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the biggest bummer about trying to speak or read Arabic online is that the default font is so, so tiny so I have to either Google translate it or I have to write it out on paper and re-read it in my bigger handwriting.
anyway. im going to open duolingo and TRY to relearn Arabic. at least a little. especially now that i have friends that speak some again.
#eli talks#i really do feel like a grandpa needing a magnifying glass to read arabic font online#why is it so tiny??? is it tiny for you guys too???#or is it just bc im not a native speaker?
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on twitter here and here, forayuarchive has been talking about how LLH & FDB really act like an old married couple, and i couldn't stop thinking about it too. as a native chinese speaker, the level of informality, familiarity and bickering, in how FDB and LLH speak to one another (especially in the later episodes) are reminiscent of how bickering old married chinese couples are often depicted.
when FDB is angry/upset at LLH, he calls him "死莲花" - "Damn Lotus/Damn Lianhua". the way FDB says it is in a manner where you might imagine old spouses scolding one another when nagging/bickering (to clarify, it's not romantic per se, but it's extremely informal & familiar).
for example, in ep 35, FDB calls him Damn Lotus in the note he left LLH when he went to look for the styx flower. CN fanghua fans on weibo managed to painstakingly transcribe the note (see forayuarchive's tweet about it here with the eng translation) - it's extremely informal and reads like a short note a spouse/partner would write when leaving their shared home in a hurry.
i also still can't believe LLH calls FDB "xiaobao", it speaks for itself. 小宝 Xiao Bao (literal meaning is "little treasure") is usually something you call literal babies/children AND is FDB's family nickname for him so if you're calling a grown man that in front of his parents and his colleagues and strangers and literally everyone, then he's either your biological family or he's your bf/partner. (it's a level of intimacy that would make me feel embarrassed as a third party hearing LLH call FDB that in front of everyone😭)
and not to mention the deleted line of FDB calling a sick/unconscious LLH "xiaohua'er". (see video & meta of the deleted line by forayuarchive here, translation of the deleted line by ttiesanjiao here). xiaohua'er is so intimate, definitely something one might call a lover 😭
(*for more name meta, see forayuarchive's twitter thread meta about all the names that FDB and LLH call one another, and in what situations each particular name is used)
in any case these are NOT what a disciple calls his shifu or a son calls his dad. these nicknames are far too informal and familiar - no son talks to his father like that and no disciple talks to his shifu like that. (now, an angry spouse however...)
(there's also the fact that FDB explicitly rejects their relationship as being anything other than that between 2 adult equals - when LLH jokes that FDB should bow to him as disciple, FDB immediately rejects the idea, saying that he was only joking about wanting to be LLH's disciple, that FDB is too old now. he firmly sees himself as an adult equal to LLH.)
tl;dr within months of knowing each other, LLH & FDB act as familiar as an old couple 10 years married, skipping the entire courtship stage 😭
#fanghua#mysterious lotus casebook#fang duobing#li lianhua#莲花楼#mlc meta#there's more to say about the names they use for each other but this post is alr getting long#sometimes i see ppl saying that LLH and FDB are like dad and son and um... well you can all interpret anything you want#im just saying that as a native chinese speaker the way they talk to each other is NOT shifu & disciple at all#(UNLESS IT'S THE MO RAN AND CHU WANNING KIND OF DISCIPLE AND SHIFU/SHIZUN)#its even less son & dad😭😭 (v much NOT son & parent dynamic like omfg even if a child and parent were v close they would NEVER talk to#their parent like that in chinese culture. NEVER. bc it'd be so rude that at that point ur rejecting ur dad if u call him like that)#(as in straight up not seeing that person as ur dad at all. rejecting them as a parent entirely)#(bc FDB does NOT see LLH as anything other than an equal)#compare FDB & his mom - he is v close to her. he is playful with her but still always calls her Niang ('mother')#edited the post several times im so sorry for how many times i edited this
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latest manhua chapter perfectly explains why i get mildly annoyed when someone refers to cheng xiaoshi and lu guang (as individuals) as time agents.
i know its bcs of translation, but time agents sounds so official and like, no? these 2 dudes arent agents. agents are cool black suits or combat gear with big agencies behind them. MIB type of stuff.
these 2 dudes are fresh graduates running a side hustle for some extra money. they aint agents. theyre the furthest thing from agents. get it straight.
