Lynn Nothegger I had a German booking my Airbnb room. She asked about something and I texted back “Fine.” The auto-translate made it into Bußgeld.

9. The languages of the world

4 Harsh Truths About Languages 1. The more you read the better you'll write. 2. Your goals can change as you advance. 3. No one actually knows what the hell they’re doing. 4. You care more about your mistakes than anyone else every will. Get started and see for yourself.

I learn languages.

I can't stress enough how learning grammar is crucial to learning a language. I finally found someone agreeing with me.

I gave a guy the thumbs down instead of a middle finger when he cut me off. His face was confusion and shock. I whole heartily recommend this action.

Schwammerlmesser mit praktischer Bürste. Deutschland wird gewiss ein Stück sicherer, wenn man das in Zukunft nicht mehr in der Hosentasche mit in den Wald tragen darf.

Toute ressemblance avec l'actualité n'est que pure fantaisie 😇🤥

You probably should have asked some Spanish speakers about this one bud

Speaking a dialect protects you against this. Let the dialect shine through into your work emails to make it clear that you're human. Shibboleth. (Shine through. No more or the other guy might not understand you.)

Life when some language learners stop saying "but babies learn that way-" WE ARE ADULTS. Stop shoving the way babies learn down our throats pls we are NOT kids. Adults and kids learn differently and that's proven in linguistics. #langtwt

*making notes as a field linguist among the TikTok speaking community* We observe "unalive" to be an ergative verb

#langtwt what tool should I use to build an online dictionary for free? Preferably not an app. Thanks!

So the Finns were right with their jokes?

"Your kid is reading above her level" No. My kid is 7 years old and reading the books marked "7 years" that my Mom kept from when I was seven. Is it possible that you lowered the levels in the last 20 years or so?

Administratium - the only chemical element with a negative half-life.