Israel Lai
@israellai.bsky.social
PhD composer (UoM) https://israellai.com
polyglot 🇭🇰🇬🇧🇵🇱🇩🇪🇸🇪🇫🇷(🏴👋🏻) https://youtube.com/rhapsodyinlingo
stenography hobbyist
creator of language podcast 絮言．狂想 https://youtube.com/@seoijin
BA(CUHK), MPhil(Oxon)
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polyglot 🇭🇰🇬🇧🇵🇱🇩🇪🇸🇪🇫🇷(🏴👋🏻) https://youtube.com/rhapsodyinlingo
stenography hobbyist
creator of language podcast 絮言．狂想 https://youtube.com/@seoijin
BA(CUHK), MPhil(Oxon)
🖤🤍💜
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Israel Lai
@israellai.bsky.social
· Aug 10
I'm taking the citizenship test in Welsh.
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Is it out of spite? Maybe.
#eisteddfod #cymraeg #cymru #welsh #wales #citizenship #ukcitizenship
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Is it out of spite? Maybe.
#eisteddfod #cymraeg #cymru #welsh #wales #citizenship #ukcitizenship
Why did my brain just hear "darling hold my hand" and go "get more with Super Duolingo"
November 18, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Why did my brain just hear "darling hold my hand" and go "get more with Super Duolingo"
jesus, nation dot cymru be giving me jumpscares
Already fluent in eight languages, Israel Lai — a composer from Hong Kong — has added Welsh to his repertoire, and now speaks it with confidence after three years of learning
From Cantonese to Cymraeg: Israel Lai’s language journey
Already fluent in eight languages, Israel Lai — a composer from Hong Kong — has added Welsh to his repertoire, and now speaks it with confidence after three years of learning. Israel moved to England ...
nation.cymru
October 17, 2025 at 10:00 AM
jesus, nation dot cymru be giving me jumpscares
August 29, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Reposted by Israel Lai
Members of Welsh and Irish youth organisations have joined forces once again to break down language barriers through music and continue building relationships between both Celtic communities
Welsh and Irish youth showcase power of cultural, linguistic and musical connections
Members of Welsh youth organisation Urdd Gobaith Cymru and Irish youth project TG Lurgan have joined forces again to break down language barriers and continue building relationships between both commu...
wp.me
August 24, 2025 at 12:01 PM
Members of Welsh and Irish youth organisations have joined forces once again to break down language barriers through music and continue building relationships between both Celtic communities
Reposted by Israel Lai
This is assimilation era pedagogy.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Education Minister cut Māori words from future junior books, documents reveal
The near-total ban was driven by concern it would be confusing for children learning to read English, documents show.
www.rnz.co.nz
August 12, 2025 at 7:29 PM
This is assimilation era pedagogy.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
Fellas you really gotta sort this thing out between yourselves
#irish #scottish #scottishgaelic #gàidhlig #gaeilge
#irish #scottish #scottishgaelic #gàidhlig #gaeilge
August 10, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Fellas you really gotta sort this thing out between yourselves
#irish #scottish #scottishgaelic #gàidhlig #gaeilge
#irish #scottish #scottishgaelic #gàidhlig #gaeilge
I'm taking the citizenship test in Welsh.
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.
.
Is it out of spite? Maybe.
#eisteddfod #cymraeg #cymru #welsh #wales #citizenship #ukcitizenship
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.
Is it out of spite? Maybe.
#eisteddfod #cymraeg #cymru #welsh #wales #citizenship #ukcitizenship
August 10, 2025 at 2:07 AM
I'm taking the citizenship test in Welsh.
.
.
.
Is it out of spite? Maybe.
#eisteddfod #cymraeg #cymru #welsh #wales #citizenship #ukcitizenship
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.
Is it out of spite? Maybe.
