Immortal Platypus Posted March 15, 2023 Report Share Posted March 15, 2023 I also now want the story. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Just a Lifetime he/him Posted March 15, 2023 Report Share Posted March 15, 2023 Give the people what they [say they] want... Now it all started two Thanksgivings ago --- two years ago on Thanksgiving --- when my friend and I went up to visit Alice at the restaurant Actually, it all started about seven years ago when I got a job at the University of Bern (UniBe) in Switzerland. Once I got there, I learned that immigrants to Switzerland who don't already speak French or German are officially required to demonstrate a credible effort to learn either of those languages. (This turned out not to be enforced by my local immigration authorities, but I didn't discover that until renewing my registration the following year.) I only had native English and AP-level Spanish. Bern is just barely on the Germanic side of the country, so I signed up for an evening German class through UniBe, where some of my classmates recommended Duolingo. So around Christmas 2016 I started doing German on Duolingo, and figured that I might as well also rebuild/maintain what scraps of Spanish I still had. However, I wanted language learning to feel like a fun hobby, rather than just another thing to do for work, so I added Welsh to the mix, as a thoroughly impractical language to do for fun. Completely by coincidence, following my contract in Switzerland, the next job offers I got were from the University of Liverpool and Swansea University [Prifysgol Abertawe] --- Swansea/Abertawe is in south Wales, while Liverpool is just over the border from north Wales. I ended up in Liverpool, where I have a couple of Welsh coworkers who speak a bit of Welsh. In the meantime, around the end of my time in Bern in early 2019, I was getting a bit bored with German/Spanish/Welsh on Duolingo. There have been several app redesigns since that time, but back then I had gone through the full "trees" for all three, had also done the English-from-German and English-from-Spanish "reverse trees", and was close to wrapping up the German-from-Spanish and Spanish-from-German trees. So I added Chinese since U. Liverpool has a lot of Chinese students, and also reinforced the impractical side with Esperanto. I managed to keep up all five for a little over a year, but by early 2020 (even pre-lockdown) I was getting too busy with my new job (especially my teaching duties, which I'm currently procrastinating from). And the app had been redesigned to provide a bit more to play with, so I dropped back to German/Spanish/Welsh, which I continue to this 2,268th day of my streak. So, that's what I did. You know, if one person --- just one person --- does it, they may think he's really sick 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telrao she/her Posted March 15, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 15, 2023 7 hours ago, Just a Lifetime said: Hola / Hallo / Haia! I'm doing Spanish, German and Welsh (with Chinese and Esperanto set aside for the foreseeable future): duome.eu/daschaich I'll spare y'all the story behind the choice of lingos. Bienvenue! Welcome to the Squad, my friend! I shall add you as a member 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NerdyAarakocra They/Them Posted March 22, 2023 Report Share Posted March 22, 2023 (edited) On 3/15/2023 at 4:16 PM, Just a Lifetime said: Give the people what they [say they] want... Now it all started two Thanksgivings ago --- two years ago on Thanksgiving --- when my friend and I went up to visit Alice at the restaurant but Alice doesn't live in the restaurant, she lives in the church nearby the restaurant, in the bell-tower, with her husband Ray and Fasha the dog. Edited March 22, 2023 by NerdyAarakocra 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Szeth's Facepalm Posted March 23, 2023 Report Share Posted March 23, 2023 Guys i got a thirty day streak and got inducted into the streak society!!! I got a new app icon, gems, three free days of duo plus, and a bunch of other stuff :DDDD 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telrao she/her Posted March 24, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 24, 2023 9 hours ago, Szeth's Facepalm said: Guys i got a thirty day streak and got inducted into the streak society!!! I got a new app icon, gems, three free days of duo plus, and a bunch of other stuff :DDDD YAYYYYY!!! You are now one of Duo's Legion! Go forth, brother, and spread the good news! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wandering Wizard he/him Posted March 24, 2023 Report Share Posted March 24, 2023 I WILL FREE YOU ALL! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Szeth's Facepalm Posted March 24, 2023 Report Share Posted March 24, 2023 3 hours ago, The Wandering Wizard said: I WILL FREE YOU ALL! naw bro i'm good really they're giving me free gems n stuff 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 29, 2023 Report Share Posted March 29, 2023 NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telrao she/her Posted March 29, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2023 1 minute ago, MarceletsGo said: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO Dang bro what My little brother lost his 388 day streak yesterday :sweat: 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 29, 2023 Report Share Posted March 29, 2023 oof. I'm not the father... my nonexistent girlfriend cheated on me... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NerdyAarakocra They/Them Posted March 29, 2023 Report Share Posted March 29, 2023 15 hours ago, MarceletsGo said: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO But the "Tu" is unnecessary. It's implied with the "est." 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 29, 2023 Report Share Posted March 29, 2023 3 minutes ago, NerdyAarakocra said: But the "Tu" is unnecessary. It's implied with the "est." Ok thanks I really hate latin 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NerdyAarakocra They/Them Posted March 29, 2023 Report Share Posted March 29, 2023 1 minute ago, MarceletsGo said: Ok thanks I really hate latin No, I'm saying that Doulingo did it redundantly. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted March 29, 2023 Report Share Posted March 29, 2023 Ok that's stupid and gonna cause confusion 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telrao she/her Posted March 29, 2023 Author Report Share Posted March 29, 2023 4 hours ago, NerdyAarakocra said: But the "Tu" is unnecessary. It's implied with the "est." It's a way of teaching. As you get into more complicated stuff, they take away the redundant things. *shrug* Just makes it easier to understand when you are learning the language 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Gregorio he/him Posted April 2, 2023 Report Share Posted April 2, 2023 Spoiler I got this wonderful email from the one and only green bird. I feel mocked. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telrao she/her Posted April 2, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 2, 2023 1 hour ago, Lord Gregorio said: Reveal hidden contents I got this wonderful email from the one and only green bird. I feel mocked. Lol that's hilarious Guess what question I just got? Spoiler *tremble tremble* 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 Uh-oh 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quivil she/her Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 Just because Duo's never going to die doesn't mean they can never be murdered... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telrao she/her Posted April 3, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 Hmmmm yes! We have plotted before, but not with a True Mercenary... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wandering Wizard he/him Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 Heehee I ripped of Duo's wings and so had to sign up using an alternate google account to start learning Latin and Greek 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telrao she/her Posted April 3, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 2 minutes ago, The Wandering Wizard said: Heehee I ripped of Duo's wings and so had to sign up using an alternate google account to start learning Latin and Greek W-what So are ARE doing Duolingo? Hast thou sworn fealty to his Languageness? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wandering Wizard he/him Posted April 3, 2023 Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 ...Telrao I ripped off his wings. Do you think I'm going to swear fealty? I'm going to find a way to free you all from the inside! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Telrao she/her Posted April 3, 2023 Author Report Share Posted April 3, 2023 3 minutes ago, The Wandering Wizard said: ...Telrao I ripped off his wings. Do you think I'm going to swear fealty? I'm going to find a way to free you all from the inside! *shook* B-but *checks streak* 416 days uhhh *throws muffins* 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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