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evedaser · 3 months ago
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s5 rewatch is finished! which means my 1st full merlin rewatch is finished!! which means tallies!!! s5 tallies!!!! and WHOLE SHOW TALLIES!!!!! which means spreadsheets!!!!!! which means finally distributing the document and the data i have been working on for MONTHS!!!!!!! which also means several other things i have been waiting for this moment for!!!!!!!! unfortunately its also past midnight and im exhausted and spent the better part of today in my bed crying so like conscious thought is not a thing i really have. s5 tallies tonight?? maybe??? whole show tallies tomorrow for sure ARE YOU EXCITED IM EXCITED MY SPREADSHEETS ARE FINALLY GOING TO BE FINISHED I'M ACTUALLY ECSTATIC I HAVE SO MANY WAITING TO BE FILLED OUT :DDDDDDDD
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llatimeria · 2 years ago
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It's always so funny when they dub an animated kid's show from UK English to US English/visa versa. God forbid the children are exposed to ... *shuffles papers* ... different accents.
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moonpufferfishy · 2 years ago
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Honestly a mess and no one can tell where I am from just from my accent.
ok i absolutely need to know what accents u all have pls reblog and tell me or comment or whatever I must know
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cosmogyros · 27 days ago
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Ranting and raving with Cinnamon yesterday about dubbing
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listeningenglish · 1 month ago
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VOA Learning English — Your Smart English Companion
What is the VOA Learning English App?
The VOA Learning English App is a powerful mobile application designed to help English learners around the world improve their language skills through real-world news, audio stories, and engaging content provided by Voice of America (VOA).
This app offers slow-paced, clear English audio that is perfect for beginners to intermediate learners who want to improve their listening, vocabulary, and pronunciation skills.
Why Use the VOA Learning English App?
If you’re looking for a reliable, free, and effective tool to enhance your English learning experience, the VOA Learning English app is your best companion. Here’s why:
✅ Authentic English Content from VOA
✅ Daily News Updates in slow, clear English
✅ Audio & Video Lessons for listening practice
✅ Subtitles & Transcripts for better understanding
✅ Offline Mode to learn anytime, anywhere
✅ Vocabulary Support and highlighted keywords
Who Is It For?
This app is ideal for:
ESL/EFL learners
Students preparing for TOEIC, TOEFL, or IELTS
Beginners to intermediate English learners
Anyone who wants to improve English listening and vocabulary
How to Use the VOA Learning English App Effectively
Start with Listening — Play a daily news episode.
Read the Transcript — Follow along with the script.
Repeat & Shadow — Mimic the pronunciation.
Review Vocabulary — Use the built-in dictionary.
Practice Every Day — Make it part of your routine.
You can also explore the official website: 🌐 https://learningenglish.voanews.com/
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aurianneor · 8 months ago
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La meilleure manière d’apprendre l’anglais
"En tant que bébés, notre première exposition au langage se fait par l'écoute, mais en tant qu'apprenants adultes, les idées préconçues et les angoisses peuvent parfois entraver la compréhension. Certains apprenants sont pris de panique lorsqu'ils sont exposés à un discours naturel, et cela est souvent déclenché par l'idée erronée que nous devons saisir chaque mot, alors qu'en fait nous devrions nous concentrer sur ce que nous comprenons. Si nous voulons améliorer notre écoute, il est essentiel de vaincre cette peur des mots et des sons inconnus.
Alors, comment se fixer des objectifs réalisables en écoutant l'anglais à une vitesse normale, même à des niveaux inférieurs ?
Si vous êtes un parfait débutant, vous pouvez commencer par regarder une série en anglais sous-titrée dans votre propre langue, ou par écouter la radio en arrière-plan pendant que vous préparez le dîner. Peu importe que vous suiviez les sous-titres plus que l'audio, ou que vous dansiez simplement sur les chansons à la radio - l'exposition aux sons en anglais à vitesse naturelle, et des fonctions telles que le discours continu est un bon point de départ. Votre objectif réalisable dans ce cas consiste simplement à vous habituer aux sons que vous entendez, vous trouver dans la pièce avec eux et ne pas avoir des sueurs froides d'un traumatisme passé en classe d'anglais !" L'importance de la compréhension orale en anglais - British Council (il y a également des leçons disponibles): lhttps://www.britishcouncil.fr/blog/comprehension-orale-en-anglais
English Language Assessment - Cambridge: https://www.cambridgeenglish.org/learning-english/
VOA Learning English: https://learningenglish.voanews.com/p/5609.html
Compréhension orale en anglais - Université de Rennes: https://langues.univ-rennes.fr/comprehension-orale-en-anglais#p-140
BBC Learning English: https://www.bbc.co.uk/learningenglish
Beaucoup d'autres sites internets sont disponibles. Trouvez le ou les sites qui vous conviennent le mieux.
