#speak your language month

[blunt-force-therapy]

We should turn Speak Your Language Day into Speak Your Language Week, in my opinion. Maybe Month. Que tal?

RB if you agree :)

#speak your language day #speak your language #speak your language week #langblr #languages #foreign languages #speak your language month

[godblooded]

just an fyi, and it feels like it needs to be said here: your blog is your own space and you should be able to say whatever the fuck you want. if you’re sad? vent. get sad. maybe put it under a cut, definitely tag it, but get sad. if you feel like you need someone to talk to? drop a freaking message about how you’re feeling like you could use a buddy, or anything randomly engaging. if you’re having a hard time, you should feel safe and okay to talk about it in your own space. we’re writers and we’re people and while there’s a lot to be said for how engagement outside of oneself is necessary in rp (and really really needs to improve), i think there’s a lot that must be said about people reaching out to others. it’s become so solitary here — the whole ‘reblog from source’ thing when it comes to shit like about and musings is absurd. the whole refusing to like things is ridiculous. yes, curate your space, that’s important, but curating your space into a studio apartment only you live in doesn’t make this a community anymore, it makes it a studio apartment you live in.

just be yourself here. do whatever you want. but i’m always saying: remember you’re not alone, and don’t let yourself feel that way.

#ooc. o kaptain. #[this is illogically worded and after an argument I’m already upset but I just felt like this has to be put here. it’s been sitting on my #brain for so long and it’s something i just wanted to discuss. the way the rpc has become not even an echo chamber just… a shitty ny #apartment only one person lives in that can fit your fridge and your bedroom in the same room. the way literal fandoms have divided each #other through nothing but massive senses of entitlement and so much gatekeepy fucking language. it’s exhausting to watch this happen #literally all because i have no idea where interaction went and yes I’ve been virtually inactive for months now but. it absolutely isn’t for #lack of trying to come back. it’s hugely due to a lack of interaction whenever I reach out and then the feeling like I’m being either #entertained or dismissed. this is a social space and we’re people and everybody just needs to recognize that. like. last week my introverted #broski started discussing how as he’s older he feels loneliness more tangibly but he hates people and i looked right at him and said …yeah #dude. that’s natural. we’re humans. we need each other to live. we need spaces we create and communities we make. but like. there need to be #interactive people in those spaces. we’re social creatures. i love you guys and this is a ramble but… it’s been on my mind awhile. and #frankly? feels kinda good to finally speak my mind.]

[rusquared]

v big news for annoying people called rusquared. so the song that was my most played in 2023 has a DUET VERSION NOW. fuck.

context: the song is sung in both korean & japanese, as a love letter to a lover on the other side of the ocean. it is assumed the lover speaks japanese and the singer korean, so she translates every line of her letter as she sings it to them.

so a duet, featuring a japanese singer, is just putting it in a whole different meaning. its a conversation now, not just a wistful song sung at the ocean's edge. at the end, the japanese singer sings in korean and the korean singer in japanese. they don't sound natural. they're singing words of love that they're not fluent in, but understand intimately.

the lyrics, to anyone interested (amateur translation i did w/ google's help):

