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Boston's Mayor Wu playing with Yo-Yo Ma at Symphony Hall

Is there anything she can't do?

Currently listening to 'The Man Who Was Thursday' - Definitely enjoying it!

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Me after hearing how hard #JamesJoyce's books are: 'Come on now! It can't be that bad.'

Meanwhile- literal word in second paragraph of Finnegans Wake: (bababadalgharaghtakamminarronnkonnbronntonner ronntuonnthunntrovarrhounawnskawntoohoohoordenenthurnuk!)

#English #Englishlanguage #books #booksky

In the meantime, I had to block someone yesterday because they were so insufferable. The universe has a way of balancing things, I guess. lol.

Haha! Love it!

it seems learning languages is just "do the thing enough until it starts working" which is so weird but it works

Yeah! For some reason, all roads lead to Rome when it comes to language learning. Though I do think some roads might be longer than others.

Totally agree with this message...

That's beautiful!

Just wanted to drop by and let you know how much I appreciate your podcast. Keep it up!

I speak 4 and am still pushing for more. So, we're on the same boat here! :)

In #languagelearning, complexity is about vocabulary breadth, grammar size, structural complexity, and lexical diversity.

Let's explore this here:
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Accuracy answers the question, 'How correct is your language?'. You can be fluent while your speech is still lacking in accuracy.

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There are 3 types of fluency in #languagelearning

- Speed fluency
- Repair Fluency, and
- Breakdown Fluency

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Language Learning Is More Than Fluency Here are the other areas you should improve!

#Language proficiency is more than fluency. Find out the other elements of language learning.

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Borrowing happens when a dialect takes on a new linguistic feature because of contact with another language or dialect.

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Trump is an enigma, isn't he? But again, tomorrow he might wake up hating @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social once Again. For a second, it felt like a wholesome moment - but you can never trust Trump.

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If you're wondering, these guys were planning to invade 'LaGonave', #Haiti. Set aside the evil behind the plot; this is pure delusion.
I mean, of all the places they could have targeted to enslave, they really chose the place of both the first slave revolt and the first free black republic. lol!

Sometimes code — switching happens mid-sentence. In this case, it is described as intrasentential. You might have heard of the classic example, ‘Sometimes, I’ll start a sentence in Spanish, y termino en español’.

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The Math Isn’t Mathing Across Languages A look at how different cultures count things

You'd be surprised how much about simple math people don't care to learn. I wrote a story about the concept of basic numbers in different languages. But this whole thing was an IQ test, and MAGAheads failed miserably
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When you speak more formally than usual, or change your jargon to meet the moment. That's called style shifting. And we all do it.
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Haha! That's all you should need to wanna keep going. People often underestimate the importance of hearing those little things - especially when they come from native speakers.

Definitely! AAVE has similar ones as well like: bad, mad, sick, etc. I think of all the contronyms I've come across, 'Awful' is the one I've mourned the most. haha! It used to mean 'full of awe'.

You're definitely right! Same for 'ridiculous' - like in 'ridiculous skills'

My favorite:

Yeah! No! I know, right!

How Some Words End Up Being the Opposite of Themselves Understanding contronyms, or Janus words

Yep! It's a contronym, contranym, or Janus word. I wrote a whole article about it: medium.com/language-lab...

Awww! I like that!

When we speak, we constantly accommodate/adapt to the needs of our interlocutor. And the most common form of accommodation is code-switching. Read the full story here:

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Code-Switching and Other Ways Native Speakers Change Their Language Analyzing how native speakers adapt their language style to fit the moment

How and why do we code-switch when we speak? Find out more about code-switching and style-shifting here:

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