#maybe its bcs im not a native speaker#in both english and chinese#but agent is so formal#cheng xiaoshi#and#lu guang#are not formal#their business marketing is based on rumors for gods sake#theyre just dudes#link click#shiguang dailiren
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i have a burning question actually!!!! i was always taught that in english, items and such are it/its, never any other but i’ve seen tons of native english speakers assign other pronouns to stuff, but im biased for having a latin language as my 1st one so-
#i say ‘native eng speakers’ bc most ppl here are i think but if ur language is also not gendered feel free to vote too!!#tell me if this is not ok to ask please#im just very curious bc to me like a computer is a he and a pen is a she but thats bc portuguese#but i wonder if native english speakers do it differently?
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the idea that teachers would make new transfer students stand up and like introduce themselves or whatever is soo fake bc i had a friend who transfered mid semester into my school and specifically one of my classes and not only did the teacher not force her to introduce herself but i didnt even know she transferred at all for like a good couple months of our friendship
#i also didnt know her name bc she kind of just appeared#but i wasnt the most observant in high school mostly bc i didnt care#and i was kind of dragged into a well established friend group so i was just like yeah ok i guess we're friends#i was too embarrassed to ask what her name was#tbh at this point i couldnt tell you if anyone actually told me her name like explicitly#her name was mentioned many times in front of me of course but like. i need to consciously be aware to remember something#and a name drop in the middle of a group convo is not a time my for my brain to get out of autopilot mode#i mean i also dont remmebe much of high school either#hilariously enough the most i remember abt highschool is incidents ive had with teachers#shout out to my one teacher that gave me a zero in a lab report bc i 'plagiarized' it#cuz no eleventh grader can write that advanced#and i was like ive literally written like that all my life you can literally check my essays for english class#why would i plagiarize this#and then when she was like fine ill believe you for now (bitch??) and gave me a B on it anyways#i hated her#ohhh and my chem teacher#she was so rancid i hated her so much#ooh who else did i hate......MY SPANISH TEACHER#i will never forgive her for giving me a D in spanish. bitch im a native speaker#and then had the audacity to ask me why i wasnt aware of homework and i was like cuz you never post it online AND im not the only one who fo#forgets why arent you bitching at everyone else#i swear i hated someone else who was it........#i had a geudge against the new peincipal and his horrendous graduation plans but it ended up not mattering anyways cuz of covid#drivethru graduation lmao ✌️#michi tag#not to talk abt highschool again LMAO
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sorry I'm having Post-Seine feelings about these lyrics and idk if anyone else is deranged enough to care but i'm gonna translate for you just in case:
Despite the old bitterness
And loves that pass
Friends we lose in the fog
And ideals that are broken
Life clings on and is reborn
Like each spring returns
In a breath of fresh air
That soothes hearts in pain
So if it happens that tonight you'd like to stay
With me, the night is soft, we can walk
And even if we know that everything only lasts a little while
I'd like you to be, for a moment,
My falling star
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'amertumes' is actually plural, so, 'bitternesses', but that's not a word in English, so....
'la nuit est douce' means 'the night is mild', but the word 'douce' literally means 'soft', and I love that
'mon étoile filante' means 'shooting star' or 'falling star'; I guess 'shooting star' is more common, but 'be my shooting star' in English sounds a bit ridiculous. 'Étoile filante' is so good, shame it doesn't translate the best.
