#German Language Classes for Adults
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germanschoolabc · 3 months ago
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School Age Children Language Classes
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neristudy · 7 months ago
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I have to admit, there's something unutterably amusing about the way the teacher tries to catch me in a “gotcha” moment, asking me when I'm daydreaming or staring at my phone, not repeat herself when I ask "wie bitte?" (even if I heard her perfectly, that's just an usual responce for me, bc I need a second or two to understand whatcha she even wanna from me and come up with an answer).
For her to roll eyes and basically be "oh forget it, if you don't wanna be in this class and LEARN from ME then FINE, ungrateful brat TM"
Only for her to then ask the rest of the class - the ones who, you know, listen to her nonstop 25/8 - and they too are clueless for an answer. And just. Looking at her.
Lmao.
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what-even-is-thiss · 2 years ago
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Hey I saw you talk about comprehensible input for Spanish, and you said it was easy and it seems effective. I'm learning German, and I wanna ask what comprehensible input is and how I could do some of that
Comprehensible input means watching or listening to stuff in the language where you understand 90% or more of what’s going on. If you’re reading it’s more like 98%. Early on this usually means either watching stuff for babies or watching stuff made for adult learners if that exists. Watching stuff for adult learners is generally better because it works better if you’re interested in what’s going on. Once easier stuff is too boring for you then you move on to slightly harder stuff etc etc. it’s supposed to take about a thousand hours of good quality input for you to be able to understand native speakers with no issues give or take depending on your native language and the language you’re studying. Right now I’m at like 50-ish hours in Spanish which means I’m watching slightly harder videos that still have a lot of visual cues but it’s not piss easy either. I can also understand most quick things I overhear people say on the street to each other but I don’t really know how to talk yet. My brain hasn’t pieced that part together.
For German specifically resources for this are YouTube channels like Comprehensible German and Natürlich German. And Deutsch Welle’s learn German section of their website has a couple series like Nico’s Weg that follow a similar idea.
The key is to not translate in your head or assign meaning to specific words or try to figure out the grammar when you watch videos or read but just try to understand what’s going on.
Some people supplement this with flash cards strictly doing vocabulary and no grammar. Especially if good comprehensible input resources aren’t available for the language you’re studying. Doing vocabulary drills and watching tv with subtitles in the language you’re learning can also be effective.
Another way to do this if you can’t afford a special class or there’s no good videos available but you do have native speakers on hand who are willing to be a “language parent” for you is for them to sit down with you and only teach you the words for yes and no and then they pick up something like a kids picture book and start pointing at things and slowly explaining it to you and asking you questions like you’re a baby for an hour or two every day. Most people do not have a native speaker on hand willing to do this though. But if you do then this video where a guy documents learning Arabic with this method should give both you and the native speaker an idea of how this works.
If you want resources googling “comprehensible input (language)” should get you started. There’s also a lot of different communities for language learners of different languages or language learning generally on Reddit like r/French, r/Portuguese, r/swahili or r/languagelearning for example. Most of those places have a dedicated page for compiling resources from the community and you can also ask questions to the community and in my experience they’re usually pretty helpful people.
Right now I’m mostly using Dreaming Spanish for Spanish but also other channels like Easy Spanish and Español con Juan. I’m also dabbling a bit in the channels Comprehendible Japanese and Nihongo-Learning for Japanese but Spanish is my main priority right now.
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skele-bunny · 9 months ago
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NOO THE POLL IS WRONG PLEASE POST THE ZEPHRIT PLEASEE :((!!!! PLEASE PLEASE
OH MY GOSH OKAY 😭 THERES LIKE.. SO MANY OF YOU IN MY INBOX RN. AND MY DMS. AND WKKWKSJ???!!! (Small tag for @sister-nyx , @everybodyshusband , @hypnoneghoul , and @artificialmoth I know y'all were also interested) is this impractical? Ye. But it's fun to me
College AU — Zephrit
Warning: It's professor/student in this but everyone is consenting adults
Cw: Internalized Homophobia, Pet Play, Master/Pet dynamic, Power Imbalance
Ifrit at college on a sports scholarship, but he's recommended to have extra credits to keep his GPA up, so he takes a German language class. Mr. Zephyr Luft, this cold, no nonsense professor who has a reputation for kicking people out even for little things. So take Ifrit who's now suddenly the bane of their existence.
Snarky comments, not doing any work always with the excuse of "This is only extra. I don't need this course." And he's gotten so many academic write ups, even to the point of Mr. Luft talking to the sports director. Nothing. So, they take it into their own hands. Requesting Ifrit to stay after class one day, and he obviously automatically assumes he'll be getting "the talk" of why it's important to do work and that he'll be getting another deduction.
Zephyr waits until the final student closes their door before beckoning Ifrit near, getting up and walking around with their cane as they do, indeed, babble about how Ifrit will be getting a deduction. But also...
"I can tell you were never properly raised, Gör. Such a nasty tongue you own."
"Whatever you say, old man."
There's a sigh before Ifrit can only gasp as a hard wack goes to his ass, turning around and seeing Zeph slowly put their cane back and stare.
"Did you just—?!"
"Well, obviously. Do you feel like speaking with manners yet?"
Ifrit just scoffs, "I'll have your job you fucking pervert."
A simple shrug. "Then I guess I need to make my worthwhile."
