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@hatethegate.bsky.social
language enjoyer
(they/she in english, feminine otherwise)
(they/she in english, feminine otherwise)
don't know enough to really have a feel myself, but it does feel like every place i look has somewhat different ideas for a lot of the stems (besides maybe II and IV)
October 6, 2025 at 4:51 PM
don't know enough to really have a feel myself, but it does feel like every place i look has somewhat different ideas for a lot of the stems (besides maybe II and IV)
a couple of years ago the neda (for eating disorders) shut down their hotline and fired their few employees (coincidentally right after they unionised) to replace it with a chatbot that then turned out to be perfectly happy to give weight loss advice
August 28, 2025 at 2:35 AM
a couple of years ago the neda (for eating disorders) shut down their hotline and fired their few employees (coincidentally right after they unionised) to replace it with a chatbot that then turned out to be perfectly happy to give weight loss advice
proscribed by the académie proto-indo-européenne?
August 28, 2025 at 2:07 AM
proscribed by the académie proto-indo-européenne?
always fun when someone italicises IPA and has an /a/ become /ɑ/
August 6, 2025 at 7:27 PM
always fun when someone italicises IPA and has an /a/ become /ɑ/
when i first came out at 16, and even for a couple years after that, the only trans people i knew were transmasc. later on though, even ignoring new people i met, i had multiple people i knew come out as transfem and it more or less balanced out, so that basically tracks for me
August 3, 2025 at 6:15 PM
when i first came out at 16, and even for a couple years after that, the only trans people i knew were transmasc. later on though, even ignoring new people i met, i had multiple people i knew come out as transfem and it more or less balanced out, so that basically tracks for me
dérive and derive maybe, although i don't see that being a source of confusion ever
August 1, 2025 at 12:36 AM
dérive and derive maybe, although i don't see that being a source of confusion ever
perhaps we could put people on the moon and hope the lower gravity could allow for better cheese pulls
July 31, 2025 at 7:22 PM
perhaps we could put people on the moon and hope the lower gravity could allow for better cheese pulls
oh yeah i hadn't really thought about it, but i guess it is marginally phonemic
July 31, 2025 at 6:42 PM
oh yeah i hadn't really thought about it, but i guess it is marginally phonemic
not phonemic but it is very common in québec french at least
July 31, 2025 at 6:03 PM
not phonemic but it is very common in québec french at least
i’m only taking two classes but they just had to be the earliest so i’m having to get up at 3:00. super interesting stuff but god am i tired
July 23, 2025 at 7:08 PM
i’m only taking two classes but they just had to be the earliest so i’m having to get up at 3:00. super interesting stuff but god am i tired
i will never give in and put an octopus in my aboshan deck 😤
July 10, 2025 at 9:29 PM
i will never give in and put an octopus in my aboshan deck 😤
kinda looks like those proxies you might get thinking they look cool only to quickly realise you’d rather just have a more norma card
July 9, 2025 at 1:10 AM
kinda looks like those proxies you might get thinking they look cool only to quickly realise you’d rather just have a more norma card
just coincided with getting better at french in general i suppose
July 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
just coincided with getting better at french in general i suppose
not sure, it just kind of happened over time. i was also 14 when i moved and my french wasn’t terribly good to begin with so there probably wasn’t as much unlearning as there might have been otherwise, so those probably had an effect
July 8, 2025 at 1:42 AM
not sure, it just kind of happened over time. i was also 14 when i moved and my french wasn’t terribly good to begin with so there probably wasn’t as much unlearning as there might have been otherwise, so those probably had an effect
yeah that’s definitely a thing and i’m sure some particular accents would have thrown me for a loop but in general i don’t think i had a lot of issues (beyond just not having the highest level of french anyway)
July 8, 2025 at 1:31 AM
yeah that’s definitely a thing and i’m sure some particular accents would have thrown me for a loop but in general i don’t think i had a lot of issues (beyond just not having the highest level of french anyway)
i did for a while have this sense french french was somehow better or more correct, but that went away with time and i sound more or less québécois myself at this point
July 8, 2025 at 1:29 AM
i did for a while have this sense french french was somehow better or more correct, but that went away with time and i sound more or less québécois myself at this point
i never quite got it either. i started learning (clearly european) french in the US at school and when i moved to québec i never really found that it was harder to understand, even at the beginning
July 8, 2025 at 1:23 AM
i never quite got it either. i started learning (clearly european) french in the US at school and when i moved to québec i never really found that it was harder to understand, even at the beginning
acceptable maybe if your object of study is specifically their language use but otherwise i’m not sure why it would be
July 3, 2025 at 7:35 AM
acceptable maybe if your object of study is specifically their language use but otherwise i’m not sure why it would be
one unexpectedly annoying thing for me having gotten a laptop with a copilot key is that under the hood it's actually a shortcut including left win and shift, which basically means i can't use it as a unique modifier key (which i'd like so i can fit more linguistics symbols in my layout)
June 12, 2025 at 1:03 PM
one unexpectedly annoying thing for me having gotten a laptop with a copilot key is that under the hood it's actually a shortcut including left win and shift, which basically means i can't use it as a unique modifier key (which i'd like so i can fit more linguistics symbols in my layout)
i acknowledge the possibility of pain and seizure
June 4, 2025 at 4:33 PM
i acknowledge the possibility of pain and seizure
wow i'm gonna be able to get an ai ana buddy, the future sure is bright!
![[Astra might] gently wonder if you should really be eating right now, given your diet plan](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:xb7zm53ltqmmarcfextwlwfz/bafkreicatvd2kyeebl7ibwslh75lnwvrecvoeghjouwsxamwr52fw657ma@jpeg)
May 21, 2025 at 1:14 AM
wow i'm gonna be able to get an ai ana buddy, the future sure is bright!