#Polyglott

[lesemausbuchblog]

Mit Alexander Oetker durch Paris. Der etwas andere Reiseführer… ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Wenn man das Buch ‚Nice to meet you, Paris!: Auf Entdeckungstour ins Herz der Stadt‘ von Alexander Oetker liest, ist es, als ob man mit ihm direkt durch die Stadt der Liebe flaniert. Das Buch ist wunderbar geschrieben, und man bekommt sofort Lust in die nächste Bahn oder Flugzeug zu steigen um mit ihm Paris zu entdecken. Was Alexander Oetker geschrieben hat bezüglich der Freundlichkeit der Pariser gegenüber Touristen kann ich nur bestätigen. Man fühlt sich sofort wohl und willkommen. Für meinen nächsten Besuch bin ich jedenfalls gut gewappnet und vorbereitet.

Ich hatte ganz große Freude an ‚Nice to meet you, Paris!: Auf Entdeckungstour ins Herz der Stadt‘ von Alexander Oetker und kann das Buch jedem Reisenden sehr ans Herz legen.

[aibhilin-atibeka]

I just saw an ask game :D and I do have a question that I think would be fun for you.

What actually interested you in learning multiple languages in the first place and what draws you to a language that makes you want to learn it?

Oohhhh, now that's a fun one! :D

Well. I learned my first "real true" (no, seriously, honest) foreign language at the age of 9 and I felt absolutely neutral towards it.

Meh, 'twas another subject at school, so what? XD younger!me was not specifically very interested in languages at all. I had the world to explore, after all! What's languages compared to manga? Compared to anime? Compared to books?

Compared to the real world? Darn, no, I sure am not throwing time at something I might never use again at a later date in life, see me go "nope" at languages and "yes" to life experiences.

And then my sister went and learned to fluently speak five languages somehow. It seemed very much like "all of a sudden she can speak five languages" to me. Dammit all, I had to learn at least as many, didn't I?

That - along with my school offering languages as their educational focus - helped. Still wasn't ideal, but I'd gotten that certain nudge into this direction then. And at that point my love for Japan was noticeably not fading, so I got gifted a Japanese language class. And... sort of haven't stopped learning Japanese since. Whoops?

At the same time my school offered French and in a choice between Italian and French? Sure, I'll choose French (the language sounded nicer at that time and the teacher kinder). I can learn Italian later on, once the school offers another language choice two years into the first one, right?

Right?

Wrong. Had to choose between Spanish and computer science, so no Italian for me back then. But Spanish is basically Italian on crack, isn't it? (pls don't dunk on teenage!me, teenage!me was a bit of a teenager back then) They're 1:1 understandable to one another, right? Right?

Also wrong.

But that didn't stop me from starting Italian on my own at university.

And a friend offered to teach a class of Turkish right in-between school and university, so there we went~

And university itself offers language classes too, how could I not check them out and study Hindi for a bit?

... somehow, without even consciously being aware of it, I'd accumulated a starting vocab for about twenty languages before I was twenty (how do I know that exact number at that exact age? I had to do a language autobiography collecting, chronologically listing and presenting all my language studies and some of the knowledge I'd obtained in detail for a class shortly after turning twenty).

By now it's probably stayed *roughly* the same in number (... maybe I added five to ten-ish languages since then? no clue), though I couldn't say whether or not that's simply because of where I live or what opportunities I had or what little time I've had to spend on accumulating more languages since. Life's a busy bee, sometimes, and the life of an author/linguist/leisure-social-media-scroller (tumblr I'm looking at you) feels even busier. Never mind any other engagements I have ended up in so far.

I have an ongoing interest in languages cause I find it fun to be able to communicate with the world in whatever language I can. They're a means to reading, listening and interacting with people and there's wordplay to consider. ;) In short, I find it fun.

To answer your questions:

What actually interested you in learning multiple languages in the first place

I stumbled into them like Winnie the Pooh might stumble into a pot of honey XD there was no definitive moment of "Oh, I'm interested in becoming a polyglot now" - at the point in time that I had that realisation I already was one.

and what draws you to a language that makes you want to learn it?

Depending on the language, I have different motivations for learning them:

Japanese: "stopping now makes just as much sense as a prisoner breaking out might stop in front of the 9th out of 10 walls they'd have to climb", also "I've got manga to read in Japanese just to get all the jokes in them" and "I bought and imported books from Japan that I still have to read"

French: "I still haven't read all of the Arsène Lupin series" and "from time to time the Frenchspeakers release funny movies that I wanna watch in the original language"

Italian: "darn, originally I was in this for the bit but I'm committed to learning it now with whatever means necessary"

Spanish: is "just sort of there" and "Sometimes I find articles and news pages and books I want to read that just so happen to be in Spanish, so why not read them in Spanish, I don't even need a translation"

Korean: "I want to be able to read you at one point, darn it all to hell"

etc. ad infinitum. I didn't even mention all the ones I'm fluent in here, never mind all the ones I started to learn at one point in my life, so yeah.