Now, Ifrit's strong. Works out a lot. He's taller than them! So he doesn't understand how this older, shorter person that relies on mobility aids had the ability to slam him back over the desk and keep him pinned while caning his ass more and more.
Finally had enough and letting Ifrit drop, face a dark red, fists clenched. Zephyr is just as calm as ever, not even paying attention to Ifrit anymore as they return to their desk and mumble that administration is in a different building upstairs. Ifrit sniffles a bit before quickly getting up, grabbing his bag, and high tailing it out of there.
He's so fucking humiliated! He's a grown ass man who could've overpowered them! His own damn professor!! Who do they think they are?! Slams out of the building and to his car, wincing as he sits down and stares at the admin building Zephyr mentioned. He has all reason to go there. To report what was done to him... But... That would mean they'd have to see. They'd have to know that Ifrit was too weak and too much of a pussy to defend himself from some old guy. Swallows his shame and instead, just goes home early. Looking at his bruised ass in the mirror, cane welts very obvious.
It's in the shower where he massages the pain, his dick slowly getting hard and he just chalks it up to the water. Nothing else. Nothing else is in his mind as he released down the shower drain. Don't realize the pattern as every time he has Mr. Luft's class the rest of the week how he'll massage and jerk off again. And again. The memories of being bent over and used and... And... And that cold stare that he starts imagining watching him, demanding perfect satisfaction as Ifrit masturbates in front of them. Then slowly changing to that cane dragging between his thighs and making him rut against it.
He feels sick the first time he imagines one of his one-night stands as that same old asshole.
Staring at himself in the mirror, turmoil bubbling. He's not gay. He's never been gay. He loves women and pussy and tits, and so much. This must be his nerves, is all. Some kinda trauma thing maybe? But even still, he notices how his attraction has slowly shifted. They must be the exception. Attracted to a single amab body, that's it. That's all it is. But he craves it. Wants to feel that helpless again. Wants to feel his body pinned down and where he's not the one in control...
And Mr. Luft can do that.
Packs so slowly one day after class, waits until it's just them when he approaches their desk. Zephyr humming and asking if Ifrit's reported them yet.
"No... I just, uh," There's shame and embarrassment Zephyr instantly picks up on. "Would you... Would you do that again? To me?"
"Spank you?"
"Yeah..."
They stare at each other before Zephyr just laughs a bit, worsening Ifrit's shame. But, "You poor thing. Just a stray dog looking for warmth, aren't you?"
He just nods, keeping his eyes down but can see Zephyr lean back in their chair. "No need to whine, hund. I can take you home with me if you'd like. Give you what you want."
Ifrit nods, and the rest is history.
Given directions to Zephyr's home after classes are finished, Ifrit knocking with hesitation. Brought in and led to the bathroom, listening to Zephyr make demands of how Ifrit is to shower, to attempt to finger himself for the first time, and lay on Zeph's bed nude. He does as he's told, albeit questioning himself more and more. This is some freaky shit he's getting into, isn't it?
But oh... Oh it's worth it. Explained how it's not Mr. Luft in the bedroom, only Zephyr or even Master. That he must say thank you to everything given to him, even punishments. He didn't realize how much he missed that cane against his ass now with hands as well once they start. Who gets his ass eaten for the first time and cums from it. Sucks cock and fingers Zeph for them to ride him. The degradation and that sharpness on their tongue like always. Sometimes speaking it in German, Ifrit can't understand, but he can feel the tone and just whines from it.
He stays over, tucked into Zephyr's arm as they come down from their bliss. More internalized hatred bubbling in his mind but it always seems to mute when he focuses on Zephyr's heartbeat. How he hates having to leave, but Zeph assures that all Ifrit has to do is ask and their home is open to stray dogs.
Ifrit takes that offer.
Finding himself on his knees just about every other day for them, listening to commands and being dominated. Taking on his role of a dog, desperate for that love and care in the form of heavy hands and instructions. Finally, a simple collar around his neck. So many new things he's exposed to and he loves each and every one of them. How German lessons follow into the home, Ifrit bent over and spanked with either a ruler or their cane for every thing he mispronounces.
Finds himself with no interest in the opposite gender as he's come to terms of what he's attracted to, just how much Zephyr has opened his mind and what he enjoys. Learning so much about himself in the process. Not only does his grade drastically improve, but so does his mental health. Finds more confidence, a new release as he doesn't have to think with Zephyr. Just has to be a good dog and listen to what he's told to do. What's he's trained to do.
Always lingering in their classroom, spending lunches with them and his free time. Their relationship developing so much they officially start dating privately, and to the point Ifrit moves in with them out of his dingy apartment. They keep everything quiet, out of respect for each other and also Zephyr's job. Everyone thinks they finally had a meet God moment, as they've become different people basically. Even Zeph watching some of Ifrit's games and practices, that cold stare no longer being of distain but craving.
Just a loyal dog as ever.
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talekinesis · 17 days ago
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Doofenshmirtz language headcanons
English is his third language, since he grew up in Drusselstein, which I think have their own language, but they also speak German (a lot of the flashbacks where his father yells at him, I'm pretty sure they're just speaking German, but the wiki also said they speak a parody of German, so I'll say they speak both)
Roger actually took classes before moving to the US whereas Doof kinda just threw himself into the states and picked it up as he went along
He frequently forgets English words and will either substitute them with Drusselstein words or he'll just try his best to describe it. One time called a shovel a 'dirt spoon' until Perry figured out what he meant amd handed it over.