L'application Anki permet de créer des flashcards afin d'apprendre du vocabulaire et des phrases complètes (que vous choisissez) - C'est la répétition qui fait la mémorisation. Il vaut mieux faire un peu plusieurs fois plutôt que beaucoup et s'arrêter. A utiliser quotidiennement, pour entraîner la mémoire: https://apps.ankiweb.net/ 
Utilisez Deepl ou Larousse pour traduire les éléments essentiels que vous ne comprenez pas, puis placez ces mots / phrases dans une flashcard Anki pour les mémoriser.
Deepl translator: https://www.deepl.com/en/translator 
Larousse - Dictionnaire anglais français: https://www.larousse.fr/dictionnaires/francais-anglais
Quand vous apprenez, soyez précis et mémorisez les mots et phrases exactes.
Quand vous parlez, n'ayez pas peur de faire des erreurs, c'est tout à fait normal. Le tout est de parvenir à comprendre et à se faire comprendre. Pas de pression, un étranger parle en faisant des erreurs et cela fait évoluer les langues.
Why do Scandinavians speak an exceptional English?- Polyglot Club: https://polyglotclub.com/help/language-learning-tips/scandinavians-good-english
"Constant exposure to the English language through media gives Scandinavians’ English language abilities a significant boost, as consuming foreign language media with subtitles can lead to the acquisition of foreign language skills".The Scandinavian Countries: Why Are They So Good At Speaking English?: https://crystalcleartranslation.com/the-scandinavian-countries-why-are-they-so-good-at-speaking-english/#:~:text=Constant%20exposure%20to%20the%20English,acquisition%20of%20foreign%20language%20skills
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The best way to learn everyday French every day: https://www.aurianneor.org/dont-think-dont-try-to-understand-just/
Oui à la liberté pédagogique pour tous: https://www.aurianneor.org/oui-a-la-liberte-pedagogique-pour-tous-profs/
Ils parlaient toutes les langues: https://www.aurianneor.org/ils-parlaient-toutes-les-langues-ce-photomontage-a/
Is that a yack? The Lama scene: https://www.aurianneor.org/is-that-a-yack-the-lama-scene-thats-the-title/
Sauver la langue: https://www.aurianneor.org/sauver-la-langue/
1h d’exercice, pourquoi pas la danse?: https://www.aurianneor.org/1h-dexercice-pourquoi-pas-la-danse/
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el-blog-pepe · 1 year ago
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To be Rigged (with transcript)
Listen to the most recent episode of my podcast: #747 To be Rigged (with transcript) https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/joseph-mc42/episodes/747-To-be-Rigged-with-transcript-e2j5dfn Transcript https://drive.google.com/file/d/1EAOtcKX3LOgmTEWRU5SaEV4pLLDDtzx9/view?usp=drivesdk Today’s phrase is to be rigged. Now when something is rigged, it is believed that it’s operated using deceit or…
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what-even-is-thiss · 21 days ago
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Free or Cheap Spanish Learning Resources So You Can Run at Windmills in Fluent Spanish
I will update this list as I learn of any more useful ones. If you want general language learning resources check out this other post. This list is Spanish specific. Find lists for other specific languages here.
For the purposes of this list "free" means something that is either totally free or has a useful free tier. "Cheap" is a subscription under $10USD a month, a software license or lifetime membership purchase under $100USD, or a book under $30USD. If you want to suggest a resource for this list please suggest ones in that price range that are of decent quality and not AI generated.
WEBSITES
Dreaming Spanish - A website that is also a YouTube Channel. This is a comprehensible input site with videos about a variety of subjects with multiple hosts from multiple countries. It has content for learners from absolute beginner to lower advanced. It lets you sort videos by dialect, subject, length, etc. The free version has a lot of content. The paid version is $9 a month and has many more videos and allows you to track your listening hours. The website is in English but all videos are entirely in Spanish.
Lawless Spanish - A free website with resources to learn Spanish relating to grammar, pronunciation, and vocabulary. The website also has worksheets, charts, an AI chatbot, and reviews of different learning resources. The website is in English.
Spanish Boom - A free website with beginner lessons and free readings with audio and visual aids. They're also associated with a service called Esidioma that provides paid courses with tutor help for around $23 and also sells books. Prices are in Euros but they also sell to people outside of Europe. The website is available in multiple languages.
studyspanish.com - A website with free verb drills and grammar lessons. It's commonly used by high school Spanish students. They also have a blog that hasn't updated in a while but there is an archive to read through. They have a paid tier with access to their podcasts, vocab lessons, and their Spanish learning app which is $10 a month or $120 for a lifetime membership. The website is in English.