#dfjlsidjflsdjfsd#there's also a bit where its like 'if i stop to talk with you a while about life it's because with you i am well and i don't worry anymore'#stop im not ok#why am i like this actually#this is so abnormal of me why can't i be normal about these old men#this is just a gorgeous song in general though#the song is les étoiles filantes par les cowboys fringants#it is very québécois. so if you are not a native french speaker and you're like. why do they sound like that. it's bc la belle province ok#valvert#javert#jean valjean#song lyrics#les mis#les miserables#les misérables#post-seine#sylvie's own nonsense
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talked Footie irl with this like. adorable asf guy in my class 2day.
i brought my panini book 2day to show to my friends later. i pulled it out in my class to just. look at it tbh i love adoring her in public (my panini stickerbook) and this guy just GASPS next to me and i look and he's like "omg you have it!! i have one!! i have the cards!!" and i push it towards him like go look my friend, go on and he starts asking me questions about the teams i rooted for and he was "ahhh i love brazil too, when they got eliminated i almost cried" and then asked me if i was a ronaldo fan and i was like "NO. NO." bc ???? Ewwww no. he also offered me a messi sticker but i politely declined bc i already had one but thats so ... 🥹🥹🥹 thank you so much man. he also liked and rooted for morocco, which we bonded over.
another ting. this was super cute. sadly no. 21 from mentioned here. we were looking at the brazil page and i was talking about how i finished the page last week and who my favs of them were n he just stops and looks at antony and says "i think he's very handsome. maybe it's bc he has the same name as me hahaha" and that made me laugh. i told him, to indulge him a little, that they looked alike so you're really complimenting urself n he got so happy from that, he smiled like i gave him a million dollars skdjsjjddjr and he laughed at my joke about richarlison pombo dance. i forgot the joke. but he found it rlly funny.
#i should also mention he was not a native speaker so his english was slipping a little bc he was so EXCITED#n his laugh is so sweet he seems like a nice person !!!! i will enjoy sitting with him#he is mexican n speaks spanish rlly Smooth too btw. he was translating to someone else n i was in a semi trance bc WOAHHH. u sound BEAUTIFUL#n his handwriting is nice#also this sounds like i have a crush. i do not. that was just the nicest interaction ive had all day n it stuck with me#hes a big messi FC guy and me as well. what a good guy with good taste. n i think hes very sweet#he told me to hang onto the book later in life so i could sell it when its like 2040 and be rich 😭😭😭 SJSJJDJDJD#rashfordian#sorry life story. happening. he was sooo sweet i rarely have positive interactions with men that leave me feeling nice so im just. Waaah
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The Reunion
So guys we did it, i finally finished a piece of writing. It is about Etho meeting up with Bdubs again after Bdubs returns from the Rift. Very fun 1k fic. They hug 👍
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After the rift had opened, many of the hermits had decided to join Grian on the guest of finding out what resides on the other side — which is how half the server had become a ghost town for Etho.
And even after a week, they still hadn’t returned. A majority of his friends were gone, at least he still had Beef to hang out with, but he too tended to be busy. Etho hadn’t seen Bdubs for a while. He wouldn’t hear from him or the rest of his friends for who knows how long. He didn’t want to worry, but the feeling of loneliness had been difficult to forget about. His heart ached in hope that nothing bad had happened to them. He had considered following them through the rift to try and find Bdubs, but decided against it, in case he too would have got stuck behind a malfunctioning portal.
Sometimes he would go back to the monolith and walk up the stairs to Bdubs' bedroom and tidy up the plants, water them, weed them — he always loved gardening, so he tended the greenery with joy. Bdubs hadn’t asked him to take care of his plants, but he had felt like it would be the most logical thing to do. Every day after work was finished, he would walk up to the tree of whimsy and sit underneath it, reading until the Sun started setting before he flew home again. He refused to admit that he missed him, it felt stupid, yet in his heart he hoped that Bdubs missed him as well.
The moment the rift had been fixed, one by one the hermits started to return from the other dimension, dragging along some people who most certainly did not belong to the server. First thing on Bdubs’ mind had been Etho. Etho, Etho, Etho; he wished to tell him about the Empire they had built, how he had become a god, how the rift had broken, and he wanted to introduce him to his new friends who had followed through. He was still wearing the shiny glowstone cloak from when he became a god, he shone like an actual star that had fallen down to Earth when he walked around.
When Etho noticed a spark of light approaching him, he pulled out his sword to protect himself, only to lower it when he noticed a pair of loving sparkly eyes. It was him, he was back. He had been so busy wielding, he had forgotten to check the communicator, he excused himself for not noticing. Before any other thoughts rummaged his mind, he was roughly pulled into a hug as Bdubs launched himself at Etho. "Etho!!! My love!!! I have missed you so!" He cheered, and as he was no longer in the Sun; the light no longer reflected back from him. He always called Etho his love, as he did with everyone else he cared for, and Etho found it incredibly endearing.
