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Oh english is absolutely not his first language.
#Ryunosuke and Phoenix's first day court sillies: I don't know what a court record is! :3 I'm just a little guy!#Apollo first day court sillies: If anyone finds out Im not a native english speaker I will simply have to Murder them#i KNOW they didnt know he was an immigrant when they made this game. Thats why its SO COOL so much of it stil scans and supports later canon#my partner and I were playing together and just talking about how.#he grew up in a mountain shack surrounded by army guys. he KNOWS HOW TO PLAY POKER. He just has no idea what the hands are called in ENGLISH#spk plays apollo justice#ace attorney#apollo justice#apollo justice ace attorney#aa
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im loving every poll i see where the OP is innocently about to get their lived experience violently deuniversalized
#just saw a native english speaker in their 20s run a poll on the premise that not knowing what 'perpendicular' meant was normal#~3000 people corrected them pretty quick lol#ironically one of my autistic special interests is whats actually quantifiably normal vs what everyone assumes is normal#a subject which never fails to produce surprises
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#mole interest#is this anything?#<- it is counting by the 3k+ notes#guys stop i opened tumblr at work and the notifs kept BUZZING#to the non native english speakers what is the mole (animal) called in your language i am curious
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i think it took mob some time to get used to expressing his emotions openly again so for a while he just reacted disproportionately to random things
#mp100#mob psycho 100#my art#better call saul reference . for the real ones#i have no idea if this makes any sense to anyone other than me lmao#post canon mob u mean so much to me. i love u#i think mob should be allowed to get silly and ridiculous. as a treat#* do not get on my ass abt 'disproportionately' im not a native english speaker. also like 10 thousand other ppl already said this
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This is just a mini info dump from an Arab batfamily fan because I find Damian calling his siblings Akhi... adorable (for me as a native speaker watching a writer use Arab words) and, not painful, just... itchy, it URGES me to make a pptx with 300 slides and just? Talk about Arabic?
So... أخي, Akhi, Brother.
It's not incorrect. The word is used in the right place and delivers its intended meaning. Other Arab speakers might not find a problem with it. They'd feel odd like I did but will likely go "eh" and carry on. But I'm an Arabic enthusiast, so...
Like with every language with geographically widespread users, the Arabic tongue kind of- deviated from its roots. The language has naturally branched out into so many dialects I myself can't keep track of.
Arabs from different regions can understand each other. They use the same words but for different purposes and with different pronunciations.
The original root language that holds them all (Quranic Arabic) was simplified into an easier, standard version that is used for formal speeches and as a communication bridge (seeing that you can't, say, translate something to Arabic and say it's for all Arabs if you use a certain dialect. Because an Arabic dialect is an identity at this point, tell me somebody is Syrian, and I know them already)
Now, with the fun part.
See, no Arab calls any sibling of theirs Akhi, I myself would burst laughing if mine did.
Yakhoi يَخوي (nonstandard, everyday Arabic for o, brother) , maybe, if I'm calling a stranger from the streets or an offender I'm going to give a piece of my mind.
Or, hold your breaths, my brother is crying, and the lights are out and I NEED to use the tenderest, most loving, most adoring, most revering tone I could muster so he just knows he is loved and family. Y'know? This specific situation.
And other Arabs might just say, no, I use it when, I use it when, I don't use it, etc.
The point is, nobody will mention Akhi. Because it's a Standard Arabic word, a formal word, and a word used in translated texts and stories when a foreign character we don't consider part of us call their brother. It's weird, it's devoid of emotions, and it's like watching a robot trying to be emotional, but it's a translated text. That's what translated texts use, and it's fine.
It is fine, Standard Arabic has been used for stories so much that nobody questions its influence on a character's characterisation.
I'm not saying Standard Arabic shouldn't be used for story writing, quite the opposite, in fact. I'm just saying that if Arabic is used to represent an Arab, its usage should also consider an everyday Arab experience and manners.
Now to Damian.
Akhi is robotic. Damian's personality does allow him to fall under that category. If for his well refined manners and polite, formal speech.
But even the King wouldn't call his brother Akhi.
He'd call him by his name. For my community (and most, I'm sure) siblings are called by their names, and if we look up historic Quranic (Root) Arabic speakers, they, too, call their siblings by their name. Yes, even the Sultan.
If not by actual name, then either endearing or demeaning names.
Arabs LOVE endearing names, but they're dipped in a pool of honey I don't think Damian would like to dive in.
Talia, on the other hand, would most certainly call Damian Mama. Arab parents call their kids by their own titles. It's the ultimate expression of parental love of all times, in my opinion.
(Don't make Batman call him Papa, though. Pretty sure Damian would malfunction)
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Well, I said all that, but watching writers include Arabic words in his vocabulary is still sweet. Tt is not even a word, but it's such an Arab thing it's my favourite.
If only I could make subtitles of everyday Arab talk and show you, their speech is heavy with, excuse my English, word softeners, it's like they're talking in a TV drama and not the real world.