Speaking Latino - A website marketed at Spanish teachers but it's in English and has guides to colloquial Spanish and slang in a lot of different countries and a free blog with tips on sounding like a local in different countries. It has a paid tier but that's mostly useful for Spanish teachers. They also sell slang dictionaries for various countries that are usually less than $10.
UT Austin Spanish Proficiency Exercises - A bunch of free grammar, vocab, and pronunciation guides for various tasks you should be able to do in Spanish at various levels from one of my alma maters, the University of Texas at Austin. It's got videos of people from different countries pronouncing things. The podcast links often don't work for some reason but the grammar, vocab, and video links should work fine. The website is in English.
SpanishDict - A free dictionary website and app with a search feature that also has curated vocabulary lists on various topics and articles. They have a paid tier at $13 a month with a writing coach and subscriber only curated lists and articles. Personally I don't think their paid tier is all that special but it's up to you. The website is in English.
BBC Bitesize Spanish - Bitesize is a free study resource for kids and is sorted by level. It has articles aimed at little kids as well as secondary school aged teens studying for their exams or planning to study abroad. The website is in English and available worldwide, not just in the UK.
YOUTUBE CHANNELS
Hola Spanish - A channel by a woman named Brenda from Argentina who makes videos about grammar, pronunciation, culture, media, and general Spanish tips for upper beginner to advanced learners. The channel is almost entirely in Spanish with occasional vocabulary words translated into English onscreen. There are subtitles in Spanish onscreen but sometimes they randomly disappear.
Butterfly Spanish - A channel with free lessons from beginner to lower intermediate. The host also makes videos about useful phrases and listening practice videos. The channel is mostly in English.
Spanish After Hours - A comprehensible input channel for beginner to intermediate learners with vlogs, history, Spanish tips, and news. The descriptions and video titles are in English but the videos are all in Spanish. The channel host is from Spain.
Easy Spanish - A channel part of the easy languages network that makes a combination of videos with useful phrases and terms for beginners and interviews on the street with locals. They have teams in both Barcelona and Mexico City and there are dual language subtitles in Spanish and English onscreen. The hosts also have a podcast for intermediate to advanced learners.
My Daily Spanish - A catchall channel that has lessons, discussions of grammar, culture topics, vlogs, vocabulary, and other various things. The host is from Spain and also makes a lot of YouTube shorts. She mostly speaks in Spanish but occasionally uses English or has English translations onscreen.
Spansh Boost with Martin and Spanish Boost with Mila - These channels are run by a couple from Argentina who also work as tutors on italki. They often appear on each other's channels and both have their own podcasts and vlogs and general content videos that they make discussing their lives, giving tips, and discussing culture. Mila also makes a lot of videos playing the sims.
Spanish Boost Gaming - Run by Martin from Spanish Boost, this is a lets play channel in clear and easy to understand Spanish. Subtitles are available in English and Spanish and a few other languages as well and it's an actual let's play channel. He plays a variety of video games, makes jokes, and says cuss words and everything.
Mextalki - A channel run by a couple of guys from Mexico city that has listening practice, podcasts, street interviews, and Mexican Spanish specific lessons. Some videos have dual language subtitles onscreen while others do not. The channel is majority in Spanish but in a few lesson videos or portions of videos they will speak in English a bit.
Espanol Con Juan - A channel that teaches Spanish in Spanish from upper beginner to upper intermediate. Juan has grammar lessons, vocabulary lessons, and videos about culture. He is from Spain and the channel is entirely in Spanish. He also has a podcast for more advanced learners.
READING PRACTICE
Vikidia - A wikipedia type website specifically made for kids. The articles are short and written in more simple easy to understand Spanish. The website is in Spanish and made for native speaker kids.
Spanish graded readers by Olly Richards - Spanish has short stories and dialogues for beginner and intermediate, books in easy Spanish on world war 1, world war 2, western philosophy, and climate change. There's also dialogue books specific to Mexican Spanish and Spanish used on social media. The books usually go from $5-$20 new depending on how old they are and whether or not you bought a digital copy. These are really easy to find at used bookstores for cheap though, especially in the US.
Conatilteg Digital - This is a mobile app that provides digital versions of the free textbooks for children provided by the Mexican Ministry of Education both historic and current. The link I provided is for iOS but the app is also available on android and the app is available in multiple countries and not just Mexico. The app is entirely in Spanish and categorized by grade from preschool to secondary school so it's a resource appropriate for all levels and may be enjoyable for any kids you know that are learning Spanish. You can also view their browser website here. (also entirely in Spanish)
Hola Que Pasa - A free website with news articles for learners from beginner to intermediate difficulty. They also provide audio and have the news articles available in podcast form. Every article has certain phrases highlighted that you can hover over and get and English translation of. The website is in a mix of English and Spanish.