"Bdubs..." he replied silently as he cradled his face into the crook of his neck, eyes closed in relief. "You're okay."
"Of course I'm okay! Oh it was so much fun, I wish you had joined us." his arms tightened the grip around him.
"Can you, first, tell me what you're wearing?" Etho muttered, hands racking up the weird textured fabric. They felt like crystals, sequins, like velvet, all at the same time, he was warm in the coldest way, it confused him to no end.
Bdubs pulled away from him, hands still on the other's sides, "Sit down. This is important, now." he declared with a mischevious grin.
"Ok..ay" Etho chuckled hesitantly, settling down on the ground, eyes glued to his friend.
Bdubs' giggled in excitement as he jumped ontop of a nearby anvil, holding his hands and head up, "I became the god of the Sun!" he declared, to which Etho couldn't help but laugh. "What? Do you not believe me?" he sounded offended enough for the other man to close his mouth and stare. "That's what I thought," crossing his arms, he glared back.
"Can you.. prove it to me?" Etho smiled apologetically, shifting in his position.
"If you insist, my love." He grumbled in a calm tone, hopping down the anvil and kneeling down right infront of Etho, "Now, look into my eyes," he put his hands on his shoulders, waiting for Etho to comply, "Ok, good, now... listen closely." he said, "I am the god of the Sun, and you will. You will, believe me."
Etho kept holding the eyecontact he usually avoided out of uncomfort, now for sure thinking it was some sort of a joke that Bdubs was pulling on him just to get him to stare into his sparkly eyes. Bdubs knew how much he struggled to not shift his view anywhere but the eyes. His demeanor didn’t seem too promising, he knew him well enough, right? Those thoughts only remained until he was dazed by a warm bright light that hit him like a tidal wave. When he opened his eyes again, everything around him was blinding with light, Bdubs was smiling at him like the happiest man alive. All that he could do was look around in awe, everything shone, the flowers gleamed in gold and the cold warm feeling was overtaking him. But slowly the light around him disappeared, the world now looking dull compared to before. His gaze stopped on the man before him. He was left absolutely speechless.
"Sooo do you believe now?" Bdubs chirped in joy, tilting his head to the side.
"...How could… How could I not?" He tried to find the words.
"Exactly. Never have I ever lied to you. I would n e v e r."
Etho chuckled at that, nodding in sarcastic agreement, to which Bdubs tugged his hair with a frown. "Ow!" he laughed as a response, furrowing his brows.
"How dare you think I'd ever lie to you." letting go of his hair, he moved over to sit by his friend’s side, wrapping his arms around him for comfort. "Well, as nice as it was without you insulting me, I sure missed this place." he murmured.
"And I missed you." Etho whispered back, feeling weird for saying it out loud.
Bdubs only hummed happily in response, nuzzling himself against him, "I can't wait to sleep in my own bed again."
