As someone who took at least five linguistics classes in college, you might call me a language expert. And as such, it’s my duty to share a few undeniable truths about language learning that many people do not know. Did you know that if you’re a native speaker of a language, congratulations, you are an …
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Multilingual Dude Figures Out Perfect Formula For Speaking Human Simlish
Language is very cool. Nothing displays the diversity of world culture like the ways in which we speak, and these idiosyncrasies don’t just stop with humans. Perhaps the most famous virtual dialect to ever exist is Simlish, the babble spoken by the characters in the favorite game of pool ladder-deleting sadists everywhere. The whole point …
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Dumb Duolingo Memes For Both Linguists And Language Luddites
There are hundreds of different languages in the world, but only 20% of the U.S. population can fluently speak more than one. While not everyone necessarily needs to know any languages other than the one that they grew up speaking, it is enriching to gain the knowledge of another culture through how they speak. Plus, …
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Weird And Overly Literal Translations That Are Both Poetic And Rude
Language is a wonderful and complex thing. One of the biggest testaments to how interesting humanity can be is that there are still more than 7,000 languages spoken in the world today. It’s a mind-boggling number to think about, but what can get even more confusing is when we try to communicate the meaning from …
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Weird And Cursed Duolingo Sentences That Definitely Aren’t Vacation Friendly
Every day, countless well meaning individuals download the Duolingo app in a hopeful attempt to engage in self-betterment, and maybe annoy their friends with some newfound foreign vocabulary. Every day, these same people realize that the Duolingo owl is their new nemesis, destined to haunt their phones until they switch off their notifications (or give …
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20+ Times Memers Had A Problem With The Names Of Things
English is a weird thing to speak. Different accents, dialects and influences from several other different languages make it way more complicated than it needs to be, although that doesn’t mean it has no entertainment value. The ‘Mfs Really Named This’ meme points out the ludicrousness of words, and how we often seem to name …
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