Spanish in Levels - A world news website in Spanish for learners. The articles are separated into three different levels and the website is in a mix of English and Spanish. Each article also has audio.
PODCASTS
Spanish for False Beginners - An unscripted podcast about various topics hosted by a guy from the UK and a guy from Spain. The podcast is aimed at people who find beginner content to be boring but still find intermediate content to be too difficult. English is very rarely used.
Uforia/Univision - Uforia is a free app aimed at native speakers in the US and has Spanish language radio, music, and podcasts. Univision in general is also useful if you like American and international news and programming in Spanish.
Radio National de Espana - Another site for native speakers, this is Spanish National Radio. They have a variety of free podcasts and radio programs.
Spanish Obsessed - This is a series of lessons in podcast form for learners from absolute beginner to advanced.
Storylearning Spanish Podcast - This podcast tells different short stories in Spanish and is aimed at upper beginner to lower intermediate learners.
Radio Ambulante - A Spanish language podcast from NPR that's similar to something like This American Life that tells stories from around Latin America. Although it's aimed at native speakers, the language used is clear and understandable and transcripts are available. They're also aware that a lot of intermediate and advanced learners use them for listening practice and they have developed a free app that helps with comprehension and vocabulary when listening to their podcast.
SELF STUDY TEXTBOOKS
Madrigal's Magic Key to Spanish - A self study textbook written in the late 80s that still mostly holds up for beginner to upper beginner Spanish. A paperback edition of the textbook is about $25 and used copies and ebooks are also usually available wherever you like to buy books. It's also half off on Amazon pretty often.
Complete Spanish step-by-step by Mcgraw Hill - This is a complete version of the McGraw Hill budget option, the spanish step by step series that focuses on the most frequently used words and grammar. It's $25 new but the individual books in the series usually cost less than $10 and used versions and ebooks are available.
Complete Spanish Grammar from Mcgraw Hill - This is a workbook as well as a textbook that usually costs around $20. The complete Spanish all in one version of the book costs about $40. Used versions of these books can be difficult to find because people tend to write all over them but ebook versions are available. You can also find their beginner workbook for around $18.
Practical Spanish Grammar - This book is usually around $25 but because it's not a workbook it's fairly easy to find used copies. An advanced grammar textbook is also available.
SERIES FOR LEARNERS AND KIDS SHOWS
Destinos - This is a series of over 50 episodes of a telenovela made for Spanish learners. The plot revolves around a group of siblings searching around the world for their long lost half sibling they just learned that they had so the series includes a lot of different Spanish dialects.
Extra Spanish - A 13 episode sitcom made to show in Spanish classrooms that revolves around a group of friends in Spain and a student that just moved there.
Dora la Expladora - Yeah if you remember Dora the Explorer from your preschool days it also unsurprisingly exists in Spanish. You can watch clips and some full episodes on YouTube and buy full seasons for around $8 each on Amazon.
PBS Kids in Spanish - A few PBS Kids shows like Cyberchase and Daniel Tiger have been dubbed into Spanish. The link I've given goes to a place to buy them on Amazon Prime but if you go digging on their YouTube channel or the PBS Kids website you also might be able to find them for free. They don't always make it easy to find though.
Plaza Sésamo - The Spanish language localization of Sesame Street for Mexican audiences with its own unique characters. The YouTube channel has a huge amount of content on it and often has episodes streaming live.
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jheselbraum · 1 year ago
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If you're upset about duolingo firing it's translators, you should check whatever the equivalent to the BBC is for your target language (or the BBC if that language is English, but if your target language is English and you're reading this I think you're good) because a lot of major national news organizations have resources for learning their language. For example, DW has resources to learn German, NHK has resources for learning Japanese, TV5monde has resources for learning French. They're usually free (or at least, I haven't encountered one that's paid yet) and usually pretty comprehensive (though like with all language learning apps/websites def supplement it with other resources)
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sakanayasan414 · 5 months ago
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Interesting facts/possible mistranslation in Japanese translation of Sherlock Holmes
I thought people might be thinking I started my Sherlock Holmes journey by bbc or s&co and while there’s nothing wrong with that, I wanted to clarify that I’ve been Sherlokian since my mom bought me the adventure of Sherlock Holmes in 1st grade and I love the canon the most. Though I don’t really read it in Japanese anymore, I wanted to show my love for the translators and just everyone who made it possible for me to enjoy SH without having to learn English as a child.