#ethoslab#ethubs#bdoubleo100#hermitshipping#I GUESS i dont know not really maybe perhaps possibly ?? they just hug and say they miss each other so like idk how romantic that wouldbe#tagging just incase. and again no real people fiction i would die these are obviously rheir characters. bdubs is NOT a god irl#nomatter how much he wishes he was LOL#smileymothwrites#imagine a guy irl with the name ethoslab or bdoubleo#embarrassing for them really#im just resorting to bullying them now in my tags im sorry mr slab and mr bdub#i have proofread this multiple times but i am not a native english speaker so obviously my tense usage is fucked#esp bc i wrote this at 4am and it was in present tense first of all and then i had to fix it to past bc that made more sense and it was-#an entire fiasco because im bad at tenses. i may be c2 level but fuck if i know how the tenses work
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#Most people are on holiday bc sukkot or sick bc corona#So there a grand total of 5 people currently in the office#and normally we're an international office#So English is the main language#But now I'm the only non-native hebrew speaker#So everything naturally transitioned back to hebrew#and after my (Hebrew language) client meeting I left the conference room#to talk to my colleagues who were chatting in hebrew#and it's just like... sometimes I feel like I stepped into someone else's life#I love this job and I'm adapting well!#but when I was in Germany before yom kippur it struck me how much I miss my native language sometimes#Not just speaking it but like being at home in it#And sometimes im in a meeting with a client and they will drag out rusty prewar German and it's like...#I can't even describe it and I always answer in hebrew
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americans when not about them
#im so tiredddd. i literally share my experience and they go 'well actually that wasnt the case for me' ok but it was for me.#how is this contradictory to anything u are sayingggggg oh my god#i feel like many americans on this webbed site look down on non-native english speakers in general and they arent capable of seeing past it#like they put on their 'im talking to a foreigner' glasses and talk to u w that perspective#im not saying i wanna be treated like an american. but for many things i did have/experience an american life. and if i didnt experience it#i KNOW of it bc my friends. whom i went to school with. my classmates. etc. DID have that experience. and ive SEEN it irl. despite me.#idk. not being american#its a stupid thing to get hung over but idk man i had enough in the states of ppl looking down on me and treating me like i was stupid#just bc i wasnt from there or my parents spoke w very heavy accents and i had to translate for them sometimes#and now here. we get treated like this just bc. idk. we talk abt not being american. im jsut sick of it lmao#xarraire
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My unpopular opinion abt the new Castlevania series ig is that I just don't have any care or sympathy for these little church goons that they were trying to humanize this time around... Like Olrox revenge kill go off, I watch u kill that boys mom minute 1 but I'm still in ur corner bbygirl! I see ur thru line.
But then his little shitty church bf sanctioning and standing by all the actions of the church and also we don't talk about the homophobia he's supporting while also being gay and also sleeping w a man his church would have (and did) sanctioned the genocide of several times over... I'm supposed to think the way he shut Olrox down was anything worth feeling bad for, I just rolled my eyes at his self righteousness. Walk away from that man, Olrox!! We saw where this manic Christian love leads, and it's what ur Abbott did (who I also don't give 1 fuck about him or his white xtian guilt especially after That LOL)
I guess I can tentatively respect that the church guard's storyline is gonna potentially be about deprogramming him, but I hate that they seemed to be posing him as correct in accusing Olrox of having no soul, when we as the viewer know it was an act of love that he didn't think he was capable anymore, after what was done to him at the hands of ppl that the church guard. To me all i felt was the heartache from his POV so common in these communities where u thought you have a Good Christian that saw you, but he still sees you as the monolith of his imaginary enemy the second push comes to shove, even though your actions have shown again and again that there's nuance to be had
#the only whites that gave gotten a pass from me is baby belmont and the speaker mom#who's daughter I'm sure will mature i want to like her but she got shackled into a plot w the abott#which means we have to spend a lot of time on his white man pain about how he had the power to do so many terriblw things and chose to do i#anyway just wanted to get this off my chest i couldn't watch it fast enough and don't remember the guards name#and didn't look it up bc i don't want someone looking for him and starting a fight w me#just sucks bc i love Olrox so much and a lot of his fan content is him w this man i can't stomach tbh#i hoped he would be different i hope he can change or that Olrox finds someone else#text posts#i don't want to get into it too much more i have to rewatch this show bc baby belmont and Annette are my kids and Edouard is so special 2 m#bls im not a hater so if u like the guard i don't care#i just have a lot less interest in these types of threads ik some ppl who have been victims of the church find them cathartic#but i often find the storyline too much in the business of comforting the oppressor being represented and find them tedious#raised in American South where a lot of the cultures being examined exist and have flavored it#particularly this time period being looked at w plantation slavery plus French and native relations being v highlighted in my region#ugh anyway let me not get started x2 plus i don't care who's side drolta is on#she's bad and unjustified just insane and likes murder and looks very hot while she does it the end#(i love her every show putting black girls in it take note of the way they treated her hair so many styles 🥺💕)
