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Kevin P. Fleming<p>Random English language advice:</p><p>The phrase "My laptop was stolen a few weeks ago." and the phrase "I had my laptop stolen a few weeks ago." do not mean the same thing.</p><p>The second version implies that you were somehow involved in causing the act to occur, which is probably not what you intended to say.</p><p>Summary: Don't use "I had" (or variations of it) as a substitute for "was".</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.km6g.us/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.km6g.us/tags/Grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Grammar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.km6g.us/tags/SayWhatYouMean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SayWhatYouMean</span></a></p>
Anubi ☯️<p><a href="https://puntarella.party/tags/english" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>english</span></a> <a href="https://puntarella.party/tags/nonsense" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>nonsense</span></a></p><p><a href="https://epentesi.wordpress.com/2025/04/08/letture-multiple/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">epentesi.wordpress.com/2025/04</span><span class="invisible">/08/letture-multiple/</span></a></p>
New Sci-Fi and Fantasy Tv<p>The Handmaid's Tale<br><a href="https://www.tvmaze.com/shows/16579/the-handmaids-tale" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">tvmaze.com/shows/16579/the-han</span><span class="invisible">dmaids-tale</span></a></p><p>Host: <a href="https://patashnik.club/tags/Hulu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hulu</span></a><br>When: 08 April 2025<br>Season: 6<br>Language: <a href="https://patashnik.club/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a><br>Genres: <a href="https://patashnik.club/tags/Drama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Drama</span></a> <a href="https://patashnik.club/tags/ScienceFiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ScienceFiction</span></a></p><p>The Handmaid's Tale is the story of life in the dystopia of Gilead, a totalitarian society in what was formerly the United States. Facing environmental disasters and a plunging birthrate, Gilead is ruled by a twisted fundamentalism in its militarized ‘return to traditional values'. As one of the few remainin...<br><a href="https://patashnik.club/tags/tvseries" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tvseries</span></a> <a href="https://patashnik.club/tags/tvshows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tvshows</span></a></p>
[ety // cybrestream]<p>Ready, steady, go; we are ON-AIR! See you stream-side, fedizens.</p><p>Luanti on Archtec | Let's play some internet legos with friends!</p><p><a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/Owncast" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Owncast</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/videogames" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#videogames</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/VTuber" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#VTuber</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/LGBTQPlus" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQPlus</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/Chatty" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chatty</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/English" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#English</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/AngryDucks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AngryDucks</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/MineTest" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MineTest</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/Luanti" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Luanti</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/CoStream" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CoStream</a></p><p><a href="https://ety.cybre.stream" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://ety.cybre.stream</a></p>
jdmccafferty<p>7 Apr 1141: Empress Matilda declared 'Lady of the <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a>' <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/otd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>otd</span></a> </p><p>She d. 1167, &amp; was buried at Bec Abbey</p>
Mx. Luna Corbden<p>Out of curiosity, I went to see when in fact "heed" dropped off in usage, and as I suspected, it was during The Enlightenment, just before the Revolutionary War. It tried to pull up again in the mid-19th century, then the 20th century put the nail in it. Again, probably because of its connections to the concept of obedience. To understand someone meant you would obey them, and after awhile that didn't seem so fun. (I just picture some angry old father screaming at his children to heed him or else.) Our society is FAR less authoritarian than it once was. </p><p>(I saw a YouTube video on outsider artist Henry Darger last night, and jesus we have it good. I'd like to keep it that way and make things even better.)</p><p><a href="https://www.wolframalpha.com/input?i=heed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">wolframalpha.com/input?i=heed</span><span class="invisible"></span></a></p><p><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/epistemology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epistemology</span></a><br><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a><br><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a><br><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a><br><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/AbuseCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseCulture</span></a></p>
Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋<p>🔴 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 **Zed or Zee? How pervasive are Americanisms in Britons' use of English?**</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://yougov.co.uk/society/articles/51950-zed-or-zee-how-pervasive-are-americanisms-in-britons-use-of-english" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">yougov.co.uk/society/articles/</span><span class="invisible">51950-zed-or-zee-how-pervasive-are-americanisms-in-britons-use-of-english</span></a>. </p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Americanisms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Americanisms</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a></p>