"Can you hand me that spaten .. schaufel .. kelle .. the dirt spoon, Perry the platypus, the dirt spoon- YES! That! Well I guess 'schaufel' is close to 'shovel' and it should have triggered my memory but.. oh don't look at me like that, you only speak one language and it's not even a language it's just a chattering noise!"
He taught Vanessa his native languages and she grew up trilingual. If she needs to tell him something privately she'll just speak Drusselstein since they're the only family in Danville who speak it
If he's startled, surpised, or excited, he might briefly revert back to his first language for a moment. Roger does this too but he's gotta be jump-scared for it to happen since he trained himself out of both his first language and his accent before he got into politics
If he ever gets into an argument with Roger, they actually both might start arguing in Drusselstein.
It's pretty easy for one brother to trigger the native language in the other, regardless of who it is. Heinz does it on purpose to annoy Roger or throw him off, since his natural instinct when hearing German or Drusselstein is to respond in the same language
I like to think he gives Perry a "word of the day," even though he can't speak or use it. Regardless, it actually does help Perry learn to understand Heinz better
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That's all for now, I just started rewatching the series since they released a new season. It's funny watching it again as an adult.
The last time I really watched the show as a kid, I think Beaufort was my favorite character, but now as an adult, the other adult characters are way funnier. Like Heinz is my favorite for sure, but I also get excited to see whatever random bit Major Monogram is gonna get involved with.
I actually mostly watch the show just for OWCA and villain related characters.
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imjustsocute · 3 months ago
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[Call of Duty MW] OC: Liisa ‘Kettu’ Korhenen
Old versions [1], [2]
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name: Liisa Korhenen
Alias(es): Kettu, Little psycho, Crazy fox of KorTac
Date of birth: December 2nd, 1997
Blood Type: B+
Nationality: Finnish
Birthplace: Helsinki, Finland
Languages Spoken: Finnish (native), Swedish, English, German
PHYSICAL INFORMATION
Gender: Female
Eye color: Sky blue
Hair color: Light blonde
Build: Slim
Height: 5’2 / 157 cm.
Weight: 103 Ibs / 47 kg.
Marks: Freckles on face and arms
Face claim: Elle Fanning
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FAMILY
Parents: Osto Korhenen (father), Elsa Korhenen (Mother)
Sibling(s): Noel Korhenen (older brother)
Grandparents: Onni Korhenen (grandfather), Phila Korhenen (Grandmother)
Relative(s): Olivia Nieminen (Aunt, Osto’s sister), Leevi Nieminen (Uncle, Olivia’s husband), Tapio Nieminen (Cousin, Olivia and Leevi’s son)
AFFILIATIONS
Finnish Defence Forces (formerly)
Karelia Brigade (formerly)
Shadow Company (formerly)
KorTac (currently)
BIOGRAPHY
Born in Helsinki, Finland, with a silver spoon in one's mouth. She had everything others had wished, whether wealth, elegance, or intelligence. She already has it all like a princess. At school, she was a popular kid. Beloved by many friends, she was at the top 1 of the class, and she was the cheerleading team leader. She was perfect in many ways. Even though she had a happy school life, A family who always supported her, and a wealthy but, what she actually needed was something which she couldn’t explain. It was a ‘challenge’.
At the age of 18, she joined the military, Finnish Defence Forces. With her small physical size and not quite good at close combat with a large fighter or muscle fighter, she was her unsuitable candidate for a tactical assault unit. Later, she joined the Karelia Brigade as a marksman to back up the team. But it looks like Kettu didn't like her job in marksmanship much. She wanted something to stimulate adrenaline and be more exciting. So she began to roleplay as a ''marksman'' in her way. Just switch from a sniper rifle to a little more dangerous and deadly weapons like LMGs, C4, RPGs, Claymores, Dynamites, Grenades, etc. Told you that she was the trusty marksman. Every mission that she was put in mostly ended up with the whole place being set on fire or turned to ashes. Thus, with a unique individual and work style so she had been called 'Pretty little psycho' while in the army.
Once Kettu was on a mission to capture a drug lord, she accidentally breathed some chemical gas, and this is the beginning of the great disaster. The gas made her even more insane, less moral, and yearn for violence. She used every bullet and bomb to create the chaos festival. The drug lord ended up a dynamite exploded on his mouth, and his head popped up like a balloon. After that massacre, she was admitted to the asylum for 5 months. After that, she was released and back to serving the military with more reckless and disruptive behavior
In 2019, Kettu joined Shadow Company due to she was getting bored with army life for some reason. So she decided to contact Phillip Graves (But she prefers to call him 'Gravy'), A childhood friend/cousin (His father and her grandfather have known each other for a long time. He always brought Kettu with him when he visited his old friend. That made them meet each other. Graves will always be a babysitter for Kettu while the adults are busy with their own business. Kettu liked to play with him, but even 90 percent she liked to annoy him. They're very close like siblings.) He's her commander now, but she still teased him like an old friend. At first, the other operators were surprised by Kettu's behavior, but the time passed, they got used to her weird habits. For Graves, Kettu is a psycho, annoying, reckless, disrespectful, and the most mind-numbingly brain-dead ding-dong operator he has ever met. Graves liked to send her on operations which simple, like invading the enemy's bases, bombing, or extracting the HVT (more colorful and exciting). Kettu really didn't care what Shadow Company had planned; ideals, or using ruthless tactics to take down civilians in cold blood, just don't get in her way, the only reason she was here, she just wanted to have some fun!!!