제 마음은 바다를 넘어가네요

시를 싣고 날아가네요

my heart is crossing the sea

it takes flight on top of a poem

��は海を越えて行く

詩を乗せて飛んで行く

my heart is crossing the sea

it flies away on top of a poem

제 마음은 길 위를 이어가네요

별을 따라 걸어가네요

my heart continues down the road

it continues following the stars

心は道を繋げて行く

星を見上げて行く

my heart continues down the road

it continues following the stars

헤메이는 숲에서

작은 아이 같은 마음을 안아주세요

우린 언젠가 다시 만날 거에요

가을비가 내리는 날에

in the lost forest

please embrace my child-like heart

we will meet again someday

on a day of autumn rain

迷える森で幼い心を抱きしめて

僕らはいつかまた会えるのさ

秋の雨が降る日に

in the lost forest

please embrace my child-like heart

we will meet again someday

on a day of autumn rain

하얗게 물들어버린 제 마음을 쫓아가세요

하얗게 타들어버린 그대 마음을 따라 갈게요

follow my heart that has been dyed white

i will follow your heart that has been burned white

제 마음은 바다를 넘어가네요

시를 싣고 날아가네요

my heart is crossing the sea

it flies away on top of a poem

心は道を繋げて行く

星を見上げて行く

my heart continues down the road

it continues following the stars

헤메이는 숲에서

작은 아이 같은 마음을 안아주세요

in the lost forest

please embrace my child-like heart

僕らいつかまた会えるのさ

someday we will meet again

가을비가 내리는 날에

on a day of autumn rain

제 마음은 바다를 넘어가네요

시를 싣고 날아가네요

제 마음은 길 위를 이어가네요

별을 따라 걸어가네요

하얗게 물들어버린

제 마음을 쫓아가세요

하얗게 타들어버린

그대 마음을 따라 갈게요

제 마음은 바다를 넘어가네요

시를 싣고 날아가네요

my heart crosses the sea

it flies on top of a poem

my heart travels down the path

following the stars

please follow my heart that has been dyed white

and ill follow your heart that has been burned white

my heart crosses the sea

it takes flight on top of a poem

#i actually teared up after many months this is insane #its so gentle #its so loving #its a fucking conversation now im going to cry. #there's this little moment where the japanese singer messes up the korean line #but that makes it even more. god. #i dont speak your language. i have something important to tell you. i will try. #FUCK.

[da-proti-toku-grem]

my mom found this super detailed online test that helps you find careers that you'd probably like according to your answers (ofc we know that it's just a test and it doesn't mean you have to study what they give you, but i just can't find anything that i like and i'm running out of time, so we were like, why not yk) so, i took the test and after 30 minutes of answering questions you know what i got? biotechnology. the same career that i chose last year and the one i dropped out of in january.

idk if i want to laugh or cry tbh

#i mean it gives you more than one option but this was the one with more compatibility #and the other ones are also a big no for me so... #god idk what to do with my life #and atp i can't help but start thinking (again): did i drop out bc i didn't like the career or bc my mental health is SO bad #i think it's a combination of the the two bc yeah i probably would've enjoyed the few months i did at least a bit more if i wasn't depresse #but i REALLY didn't like it #tho then again i don't know what changed bc it WAS what i wanted and then i got there and i went NOPE almost immediately #and like i know your opinions can change and that is good that i dropped out if i realized that's not my thing #but i can't help but wonder if it is really not my thing or is my brain just not letting me enjoy the things i like? #bc every option i've been looking at to start next year is like... No #i can't find anything i think i might enjoy at least a little bit #i found this university that i gives you the possibility of doing the classes and exams online and everything #and that would be to study 'translation and interpretation' with english & french (& spanish ofc) #and since i'm already bilingual in english & i've a certificate in french (not bilingual but is smth) i would be able to skip some subjects #which is good i guess and i like languages but it's also like the opposite of what i've been doing my whole life bc i studied science in hs #and then again idk if i'll like it or not #and i know i won't know if i like it or not until i try it out and everyone is like 'well if it's not your thing then you drop out again' #which i mean is true i Can but god i don't want to go through all this again i need at least a bit of certainity or i'm gonna go insane #also i've been searching for so long w/o findinf anything that my parents are already saying #'well if you don't want to study you'll have to look for a job' #and if the thought of studying a carreer is already scary #if i have to look for a job rn (there are not many options here if you don't have a degree)...... #the thought itself makes me sick :/ #i just don't know what to do and i'm so fucking tired i just want to curl up in bed and not do anything for at least 2 months #(am i having another existential crisis after that panic attack 3 days ago or did the existential crisis not stop since january?) #(probably sooner) #(i guess we'll never know........) #venting #maca speaks

[meimeikyu]

no okay dust when he first joins the gang is so fucking funny in my au bcs this is like a 30 year old man who has spent his entire life a) in a locked basement b) in a locked prison c) in a locked mental ward

like this man has not a SINGLE life skill and yet he could tell you how the universe works in immense detail without hesitating. but he probably doesnt know what a dog is

#ignore that when i draw him he doesnt look 30+ i have this horrible art style trait where i cant make ppl look like their age #i am WORKING on it #also this guy has like. not a single social skill #he only spoke korean and learned english only through passively picking it up during the mental ward stay #he cant read or write english and can barely write korean #he CAN read and write and speak a dead ancient language though which is concerning #yeah he is a lil fucked up but we love him #he says something in front of the others for the first time after being with them for like months and killer is fucking jaw dropped shocked #“YOURE NOT MUTE????” '..' (he will not speak again for another 6-8 business days) #dust sans #festival dust #rambles #festivalverse

[thedrotter]

Re:Kinder Fun fact time!! Did you know? 😊

Yuuichi's theme song (the one that often accompanies his entrances with "Vamos Cantar!"), 新しい夏のナナ, is not in any latin language such as Spanish or Portuguese, despite its lyrics sounding as such. It's actually in Hanamogera, which to put it simply is nonsense speech based on japanese syllables. So the song's lyrics are essentially gibberish meant to imitate the sound of latin music! 😊

It is listed as such in the source site for the song, oo39.com, where the song can be found as "YS068" in the hanamogera category.

Additional fun fact! The song can also be found in Spotify as Vien Nana by Oo39.com themselves alongside a few other select songs from the site. So you can properly enjoy the song on the platform without having to import it from your local files.