#eisteddfod #cymraeg #cymru #welsh #wales #citizenship #ukcitizenship
Ah yes, I needed my daily dose of British hopelessness and depression
youtu.be/83eQcOWWqj8
#uk #infrastructure #trains #housing
youtu.be/83eQcOWWqj8
#uk #infrastructure #trains #housing
Why the UK Can’t Build Anything Anymore
YouTube video by JimmyTheGiant
youtu.be
July 14, 2025 at 10:53 PM
Ah yes, I needed my daily dose of British hopelessness and depression
youtu.be/83eQcOWWqj8
#uk #infrastructure #trains #housing
youtu.be/83eQcOWWqj8
#uk #infrastructure #trains #housing
I've decided to change the language of my YouTube account, so that hopefully they'll stop pushing the crap auto dubs on me.
If my language is niche enough, they probably don't have a dubbed track ready for me.
If my language is niche enough, they probably don't have a dubbed track ready for me.
July 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
I've decided to change the language of my YouTube account, so that hopefully they'll stop pushing the crap auto dubs on me.
If my language is niche enough, they probably don't have a dubbed track ready for me.
If my language is niche enough, they probably don't have a dubbed track ready for me.
arghhhh why is manchester such a bizarre part of the UK where I feel somewhat positive about the future?!
this place is a dump but it's also a weirdly nice dump
this place is a dump but it's also a weirdly nice dump
GM is growing fast.
We will expand @BeeNetwork over the next decade to meet the needs of our bigger economy.
BUT
There’s a limit to what we can do on a congested surface.
It’s why I am asking TfGM to start planning for an underground for GM around a remodelled Piccadilly.
We will expand @BeeNetwork over the next decade to meet the needs of our bigger economy.
BUT
There’s a limit to what we can do on a congested surface.
It’s why I am asking TfGM to start planning for an underground for GM around a remodelled Piccadilly.
July 13, 2025 at 1:10 AM
arghhhh why is manchester such a bizarre part of the UK where I feel somewhat positive about the future?!
this place is a dump but it's also a weirdly nice dump
this place is a dump but it's also a weirdly nice dump
Hongkongers speaking 8 languages with NO ACCENT AT ALL 🤫
#accent #accents #hongkong #hongkonger #cantonese #polyglot #languages #languagelearning #language
#accent #accents #hongkong #hongkonger #cantonese #polyglot #languages #languagelearning #language
July 7, 2025 at 7:56 PM
Hongkongers speaking 8 languages with NO ACCENT AT ALL 🤫
#accent #accents #hongkong #hongkonger #cantonese #polyglot #languages #languagelearning #language
#accent #accents #hongkong #hongkonger #cantonese #polyglot #languages #languagelearning #language
YouTube's been pushing auto-dubbed videos hard lately... Once in a while it's a topic I genuinely want to watch, but then I know that if I click it, I'll have to endure the robot voice for a few seconds before I can get in the settings and switch back to the normal German.
So I'm sorry BR24 but no.
So I'm sorry BR24 but no.
June 28, 2025 at 10:18 PM
YouTube's been pushing auto-dubbed videos hard lately... Once in a while it's a topic I genuinely want to watch, but then I know that if I click it, I'll have to endure the robot voice for a few seconds before I can get in the settings and switch back to the normal German.
So I'm sorry BR24 but no.
So I'm sorry BR24 but no.
Reposted by Israel Lai
Mae'n anodd dysgu Cymraeg tu fas i Gymru!
Dyma un o brofiadau @israellai.bsky.social ym Manceincion o bennod diweddaraf fy mhodlediad, Hefyd.
Ydych chi wedi cael profiadau tebyg?
👂 hefyd.podbean.com/e/israel-lai...
#Cymraeg #DysguCymraeg #podlediad
Dyma un o brofiadau @israellai.bsky.social ym Manceincion o bennod diweddaraf fy mhodlediad, Hefyd.
Ydych chi wedi cael profiadau tebyg?
👂 hefyd.podbean.com/e/israel-lai...
#Cymraeg #DysguCymraeg #podlediad
May 30, 2025 at 3:38 PM
Mae'n anodd dysgu Cymraeg tu fas i Gymru!
Dyma un o brofiadau @israellai.bsky.social ym Manceincion o bennod diweddaraf fy mhodlediad, Hefyd.
Ydych chi wedi cael profiadau tebyg?