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In 2022, Kettu was discharged from Shadow Company and joined KorTac because she didn't get along well with General Shepherd. She was almost discharged many times because her unacceptable behavior made the entire operation unnecessarily risky, but Graves convinced him to keep her for the useful resource, but he couldn't hold the Kettu excuses any longer. So General Shepherd ordered her to be discharged, finally. She left the note to Shepherd, she wrote bullied him and called him "Bald-Prick" and left Shadow Company.
At the new group, KorTac, she was assigned to back up the insertion specialist team. But Kettu is still Kettu, loves to create chaos and destruction. And that’s how Kettu and König met for the first time. The first impression between them was that Kettu shot RPG at the enemies that almost hit him. He surprised him with the inferno raging, burning the whole place because she snuck away while under fire and placed C4 all over the place. First, König didn't want to mess with her much cause she was really a wild fire and crazy if he got involved with her in some way, he's gonna be killed someday, not by an enemy's gun but her toys instead. By a twist of fate, no matter how hard he tried to avoid her in many ways but in the end, the Lord brought them together on every mission. Till he got used to her crazy ideals after going through many operations together and became her babysitter completely, how strange that he's the one who successfully keeps her in line for some reason. But positively, it's not that bad to let Kettu be beside him. Even she might be pain in ass for sometimes but cannot denied that she make König's life more brighter, colorful and more comfortable from anxiety and stresses when she near him. It looks like they both have a good time together during a mission.
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Currently, Kettu has become a contractor for the KorTac private military company, pairing with König.
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SKILLS AND ABIILIT
Fighting style(s): Krav Maga, Sambo, Brazilian Jiujitsu, Kick boxing (Mostly use machine guns and grenades)
Weapon(s): M4, M16, LMG, RPG, M32 MGL
Distinct Weapon: m1911, Ka-bar Becker BK9, M26 grenade, MK2 grenade, C4
Special Skills: Bomb specializes, tactical adapting, setting the trap(Claymore, C4, Dynamites), Quick reflexes and high speed, sharp shooting
Shortcomings: Cannot confront a larger fighter directly because of her physical size
PERSONALITY
Myers-Briggs Type: ESFP-A
Very joyful:  Kettu has a certain energy and enthusiasm that can be a bit overwhelming at times.
Optimism: No matter how situations are getting worse, Kettu always has a positive outlook, more than you expected. Or even how much sarcasm or swear words were spilled at her, she's just like, so what. If you want to see any fury from her. Then you have the wrong idea of making her angry, my friend, because she never feels any of those words, but she really likes them.
Easy-going: She’s not serious about her life as much; she just wants to have some fun. 'No plans, no reasons, and no logic.' This is her motto.
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NEGATIVE TRAITS
Reckless and Disrespectful: Kettu is not a fan of having been under the wings or following the commander's orders (Especially Shreperd). She always likes to break the rules or brief all the time, and do it her own way. So many high-ranking not prefer her to be reckless and unconventional.
Trolling teammates: Especially those who look like to be stern, stoic, strict, firm, or even hot-headed. She loves to prank and tease them because she wants to see how they would react beneath their straight face.
Lack of sympathy: The effects of inhaling excessive chemical gas substances. It changed her to be a less moral, more disruptive person, and set the fire of chaos as much as she could. Don't get her wrong, she didn't enjoy torturing people or taking down innocent civilians, she doesn't care how they are or didn't kill them. The only one she cares about exploding stuff up, that's all.
FAVORITE
Food: Lohikeitto
Drink: Hot cocoa
Color: Pastel Pink
Song: MIC Drop (Steve Aoki Remix- BTS), APT. (ROSÉ & Bruno Mars), Dynamite (BTS), RUN (BTS), Supershy (New jeans), Ice cream (Blackpink ft. Selena Gomez), Nice type (Kira ft. monii)
TRIVIA
Kettu means 'Fox' in Finnish.
Kettu is a BTS fan girl who never misses a new single album
She dreamed of being a pop star when she was 14 years old.
Kettu hates to read and has a problem with writing reports
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She hates cooking. Once she burned the kitchen when she made an omelette.
Kettu loves to spend time teasing with König. She always likes to stick with him all the time. Till there are rumors that these two are dating.
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dervampireprince · 2 months ago
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Hi Prince, you obviously do a lot of various accents in your audios, and youre from UK if i remember correctly. I was wondering if you visited any of those other-accents countires? Or if not, is there any country you would like to visit? (Sorry for any mistakes, english is not my native language either) Take care!
hi, yes i'm from england. and no i have not visited any countries i have mimicked accents from, i've actually never left england. i grew up in a working class family and my parents couldn't afford to take us overseas on holidays, and now i'm an adult who just doesn't get the itch to travel, at least not on my own, and also turns out if your parents don't get you a passport when you're under 16 it's really fucking difficult to get a first time passport as an adult in the uk like you have to have someone else you know sign off on your passport to say 'yes this is a real person' but they can't be related to you, they have to have known you for 3+ years, they have to be employed and have one of the specific jobs on their list which are all or almost all middle class or upper class kinda jobs, and a uk citizen. and most people i know are unemployed or self-employed or post-grad students soooooooo. good luck for me trying to go to other countries.
