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languagedaisy.bsky.social
Jean
@languagedaisy.bsky.social
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Language nerd • language teacher • language learner (not necessarily in that order) • reader • all-around nerd

💪🏻 Goal for 2025: have a 60min convo w/ a native speaker in Spanish 🇲🇽; have a 60min convo w/ a native speaker in Mandarin 🇨🇳
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languagedaisy.bsky.social
Are we feeling more the blue or the green?

*googles light pearly green highlighters bc that is def something I didn’t know I needed*
February 7, 2025 at 12:29 PM
languagedaisy.bsky.social
*sid voice* it came! It finally came!

Had to take off the library protective cover but it’s in solid shape! Now I just have to decide what highlighter color I wanna use. @michaelerard.bsky.social suggestions for color?

#langsky
February 6, 2025 at 6:37 PM
languagedaisy.bsky.social
I am geeking out HARD over this book about hyperpolyglots

Babel No More by Michael Erard

#langsky #multilingualism #currentlyreading
January 5, 2025 at 9:49 PM
languagedaisy.bsky.social
I am STOKED about @thestorygraph.com 's new pause feature. The sheer volume of books I start and don't immediately finish...🤦‍♀️ (the adhd is strong in this one)

This is gonna be a game-changer for me 💪 thank you, StoryGraph!

#reading #booksky #storygraph
a screenshot of a notification from StoryGraph that reads: "You can now officially pause books on StoryGraph! ⏸️ 🎉 Sometimes life — or a library due date — can get in the way of reading, but now you no longer need to worry about your StoryGraph tracking being inaccurate. The paused status option is available on any books that you've got marked as currently reading and selecting it moves them to a collapsed section on the Currently Reading page. Not only does this help you focus on the books you're actively reading, paused periods will be excluded when it comes to calculating your average reading time stats! 🥳 You can backdate a pause and also add a private note in your journal entry about why you're taking a break. When you're ready to go back to a paused book, simply toggle it back to currently reading. We hope this new feature helps you take your reading tracking to the next level by reducing the pressure of having too many active books and increasing the accuracy of your stats! ✨"
December 23, 2024 at 1:47 PM
languagedaisy.bsky.social
It’s finally a slow Sunday afternoon. There’s Christmas lofi on the TV and this is my #currentread (been trying since June to get to it)

Yes, this was a birthday gift from my husband. Yes, I specifically requested a #linguistics book for my 30th birthday.
The cover of “The Language Instinct” by Steven Pinker held in someone’s lap
December 22, 2024 at 9:18 PM
languagedaisy.bsky.social
I’ve had a long day. I’m stressed. I need to relax. What am I doing? Tackling a chapter from THE LANGUAGE LOVER’S PUZZLE BOOK. You know, for fun. This one is about #Dutch.

#langsky #languagelover
A top down picture of a iPad with a blank document open laying on top of an open book with a chapter title “Triple Dutch”
December 13, 2024 at 2:28 AM
languagedaisy.bsky.social
It’s the fact that Duo gets progressively more unhinged for me 😂 #duolingo #languagelearning #langsky
A screenshot of nine apps, the focus on the Duolingo icon which features what looks like Duo’s face through a cracked screen
December 11, 2024 at 3:12 AM
languagedaisy.bsky.social
My Finch app is serving Mulan? That’s the way to this millennial’s heart ❤️
A screenshot from the Finch self care app that pictures an illustration of two twos with a large sun behind them. Under it the text reads “the flower that blooms in adversity is the rarest and most beautiful of all” from Mulan
November 3, 2024 at 6:30 PM
languagedaisy.bsky.social
Pip says hi 💕
October 28, 2024 at 4:03 PM
languagedaisy.bsky.social
Thank you for such good info!

Fun fact btw: the AC site has a quiz 😆
a quiz result for Assassin's Creed, it shows a hooded man holding a blade across his front and under it reads: "curious, scholarly, cunning, reflective, ferocious" and in a box under, it says "You are Basim, Assassin's Creed Mirage, Assassin's Creed Valhalla. You are Basim Ibn Ishaq, a street thief recruited to the Hidden Ones, always trying to explain and reconcile the world around you. Introspective with an occasional facade, you are skilled at maneuvering through complex situations. Only with your closest friends do you reveal the real you."
October 28, 2024 at 3:03 PM
languagedaisy.bsky.social
My lab/pit mix is 70lbs (32kg) and is absolutely terrified of literally any small dog, including our neighbor's schnauzer.

To be clear, he's never had a traumatizing experience with another dog. He just thinks he's the size of a bread loaf 🍞
my large white and tan dog holds his new toy, a stuffed orange plushie
October 24, 2024 at 1:57 PM
languagedaisy.bsky.social
Good morning #langsky! As usual, the morning is kicking off with Anki and I’m starting Madrigal’s Magic Key to Spanish too 💕😊
In the foreground, Madrigal’s Magic Key to Spanish held up in front of a computer screen showing Anki
October 22, 2024 at 12:05 PM
languagedaisy.bsky.social
We’re starting off the morning with freshly watered chrysanthemums in the window and Refold’s Anki deck for Spanish up and ready ✨

Good morning, #langsky ☀️
A small pot of yellow chrysanthemums on a windowsill with a blue sky in the background
October 21, 2024 at 12:23 PM