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listening to the raven king rn and while i absolutely adore will patton's work i really really cant take laumonier seriously bc of the evil french accent
#as a native french speaker i had to pause the audio for a good 10min the first time we hear that dude#bc i couldnt stop laughing the accent is just so fucking funny#its really well done bc all i can think about is a small evil french dude#idk why its so funny to me#but im gonna start talking like that when im speaking english#trc
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Actually I love accents. Like no matter how good you become at languages you still have some sounds/letters you pronounce in a specific way, that's actually very cute
#miranda talking shit#Sure you can practice it if you go to specific courses or have training but i still think that's idk#In a way fighting your brain? Or rather it takes more brain power to keep it up? Ifk if that makes sense#But i know i can pronounce things 'better' when im not tired for example. The more tired i am the more likely i am to accidentally use my#Native language or pronounce things from that ?#It's possible people whp was raised in an multi-languge home doesmt have this but yea#Idk accents is cute and the fact basically everyone have one in some way is cool#Even English speakers and then what region theyre from they can all pronounce words differently#Like idk i cant write this and describe well but yoi get it yea#Like in my language we have very... 'volume' based words/letters. Kinda like a rollercoaster#It was how it was described to me by my Japanese teacher. She said that its common to struggle with Japanese bc of that#Its usually a pretty 'smooth' pronouncing and my language is the opposite in that we like to put more emphasis on some letters and go up#And down in volume when speaking? And after she explained that i was like... Ah yes never considered that but when i hear you say it#True... And thats cool. I mean makes it much harder to speak some languages and all but makes it somehow more unique?#Idk man i just like how everyone have different kinds of accents like yeah...
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Clear spring/summer nights, preferably with the moonlight shining brightly down on him. It washes over him like a sense of belonging, knowing that Lily is not the only one staring up at the road carved by the stars. He is not the only one who feels lost and takes to the stars for a guide.
#lily oh'fally#ffxiv gpose#ask game#answered#i quickly threw something together#lily loves star gazing and would often do it with haurchefant too#he prefers the warmer nights over winter#but thats just bc he's more heat tolerant#but the moonlit winter nigths brings him nostalgia and a vague feeling of loneliness#ffxivtribehydrae#edit: oops i realize i may have answered this wrong#im not a native english speaker so#that and im an idiot akjsjss idk the difference between climate and weather#❖ Gpose#ask
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sometimes im shocked with my genius
#ok so i decided i wanted to write another play but i wasn’t ready to let go of merel’s world yet#after all its only been a year and honestly i think I want to really flesh out merel’s amsterdam which is very hard#bc i see her as a lonely character where liesbeth is truly her rock#so I decided to start exploring the anne fleur relationship bc its quite prominent to merel as its her first real relationship#anyways i was watching emily in paris (i know) and i was thinking about AF meeting Dirk Jan after Belgium and what it would be like#and its canon in WOL that he knows about Merel but not really. he thinks they’re friends#and so im writing the forst meeting and i was almost going to make anne fleur confess abt merel#THEN I REMEMBERED that in my de diepte piece Merel confesses she met DJ at a party#so im like why not make that a scene#then I realised AF could withold the truth about Merel#in the first meeting#and dutch doesn’t have a seperate word for girlfriend and just a girl friend#so when Merel meets DJ I could potentially use that as a double meaning or something where AF is like#‘oh merel is een vriendin’ and everyone somehow skips over that she said een instead of mijn and so DJ reads it as a friend#or AF is completely planning to stay loyal and is drunk and the fact she uses een is foreshadowing#idk i think im onto something#my issue is as both a native speaker and an ex aspiring dutch teacher i feel merel would pick up on this#like its definitely not something she’d miss#you could also make merel a whole ass metaphor#like merel is a metaphor for my love for the netherlands#dutch language found dead
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googling to check the spelling of a word in english even though you know how to spell it but now you’re uncertain and have to double check is “english is my second language” culture
#had to google 'cousin' :))))))))#the absolute terror in me not being able to spell anything anymore#like i dont have a great mouth to do the talking can i at least writ-#no.#if you ever see me type in discord no u didnt#it takes me about 40 times longer bc i have to re-read the text so many times and also google a short phrase in case i use it incorrectly#and then i'll overthink that phrase bc 'am i allowed to use this im not a native speaker lol i dont wanna look like a silly goose'#and yet here i am looking like a silly goose anyway#can i just embrace this pls#biggest sigh of my life#non fandom
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