but though i don't have the itch to travel yes i do have a country i would like to visit, though not because i want to go to that country (no offence america, you know why people don't feel safe travelling to you right now) but because that's where my partner is. and i want to see her. and i want to meet her family in person. she's come over here, but i haven't been able to go over there yet due to the nightmare that is trying to get the uk government to allow me a passport and that uh.. well.. no one should really travel to the usa right now unless they can help it.
also language barriers. i don't know how entitles usa/uk tourists do it, i could not go and visit a country without being semi-fluent in it's language. i would love to see 'tanz der vampire' live (wish i could say i'd love to see my favourite musical and special interest 'elisabeth das musical' live but they've reworked and destroyed the show in my opinion that it no longer resembles the show i love anymore) but i don't speak german. i can understand a little german from years of listening to and watching german media, and yes i know english is commonly taught in germany, however i'm not gonna be one of those entitled tourists who show up and expect everyone to speak english. and i know there's all sorts of apps these days that can help translate things, idk i'm just scared of going somewhere where i don't speak the language and getting stuck somewhere because i can't communicate with anyone.
so potentially in the future seeing some musicals in germany if i had others to go with me, but other than that not really? and to be clear i think other countries are gorgeous, i just don't experience wanderlust or the desire to travel. i can see photos of things, i don't need to be at the location to see it. and some people don't feel like that, idk if it's my autism or anxiety of going places that makes me feel like that. i had a lovely time visiting places with my partner when she was here but that was mostly because i enjoyed experiencing those things with her and showing things to her, i know i wouldn't have enjoyed the experience if i'd gone to those places on my own.
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germanschoolabc · 3 months ago
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Why Choose a German Preschool for Your Child? Exploring German Education in Bellevue Daycare Settings
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winnix85 · 2 years ago
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Lewis Nixon's German teacher in high school and his summer in Germany 1934
Previously, I was digging in historic travel records and found that 15 yr old Lewis Nixon went to Germany in the summer of 1934 with several teenager friends. They were among 3rd class passengers. I searched through the passenger list but found no adult chaperone with this group of boys.
Assumption 1: Their chaperone was in 1st class (seems unwise to stay up in 1st class cabin while left a group of teenager boys running wild in 3rd class cabin?)
Assumption 2: There was no adult. Lew and his friends ran away with pocket money.
So I adopted the second assumption.
I was WRONG
It turns out that, there was a chaperone. Lew and his friends were led by their high school German teacher Dr Werner Mueller. Dr Mueller was on SS Europa Passenger List Line 360 "Tourist Third Cabin Passengers". The reason his name was not listed with his students was because Dr Mueller was not US citizen. In US custom records, US citizens and foreigners were listed separately. That's why I can't find him.
Their travel to Germany was reported in local news. Dr Werner Mueller led 4 boys (William Roth, Walter Collins, Robert Day, and Lewis Nixon) to sail from New York for Germany on 25 June 1934, and they returned New York on 02 Sep 1934:
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15 yr old Lew was the youngest in the group.
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It seems that Dr Werner Mueller visited Germany every summer because his family was still living in Berlin:
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Dr Werner Mueller might be relatively young, because he was engaged in 1940. He taught in Santa Barbara boys school for 8 years. He studied at the University of Berlin, Munich Freiburg and Koenigsberg. He worked in the foreign language department, so I assumed that he was a German teacher. However, he was also the head of the art department of Santa Barbara boys school and he was a pianist.
After his marriage in 1940, he moved to Pottstown Pensylvania to teach in Hill school.
In summary, 15 yr old Lew spent two months of summer holiday in Germany, probably with his teacher's family in Berlin. In 1934 the street view pretty much looks like this:
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pimmecore · 1 year ago
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My SP hyperfix is back so here's a masterpost for my general headcanons!
I'm sure you can guess which characters are my fav based on how some of them are very detailed. Sorry about any typos or unclear sentences LMAO
Kenny
Has a 5+ year old phone with a cracked screen which barely works. He only uses it to call or text people. At times playing games on it too
He loves chicken nuggets and fries but most of the time can't afford it
He never shows his face and hates it when people tell him to take off his hood
Butters, Stan, Kyle and Cartman are the only people who has seen him without the hood on. Idc about canon, let me have this
He drinks alcohol and smokes cigarettes from but hides it from other people
He loves hugs and cuddles, maybe because he never gets that affection very often from his family
He has a bad immune system
His favorite sodas are Pepsi and Sprite because I say so
He often skips classes or sleeps through them
Fingerless gloves.
He's actually a VERY good drummer and is self taught. He also lowkey enjoys sketching
He hates talking about personal things and will often brush them off as nothing
Stan
Biromantic and on the asexual spectrum
Plays the electric guitar and likes to doodle in his notebook more than doing actual school/home work
He likes ramen noodles
He dislikes weed because of Randy's farm, but he does smoke normal cigarettes and uses other drugs sometimes (as a teen)
Big soccer and baseball enjoyer
Listens to music too much and too often. He likes MCR because I do too
Loves holding hands, hugging, etc (any kind of physical affection) unless he's in a bad mood
He's very messy and rarely cleans his room. He is in no way organized about anything.
Hoodies. He wears many hoodies and sweaters. He loves comfy clothing and has come to dislike wearing suits and fancy clothes
Cartman
Very very very closeted bisexual. No, I won't elaborate.
