#and im not from an english speaking country

[ramenwithbroccoli]

tbh it sucks so much we're limited by language barriers and other stuff. there are so many things and themes i'd like to mention, but only a bunch of people will understand. if a classic is written in a language different from english it's a hassle to get people from other counties to read it. sometimes it's translated without a care, sloppily, from a language that wasn't even the original one. sometimes it isn't even translated at all, left in obscurity

#this post is about wanting to talk to people here about literature but realising that nobody would know what im referencing #also translating can ruin stuff so bad. the callout in the middle is for Ferdydurke. that got its translation 24 years from the original #AND IT WASN'T EVEN TRANSLATED DIRECTLY. IT WAS TRANSLATED TO ENGLISH FROM FRENCH GERMAN AND SPANISH VERSIONS #IT GOT A PROPER ONE ONLY IN 2000. 63 YEARS. #sorry i just wish we had more diversity about the books we read. but im kind of a hypocrite aren't i #even i probably have more books in/translated from english than everything else. and i don't even live in english speaking country #eh #ramblings

[the-ghost-bracket]

Is your bracket going to be seeded based on the times each character was submitted?

I didn't really understand the question, so I'll answer the two things I think you could have meant while sounding stupid for not knowing what you meant

1. So the most submitted character will all be in the bracket, but it won't be the only poll held. I'll hold multiple polls to use all the submissions I got

2. I'll use a wheel to randomize who faces off against who.

#ghost bracket #ghost poll #Robot-AnalystTM speaks #i am very sorry #im not from an English speaking country

[whoevengaf]

Cant even yap about uni because id need to post an half an hour voice note on here

#nothing bad btw i just want to yap 😭 #esp about pre and proto history #actually let me tell you ONE story i went to my british pronunciation class today and when the teacher read out the names with mine (my name #is jana btw) jjj.... yyy....yyy and i had to correct her not even an embryo of an attempt to jana [ CROATIAN LASTNAME] #and she said oh! i thought that was a smudge 😊 A SMUDGE IN THE SHAPE OF A PERFECT V ON A PRINTED OUT PAPER? #as in š or č or ž i mean #and THEN she wanted us to introduce ourself and say if we were abroad (in an english speaking country for au pair etc) #and i said i am from CROATIA so i spend a lot of time THERE and she literally went i dont care about that i didnt ask :| #TWO THINGS LADY YOU LITTTTTERALLY DID AN MICROAGRESSION IK YOU DIDNT MEAN IT THAT WAY #SECOND THING I MIGHT HAVE A CROATIAN ACCENT WHILE SPEAKING ENGLISH THEN INSTEAD OF A GERMAN OJE #im soooo mad because she lowkey is fun etc but after she mansplained that she wanted to hear about english countries #i said yes i know :) and we STARED at eachother #GOD HOW EMBARRASSING! BUT DO YOU UNDERSTAND WHY I DID IT??? LIKE I CANT NOT SAY THAT!!!!! AND NOW IVE BEEN #SITTING LIKE A SIM THATS CONSTANTLY EMBARRASSED ALL DAY ON THAT STUPID INTERACTON #INFRONT OF THE ENTIRE CLASS #sham!s rambles

[brainyrot]

These headcanons are actually so random but they are fun so

Bendy first language isn't English, it's actually latin. He has NO idea how he learned it, he just knows it. and whenever he hears a demon speak it he gets super excited because FINALLY someone who speaks the same language as him, well, other than English.

THOUGH, since he can speak Latin like every demon he..feels appreciated because of it. Because every demon just always says that they finally have something in common and actually sounds like a demon, just because of him knowing latin.

sometimes, whenever he remembers Felix's talent, he tries to communicate with the cat in latin, but all he gets is gasps and confused looks.

But the cat himself? Looks at the demon like he just said he found the biggest secret ever, but then he replies!!

Now everyone just grew used to it. Well- Boris, Holly and Felix. The rest just keep forgetting.

He swears holly keeps making him translate phrases in Latin like he's a translator...he doesn't mind though, it's fun. Better than being stuck in a room struggling to read a book in a language he doesn't understand too well.

Not me who keeps rambling in the tags

#why this hc? because often demons are connected to latin #y'know when im a horror they speak latin to summon and demon and stuff #and i said #yeah let's make it every demon first language #then #based on where they are from #their second language is different #(this can be English or italian or Spanish) #(chinese or korean or idian) #depending on WHERE they find themselves on the surface #but originally they just speak latin #but they have grown to speak English in hell too #latin is just common there #lke when a country has two official languages #bendy and boris in the inky mystery #babtqftim #headcanon #bendy and boris the quest for the ink machine #bendy the dancing demon #bendy the dancing devil #demon headcanon

[tordistic]

Dreamt recently that the Eddsworld DVD was sold in retail for around 7-8 bucks lol

#brainworming #if u couldnt tell: I am not british. im not even from a English speaking country!!!!