👂 hefyd.podbean.com/e/israel-lai...
#Cymraeg #DysguCymraeg #podlediad
Dyma un o brofiadau @israellai.bsky.social ym Manceincion o bennod diweddaraf fy mhodlediad, Hefyd.
Ydych chi wedi cael profiadau tebyg?
👂 hefyd.podbean.com/e/israel-lai...
#Cymraeg #DysguCymraeg #podlediad
Reposted by Israel Lai
Dysgu Cymraeg?
Dwi wedi ail-gychwyn fy mhodlediad, Hefyd, sydd am fywydau siaradwyr newydd fel ti!
Yn y pennod newydd dwi'n siarad gyda'r anghygoel @israellai.bsky.social - boi o Hong Hong sydd wedi symud i Fanceinion.
#Cymraeg #DysguCymraeg #podlediad
richardnosworthy.cymru/2025/05/21/p...
Dwi wedi ail-gychwyn fy mhodlediad, Hefyd, sydd am fywydau siaradwyr newydd fel ti!
Yn y pennod newydd dwi'n siarad gyda'r anghygoel @israellai.bsky.social - boi o Hong Hong sydd wedi symud i Fanceinion.
#Cymraeg #DysguCymraeg #podlediad
richardnosworthy.cymru/2025/05/21/p...
Podlediad Hefyd - Pennod 22, Israel Lai - Richard Nosworthy - Arbenigwr Cyfathrebu Llawrydd, Caerdydd
Pennod 22 o Bodlediad Hefyd, gydag Israel Lai o Fanceinion a Hong Kong.
richardnosworthy.cymru
May 23, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Dysgu Cymraeg?
Dwi wedi ail-gychwyn fy mhodlediad, Hefyd, sydd am fywydau siaradwyr newydd fel ti!
Yn y pennod newydd dwi'n siarad gyda'r anghygoel @israellai.bsky.social - boi o Hong Hong sydd wedi symud i Fanceinion.
#Cymraeg #DysguCymraeg #podlediad
richardnosworthy.cymru/2025/05/21/p...
Dwi wedi ail-gychwyn fy mhodlediad, Hefyd, sydd am fywydau siaradwyr newydd fel ti!
Yn y pennod newydd dwi'n siarad gyda'r anghygoel @israellai.bsky.social - boi o Hong Hong sydd wedi symud i Fanceinion.
#Cymraeg #DysguCymraeg #podlediad
richardnosworthy.cymru/2025/05/21/p...
Mae o wedi cymud tipyn o amser, ond mae'r bennod Hefyd wedi dod allan!
Ewch i wrando arni hi ar unwaith!
Diolch i @richardnosworthy.bsky.social
#cymraeg #cymru #dysgucymraeg #welsh #learnwelsh #wales #pod #podlediad #podcast #podcastguest
Ewch i wrando arni hi ar unwaith!
Diolch i @richardnosworthy.bsky.social
#cymraeg #cymru #dysgucymraeg #welsh #learnwelsh #wales #pod #podlediad #podcast #podcastguest
May 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Mae o wedi cymud tipyn o amser, ond mae'r bennod Hefyd wedi dod allan!
Ewch i wrando arni hi ar unwaith!
Diolch i @richardnosworthy.bsky.social
#cymraeg #cymru #dysgucymraeg #welsh #learnwelsh #wales #pod #podlediad #podcast #podcastguest
Ewch i wrando arni hi ar unwaith!
Diolch i @richardnosworthy.bsky.social
#cymraeg #cymru #dysgucymraeg #welsh #learnwelsh #wales #pod #podlediad #podcast #podcastguest
These interviewees are so slay ngl ✨🇵🇱🏴
🇵🇱 'Dwi'n meddwl bod pobl yn poeni oes 'na ymgyrch o dramor yma.'
Gyda rownd cyntaf etholiad arlywyddol Gwlad Pŵyl ddydd Sul, dyma farn rhai o drigolion y wlad.
Gyda rownd cyntaf etholiad arlywyddol Gwlad Pŵyl ddydd Sul, dyma farn rhai o drigolion y wlad.