Those are the fun Re:Kinder related fun facts for today... Use them to entertain your friends at parties ! ☺️

#re:kinder #not art #now tiny storytime in the tags!!! 😊... #what prompted me to look into this months ago was the fact i genuinely thought it was in spanish at first #AS A SPANISH NATIVE SPEAKER. I HEARD THIS SONG VAGUELY AND WAS LIKE... WOW... i wonder what it says! #because i thought i didnt understand it as i was mostly paying attention to the text or because of my computer's speaker #plugged headphones in and heard carefully... i didnt understand anything. but it sounded just like it i was so confused #for a second i wondered if it was portuguese but there was no way it was because even then i would have known😭 #the magic of knowing either language of spanish (at least latin spanish) and portuguese is it makes the other very recognizable #this was not it looked for the opinions of other latin speaking language people THEY DID NOT UNDERSTAND A THING #and thats how i ended up looking into the source and finding this out 😊 #i was very pleasantly surprised to see it was gibberish because IM NOT SURE HOW TO EXPRESS TO YOU ITS VERY GOOD #VERY WELL DONE GIBBERISH SO WELL DONE IT MAKES A PROPER SENTENCE AT ONE POINT #gibberish so well done it fooled native speakers into thinking it was their own languages . so good im so obsessed with this #i had to share this fun fact eventually somrwhere other than yourjbe comments #and i remembered i could acrually speak here about the game and not only post art of it teehee😊 #so thats your awesome fun fact micht also drop more if im confident in doing so and their validity because theres more tbat are in japanese #and im trying to figure em out watch as i study the inner workings of a language so i dont have to learn how to actually speak it #(i love conlangs so this is a good excuse)

[ivaspinoza]

honestly, my husband buying me this laptop is such a game-changer. he is the absolute best. after all the craziness of moving to a whole new country and culture, having an emotional rollercoaster with all the excitement and destruction of routine (and then slowly building a new one uuuugh), while looking for flats and going back to work with a 8h difference, drinking lots of tea; and being happy that Otto, the cat, still recognizes me — I'm feeling like typing on this keyboard finally feels right again! thank God!

#also speaking english full time has the power to shut down my brain #usually i take at least 3 months to not have gaps of understanding anymore #you can speak 20 languages but the proficiency level is what will eat your soul

[i-identify-as-cheese]

coming out to yourself as non-binary and finally feeling comfortable using they/them pronouns is all fun and games until you realize

ah fuck, hablo español

#non binary #nb #spanish #hispanics #bilingual #no cuz the sheer PANIC i went through when i remembered #months later #i am spanish #i speak spanish #i am also #NORWEGIAN #being a multilingual enby means discovering your gender in every single language #technically i'm a he/they #im a they/them in english but an él in spanish #norwegian? no clue yet tbh #learning a language be like #these are the pronouns in our language! #great #which ones will be mine then

[rapha-reads]

At a Christmas party with a bunch of my classmates, 3 are Spanish, 15 from 5 diferentes Latino countries, now that they're all tipsy to drunk, they whipped out both the super fast accent with their own regional pronunciations and the drinking game, I've officially given up following the rules or the conversations.

Even though the urge was strong to write this post in Spanish, comprehending or speaking are still a little ways away before I can confidently say I'm level C1-C2.

#rapha rambles #languages #my spanish is getting better by the day but when my classmates stop taking care of their accents i'm lost #reading even writing : no problem - listening and talking : woops please simplify your accent and be patient with me #but it's almost 4 months and now i'm not that nervous to start speaking in class or starting convos with my friends #progress is slow but progress is real #except now i have zero idea what they're doing #and i'm painfully sober the only things to drink are the local beer that's disgusting and red wine that i don't like #i'm drinking coke and eating quesadillas and guacamole (adore the 2 mexican guys they awesome) and listening to them play a drinking game #living the life

[eggmeralda]

late spring true love by sadness is genuinely the song ever in all of history. ik I say that about every song I like but there is something about this one...