Mx. Luna Corbden<p>English conflates the concepts of "hear" and "understand." Many conflicts get nowhere because we use the common phrasing, "You're not listening to me!" or "You didn't hear me!" when what we really mean is, "You didn't get me, I want you to make sense of what I'm saying."</p><p>The process of comprehending what someone has said is different than hearing their words. How many times have you said, "You're not listening!" and they were in fact "listening" but not getting it? How many times have you said, "No I HEARD you?" when you did not, in fact, understand?</p><p>English used to have a snappy word for this: heed. To heed was to both hear AND to understand. And it also meant "obey" which might be why it fell out of favor (which itself reflects an interesting point of cultural values shift). We DO in fact conflate "listen" to obedience, sometimes, especially towards children. But not as much as once was.</p><p>The fact that all words mean multiple things, and that English has some issues with which things are conflated, can really influence how we think and interact. It's worth trying to unpack that. Then I start thinking towards how we can change English to be better.</p><p><a href="https://defcon.social/tags/AbuseCulture" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AbuseCulture</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/psychology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>psychology</span></a> <a href="https://defcon.social/tags/epistemology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>epistemology</span></a></p>
Bibliolater 📚 📜 🖋<p>🔴 Word of the week: Groceries</p><p>Nancy Friedman</p><p>"_Grocery is derived from grocer, “a wholesale dealer or merchant,” which entered English in the early 1400s from French, where it was spelled grossier._"</p><p>🔗 <a href="https://fritinancy.substack.com/p/word-of-the-week-groceries" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">fritinancy.substack.com/p/word</span><span class="invisible">-of-the-week-groceries</span></a></p><p><a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Word" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Word</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> <a href="https://qoto.org/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Language</span></a></p>
hatniX plays<p>[LIVE] hatniX plays games</p><p>Auf Achse: „American Truck Simulator - Missouri“</p><p><a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/streaming" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#streaming</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/gaming" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gaming</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/linux" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#linux</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/videogames" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#videogames</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/english" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#english</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/deutsch" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deutsch</a> <a class="hashtag" href="https://directory.owncast.online/tags/hatclan" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hatclan</a></p><p><a href="https://live.hatnix.net" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://live.hatnix.net</a></p>
Nathaniel Gregory<p>Being a <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leftist</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/America" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>America</span></a> feels like showing up to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> class having done the reading, but being forced to listen to kid after kid who didn’t read the book try to sound like they read the book. </p><p>&amp; you know they haven’t read the book, because you did.</p><p>Anyway, “the book” is history.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Republicans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Republicans</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Conservatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Conservatives</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Vote" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Vote</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Election" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Election</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DemocraticParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocraticParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/DNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DNC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RepublicanParty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RepublicanParty</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RNC" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RNC</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JDVance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JDVance</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/JoeBiden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>JoeBiden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Biden" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Biden</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/KamalaHarris" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>KamalaHarris</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/TimWalz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>TimWalz</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/US" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>US</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Musk</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascist</span></a></p>
Jürgen Hubert<p>One thing I am struggling with in my translations of 19th century German folk tale is how to translate the pronouns for a child of indeterminate gender.</p><p>In Germany, "Kind" is a "neutral" word, and the usual pronoun is "es" - the counterpart of the English "it". But I am not sure if "it" is the proper pronoun to use in this context.</p><p>So what is appropriate here? Note that I am talking about texts where there is _no_ other clue to the child's gender!</p><p><a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/translation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>translation</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> <a href="https://mementomori.social/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>amwriting</span></a></p>
s1m0n4<p>Here's a <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/test" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>test</span></a> we did during my last <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> conversation class. It's a funny one, so I figured I could share it with you.</p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/NASA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NASA</span></a> used it to select potential <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/astronauts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>astronauts</span></a>.</p><p>You're an astronaut and your station has crashlanded on the sunny side of the <a href="https://ohai.social/tags/Moon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Moon</span></a>.<br>You're in a group of 3, all alive, but the mother ship is 200 km away from your location.</p><p>Order all the 15 items in the following list (see next toot), 1 being the most important and 15 being the least important.</p><p>[1/3]</p><p><a href="https://ohai.social/tags/languagelearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>languagelearning</span></a></p>