I love the challenge? I love the way learning languages open up a whole new world view to you as you go along? I adore being able to read yet more books by just learning a language? I love word games?

All of these and more count towards my interest in languages. :D Gotta say, languages rock. Polyglottism ftw.

@stereden cause I can

@a-knight-owls-curse thanks for the interesting ask!

[ivory--raven]

i think I now know a debatably useful remark in four languages

[transparentgentlemenmarker]

Tu peux m'aider

[calochortus]

Yellow-breasted Chat ..."Buffoon of the Briar Patch"1437 crop MCSP Southern California by Pekabo Via Flickr: "The chat is a true birder’s bird. Most non-birding members of the general public have probably never even heard of this species, and few would ever find themselves in the right kind of place to stumble upon one by chance. Yellow-breasted Chats can be challenging to find even with dedicated search effort, largely owing to their preference for densely vegetated, brushy habitat with nearly impenetrable tangles. Once discovered, however, they display animated antics that have charmed many a naturalist. Their jaunty, cocked tails and prominent white spectacle markings lend them a distinctive, expressive appearance, further enhanced by the boldly contrasting plumage of the brilliant golden throat, the clean white underbelly, and the camouflaged olive-green of the upperparts. Though they are frequently skulky and silent during migration and the winter months, Yellow-breasted Chats can be shockingly conspicuous in the breeding season. Males post up on high perches, belting out chaotic, improvisational songs that feature a blend of hoots, growls, whistles, chatters, purrs, cackles, mewls, squawks, and mimicry of other species. They regularly launch into an impressive song flight, flapping dramatically with exaggerated tail pumps all while constantly vocalizing in midair. These musical performances sometimes continue long into the dark of the night, which may help passing nocturnal migrants locate suitable habitat on the ground below. With this varied repertoire of bizarre noises taken into account, the “chat” portion of the species moniker is clearly every bit as apt as “yellow-breasted” is. One of the most intriguing details about this species is the turbulent history of its taxonomic classification. For decades, Icteria virens was designated a member of the wood-warbler family Parulidae, but it was understandably considered to be an aberrant outlier. This placement never quite sat right with many birders and ornithologists, as the chat’s structure and behavior are so wildly different from anything else in the tribe. Nebulous comments in field guides and checklists that the bird “might not belong” were a gross oversimplification of more than a century of scientific disagreements about its true affinities. In-depth genetic studies of New World passerines revealed that the Yellow-breasted Chat inhabits a distinct branch of the tree of life that is sister to the family Icteridae, which includes blackbirds, orioles, meadowlarks, oropendolas, and others. Some authorities have assigned the chat to that family as well, but the American Ornithological Society presently recognizes the species as the sole representative of a monotypic family: Icteriidae. " nemesisbird.com

[yoannblogging]

05/04/24 14:38

yoann fait des trucs cursed comme d’habitude

[selfiesforalgernon]

Oh yeah bridge graffiti update, main place got wiped down completely, possibly officials lol so I put up a new Kawaii cyclops and demon hand... then my spot that usually no one goes to got completely done-over.... mixed feelings cause the art is damn good.. I just... really man? It perfectly covers just the area where all my stuff was drawn. Actually met the dude who did it weirdly enough, he rolled up on his bike and was like "like it? I got bored and did it" I said it was badass, deciding to drop the fact that it was over my shit.. he probably pieced together that I was the other motherfucker anyway, no one comes to that section of the bridge and I mean no one.. lol ffs I jerked it and came a couple times there, that's how private it is.. or was I guess now... huaaahh oh well.. good art at least (writing is bad Português por "Hey, it's tired/ I meant to say tiring. I'm tired" in the hand is bad Italian for "fuck off o/ go fuck yourself")

[avidex]

Dordogne, 3 juillet 2022

Hypolaïs polyglotte à Pombonne

[waldschimmel]

That was quite the list of languages 😄

The way Paul watches Till speak different languages to thank 🤣 Park de Nieuwe Koers, Ostend, 27-06-2024 @ bp_spotting

[lesemausbuchblog]

Informative Einblicke in Kunst und Kultur von Florenz ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

'Nice to meet you, Florenz!' von Sandra Maria Gronewald ist ein etwas anderer Reiseführer. Er ist persönlich, denn die Autorin Sandra Gronewald lebte einige Zeit in dieser wunderschönen Stadt. Natürlich ist Florenz bekannt für die herausragende Kunst- und Kulturszene. Dies findet sich in dem Reiseführer wieder. Ebenfalls gibt es tolle Empfehlungen für Restaurants etc.