[danelloevee]

Due to storage reasons I am re-downloading Arknights with the voice pack that takes the least storage which is. the EN voice pack.

#i have never in my life willingly downloaded the english dub of a game #when the original source is not from an english-speaking country #well #now im going to be hearing British Kroos

[hella1975]

what is it about 'sit down' vs 'siddown' that makes it so clear that your parents are mad at you lol

#mine aren't btw im just watching s2 hopper being a dad in stranger things #he's in his mother gothel era fr fr #i just found it funny when he said it like that bc i always assumed that was like. an accent thing or even a rural thing #bc it's v much how my grandad talks and his accent would be INCOMPREHENSIBLE to you lot #but then hopper this very american man did it and i was like oh this is a Thing then #like parents will just do that lol i find that so funny #im once again fascinated by linguistics #people from other english speaking countries do u also get the siddown treatment when ur being a bitch #or do u have ur own variations #im curious

[violentdevotion]

I had multiple dreams last night.

I had a bf </3

someone in my family got bit by a zombie </3

some guy made me explain narrative structure to him </3

#ameera speaks #1 expanded) it was someone ik in real life 😔 which sucks soooo bad anyway he was at mine and we were watching a movie in my bed on my #laptop < (loser behaviour) and okay so im lying by referring to him as my bf bc we were just friends in the dream but then he started like #acting well intimate and i wasnt not into it so i was like hey whats going on here and we had a talk and then i had to sneak him out of my #house. dream 2) zombie apocalypse im in my room my nephews and nieces come in and i usher them out. the world is the samw just + zombies. #like think covid when it was dire but schools were still open? (my dream was a commentary on the countries failures to manage covid) so i #usher my neohews and nieces out and i make a comment to my sister in law like ooh im scared one of them got bit and my nephew was like some #girl bit me at school today and i told his mum and i stayed in my room and like an hour later i rang her like whats the update #and she was like oh yeah and came into my room to find my journal on zombie stuff and sge was like should i just cut off his arm and i was #idk try but if that doesnt work youre gonna have to... and she was SO CASUALLL !!!! and as she was leaving she started like picking things #up off the floor and i made a comment like your sons dying and youre sweeping and she was like way harsh tai and i woke up #that one was a commentsry on covid and also how i might be too mean to my sister in laws sometimes #3) i was in a library with friends researching smth and some asian guy sits on our table turns his back to us and talks to his friends. #then he starts playing music loudly from his phone and i move back to my table and as im walking he stops me and starts talking to some #girl on the table next to mine who he knows and is like hey i have an assignment due where i have to write a compelling narrative from my #own life ur clever can u help and she was a stem girly and went highschool with me and she pointed at me like ask her she does english #and he was like no u just tell me and she started helping him but i felt the advice she was giving was.. bad. so i interrupted like dont #you think that you should do __ instead and we had a discussion about it till i woke up. < that dream was a commentary on how useless my #degree is and how i wish it wasnt useless

[meowhawkk]

i think the problem with the England/Britain thing you mentioned is that most US people don't seem to know the difference. i actually didn't and had to look it up. im 29 and never once in school did they tell me there's a difference so i guess I'll be educating people from now on about that?? Im sorry though, it must be really frustrating

Honestly it's okay! I know how America-centric a lot of online spaces are, so it's something I see and roll my eyes at all the time; unfortunately I can't really change the state of the education system over there but. I'll use this as a jumping off point to chatter.

As someone from Wales, I've always grown up having to constantly correct people that I'm not from England, and I'm not English, and that the UK is far more than JUST England, like... I'm used to it. It happens. I always try to explain to people this is the equivalent of me referring to all of America as 'New York' for example, and obviously that isn't true, because not every American is from NY- just like British =/= English!

I guess it grates on me bcuz I know a lot about a lot of different American states, and most don't know (and sometimes don't care) that the UK is made up of 4 countries, know very little about Europe in general as a whole, & sometimes try and speak over us on our geography, history, & culture.

But sadly I am one person and I can't really change the state of education over there 😭 BUT! now you know that Britain refers to more than just England! So it is a net positive! I am also happy to be seeing the energy crisis in the UK being discussed on a larger scale, outside of British news & media-- bcuz it is a genuinely terrifying issue for a lot of people & it has brought forth the reality of how big the class divide here truly is in the UK, and how corrupt it really is. The sociopolitical dynamic of it is very different to America; I'm mostly happy more people are seeing it now.

