Orecchieditopo - BAREFOOT ON THE MOON!

Without a doubt

just language people things

heated discussions about the definition of “fluent”

wrong keyboard

not being able to choose what language to watch a movie/tv series in

talking shit about people right in front of them

changing your Facebook language settings every day

peeling of the translation sticker on food packaging so you can read it in the original language

knowing the same Disney song in 4 different languages

multilingual shopping list

eavesdropping on people in public places who think their conversation is a secret

unconcious code mixing

talking to yourself in the mirror because you can’t pronounce something right

all you want for Christmas is books

getting excited about new grammar

clicking “no” when Google asks “do you want to translate this page?”

can only remember the word in the wrong language

lending your phone to someone but they can’t understand your system language

your parents/friends have no idea what you’re actually reading about

false friends

knowing more about what is going on overseas than in your home country because you don’t watch the news in your native language

Spanish ningun and Portuguese nenhum 'no; (not) any' have the same origin as the German and Dutch negative articles kein and geen. The changes they underwent have made them quite different, but they all stem from a combination of two words that meant 'not even one'.

Yuko Nakamura’s “Black Cat”, 2021

Absolutely superb Beaste spotted on Etruscan food jar

The season for clementines has already ended, I shall now wait to stuff my face with strawberries 💖



Standard French has a two-part negation: Il ne vient pas. (He doesn't come.) However, colloquial French often drops ne, thereby returning to the Old French situation: a single negation word. The same thing actually happened in English and other languages, such as German and Dutch. This series of changes even has a name: Jespersen's Cycle. Here's more.

Summer of ("bad") Art-

I love sea critters. They are so much fun.