Owns and knows how to play the electric guitar and is actually kind of good at it
Everyone knows he loves food, but less people know he actually really likes cooking. (He has a secret Pinterest account with only recipes)
He has heterochromia; one blue eye and one brown
He speaks a lot of different languages besides from English. Like German, Vietnamese and some Spanish
Loves Lady Gaga and Britney Spears
Cartman has been arrested a lot of times, and does have quite the collection of mugshots
Even when being a teenager, he has a love for his stuffed animals and always enjoys looking at toys while at the store
Secretly a history/war nerd
He's the type of guy to send random and unrelated memes in groupchats and text conversations
Anger issues about most stuff. Especially when losing in any kind of video game
Likes photography a lot
Ike
Autistic because I am autistic and I say so
Tells people he loves Minecraft and Roblox but actually enjoys violent games the most
Comfort food is pizza and his favorite drink is chocolate milk or coca cola. He also loves any type of cookies/chocolate
Loves his weighted blanket and one of comfort items is a stuffed dinosaur
Stuffed animals, drawing and music helps him calm down after nightmares/memories of Miss Stevenson
Only accepts physical affection from Kyle and their parents. His experience with Miss Stevenson changed his reaction to touch
Plays ice hockey and baseball
Hates being kicked/teased. But loves teasing Kyle back and wearing his hat
Big Pewdiepie, Jacksepticeye and DanTDM enjoyer
Loves cartoons, especially Scooby Doo and Chinpokomon (Pokémon)
Swears a lot despite certain adults not liking that he does it
Very protective and caring for Kyle and even if he's younger, he tries to show it the way he can
He hates being sick and despises taking any kind of medicine. He can be very stubborn about this sometimes
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space-reindeer · 4 months ago
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Let me have my social media accs first and then the rest of my intro post...
Tik Tok (just started using it) : space.reindeer
Instagram (haven't used it for anything besides talking with friends for now and random posting) : _space_deer
Ao3 (only got 1 fic made and it's a short onceshot) : Space_Deer
Discord (would like only my moots to have it so if anyone wants to chat there too with me dm me and I'll give you my name there :3)
Art Fight : Space_Reindeer (I would love to attack my moots so if anyone does join then I will attack you guys :3 ofc if my moots are fine first)
(All the accs are new cuz all my old ones had my irl info on them so nuh uh)
From here on out is just my intro post :3
(Under cut)
Hallo everyone! I'm just a random artist that can't decide what should be my main hobby so I end up with 30 diferent things I can do somewhat decent.
I'm still a minor, close to becoming an adult this year(scary and I really don't want to be one)
English is not my first language so please be nice to me if I mess my letters up cuz I can't spell at all (that and maybe cuz I might have dyslexia but who knows). I can also somewhat understand German and French since I'm forced to study them at school (and cuz I do them in privet too)
(Will most probably not say where I am from but it's not USA so don't involve me in anything related to that TY)
I might be autistic and I clearly have a form of anxiety (will always fear to post stuff online so that might also explain why I will post randomly) but somehow I was diagnosed as depressed by medical proffesionals :x (irl everyone but my family calls me autistic so ngl I think I am autistic)
My main sona is a reindeer/wendigo named Hazel that is exactly me if I were a anything but human.
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I am pansexual or aroace. I'm not sure yet since sometime I feel like both :x
I'm in high-school in architecture class (wrong choice because I should have been in the art class with my friends oh well) so I only post when I draw something I like and when I find motivation to draw, because school eats it all up for me.
Gender well I thought and rethought and now I got to the conclusion that gender fluid is what I really am still will reply to any sort of pronouns and the she/her irl will stend for now
If I sound rude or anything it's because I can't figure out tones when I talk to someone soooo I usually use random text emojis to show my feelings with
I CAN'T MAKE COMMISSION BECAUSE I STILL DON'T KNOW HOW AND I DON'T HAVE THE EMOTIONAL SUPORT TO EVEN BE CAPABLE OF DOING THAT. IF ANYONE DOES WANT ME TO DRAW SOMETHING I WILL BUT IT WILL PROBABLY BE A SKETCH AND THAT'S ALL sobs while writing this
Thank you all for being wonderful beings and reading what my brain decided it was a good idea to write at almost 1 am (I can't see my keyboard anymore TvT) and also thanks for not judging me (I get anxious easily)
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maddmuses · 3 months ago
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DOSSIER CHEAT SHEET
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LEGAL NAME : jean elaine grey-summers NICKNAME[S] : red – real no-brainer , jeanie – an affectionate nickname (used mostly by logan) , jeanie cakes (a mocking variation some people used after logan joined the institute) , jean-o (a casual one used by her childhood friends) , jay (a nickname that bobby gave her after getting WAY too into clerks) , m girl (ref. to her hero name) , phoenix (a codename by which some people knew as her only name by for basically an entire year). DATE OF BIRTH : november 22. GENDER : ciswoman PLACE OF BIRTH : annadale-on-hudson, new york, united states CURRENTLY LIVING : new york, new york, united states. SPOKEN LANGUAGES: english (native) — prefers a casual and familiar mode of speech, but is occasionally prone to feigning distance in her vocabulary and word-choice. french — studied as a teen, but eventually downloaded telepathically, has taken on a cajun accent but with a parisian vocabulary, thanks to talking to remy. russian — a regional siberian variation that she learned from telepathic communication with piotr. german — a small amount, kurt has been highly accommodating in both verbal and telepathic communication, so