#blue says #ask to tag #anonymous #mailbox #SORRY this was a long tangent about my experiences as well as the energy crisis #But yeah. I think a lot of people kind of fall into the idea that the UK and America are similar as we are both predominantly English - #speaking countries. but this couldn't be further from the truth. #ALSO I DIDN'T MEAN TO DUNK ON AMERICANS IN THIS POST EITHER I hope it doesnt come across like that #Like eg. I'm Welsh. But I don't have a Welsh accent. #but when I have told some English people in the past that I was born in Wales and consider myself Welsh. #there is sometimes a reaction of... like they turn their nose up at you & begin to talk down at you. #It's subtle. It's not outward & loud hatred (usually). But some really do think we are beneath them. The dynamic is way different here. #but yeah there's a lot I could say about this but yk IM IN THE TAGS Nnn

[crescentmp3]

went outside today! was quite fun ^^

#we went to the place we've been going to for... about six(?) years now #its either five or six. #they recognize me by now! #my dad had gone there while going back from work and was waiting for us #while me and my mom were going she went into her little yarn store (shes in love with crocheting/knitting) so i went ahead of her. #when i went in they were like ''is your mother not coming?'' which was very flattering account of hehe im recognizable #i had chicken wings! which means i ate like a feral cat that hadn't eaten in two days #the only times i shimmy with joy when eating food is when i eat chicken wings. by god they're so good #only if its made like my favorite little places do it. i've gone to burger king once (1) and i absolutely refuse to try anything chicken #theres many of the mainstream english-speaking-country places in super markets but i will never go there. never #they could never do it like this tiny little place we've been going to for years that have an average of zero customers at any given time. #by god i love that place. hope i get to go there for my entire time in high school #we want to move to yenibosna after im done with high school... #we were actually living there when i was an infant! we had to move due to Landlord apparently. #which happened for most of my life. #honest to god i moved every year when in elementary #which means i got to experience four (4) different elementary schools! quite an experience. #the first one i went to elementary in was all the way over in acıbadem (near other side of istanbul on a metrobus) #ahh reminds me of my best friend in first grade. her name was sümeyye i miss her but at the same time i could not care less #it was fun! it was fun. we sneaked out of the elementary during break time to go to the adjacent primary school we used to go to #reminds me fourth grade! there was a primary school next to that one too #is it called a primary school? its not a kindergarden... #oh! sorry. preschool #what was i saying? #well only god knows i cant read my tags. goodbye forever #♚ — rambling ! #oh i should talk about my day! #today in english class the teacher did a .. shoobadoowhatsit. can i stop forgetting words #is it called a verbal quiz? verbal exam? verbal something. you understand #hi i ran out of tags. i'll continue in a reblog

[maxellminidisc]

I'm saying this as a Spanish speaker but sometimes the way other Latines are like "LEAARN SPANISH OR UR NOT REALLY LATINE" is so *SHAKING YOU SHAKING YOU SHAKING YOU*

#like is it cool that we made Spanish into our own things across latam? yes #and i DO think its important for 2nd gen+ latins in English predominant countries to hold on to #because of assimilation especially assimilation that comes from shame and racism #but like also lol are we forgetting that technically spanish (and Portuguese) IS the language of colonizers osksksmdsksk #like i dont get hung up on being proud of being a spanish speaker for that reason #im just like cool i can speak spanish cause my parents do no biggy #like i know this is probably over thinking but like idk this has always bothered me skdnskdkks

[hauntedpearl]

the website I'm streaming this on does not have subtitles and these dudes MUMBLE SO MUCH

#they do ENUNCIATE in places which helps but then they're like badbadbadbabdbad and i have ti pause and replay #BOOOOOO #spn rewatch #im not from an english speaking country i dony understand this 😔

[frenetic-chameleon]

Is there anything that you really want to do before you die?

honestly, i think i'd just like to really live first. you know? i want to do more, experience more, learn more, see more. the universe is so vast and beautiful and busy, and i am so small and tired but part of it nonetheless. i want to see the world get better than it is right now. i want to feel better than i do right now. i want to build up a better support system for myself and start seizing opportunities as they come to me. i wanna see myself and the people around me keep growing into the people we want to be, even as that ideal changes with us. mostly, i want to be safe, and loved, and happy. i hope that answers your question

#incredibly ominous! i appreciate the ask #i can't really tell if this is a genuine question or a humorously worded threat #originally i was going to give a snarky answer bc i am frankly very superstitious and this felt like a test a supernatural being would give #like in the stories #but it didn't feel right. so i ended up going with my most simple and heartfelt answer instead #so hopefully if against all odds this is some kind of test. hopefully thats enough #and if it's a genuine question... i hope the same thing #if it was a threat. then it was funny + surprisingly considerate. and i hope my answer managed to reach you anyway #i don't actually recognize the blog this is from but im not always the best at that so if we are familiar with one another already #then i hope you can forgive me for not recognizing you #mine #but also if you just wanted a simple answer then i guess i'd like to travel the world for a while. maybe live in a different country #i think i'd like wales but i don't know any welsh. except how to say good morning (i think) #so i would feel bad being like. the usamerican anglophone just moving to a place without knowing the language #(even if they also speak english. still. it would feel almost disrespectful of me)