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UncleRobin
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ये दुनिया है या आलम-ए-बदहवासी? ہم دیکھیں گے۔
ne sais rien, non sono qui.
Victoria Concordia Crescit
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#Arsenal #linguistics #Aotearoa #Mysteries
https://robinwalter31.blogspot.com/
10 FAVOURITES: https://photos.app.goo.gl/qZL1zKgFuaZzEreX9
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I'm still VERY MUCH a Mastodon first social media kinda guy, but since I'm "here" a bit more often, and mostly for #KDrama #CDrama #JDrama stuff, here's my current list, having recently (Jan 2025) completed my 500th East Asian Drama.
docs.google.com/spreadsheets...
My Dramas, So Far
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The book "Indo-European Language and Culture" proving conclusively that at least in its formative years, Armenian had not heard of Shrek
January 28, 2026 at 3:46 PM
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January 28, 2026 at 3:09 PM
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#TakahataMitsuki and #OkadaMasaki announce the birth of their first child.

Congratulations!! 🥂
January 28, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Yourself but as a cartoon
January 28, 2026 at 2:05 PM
What’s your sign?
January 27, 2026 at 1:54 AM
Some words in Hangul are easier to read for me than others, which is why the egregious error in this Instagram ad caught my attention immediately 😂
January 26, 2026 at 7:06 PM
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File under "etymologies that make me irrationally upset"
The word ‘outrage’ consists of neither ‘out’ nor ‘rage’.

Instead, it comes from an Old French word for “excess”.

‘Outrage’ used to be pronounced /outridge/, just like ‘garbage’ is /garbidge/, but it was influenced by the unrelated word ‘rage’.

Zoom in on my new graphic to learn all about it:
January 26, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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Coming soon...

#IsmuasMonthOfMusic 🎼
#MusicChallenge 🎶
(please use both hashtags)

Early posting begins on January 31 at 10:00 PM CET (4:00 PM EST).

Check the alt text for the prompts, and the reply has a link to the feed (will be updated when the challenge starts).

@musicchallenge.bsky.social
January 25, 2026 at 10:45 PM
As a rule I couldn't give a fetid dingo kidney for celebrity endorsements of books I'm #Reading BUT in the @deanstpress.bsky.social "Mystery of Mr Jessop" the intro by Curtis Evans proved an exception. Learning that PLUM liked it enough to QUOTE from it left me very gruntled 😍 #Mystery #Booksky
January 25, 2026 at 9:56 PM
It's Monday here now and this week's #MurderEveryMonday is "set in Scandinavia" so ofc this was the first one I thought of. Murders by the truckload AND a mystery: Bart Simpson wondered how any story where everybody dies could be so boring. 😆 #Reading #Booksky
crossexaminingcrime.com/murdereverym...
January 25, 2026 at 11:06 AM
Last year, most of my viewing was #jDrama on my current PTW (and with more to come as airing Dramas end) more than two-thirds of my list are either #cDrama or #KDrama. That means I know for sure already one thing I will be seeing A LOT less of this year

Pores🙄
January 25, 2026 at 10:16 AM
That ineffable sense of horror when you start a #cDrama and it IMMEDIATELY identifies itself as an ancient historical setting (according to most MDLers) #SniperButterfly
January 25, 2026 at 10:02 AM
8.5/10 for #jDrama #Anpan - only my 2nd asadora. True to life to the end: sweet, poignant, sad, upbeat. Now on to #SniperButterfly then my PTW, mostly catchup on #cDrama #jDrama & #kDrama I didn't get to last year. If 1 C-title seems VERY 'not me' the answer is: CCTV - I'm gonna give it a try😉
January 25, 2026 at 9:55 AM
Make a band tasty:

The ultimate cheat:

Red Hot Chilli Peppers😋🌶️
Make a band tasty:

Fleetwood Mac & Cheese
Make a band tasty:

The Marzipan Volta
January 25, 2026 at 5:24 AM
It's odd - my wife hates dust because of her asthma and keeps our place as clean as possible. Yet, all of a sudden, in the final episode of #jDrama #Anpan it's become EXTREMELY dusty in here. 🤔
January 24, 2026 at 11:03 PM
I've always thought the two best things about #kDrama #KillMeHealMe Were Ji Sung's outstanding performance as 7 characters and the song Auditory Hallucination. So seeing Ji Sung post a still from the Drama on his IG complete with audio from that song and a comment on the lyrics was 😍
January 24, 2026 at 10:48 PM
#jDrama #Anpan is turning into a slog in the final 10. After 123/130 episodes I'd been hoping for some light at the end of the tunnel - especially since the eventual success of the character is a matter of historical record. But the writers have obviously decided the happy end should BE the END
January 24, 2026 at 10:59 AM
January 23, 2026 at 9:36 PM
2 questions for any L1 or L2 #Hindi speakers who see this:
First, what word or words come to mind first for you if translating the English word "man" into Hindi?

Second, how would you translate "बीर" (or possibly "वीर")?
#LanguageLearning

I will explain why I ask if I get any responses 😁
January 23, 2026 at 10:02 AM
#Reading Laura Spinney's fascinating book "Proto" this quote made me think of the fine #cDrama #ToTheWonder
"The Altai are beautiful. Prehistoric people would have been as sensitive to natural beauty as we are"
The stunning beauty of the Altai is a star of that show 😍 #linguistics #History
January 23, 2026 at 7:00 AM
January 23, 2026 at 6:08 AM
January 23, 2026 at 1:57 AM
#readandplay (595)
#MusicChallenge
#MusicSky

Kasam Tumhaari Main Ro Padungi, Ro Padungi

www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRdd...
January 23, 2026 at 1:31 AM
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January 22, 2026 at 3:10 PM
This VERY useful link just let me know that an old Kiwi song is restricted in only 2 countries: Russia and Somalia. An odd pair, I think 😀
January 22, 2026 at 2:22 PM