Watching Damian adopting it would be interesting :D
#damian wayne#robin#batman#bruce wayne#talia al ghul#batfamily#dc comics#damian#batman comics#batman fanfics#batman fics#batman content#now I wonder if native English speakers feel the same when they hear me talk lol
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she would've told them unlike her canon! version who decided not to be an ally smh
#one piece#trans!sanji#sanji#kiku#yamato#ワンピース#I'm practicing my japanese shhhhhh#(日本語のペラペラ人:俺は文法とか書く方とか間違ったら教えてください😅ありがとうございます)#translation:#Yamato: I'll be able to get as strong as Oden?#Sanji: Probably... 🤔#[meanwhile Kiku is remembering the time in the hot spring]#(Sanji: Nami-chan!!!)#(Nami: Shut up!! The women's bath is supposed to be a peaceful place!)#Kiku: I am also ⚧️ ... o.o#(y'all english speakers had me all to yourselves for a decade it's about time I start to also sometimes make stuff in my next language lol#notably for media *from* that language#same as it made sense to make fan content in english for [american superhero franchise we don't talk abt anymore] back in the day#(happy seasonal reminder that Ren Is Not A Native English Speaker and This Is My 5th Language hi 😅))#while looking up reference for this I learnt that the straps to tie back the kimono sleeves are called tasuki#also I decided yamato get big muscles cause he got them kaido genes in im (I also gave him his dad's young-man-facial hair)#the more I do transition projections for one piece characters while tryna adhere to the style the more I learn that sometimes stylisation#uses bones less as literal determinants for where things go and just kinda exaggerates shapes based on vibes alone instead#meaning trans characters' bones wouldn't literally stay looking the same in that stylisation in the way they do irl#they'd get exaggerated differently based on what the surrounding stuff is doing#I still think oda's transition demonstration when we first met iva was unreasonable even with that in mind tho
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I constantly forget that for some English teacher isn't a teacher of their (probably) first and most important foreign language without which you can do basically nothing in today's world. But it is a teacher of their first language ever, and they learn about vowels, words making, grammatic, orthography, literature, long dead authors (who have been writing in different speech tbh), what feelings we can see in that poem, how to write a letter and how to speak up wisely or something. All in English. Wow. For them English isn't lists of vocab or trying to understand those GODDAMN tenses.
That's wild.
#i need to remind myself#that there are native english speakers#esp while watching or reading sth american#idk why#also#at 1 point i had very hard time trying to figure out which tense is correct#still not sure#english#that's wild#i have to say it again#teacher#school#linguistics#learning#education#non-native speaker experience
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For my non native english speakers, how did you learn the language?
#non native english speakers#ESL#English Second Language#I tried to think of the most common ways to learn a language but the other tag is there in case I forgot anything#which I probably did#language#english language#language poll
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This isn't about Strawberry jam
I want to ramble on about something I am not so sure about what it is, so I will tell yall a story.
So imagine this; You are 20 years old, you live with your partner in your shared apartment, your partner buys a tiny glass jar of strawberry jam.
If I pointed at that moment and asked you what it was, I think you would say “Well, it's a jar of strawberry jam”
Okay now, imagine one week later; the jam was good, but the jar was tiny so you and your partner already ate all of it, holding the empty and dirty jar you realize, wow it has a very nice shape, maybe I can use it as a cup, so you clean the jar and lets it sitting beside your water filter.
If I pointed now and asked what it was, what would you say? “It’s an empty jar of strawberry jam that we use to drink water.”
Okay cool, nice and practical, lets go forward, Imagine 10 years later… Yea I know a lot of time, but hear me out; You are 30 years old and you had a child in the meantime, this child is 7 years old.
If I pointed to the empty jar of strawberry jam and asked what it is, you know what they would say? “It’s a glass cup, we use it to drink water.” Do you see where I am going?
Okay now let's go 30 years in the future, imagine; you are 60 years old and this story isn’t about you anymore, no this story is about your grandchild now. Your 37 years old child has a 10 year old child themselves now. If I pointed to the glass cup and asked the same old question, what would they say? “Oh that's a vintage glass cup that belonged to my grandparents, my parents get it out on… special occasions.” Okay cool, it's a vintage heirloom now I guess.
Okay now Imagine; Someone broke it, what would be said if I pointed to the glass and asked you to say what it is?
“This was an empty jar of Jam, we bought it a bunch of years ago and I don’t remember if the Jam was good or not, but it served us well.”
Ok, and If I asked your child?
“Oh, this was an old glass cup that was in my parents house. I liked to use it when we would drink vodka… I think it was older than me. It's a shame it is broken.”
Your grandchild?
“This was a family heirloom. It was older than my parents and I pretended to give it to my child one day. To be honest, the thing was old, it is a miracle how long it lasted.”
The garbage man that will dispose of it.
“Someone threw broken glass in the wrong bin, I will have to put on my gloves.”