#StreetPapersRSS 🇺🇲<p>Trump Said Cuts Wouldn't Affect Public Safety. Then He Fired Hundreds of Workers Who Help Fight Wildfires.</p><p>Mark Olalde 04-07-2025<br><a href="https://www.propublica.org/article/trump-doge-cuts-forest-service-firefighting?ref=ActivityPub" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">propublica.org/article/trump-d</span><span class="invisible">oge-cuts-forest-service-firefighting?ref=ActivityPub</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beamship.mpaq.org/tags/MarkOlalde" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarkOlalde</span></a> <a href="https://beamship.mpaq.org/tags/ProPublica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProPublica</span></a> <a href="https://beamship.mpaq.org/tags/StreetPapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StreetPapers</span></a> VIA <a href="https://beamship.mpaq.org/tags/MPAQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MPAQ</span></a> <a href="https://beamship.mpaq.org/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> <a href="https://beamship.mpaq.org/tags/Illinois" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Illinois</span></a></p>
#StreetPapersRSS 🇺🇲<p>Our partnership with Specsavers is bringing dignity, support and clear vision to vendors</p><p>Marc Burrows 04-07-2025<br><a href="https://www.bigissue.com/life/health/our-partnership-with-specsavers-is-bringing-dignity-support-and-clear-vision-to-vendors/?ref=ActivityPub" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bigissue.com/life/health/our-p</span><span class="invisible">artnership-with-specsavers-is-bringing-dignity-support-and-clear-vision-to-vendors/?ref=ActivityPub</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beamship.mpaq.org/tags/MarcBurrows" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MarcBurrows</span></a> <a href="https://beamship.mpaq.org/tags/BigIssue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigIssue</span></a> <a href="https://beamship.mpaq.org/tags/StreetPapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StreetPapers</span></a> VIA <a href="https://beamship.mpaq.org/tags/MPAQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MPAQ</span></a> <a href="https://beamship.mpaq.org/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a></p>
#StreetPapersRSS 🇺🇲<p>Jennifer Coolidge: "I do think it's interesting that I've never been offered the part of a real winner'</p><p>Lottie Elton 04-06-2025<br><a href="https://www.bigissue.com/culture/film/jennifer-coolidge-interview-minecraft-movie/?ref=ActivityPub" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bigissue.com/culture/film/jenn</span><span class="invisible">ifer-coolidge-interview-minecraft-movie/?ref=ActivityPub</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beamship.mpaq.org/tags/LottieElton" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LottieElton</span></a> <a href="https://beamship.mpaq.org/tags/BigIssue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigIssue</span></a> <a href="https://beamship.mpaq.org/tags/StreetPapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StreetPapers</span></a> VIA <a href="https://beamship.mpaq.org/tags/MPAQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MPAQ</span></a> <a href="https://beamship.mpaq.org/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a></p>
#StreetPapersRSS 🇺🇲<p>Meet the new Big Issue ambassadors helping to end poverty once and for all: "We're in a fight'</p><p>Adrian Lobb 04-06-2025<br><a href="https://www.bigissue.com/news/activism/meet-the-new-big-issue-ambassadors/?ref=ActivityPub" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">bigissue.com/news/activism/mee</span><span class="invisible">t-the-new-big-issue-ambassadors/?ref=ActivityPub</span></a></p><p><a href="https://beamship.mpaq.org/tags/AdrianLobb" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AdrianLobb</span></a> <a href="https://beamship.mpaq.org/tags/BigIssue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BigIssue</span></a> <a href="https://beamship.mpaq.org/tags/StreetPapers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StreetPapers</span></a> VIA <a href="https://beamship.mpaq.org/tags/MPAQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MPAQ</span></a> <a href="https://beamship.mpaq.org/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a></p>
english<p><a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/english" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>english</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/images" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>images</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/quotes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>quotes</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>books</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/memes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>memes</span></a> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://unfufadoo.net/@books" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>books</span></a></span> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/photos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>photos</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/authors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>authors</span></a> <a href="https://unfufadoo.net/tags/poets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>poets</span></a></p>
David B. Himself<p><span>Do all French speakers get triggered the same way as I am when they see an English speaker talk about charcuterie and then post pictures of mostly cheese?<br><br>Hey y'all, "charcuterie" is basically a synonym for "pork" (the kind you eat cold).<br><br>That's not helping your reputation surrounding food, you know?<br><br><br></span><a href="https://firefish.city/tags/Food" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Food</a><span> </span><a href="https://firefish.city/tags/English" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#English</a><span> </span><a href="https://firefish.city/tags/French" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#French</a><span> </span><a href="https://firefish.city/tags/pork" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pork</a><span> </span><a href="https://firefish.city/tags/charcuterie" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#charcuterie</a></p>
The Data Therapist<p>אני: רחצת ידיים אחרי הארוחה?<br>בת4.5: הולכת לרחוץ ידיים, חוזרת ומכריזה: washתי!</p><p>(סיפור שראוי במיוחד לפורים, ההנהלה מתנצלת על האיחור הקל)</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%D7%94%D7%95%D7%A8%D7%95%D7%AA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>הורות</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/%D7%93%D7%95%D7%9C%D7%A9%D7%95%D7%A0%D7%99" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>דולשוני</span></a> <br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/parenting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>parenting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bilingual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>bilingual</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>English</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Hebrew" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Hebrew</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/codeswitching" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>codeswitching</span></a> ? <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/morphosyntax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>morphosyntax</span></a></p>