einen Linguistik Feed. bsky.app/profile/did:...

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

In French, "fil", in Dutch "draad" or "draadje", in Italian "filo".

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

Right? It's so much more than a war or action movie.

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

This film ⬆️ portrays the fate of Afghan war interpreters with the US, but the same happened in Canada, the UK and France. Below the story of a group of former British soldiers who have won a legal battle to bring their Afghan war interpreter to the UK. www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-engl...

bbc.co.uk

Soldiers win legal battle to rescue interpreter - BBC News

The interpreter can settle in the UK after a campaign by veterans who felt they had "left a man behind".

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 02/10/2023

WAR INTERPRETERS A brilliant and poignant action thriller about the tragic fate of the Afghan war interpreters, who risked their lives for the U.S. military and were left behind in a country where they're considered traitors, and the veterans trying to fulfill the US duty. #langsky #xl8

Poster of The Covenant showing two US soldiers in full gear

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

Reposting this because I still see language-related posts floating around in the interfeedic void. To ALL: add your posts related to your field/displine/hobby to their respective feeds so that users with the same interests can more easily find them. Find relevant feeds on goodfeeds.co

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Tamreen @scriptor.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

Antarctic scientists showed tiny, early signs of a new accent after spending all winter in isolated groups talking to each other. Cool to see exactly how the process of language divergence starts #langsky

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Linguists Hear an Accent Begin

Residents of an overwintering station in Antarctica provided linguists with evidence of the first small changes in speech that may signal the development of a new accent.

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

That's nice! We exchanged phone numbers and I'm sure we will stay in touch too.

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 01/10/2023

Yesterday, I approached a Moroccan lady for directions and we started chatting, being both foreigners in Germany. She had an armful of flowers she'd just cut in her garden. Out of the blue, she gave me the bouquet with such a warm, generous smile. It made my heart melt and cry a little inside.

Mixed bouquet of flowers in a green vase on a wooden table with a chessboard in the foreground.

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Sam @samdeane.eurosky.social · 29/09/2023

A few #ff just to mention some people I didn't know at The Other Place but love here Thank you to @robonabike.bsky.social @emgenius.art @jaynehilditch.bsky.social @carpeidiom.bsky.social @emms.bsky.social @jenbren.bsky.social @adamcsharp.bsky.social for general timeline improvement

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Carpe Idiom @carpeidiom.bsky.social · 29/09/2023

Thank you for the lovely shoutout! Happy to be mentioned among such great company!

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🧞‍♂️Emgenius.art @emgenius.art · 29/09/2023

Allez c'est parti pour la foire aux favoris #ff Je vous conseille deux têtes bien faites et bien pleines @carpeidiom.bsky.social qui a moults talents cachés (dont de motarde) et @swamilee.xyz du sud de la botte Deux belles âmes numériques à sang bleu bsky.app/profile/did:...

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