Zur Vorbereitung der nächsten Florenz-Reise ist 'Nice to meet you, Florenz!' wirklich hilfreich. Ich kann es jedem empfehlen, vor allem, wenn man, wenn man sich für Kunst interessiert.

[myanxietydemonaretootired]

Emily: Do you think you would have notice me if we had gone to the same high school?

JJ: Emily, you were a weird closeted goth polyglotte with a strange addiction to poker and cigarettes. I would have noticed you and not in a good way.

[aliceslanguagediaries]

❁ My favourite French podcasts for intermediate and advanced learners (B1-C1) ❁

(I really love using podcasts for language immersion and I owe a huge amount of my french progress to these, so I hope they��re helpful to someone else too!)

1.

This one is hugely popular, and for a good reason! I would credit this podcast (and the free transcriptions) with about half of my progress from intermediate to advanced. A really great feature is translations/explanations for difficult words in the transcription.

2.

I love the topics in this one, it’s very unique and thought-provoking (and often philosophical) while also not being too difficult. (I believe that all of the interview episodes come with transcripts also)

3.

Transcripts also available for free! I like the conversational style and there’s a huge range of important topics relating to french culture, social issues, travel etc.

4.

I feel like everyone knows this one? But I love it, it’s really fun

5.

Maybe a little easier than the others mentioned as she speaks quite slowly, but again a huge range of topics and clear explanations of grammar and vocabulary!

6.

Very interesting topics, especially the history episodes

7.

I think everyone knows her YouTube channel, but her podcast is really great too!

8.

Probably the easiest one on the list!

9.

This is actually aimed at natives so I put it last, but it’s perfect for anyone with an advanced level who is interested in language learning :)

[sinvulkt-art]

Spider-Gwen & Daemon, sous le thème Nuances printanières pour Orda, dans le cadre de l’échange de Pâques

If anyone is curious about the bird:

It’s a Northern Mockingbird! (Moqueur polyglotte en français). I chose it as Gwen’s daemon for its coloring, its presence in US cities (apparently?) and its singing capacity, by day and sometimes night.

I headcanon she is not settled yet though :3

[yanncavell]

Du silence

"Four O'Clock" (1957), épisode numéro 1 de la première saison de la série télévisée intitulée "Suspicion", est une adaptation de la nouvelle "Three O'Clock" (de William Irish, 1957) mise en scène par l’illustre cinéaste britannique Alfred Hitchcock.

[Synopsis : un homme souhaitant se débarrasser de son épouse prépare à cette fin un explosif dans le sous-sol de leur maison, une cave au fond de laquelle deux jeunes cambrioleurs le laissent garroté et muselé aux côtés de sa bombe artisanale.]

"Les Tueurs" (1956) est un court-métrage réalisé par le célèbre cinéaste russe Andreï Tarkovsky et dont le scénario fut directement inspiré de la nouvelle "The Killers" (d’Ernest Hemingway, 1927).

[Résumé : le jeune Nick Adams est ligoté et bâillonné dans les cuisines d’un troquet par des gangsters fomentant un meurtre.]

Deuxième épisode de la saison numéro 2 de la série télévisée "Les Aventures de Sherlock Holmes", "L’Interprète grec" (1989) est une adaptation de la nouvelle "The Adventure of the Greek Interpreter" (de Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1893).

[Argument : un interprète polyglotte est kidnappé par des malfaiteurs désirant qu’il leur traduise les propos d’un homme grec dont ils se sont emparés et qu’ils séquestrent dans une maison, l’y gardant bâillonné au moyen de pansements.]

"In the Penal Colony" (2013) est un petit film réalisé par un dénommé Forrest Rice dont le scénario se trouve être une transposition de "La Colonie pénitentiaire" (1914), une nouvelle rédigée par l’écrivain Franz Kafka.

[Intrigue : un prisonnier est condamné à périr supplicié entre les rouages et sous les pointes d’une imposante machine, un gigantesque instrument de torture pourvu d’entraves ainsi que d’un mors afin de maintenir parfaitement immobiles et silencieux les individus placés à l’intérieur de son mécanisme meurtrier.]

[pink-strawberry-kissess]

Heyy heart! It's mari again (˶˃ ᵕ ˂˶) .ᐟ.ᐟ I haven't been on Tumblr in a hot minute hehe

I did see an ask where someone said Ada would sing well! On that note, do you think Ada has a specific song she sings to the twins? A song already existing, or maybe even one she made up? :D

HI BABY ❤ (ɔˆз(ˆ⌣ˆc)

das okay we all got lives outside of tumblr hehe

ahhhhhhhhh!!!!! i actually haven't thought of that! lullabies... hmm old songs she maybe remembers from her childhood... songs she only knows in certain languages... polyglotte ada got me QUAKING i am LITERALLY SHAKIN

UGHHHHH just ada humming a little tune to herself while holding babies... oh... im a weak woman..