Names Changes - The name Sherlock Holmes and John Watson once got translated/adapted to 小室泰六 (Komuro Tairoku) and 和田進一 (Wada Shinichi) because people in Japan at that time weren’t familiar with European names. I find this really fun and actually impressive because the names do fit their criteria; Komuro has that royal feel Holmes has and Shinichi is just one of the most common name in Japan like John.
First person pronouns - In Japanese there are many first person pronouns (I, my, me) to the point linguists don’t even know how many there are but main one being 俺 (ore) and 僕 (boku) for men and 私 (watashi) for women and men in formal occasions. So, deciding which first person pronouns characters use is one of the first yet important part of translation. Holmes in most translations use boku which is typical but has that upper class atmosphere when used by an adult which I think fits his personality and background. But one of the translations I read used watashi when he’s talking about his deduction and I feel like it shows how serious he takes his cases as it is almost solely used by men in professional settings. And also it sort of distances the speaker from the rest, meaning he is in his own world when deducing but he’s willing to interact with others when not in case.
Surname? First name? - in most translations, Holmes and Watson call each other by their surnames like in ACD writing but in one of the translations I’ve read put 君 (kun) after their surnames. It is used to show politeness but also affection in old times. I personally love this addition because calling each other by their surnames in Japanese don’t feel the same as it does in English. It feels too distant, not in Victorian men in way but just plain strangers feel. But then First names are too intimate so putting kun just feels right.
The speckled band - ACD played with a word band in this story but in Japanese it is straight up impossible to do so because we don’t have a word like that so what do they do? As shown below, they put extra words on top of words. (Characters on top (バンド) literally reads bando meaning band and characters below (紐 and 群) mean a string and a group so they both mean band) It is commonly done in literature to either suggest double meaning or just an indication of how to read certain Chinese characters because the characters on top are phonogram unlike Chinese characters. Having three alphabets in one language enables us to have that double meaning in other languages.
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Possible misinterpretation of the situation - In “A Case of Identity”, Holmes expresses a deep angst towards Windibank by saying “But between ourselves, Windibank, it was as cruel and selfish and heartless a trick in a petty way as ever came before me.” Up until this point, Holmes called him Mr Windibank but he drops the Mr. However, for some reason some translations keep the Japanese equivalent of Mr (さん) , but then he takes out his whip after this conversation. I just don’t think it was a civil conversation that Japanese translators wanted to write as. I think Japanese translators just wanted to write Holmes as an always-calm-man but he is a passionate man when he needs to be.
Possible Mistranslation - From “A Scandal in Bohemia”, Watson talks about what the woman is to Holmes by writing “In his eyes she eclipses and predominates the whole of her sex.” In rather recently published translation, it gets translated to something like “From Holmes’ perspective, she surpasses all other women and makes their presence fade into the background.” Which i don’t think accurately expresses his view on her and women in general. But this might differ from other people’s opinions.
As time passes and many variations get published, translation gets more natural but sometimes they lose the atmosphere of the canon. So I love going back to reading all the versions I can read.
Hope you enjoyed this post! I have A LOT like this in my draft because I’m a language nerd in STEM that can’t find anyone to talk about this with. Also please let me know if you know any fun facts from your language’s translation:)
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cool-lesbian-is-here · 6 months ago
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Intro post!!!!!
My fav song rn (I change this frequently): Red Light Indicates Doors Are Secure by Arctic Monkeys
Hey I’m katya :D
I was born in Ukraine and lived there for two years before moving to England with my family. I also had like a weird year where we lived in Luxembourg but whatever. So yeah I speak Russian and English fluently and I can understand ukrainian but not speak it fluently.
Also I have a tag on my blog which is #learning russian with Katya, and I guess u can figure out what goes on there, but yh if u want u can check that out :)
I am a cis lesbian MINOR (14).
I love music, I listen to it all the time so here are some artists I like 😁😁: David Bowie, queen, Rolling Stones, the smiths, oasis, Måneskin, the Runaways, the Beatles, T. Rex, Aerosmith, Jon Bon Jovi, AC/DC, Billy Joel, deep purple and pink Floyd, ABBA, girl in red, Chappell roan, Olivia Rodrigo, Ayesha erotica, K$SHA, Britney Spears, mccaffferty, Alex G, Penelope Scott, Rio Romeo, the front bottoms, Mitski, Laufey, Madilyn Mei, the cardigans, Sufjan Stevens, Kimya Dawson, Conan Gray and arctic monkeys
TV Girl has my heart
There are obvs more but I can’t remember them all, anyway, moving on, fandoms!
