Son (12) just asked me if Shakespeare's to be or not to be should be translated with Spanish estar or ser and now my brain hurts.

A Dutch way of saying “we’re on it” or “we’ll take care of that for you” is we zullen dat varkentje wel even wassen. It means “we will certainly get that piglet washed” * read on for more porcine phrases from around the world (a big pig thread)...

In the novel 소년이 온다 (2014; ‘Human Acts’, 2016), Han Kang – awarded this year’s #NobelPrize in Literature – employs as her political foundation a historical event that took place in the city of Gwangju, where she herself grew up and where hundreds of students and unarmed

OOOHHHHH~~ First Korean Nobel Lit. Winner! 축가합니다~~~!!!! 🍾🎉🥳👏🏻🙌🏻🎊

Working on an awesome illustration commission for a mock📖cover jacket for the Beta readers of a HUGE series I ❤️, but haven’t yet finished the last instalment of. And I just accidentally spoilered myself SO hard doing research. 🤦🏼‍♀️ Had to scream my pain into the Twitter void.🥲

Yall I’m so busy lately it’s a bit ridiculous. Have some Fotos of me and my BF as Howl and Sophie from Halloween tho 😝 It was the first time I got to do a couple costume 🥰😂 it was his idea too 😝♥️

Facts 🤣🤣🤣

Oldie but goodie answer thread where I attempt to clear up some misconceptions about what „Comprehensible Input“ (CI) even is. #langtwt

Ya‘ll. Apologies for going AWOL. My ADHD brain occupied with other things at the moment 😅 People around me seem to all be falling apart at once right now for some weird reason & I’m barely keeping it together rn sssooo languages have kinda taken a backseat unfortunately 🥲

“This is nice behaviour, that I write to you again and again, and you pay no attention to me.” This almost 4,000-year-old Babylonian letter in clay is proof that we have been finding ways to say “per my last email” for some time

Don’t think I’ve told many ppl but this line from Thumper in Bambi had a profound effect on me as a kid. It’s become a guiding mantra of sorts in my life. 1. I wish more people lived by this credo 2. Don’t underestimate the influence your words can have. Use that power wisely♥️

Remember guys, everything is possible if you lie! 😂

5 ways English breaks its own rules What I love about these examples is that they illustrate how the meanings of words and morphemes are *prototypal*, meaning that they have a core central meaning but lots of blurry edge cases where they bleed into other uses. Definitions can

So I accidentally got my dad completely addicted to Kdrama and somehow he’s managed to watch more in the last year than I have in the last 4 😂😂😂😂 I’m dead 🤣

At this point I feel like I should just give up on ever being able to remember where the silent H in „Rhythm“ goes without having to look it up EVERY. SINGLE. TIME. 😅

for all those people who are like "I CAN'T TELL THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AUSSIE AND KIWI ENGLISH" i present to you, Exhibit A #langtwt