#Evil Rat rambling#I do not know how to put this sentiment into words#so I wrote this#tumblr writing#writers on tumblr#writing#not fanfic for the first time ever#Note: *point at myself* Not a native english speaker and this wasn't betaed#I honestly don't care if this text specific isn't as right sounding#I wanted to write a sentiment of mine and I did it#rambling
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song lyrics for mobtober
#kept thinking to myself... did i spell “want” correctly???#native english speaker btw...#my art#mob psycho 100#mp100#reigen arataka#mobtober
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Gajevy Week 2024 Day 2: Memento
I had no plans to draw anything for this day and then boom, four pages. :')
(please ignore for a moment that canonically dragon scales turn white when they fall off, I remembered halfway through 😂)
#i wanted to use the phrase “dont worry your pretty little head” bc i thought it was cute#only to find out it's offensive#non-native english speaker problems#this is cringy im sorryyyy#gajevyweek#gajevyweek2024#gajeel redfox#levy mcgarden#gajevy#fairy tail#doodles noodles
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Big fan of whenever a creator from one of the other languages meets Bad for the first time and he tells them his name is BadBoyHalo and explains it to them
Then they fucking hit it off and later the creator explains to him that no, he is not a bad boy, he is a good boy, he is GoodBoyHalo
#then he stutters and exclaims that He Is A Bad Boy#like legit this has happened several times lmao#a non native english speaker will observe how lovely of a person Bad naturally is and just be like no you are not a bad boy#qsmp#qsmp badboyhalo#this immortal demon is literally one of the nicest guys ever but that's kinda normal here lmao#just ignore the people in his basement#had to laugh when it happened again today
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qsmpblr language day makes me realise how crazy it is that tumblr doesn’t have a built in translation tool in 2024 btw
#qsmptwt u win this one thing#when i first joint qsmpblr i thought everyone was just english speakers lmao#while in qsmptwt everyone can communicate talking in their native language#do better tumblr#qsmp language day#qsmp
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And this concludes the grand crossover event
(or does it?)
(it does but I was given a great idea for how to solve Gwen's problem :) )
the timeline of previous relevant comics:
[Jeff has a great fashion sense and Peter is the best hooker]
[Jeff is found and fucks are lost]
[bro landed up in the wrong universe and all he got out of it is a lousy bow]
#petvengers#spiderverse#Deadpool#Gwenpool#spiderman 99#wade wilson#gwen poole#miguel o'hara#jeff the land shark#i have a very simple sense of humor#and cute little floofballs swearing a lot is part of it#also i still remeber the ooooold long list of polish swearwords vs english that were mostly translated to just fuck fuck fuck this fuck tha#and still find it amusing#but maybe fuck doesnt make an impression on me since im not an native speaker#but anyway yes i still think the shock instead of fuck is bad#i know why they did it in comics and its actually smart#buuuuut#but in current world context it gets waaaay to close to tiktokification of language#and i fucking hate it#sure it makes sense miguel lives in ubercorporated distopia we are clearly going towards#but just fucking no#fuck fuck fuck#one fuck at a time#swearing
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Hi! Can I ask you a question about France? How common or uncommon or weird is the use of coucou as a greeting? Especially between adults. Would it be super weird if I went to France and greeted someone like that?
I don't trust the click-baity articles that show up when I google this (I'm not even sure all of them were written by humans), so I'd rather ask someone that, you know, actually lives over there.
Thanks, have a nice day
Hi! Coucou is a pretty common greeting including between adults (though it's more often used by women as it does sound a bit cutesy), but I think it implies pre-established friendly relations, unlike the neutral Bonjour or Salut. I only use it with family and friends. Friendly acquaintances too—okay now that I think about it, it's hard to say where I draw the coucou line. I use it as a greeting when I enter the library if there's no one in there but the librarian because I know her well, but if there are other people in the room I say bonjour even if they're children. And of course if I knew the librarian very well but didn't like her she wouldn't get a coucou. You kind of have to follow your heart with this greeting.
But definitely don't use it to greet people in a shop or formal context or anyone you don't know well because that would be weird (in my view!) Coucou sounds affectionate, I often use it in writing to set the tone ("Hi I am an informal unthreatening email !") (also if a French person sends you a text that starts with Cc, that's textspeak for coucou)
To me "Salut !" is "Hi!" while "Coucou" is Hi :) <3
#ask#maybe other french people feel differently about it?#and i feel you re: not trusting internet articles for this stuff they are traitors#sometimes i look up a polysyllabic latin-rooted word we use in french like does it exist in english too?#and several serious-looking websites tell me yeah this word totally exists in english go ahead!#we've adopted it from french it's fine#then i ask a native speaker and they're like no one has ever used this word out loud without sounding like a pretentious tryhard ever
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I'm reading the Tunguska script and this bit sent me into hysterics 😭 it roughly translates to "You son of a bitch- I hope your grave gets overgrown with dicks". I've actually never heard this expression before. never thought I'd learn something new about my mother tongue from an american show
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