BBC Sherlock, the marauders, LOTR and The Hobbit, dead boy detectives,the dead poets society, wicked, a series of unfortunate events, Good omens, Percy Jackson, gravity falls, house md
Books that literally changed my brain chemistry: the Perks of Being a Wallflower, dead poets society, Girl, interrupted, the catcher in the rye, Solitaire, and a separate peace.
Movies I adore wholeheartedly: tell it to the bees, Girl, interrupted, Dead Poets Society, mamma Mia, say anything, the rocky horror picture show, imagine me and you, I saw the TV glow, but I’m a cheerleader, the incredibly true adventure of two girls in love, moonrise kingdom, the miseducation of Cameron post, the perks of being a wallflower, the whole ass LOTR series, We’re all going to the world’s fair, CALL ME BY YOUR NAME, Juno
Shows or series I love!: gilmore girls, Brooklyn 99, the office(US), friends, Lucifer, a series of unfortunate events, The Good Place, House MD
Obsessions I had when I was younger(please don’t laugh): Ed sheeran(I KNOW, OK.), Katy Perry (her songs r still kinda fire tho) and of course “The Land of Stories” (that shit had a hold on me)
Hobbies: reading, crochet, playing guitar, and making random shit
Style: I’d say I dress grunge so my clothes all have like a little bit of each marauder in them
Marauders!!!: my moonshine says I am a James kinnie, I have also been told I’m a marlene kinnie, so do w that what you will, my fav marauder is sirius tho and my fav ship is wolfstar(nothing is better than the original in my opinion). Honestly, I think I lean towards fluffy fics more when I’m looking for a wolfstar fic and also there’s this random lore Abt me that I have read ATYD twice and also ATYD-Sirius’s perspective twice.
Random lore: when I was 11, my brother and I exploded a power bank together so now I have this big scar on my leg from the burn. My favourite colour is cherry red. I also have a fake name that I give to ppl who I don’t rlly want knowing my name. I’m allergic to gold but I look rlly good in it 😔😔. I annotate my books.my fav dinosaur is the triceratops. I love to quote random songs on here ✨✨. Also I rlly wanna play guitar but I have zero musical talent 😭😭 EDIT: MY DAD IS LETTING ME GET LESSONS AND IM GONNA START SOON!!!. Also I love death note!!!
I have a tortoise named Bowser, but in Russian, we call him Боря (boris) :DDDD
This blog has a lot of random, uncensored thoughts that pop into my head, so be ready for the randomest of statements without tags being on your dash
yes I am hater and I hate Taylor Swift with a passion. BUT IF U LIKE HER IDRC ILL JUST KNOW THAT U AHEV A SHIT MUSIC TASTE
IVE BEEN TO THE ABBA MUSEUM SO IM LIKE OFFICIALLY COOL
I am a person that fully believes you must like a band to wear that bands merch
I am forever a user of YouTube music, no amount of disappointment in me will change this, so don’t try.
This is my random depressed thoughts side blog: @the-katya-is-sad-show
I honestly think that’s everything, so um yeah! That’s me :)
ALSO GUYS JS QUICKLY, IF I CALL YOU “girl” OR “bitch” IM NOT TRYNA CALL YOU AN ACTUAL GIRL OR AN ACTUAL BITCH ITS JS SMTH THAT I USE AS GENDER-NEUTRAL THINGS TO ALL PPL. IM RLLY SORRY IF I MISGENDER U, I RLLY DONT MEAN TO, ITS JS A THING I SAY!!!
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This is a cool funky collage of my vibes 😁😁, a courtesy of my beautiful, talented, cool, funky, awesome sauce moot: @dont-turn-left
✨my moonshine✨: @corvibb
my fav girlies:
Little ball of sunshine <3: @permetutotheworld Professional crash outer <3: @theheightsarewuthering
some guy that keeps telling me to drink water: @st4rboyloser
a very dear friend that gangs up w Cael to bully me into drinking water :(( : @jammahanna
Cool girl Elora she listens to me yap :DDD : @agirlsgirlwink
WATERMELON IS PINK, FUCK YOU @corvibb
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dreamdolldeveloper · 1 year ago
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back to basics
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mostly free resources to help you learn the basics that i've gathered for myself so far that i think are cool
everyday
gcfglobal - about the internet, online safety and for kids, life skills like applying for jobs, career planning, resume writing, online learning, today's skills like 3d printing, photoshop, smartphone basics, microsoft office apps, and mac friendly. they have core skills like reading, math, science, language learning - some topics are sparse so hopefully they keep adding things on. great site to start off on learning.
handsonbanking - learn about finances. after highschool, credit, banking, investing, money management, debt, goal setting, loans, cars, small businesses, military, insurance, retirement, etc.