May 16, 2025 at 5:49 PM
These interviewees are so slay ngl ✨🇵🇱🏴
Reposted by Israel Lai
Hey world, remember when you thought this was awesome? (Which, by the way, it was). Yeah well she's been suspended for a week now because of it; it's coloniser rules and forms of expression allowed only, indigenous people must only be angry in white ways.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Te Pāti Māori MPs to be temporarily suspended from Parliament over haka
MP Hana-Rawhiti Maipi-Clarke faces a seven-day suspension for her actions.
www.rnz.co.nz
May 14, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Hey world, remember when you thought this was awesome? (Which, by the way, it was). Yeah well she's been suspended for a week now because of it; it's coloniser rules and forms of expression allowed only, indigenous people must only be angry in white ways.
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
"If you want to live in the UK, you should speak English. It's common sense."
Is it?
What if I don't?
youtu.be/U_AwIgUFIQU
#english #englishlanguage #welsh #cymraeg #labour #labourparty #keirstarmer #uk
Is it?
What if I don't?
youtu.be/U_AwIgUFIQU
#english #englishlanguage #welsh #cymraeg #labour #labourparty #keirstarmer #uk
Can you become a UK citizen without speaking English?
YouTube video by Rhapsody in Lingo
youtu.be
May 14, 2025 at 12:48 PM
"If you want to live in the UK, you should speak English. It's common sense."
Is it?
What if I don't?
youtu.be/U_AwIgUFIQU
#english #englishlanguage #welsh #cymraeg #labour #labourparty #keirstarmer #uk
Is it?
What if I don't?
youtu.be/U_AwIgUFIQU
#english #englishlanguage #welsh #cymraeg #labour #labourparty #keirstarmer #uk
Reposted by Israel Lai
Sunday school at Grace Faith Mission in NYC Chinatown, c. 1936
On the blackboard is John 3:16 in Cantonese:
上帝愛世人𢬿其獨生之子賜過佢哋
Of particular interest to me is the word 𢬿 (pronounced in Cantonese as kaai5) which is similar in meaning to 把 or 將 in Mandarin. 𢬿 is rarely used in Cantonese nowadays
On the blackboard is John 3:16 in Cantonese:
上帝愛世人𢬿其獨生之子賜過佢哋
Of particular interest to me is the word 𢬿 (pronounced in Cantonese as kaai5) which is similar in meaning to 把 or 將 in Mandarin. 𢬿 is rarely used in Cantonese nowadays
May 6, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Sunday school at Grace Faith Mission in NYC Chinatown, c. 1936
On the blackboard is John 3:16 in Cantonese:
上帝愛世人𢬿其獨生之子賜過佢哋
Of particular interest to me is the word 𢬿 (pronounced in Cantonese as kaai5) which is similar in meaning to 把 or 將 in Mandarin. 𢬿 is rarely used in Cantonese nowadays
On the blackboard is John 3:16 in Cantonese:
上帝愛世人𢬿其獨生之子賜過佢哋
Of particular interest to me is the word 𢬿 (pronounced in Cantonese as kaai5) which is similar in meaning to 把 or 將 in Mandarin. 𢬿 is rarely used in Cantonese nowadays
I propose something like a Godwin's law for Discord servers:
As a server grows, the probability of a pet/animal channel being set up approaches one
As a server grows, the probability of a pet/animal channel being set up approaches one
May 1, 2025 at 10:19 AM
I propose something like a Godwin's law for Discord servers:
As a server grows, the probability of a pet/animal channel being set up approaches one
As a server grows, the probability of a pet/animal channel being set up approaches one
Reposted by Israel Lai
I made it 🥹 I not only survived the Canadian winter, but also made a video about Québec French!
Literally filmed inside a snowstorm!!! 💀
youtu.be/4bqM2bIhnw0?...
#canada #quebec #québec #french #français
Literally filmed inside a snowstorm!!! 💀
youtu.be/4bqM2bIhnw0?...
#canada #quebec #québec #french #français
How far will YOU go to save your language?
YouTube video by Rhapsody in Lingo
youtu.be
April 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM