Efter fem dagar i Sverige förra veckan har jag bestämt mig att jag vill flytta dit. Det var en dröm jag hade under hela mina tjugoårsåldern men jag hade givit upp, hade trott att jag var för gammal nu. Men fuck it. Ska jag kunna? Kanske. Hur? Ingen aning. 😅 Men jag vill det igen, och det är något.

Idag fyller jag 35 år. Tänker på var jag har åstadkommit med min tid, saker jag har fått gjort. Jag vet att det räcker att överleva. Men jag inser att jag vill mer än det, och då måste jag sluta vara så jävla lat. Komma bort från mobilen, upp ur soffan - skriva mer, lära mig mer. Det är målet. 😌

And just like that, I want to start learning Estonian again. 😅 #langsky youtu.be/ni4-v1L3p-Q?...

applying for jobs again

I don't 'refuse to use' AI, I just don't use AI; in the same way that I don't shoplift, or plagiarise other people's books - it requires no effort of will, it's just not something I would think of doing

This might be fun. Anyone on #langsky want to take a guess at what language this is written in? 😁

While doing a little spring cleaning, I found another pile of post-its covered in vocabulary from my office days. If I found an interesting word at work, I’d write it down. There’s all sorts in here;🇩🇪, lots of 🇨🇿, 🇱🇹, 🇪🇪, even a drizzle of 🇪🇸. I don’t do this so much any more, which is a shame. #langsky

Once again loving this interpretation of Caesar’s last words

#IdesofMarch 🗡️

In case you didn’t know, just a quick PSA — Wicked is now being performed in Norway, for the first time, in Norwegian 🥹 And it’s just brilliant, loving the translation! Desperately hoping they produce a cast recording I could buy! 💚💖 youtu.be/k-Al9edqGEQ?...

A passion: learning languages.
A struggle: sticking to one for more than a week. ✨️

#langsky

Well, that's it. After nine full years, this will be my last blog post for a while. It's not the end, but I need to focus on other things. Give this a read, if you fancy — and thank you all for your support over the years, it's meant the world to me. ❤️ densprakligaskatan.com/2025/03/01/i...

I’m seriously thinking about packing up my blog for a while. I’ve done it every month for eight years without fail, but I’ve got some stuff going on right now and at this point I just have no ideas at all. 🥲 Not to mention that since I left The Bad Place™️, readership has been way down.

I’ve not been particularly productive lately, and I was thinking I might have a bit of a dabble to get myself sorted out and back in the groove. At the moment I’m gravitating towards either Cantonese or Catalan. 🤔 #langsky

For my blog post this month, I've delved a little bit into the world of Pokémon in translation - both into English from the original Japanese, and a couple of international versions. Give it a read if you fancy! 😁 densprakligaskatan.com/2025/02/01/a...

I've officially just booked my first holiday abroad in five years, and I can't even begin to tell you how excited I am 🤩

Going to visit a friend in Odense, Denmark 🇩🇰 and then on for a little solo city break in Helsingborg, Sweden 🇸🇪 — and you'd better believe I'll be bringing books back with me.

A new addition to the collection! I read this (in English) for the book club I run with a friend at work, and I was so charmed by it I wanted to own a copy in the original language. Will I ever read it? Probably not, but it’s such a gorgeous object, and I’m glad it’s got a home on my shelves now. 🥰

I mean. Yeah, those are certainly some activities. 🤔

I shouldn't have skipped ahead on this course, I must be missing some vital context here, I was just curious and now I suppose I'll have to pay the price for that.

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I'm språkskatan ('the language magpie') - a language enthusiast and serial dabbler 😅
At the moment I'm trying to focus on Welsh, but I'm also interested in Japanese, Manx, Cornish, and... well, basically everything else!