she only knows phrases and words that he intersperses into his english speech. EDUCATION : xavier's school — has completed the powers-training and conventional schooling paths in both, jean was from the first class of students, though she studied extensively in several disciplines. athletic science and sports medicine — jean's original path of study and field of focus for education while in college, she spent her years leading up to her actual admission boning up on this. psychology and sociology — the primary focus of jean's bachelor studies, changing to this degree path as a dual-discipline during her freshman year. partly because of friendships she made in the classes, but because she also found herself fascinated to gain more insight into the things she would almost constantly hear in her youth. HAIR COLOR :  during her days as marvel girl, and a youth, her hair was a very bright auburn, though it took on a decidedly fiery quality after becoming phoenix. this evolved further as she got older, possibly connected to trauma or some greater connection to the phoenix force, her hair now has a more "true red"/fiery color, with orange highlights forming naturally. EYE COLOR : a gem-like bright green which almost seems to glow at the most subtle moments of her power usage, though they have turned entirely violet, pink, or purple, when engaged in focused use of her psychic powers. STATURE : prone to keeping her center of gravity low, even when not running, strafing, or jumping. a habit developed from her time as an athlete, that served her well as a young hero, but once she began taking to using her powers to fly, jean assumed a tall-standing quality that allowed her to impose the maximum amount of her (modest) height when floating around others, looming over others. PHYSIQUE : thin and sleek as a teen, but developing into a shapely one as an adult, though as an endomorph she has to maintain a healthy diet before "slimming" quickly from those areas first.
FAMILY INFORMATION
SIBLING[S] : roger grey — eldest brother, a veteran and man who jean had never felt particularly close to growing up, though he kept a close eye on her, he always had to coolest cds to steal borrow. julia grey — the cool eldest sister, julia seemed talented in almost everything, and there was once a time when jean wanted to be julia when she grew up. liam grey — her older brother, liam was always self-reflective and artistic, talking at-length about old poetry and reading words so sad that jean might have cried. sara grey-bailey — jean's older sister, and possibly best friend as a young woman, closest in age jean and sara were only ever seen together, prior to the awakening of jean's powers. PARENT[S] : elaine grey — the woman who cared for jean even in her lowest moments, someone who has largely become an afterthought in jean's adult life, if only because of the complicated feelings about her powers (doomed as the other Greys are, to a gruesome death at the hands of the shi'ar). john grey — a caring father who was stern but understanding, a man who knew well the history he taught, and appreciated jean's attempts at distance after her mutant identity was made to be public (just as doomed as his wife, and descendants, all would be). RELATIVE[S] : phyllis dennefer — sister of her mother and an avid beatles fan, she often visits(ed) to talk with jean and roger about music. brian grey — a favorite uncle, sporty and encouraging of the young jean when she wanted to play baseball (something labeled as "too boyish" by her mother). ororo — sisters of the battlefield, ororo is probably someone who understands jean better than anyone else in the world, barring scott. bobby drake — like a little brother, especially the annoying kind, jean isn't used to being "the big sister", but she was able to manage it by doing her best impressions of sara and julia. CHILDREN : nathan summers (cable) — a step-son, via her clone so... maybe a real son too? but she'd never expect him to reciprocate. rachel summers — her daughter of the future, a counterpart in the phoenix, someone who she has a kindred experience; but with little hope to ever meet her when new. katherine howlett — an anomaly in timespace, from a universe that jean will never know, an unanswered "what if?" that even uatu refuses to dwell on. PET[S] : nada "but i'm single, so maybe someday?".
RELATIONSHIP INFORMATION
SEXUAL ORIENTATION : jean has known love, and known what love can do to you. as a psychic, to her the mind is what matters most of all "but a hot body never hurt either". while much of her life was defined opposite men, scott, logan, and even warren, but while at esu her horizons expanded. if you press her for an answer, jean would say "pansexual is probably best". RELATIONSHIP STATUS : post-romantic. that's how jean best describes her situation with her soul mate and ex-husband. the long string of fights, deaths, and experiences, made it hard for jean to be able to compromise what she had once been with who she is now, but hey "till death did we part" right? now she's definitely flirty and on-her-way-to-30. SINCE WHEN : "literally since the last time i died lol."
tagged: @cykehead
tagging: @raregcms @vulpinexi @wolfeign @mutantmuses @gerudospiriit @museswithattitude @wonder-winged @starwrittenfates @streetwisetemptress AND YOU
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passengerprincipessa · 6 months ago
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Are you German???!!!
I just scrolled through your posts and I could swear I read “mein Gott” somewhere?
If not there is only one explanation. Hallucinations.
I’m not German 😭 but I took a German language class for adults to make friends because I moved to a new city and now I just use mein gott sometimes because it feels like it captures something my god doesn’t. I’m so sorry if this is disappointing
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fromashesweriseuphiddenones · 8 months ago
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Thoughts on Haytham
- from both ( @thegrandmasterhaytham & @mythicalvoid787 )
So there are 30 Templars I use in my writing and Rp with a split of 16 for the Selfish and 14 for the more noble ones. Haytham Kenway to me falls into the noble side of the Templars.