bbc - learning for all ages. primary to adult. arts, history, science, math, reading, english, french, all the way to functional and vocational skills for adults as well, great site!
education.ket - workplace essential skills
general education
mathsgenie - GCSE revision, grade 1-9, math stages 1-14, provides more resources! completely free.
khan academy - pre-k to college, life skills, test prep (sats, mcat, etc), get ready courses, AP, partner courses like NASA, etc. so much more!
aleks - k-12 + higher ed learning program. adapts to each student.
biology4kids - learn biology
cosmos4kids - learn astronomy basics
chem4kids - learn chemistry
physics4kids - learn physics
numbernut - math basics (arithmetic, fractions and decimals, roots and exponents, prealgebra)
education.ket - primary to adult. includes highschool equivalent test prep, the core skills. they have a free resource library and they sell workbooks. they have one on work-life essentials (high demand career sectors + soft skills)
youtube channels
the organic chemistry tutor
khanacademy
crashcourse
tabletclassmath
2minmaths
kevinmathscience
professor leonard
greenemath
mathantics
3blue1brown
literacy
readworks - reading comprehension, build background knowledge, grow your vocabulary, strengthen strategic reading
chompchomp - grammar knowledge
tutors
not the "free resource" part of this post but sometimes we forget we can be tutored especially as an adult. just because we don't have formal education does not mean we can't get 1:1 teaching! please do you research and don't be afraid to try out different tutors. and remember you're not dumb just because someone's teaching style doesn't match up with your learning style.
cambridge coaching - medical school, mba and business, law school, graduate, college academics, high school and college process, middle school and high school admissions
preply - language tutoring. affordable!
revolutionprep - math, science, english, history, computer science (ap, html/css, java, python c++), foreign languages (german, korean, french, italian, spanish, japanese, chinese, esl)
varsity tutors - k-5 subjects, ap, test prep, languages, math, science & engineering, coding, homeschool, college essays, essay editing, etc
chegg - biology, business, engineering/computer science, math, homework help, textbook support, rent and buying books
learn to be - k-12 subjects
for languages
lingq - app. created by steve kaufmann, a polygot (fluent in 20+ languages) an amazing language learning platform that compiles content in 20+ languages like podcasts, graded readers, story times, vlogs, radio, books, the feature to put in your own books! immersion, comprehensible input.
flexiclasses - option to study abroad, resources to learn, mandarin, cantonese, japanese, vietnamese, korean, italian, russian, taiwanese hokkien, shanghainese.
fluentin3months - bootcamp, consultation available, languages: spanish, french, korean, german, chinese, japanese, russian, italian.
fluenz - spanish immersion both online and in person - intensive.
pimsleur - not tutoring** online learning using apps and their method. up to 50 languages, free trial available.
incase time has passed since i last posted this, check on the original post (not the reblogs) to see if i updated link or added new resources. i think i want to add laguage resources at some point too but until then, happy learning!!
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sgiandubh · 2 months ago
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Check against delivery
Marie Claire France finally released, on their Instagram account, the reel of C's short interview they already published on paper and in their digital edition (https://www.tumblr.com/sgiandubh/780651199669174272/premiere-vs-preview?source=share) :
[Source: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIb3jF3MAA-/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==]
This is, from the 🐈's mouth, what she said in this reel - the 🦴 of contention, so to speak:
''My husband...we watched it last night at the premiere and my husband said that when I first was in the first scene that I was in, he didn't even notice it was me. So I'll take that as a compliment. And coming from him, that's a big compliment, so yeah...'
This reel was released yesterday evening, so I had only the digital/print transcription at the time I wrote my post. Just a reminder- this is is what made it to print, in French:
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But perhaps some could explain this screenshot from the above clip?
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She said 'premiere' in English, they translated 'avant-première' in French. I don't know why, of course. What I do know, is that I translated it in all good faith, as it still is on the website (& probably also in print) and still captioned on the clip. I am certainly not responsible and will not admit being called out for what now looks as the French journalist's negligence, of course.
And we now know both interviews (to Marie Claire France and to Meg Hughes, the Irish influencer) were recorded the same day, on April 1st. C's attire is the same, relaxed one in both. Wanna bet Marie Claire France was the first one to get in, as a bigger media outlet than an Irish influencer's Instagram account certainly has priority?
Anyways, Meg Hughes covered the premiere and the interview her own way, with no doubts possible:
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[Source: Meg Hughes' Instagram page, https://www.instagram.com/reel/DH9SL-mIq-Q/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link]
Unfortunately, Tumblr would not let me post more than one reel, but you can watch it at the above link. FYI, Meg Hughes' participation was part and parcel of a 20th Century Fox press trip (London treasure hunt and fancy lunch on top). This tells me all I need to know about her impartiality and confirms what I said in my prior post: she is an influencer, who (as all influencers) is very sensitive to PR's suggestions #sponsoredcontent.
