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Can’t agree more about that duolingo post you shared, the Irish course is *terrible*. Do you have any recommendations for other places to go to learn Irish for someone with practically no knowledge of the language?

dublin city university has asynchronous courses that run regularly on futurelearn, starting with irish 101 and going up to 208 (you might have to wait a little while for 101 to come around again because they don't all run simultaneously). they're a pretty good intro with more grammar explanations, written exercises, etc. my biggest issue with them was motivating myself to actually put the time in, because i found it tough to get through all the course in the amount of time i had available to give to them, but they're probably the best free online resource i know of, especially because they do have people there to answer questions and explain grammar

there are also various online courses on zoom etc but those tend to cost money. i do think after a certain point it's worth trying to get in an actual class (in person or online) for the conversation practice if nothing else, but something like the futurelearn courses is a good stepping stone to get going

for pure vocab, memrise has so far not fallen as far down the hole of "gamification of language apps at the expense of actual teaching" and you can make custom courses to learn vocab that you yourself actually need (e.g. lists from courses you're taking), but i know memrise is trying to push a new version of their "official" courses which may end up being at the expense of "community" courses (custom lists) so idk how long that'll last, and anyway it's more of a supplement to learning elsewhere than a way to learn in and of itself, in my experience

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just gonna start killing people i dont find funny

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#me at the internet

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you don't know this song? let me stream it for you. you haven't read that book? let me tell you about it. you don't know how to pronounce a word in my language? let me repeat it for you. you don't understand the lecture? let me bring my notebook. of course i will help you, will you do the same for me?

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you don't know this song? let me stream it for you. you haven't read that book? let me tell you about it. you don't know how to pronounce a word in my language? let me repeat it for you. you don't understand the lecture? let me bring my notebook. of course i will help you, will you do the same for me?

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you don't know this song? let me stream it for you. you haven't read that book? let me tell you about it. you don't know how to pronounce a word in my language? let me repeat it for you. you don't understand the lecture? let me bring my notebook. of course i will help you, will you do the same for me?

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you don't know this song? let me stream it for you. you haven't read that book? let me tell you about it. you don't know how to pronounce a word in my language? let me repeat it for you. you don't understand the lecture? let me bring my notebook. of course i will help you, will you do the same for me?

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you don't know this song? let me stream it for you. you haven't read that book? let me tell you about it. you don't know how to pronounce a word in my language? let me repeat it for you. you don't understand the lecture? let me bring my notebook. of course i will help you, will you do the same for me?

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unsung benefit i think a lot of ppl are sleeping on with using the public library is that i think its a great replacement for the dopamine hit some ppl get from online shopping. it kind of fills that niche of reserving something that you then get to anticipate the arrival of and enjoy when it arrives, but without like, the waste and the money.

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please please never stop being annoying about that one thing you really care about

#ok ay #ok #I’ll try

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I can't believe Bram Stoker didn't account for the fact that a lot of people died today.

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Reblogging would be a great help, but don’t feel pressured to

#don’t touch 2

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We're not gonna talk about the backing vocals of No Longer You being, "Say it ain't so! Say no more! Make it end! Nothing More!" cuz I broke down when I realized 😭

#wait really????

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Do you think Odysseus realizes that Tiresias never refers to “them” getting home in the plural sense? It’s only singular. It’s only Odysseus. Do you think he realizes that?? Odysseus uses plural terms to refer to him and his men, and Tiresias is very careful and cryptic with his words, but his prophecies are true, even if the meaning is not clear at the time, and he is referring to a single, not a plural, for the entire prophecy.

#HEY HEY heyyyyyyHEYYYYY #its him on a raft all alone old guy #i hadnt connected the dots that everyone else died too

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Not to be sad, but I hope Anticlea gets to be kept company by Argos in the Underworld...

#WHY DID YOU REMIND ME

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Being able to hear the progression of Odysseus’ soldiers getting smaller and smaller throughout the musical because the echoing is not as strong, it doesn’t sound as full, there’s not as many voices

The echoing comes back stronger when Odysseus is hearing the voices of his lost men in The Underworld. The echoing falls back to a much smaller sound/number of voices when Odysseus’ still alive men are singing with him

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Can we talk about how amazing Jorge’s mom can sing? Cause not only was it a heartbreaking moment, but her voice is so pretty too?!