The noble Templars are those who despite the nature of wanting complete order still do their best to protect humanity and even go as far as to either protect or work with the assassins. Some other examples of the more noble ones are The De leserres, Robert De Sable, Alfred the Great, Shay Cormac, and yes I count him Edward Kenway.
Look if Shay counts as an assassin but never fully fledged, then Edward counts as a Templar never taking the order's vows, though he did work for them and gained from it.
In a list of top ten favorite Templars Haytham Kenway ranks in at number two because of his story, how he acts both to protect the native people from slavery and he told Lee to leave them alone God damn it man can you not listen to orders?! God Robert's men were better at this balance. Anyway.
Okay as far as Haytham Kenway goes as a character and why I like him? He is more complex. Rouge and 3 and a little bit of Black Flag give us small glimpses into who he is. I honestly think Jango Fett's line to Kenobi works best here
"I am just a simple man trying to make my way in the galaxy."
Though it would be the world but you get it.
Who is Haytham?
Really deep down, a traumatized ten year old who lost his father in a violent manner, who tried fighting back actually killing someone, who's mother his only other adult parent shunned and turned her back on him for killing, a little boy who's older sister was kidnapped (who truly knows what happens to Jennifer when she was in Damascus), and a boy who was groomed into a Templar. Again I pull a quote from Kingdom Hearts 2
"Xaldin... that's his name. He came from the darkness... He...used my anger to control me. He took all my sorrow, my sadness, my pain—and turned it all into rage. There was nothing I could do... I could no longer see the truth."
Though for Haytham it would be Birch. Brich brainwashed him into being a Templar, it didn't fully work because there was still enough of Edward in Haytham that he himself had killed Templars leading to the destruction of the colonial rite.
Haytham Kenway is a family man that is clear. He loves his parents, looks after his sister, respects Ziio enough to stay away when she tells him to and works with Ratohnhaké:ton even getting a bit miffed the Red Coat for saying "tasting the wild fruits" you cannot tell me he wasn't pissed that Ziio got insulted and that Ratohnhaké:ton was the only one mad. You also can't tell me he wasn't somewhat proud of the man his son had become.
As far as Desmond's ancestors go I would honestly put him at number Three because in terms of character development because he has four to five sources in which players can experience him. Ezio Auditore takes number one because he has four games, three books, and three short movies in which one can get to know him. Altaïr ibn-La'Ahad is on second with five, three games, his keys in Revelations, and Secret Crusade. Though in his case I guess you can count his Codex since you can read it in AC2 and on the AC wiki, so six.
Okay headcanon time!
So due to exposure to his memories Haytham gives Desmond access to the following languages and dialects
British/proper* English
Spanish (proper)
French (proper)
And German (Proper)
*when I say proper or honorific I refer to the way one is taught in the high school class when you take these languages. Or in the case of English the King/ Queen's English.
The following skills are also from Haytham Kenway
Diplomacy
Command
Negotiation
Gun use, 19th century
I think honestly that in his own way he'd be proud of Desmond for sacrificing himself to save the world from burning because there would be people who are descended from friends, colleagues, and even like Desmond, descended from Ziio and Ratohnhaké:ton's people and I doubt he would ever wish harm on them.
I hope this was enough, feel free, anyone to ask about other characters if you want this deep of a dive.
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helenstudies · 1 year ago
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As much as I love talking about languages I've learned successfully, I've realized it is important for other people to hear how many languages I've given up on to actually retain the five I speak. Long post ahead.
French: I learned it formally for a month but I hated the professors (extremely unprofessional, points out people's clothing even though we're all adults) so I bailed. I've tried to pick it up like three, four times but it never pans out.
Spanish: I learned it through duolingo because it sounds interesting. I gave up after three months and then I retained nothing afterwards.
Russian: I finished an A1 course and also learned it from duolingo and it doesn't work. Idk what to do. It just doesn't stick.
Latin: I know it's very important to learn if you wanna get into western academia (since I'm a literature student) so I learned about a hundred words but they're like. isolated memories. I can't connect them in my head at all.
ASL: Yeah, specifically American Sign Language even though I'll probably never use it. I know about 100 words in ASL but I keep forgetting.
MSL: I tried to learn Myanmar Sign Language since I thought "well, I better learn MSL since it's going to be more common in my life" but it turns out one dialect of MSL is based on ASL but one other dialect is based on BSL (British Sign Language) and no actual resources of either dialect can really be found. So I gave up.
Thai: A lot of my peers learn Thai as a third language so I tried to see if I could get it but I never make it past the consonants.
Sanskrit: Believe it or not, I've tried Sanskrit because it's so beautiful and it's very close to Hindi and stuff. But I also never get past three consonants.
German: Some of my friends are fluent in German. I keep putting off actually signing up for classes but I like to go to Goethe institut library and look at german books.
So there you have it. Tried and failed many many times. I actually think I'll be able to learn at least some of them later. I attended Japanese basic classes for three whole time before I actually passed N4 so I guess it'll be the same.
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jellypawss · 6 months ago
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i lived in Germany for about four years as a kid and did super basic German classes in school and it all really went over my head and I forgot most of it.
As I was learning Spanish, I was like....hmm...I wonder how fast I could pick back up German.
I'm excelling in it currently and so shocked at how easy it was for me to pick it back up as the internet says German is harder than Spanish.
It's so funny how 8 year old me unconsciously just made it so much easier for my adult self to study this language.
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