Whether he was there or not is of no particular import, to be honest. It is still strange she did not mention him on BBC Four, the same next day, and it is still strange he was not pushed front and foremost. It is always funny to see the same bitchy people rely on a shipper's (@asilookedupatthestars-blog-blog) testimony, and an unfazed one at that. I still think she was honestly giving her sentiment, but I was not there to confirm McGill's appearance and there are zero pics, so we'll leave it at that.
Lesson learned: you should always check against delivery, whenever possible. Unlike many, I always own my shortcomings, even if this time I am not exactly guilty of anything.
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merodythann · 1 month ago
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things I'd love to see in season 5
How Sass died
How Crash died
The BnB getting more guests cause lately it been kinda empty. I know there are ghosts but I like the idea of guests having to deal with a haunted place, and them thinking they have electric problems instead
More guests that can see ghosts or that have a different relationship or how they perceive spirits, another pov.
More group activities! Give me some Alberta concerts or Sass storytelling moments or Pete travels as if he was a travel agent again
Ghosts guests maybe ?
Patience protecting Jay from danger
Joan actually going to places Sass would like to visit and telling him with full detail or even places the other ghosts would like! Give her a friend so it's not just Sass gf
A plot involving not the main ghosts (Stephanie, Crash, the cholera ghosts, etc something fun)
A flashback episode with the 4 oldest ghosts
how Sass and Thor learned English?
More about the boundary I have theories
The vault
I wouldn't mind a remake of one of the bbc eps like the April fools one.
I have more but this is getting too long lmao
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camlannpod · 10 months ago
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Okay I don't know if this is a good place to ask, sorry if it's random or annoying! I'm trying to learn Welsh for study purposes (goal: read Mabinogi) and I'm wondering if y'all can recommend any welsh-language podcasts or audiobooks? Especially medieval-adjacent ones, because brain gremlins. Thanks! (I hope this isn't annoying.)
Hey! Not annoying at all, it makes me so so happy when people ask this question!! Welsh is still an endangered language and a really underappreciated literary culture, please learn and read Welsh and tell other people about it!
Now I've had this ask before but the Tumblr search function continues to be garbage so I'm just gonna start again.
The Learn Welsh Podcast is super useful, as is Y Podleidiad Dysgu Cymraeg from BBC Radio Cymru. You could also check out Doctoriaid Cymraeg.
The fiction podcast We Know None has a little Welsh language in it, as does @ethicstownpod. And Gather the Suspects, Seren and Chain of Being are all from Welsh creators, so I recommend them!
Audiobooks are a bit trickier - because Welsh is endangered there aren't as many. This said, the bookshop Y Lolfa is an amazing Welsh language book store that has a few Welsh language audiobooks, and you can access it online. It also looks like Audible has a 'Welsh language' section of audiobooks - a quick glance and I think the books by Colin Jones should be a good start. They're fantasy rather than real mythology but designed for learners.
Always check the reviews, as sadly due to Welsh not being as widely spoken as it once was, sometimes these things will be made with bad pronunciation / mistakes, and might take you down the wrong track.
Also just a note - the original language of the Mabinogion is Medieval Welsh, which is quite different to modern Welsh. However you can find translations of it into modern Welsh and English.
And finally - it's not an audibook, but there is now a Welsh language edition of The Hobbit, Yr Hobyd, if you want to try that!
Happy learning, thank you for the ask!
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aprillikesthings · 4 months ago
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the joys of language learning when you have auditory processing issues
Advice blog: watch TV shows in your TL (target language) first with English subtitles, then the TL captions, then no captions!
Me: I watch shows in my native language with captions because otherwise I miss 10-50% of the dialogue.
Advice blog: Don't turn on captions on "comprehensible input" or teaching videos, or read transcripts of audio lessons--you learned to speak your native language as a child without those things!
Me: ....I literally didn't, though. I had speech therapy when I was six because I couldn't make the "th" sound, and I mixed up pronouns. The specific example I saw in my paperwork was that instead of saying "She went to the store" I'd say "Her went to de store."
Advice blog: Don't worry about accent differences! European Spanish and Latin-American Spanish are very similar.
Me: ....I sometimes struggle to understand people from England, speaking English, unless they literally do the stereotypical BBC voice.
Advice blog: Pimsleur moves painfully slow and focuses almost entirely on listening and pronunciation
Me: OH THANK GOD that's the part I'm really really bad at!!
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