#i’m semi conversationally fluent in uh like
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me when i’ve collectively attempted to learn 48 languages (and counting) and so i get this constantly except i know literally nothing else but a word or two in those languages cuz the brain isn’t meant to hold all that information so for me it’s more like
Every single person studying a language when they recognize the most basic word of the language in a text or a video
#the daily struggles of an incompetent polyglot#years of trying and 48 languages later#including asl morse code written cyphers and fictional languages#and i’m still only fluent in one.#one language. english.#i’m semi conversationally fluent in uh like#french spanish portuguese (ish) norwegian swedish icelandic (another stretch) german and uh kinda greek? ish??#but still no fluency in anything else#and i’ve tried believe me#10+ years of spanish education#except american education system#so
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I was tagged by @andrea-lyn and @lire-casander
Rules: Simply answer the following 21 questions and tag 21 people (or more!) you’d like to get to know more!
Name / Nickname: Hannah
Sign: Libra
Height: 5'6
Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw
Last thing I Googled: Good Omens Aziraphale
Favourite musician/s: Too many omg. Uh. Lewis Capaldi, Set It Off, Alan Walker, Ben Platt, Bastille, Two Steps from Hell, Fleetwood Mac, P!ATD, Imagine Dragons, The Pretty Reckless... so many more.
Last song I listened to: The Chain - Fleetwood Mac
Song stuck in my head: Speechless - from the new Aladdin film. It’s been in my head for weeks, I can’t get rid of it.
Followers: Like 200 and something? idk, I just shout into the void and if people wanna come along for the ride they’re welcome to. :)
Following: So many... I need to clean it up tbh as there are some from fandoms I’m no longer part of. But all my new follows give me EPIC heart eyes.
do you get asks: Not really :( I would love to though!
Amount of Sleep: 4-6hrs a night. I survive on ritalin, sugar and stubbornness.
Lucky Number: 5
What I’m Wearing: harem pants & a t-shirt that says ‘wandering is being lost in the right direction’.
Dream Trip: Florida? idk. Hobbiton in NZ? I’d love to go do a LotR thing in NZ. I’d like to go to every Disney park in the world. I’d like to see the Northern Lights snuggling wolves...
Favourite Food: Pizza ( @andrea-lyn I’m not copying you, I promise, but omg pizza is the BEST THING IN THE WORLD)
Instruments: I sing, I can play piano, drums, violin, flute and pluck at a guitar. I haven’t touched a musical instrument in years.
Languages: English, semi-fluent in French, conversationally competent in German. Tiny tiny bit of Italian and minimal, super basic conversational Spanish but I can’t write it for shit. I’m learning BSL.
Favourite Song/s: Couldn’t tell you, but Why Worry by Set it Off is my song to go to when I’m feeling upset and need a pick me up.
Random Fact: I learned how to write backwards and in mirror image before I could write properly.
Aesthetic: hippy, teenage pop-culture swamp monster. Five goblins in a trench coat
Tagging: @beamirang, @tasyfa, @signoraviolettavalery, @mandsangelfox, @jumbled-nonsense, @chasingshhadows, @ober-affen-geil aaand anyone else who feels like questions
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I was tagged by the lovely @domhnal-gleeson <3 I tag @jackpearcsn @masha-russia @lokidlaufeyson @ksica @aurrorpotter @hayleywilliamis @thegirlfromgatalenta and that’s not in any order of love, or a lack of for anyone not tagged.
1. Name: Teri
2. Nicknames: My dog calls me “woof”. My cat makes a weird quacking sound at me. My husband just says “Hey!” (I think he forgot my name) 🤔 That’s about it.
3. Zodiac sign: Trust me, the scales are not balanced and the pig is running amok through the garden.
4. Height: 5′5″
5. Languages spoken: English (I was somewhat fluent in 2 other languages when I was a kid, but I wouldn’t dare try to use them conversationally now. I’d probably mix the 2 up or insult someone unintentionally.) 😬
6. Nationality: The thing I’ve really come to hate about tumblr is the assumption that everyone is one thing or another. Everything I read on here seems to assume that each person is a specific race or nationality or that the country you live in is also your heritage. Wrong. US born and mostly raised, but Japanese, Russian, mixed Euro. That’s me.
7. Favorite fruit: Avocado is a fruit! 🥑
8. Favorite season: 🌹We usually suffer from 6 - 8 months of gloom and rain here. Bring on Spring! ☘️🌸 Let that shiny thing in the sky make an appearance! 🌤
9. Favorite scent: Coffee or ginger, tough call.
10. Favorite color: Strangely, this seems to change. I was going through a warm orange tones phase for years, but since this summer, shades of lavender through violet and moments of yellow seem to be calling. Purples are colors of change. Yellow is for nutters. I guess I’m chugging along on my last brain cell. 🤪
11. Favorite Animal: Ya know, come the end of each day, just throw me in a room full of puppies or kittens and let them climb all over me. That’s all I ask.
12. Favorite fictional character: Not plural? Just ONE?! I know this may come as a shock to some of you, but Remus Lupin.
13. Coffee, Tea, or hot chocolate: It’s evening now, so tea. Ask me in the morning. It’ll be coffee.
14. Number of blankets I sleep with: 🔚 I FORBID THIS QUESTION! ❌ I BANISH IT FROM ALL “GET TO KNOW YOUR FRIENDS” TAG GAMES. ❌ “Evanesco!” You’re welcome.
15: When was my blog created?: This specific blog was created in 2016, but I only used it for testing themes and the such. It’s only been in use since April, because I gave up waiting for tumblr to fix my original primary. Then, I went on semi-hiatus for 2 months shortly after. So, kinda weird - my sideblogs and groups are actually older than what is now my primary blog. 🙄 I first posted on this site in late 2009. I’m like a tumblr dinosaur at this point. There are very few of us left.
16: Favorite subject: I have so many minions. I really shouldn’t play favorites. The others might become disobedient.
17: Currently watching: There’s a bag of chips off to the left of my screen. Very distracting. Should I eat them? Oh, yes. I think I will.
18: Favorite band: Uh, hell if I know. I listen to a lot of 80s music, but I have the CD soundtrack to The Greatest Showman in my car, and some big band music loaded on my phone. I’m all over the place.
19: Instruments played: I used to play piano, guitar and drums. It’s been a while. I’m kinda over it as the latter two were more of a teenage angst choice, but sometimes I wish I had kept up on piano. 😔
20: Favorite book: Good Omens! Or... the Harry Potter series. Agh! There’s some Stephen King ones I really love too. And then The Night Circus was pretty fantastic. Neverwhere was a fun ride too. Okay, I’m going to stop right there.
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