#okay basically do you get random vibes that you can't tell if they're memories or you saw them in a dream or saw them on tv as a kid #but they give the strongest feelings ever and it's so annoying bc you don't know where it came from but you've felt them for years #like are they memories of a past life are they memories from when your brain wasn't developed enough to actually remember #are they pre-memories that will gradually get clearer the closer you get to death and eventually it'll all make sense the day you die #anyway. certain songs trigger these ''memories'' more than others #and this song is so intense it feels like the memories are right in front of me fully clear like a painting in a gallery with a description #but the description is in a language i can't speak and maybe someone else can speak it but I'm the only one who's ever seen the #painting and it's too abstract to describe to anyone else so I'm the only one who can try and work out what the description says #and the painting is almost mocking me bc it literally has the answer to where these memories came from but i just can't understand it #yeah that's how this song feels #i haven't even known it for a month yet but i have so many things to say about it #ramble

[mockingbirdshymn]

nerris only saying sweet/kind things to people in elven languages from lotr thank you and goodnight

#bows #she definitely speaks at least ONE OF THEM fluently #i actually have a lotr dictionary out #for my nerriston fic #its sindarin i think #the language #camp camp #cc nerris #they would never utter a single kind word to friends/partner(s) unless it was in a language nobody else understands #at least for a while #nerris is like a shelter cat. she will hide under your couch and hiss at you #but in a few months you will not be able to get them away from you

[mostlikelytokillyouwithaspoon]

Je trouve que “le mois des Fiertés” a un truc en plus par rapport à “Pride Month”

Le fait que le mot fierté soit au pluriel souligne vraiment que la fierté dépend de la personne et de son identité je pense, alors que pride month ca donne plus l’idée que c’est uniforme, alors qu’une personne fière d’être trans et une personne fière d’être gay c’est proche mais ça va pas donner la même chose

#spoons talks #spoons is french #pride month #mois des fiertés #spyld #speak your language day

[aux-armes-citoyens]

how long have you been rping francis?

since 2010 babey!!!!

i think i've been around on tumblr since 2012 as francis

too long is the real answer

#this has been in my ask box for like 2 months LMAO #sorry if anybody was like asking this in spur of the moment and wanted a response #i forgot it was here #francis has been such a part of me for like 12 years now #i feel like i grew up with him #he watched me grow up #helped shape me into the woman i am today #i feel like i adopted some mannerisms from him #ways of speaking #i literally pursued a second language because of him #i've been to france 3 times because of him #i like creative writing because of him #i made so many friends because of him!! #i owe a lot to francis #i love him #is that weird to say you love your own character? #who cares. i love him #he's a pleasure to write #ooc

[openaccessbpo]

After the past years' physical seclusion forced upon us by the pandemic, we trooped over to the CCP Open Grounds to join the LGBTQIA+ community and allies in the 2022 Metro Manila Pride March and Festival. 

Check out our Pride weekend: MORE photos

#We Speak Your Language #Pride #Pride Month #Pride Month 2022 #Pride March #Philippines #LGBTQIA+ #LGBT Pride #Atin Ang Kulayaan #One With Diversity #Celebrate Pride

[devotedlystrangewizard]

having been on tumblr my entire teenage life my vocabulary exists exclusively of memes that have been popular on tumblr in the past 8 ish years. which leads to situations where im reminded "dont [] your so sexy ahaha" isnt a thing regular human beings say

#ramblings #yeah so i got here age 12 and im turning 20 in 3 months #so unless the site crashes and burns within 3 months. and assuming teenager refers to the 13 - 19 age group #(18-19 sucks because youre both a teen and an adult send post) #thats my entire teenage life. spent on tumblr dot com #other things that a normal person would not say: #- thats what good pussy sounds like #- get []ed idiot #- (affectionate) & (derogatory) #- boyfriend meme #- spiders georg #- you are not immune to [] #(i would like to mention i dont live in an english speaking country. my native language isnt english. saying any of this would be weird) #(ive known exactly 1 person in my life who made a meme reference to me irl and they were. also nonbinary queer and DEFINITELY tumblr)

[chaoswillcalmusdown]

finally marked all the 8th grade maths tests and like. i've only just met them this august but 1 of them has 0 correct answers. 0 points out of like 50. i have no fucking clue what is happening in there. i have no clue how he's gotten to the second to last year of compulsory education and he doesn't have a standing appointment with a special teacher

#it is so soul crushing bc what the fuck can i do to help him ?? #in the classroom of 28 students ?? #i have no clue where to even fucking start #this poor kid #you'd need someone to sit with him for like 2 hours a week to even have a shot #i need to check with the year 4-6 special teacher bc what the fuck #what the fuck lads #i hate this school and it's 'fix it yourself' vibe #one of my coworkers was like 'you can't kill yourself. just do your best' and it was so hard for me #not to say something snide about him being a SPANISH teacher and me being a math teacher #it's a world of fucking difference between failing maths and failing spanish #one affects their entire lives and one just means they can't really speak spanish #one should really get admin involved to help the students and the other one is just like 'oh maybe languages aren't really your thing bud' #it's not about whether or not i'm trying to do too much. it's about the kids deserving a shot at being able to learn maths #just. a shot. a fair shot at it. and then if they fail they fail. i'm not gonna cry about it #but ??????? #saturday rant over #everyone pray i get the job i applied for within the next month