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Everything language & culture #langsky Talking about: - Learning another language - Adopting a second culture - Living the international life I’ve studied over 50 languages - some a little, some a lot I believe in human unity & coffee ☕️

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About Linguistics @aboutlinguistics.bsky.social · 3d

Learning a language is the result of many small efforts repeated consistently over time. If you don’t yet have daily habits to support your learning, I invite you to start building some :)

#linguistics #language

7 Daily Habit Ideas to Practice a Language

Learning a language is the result of many small efforts repeated consistently over time. If you don't yet have daily habits to support your learning, I invite you to start building some.

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Brent Peters 🌏 The Digital Global Citizen @thedigitalglobalcitizen.com · Sep 15

I appreciate your comment

Brent Peters 🌏 The Digital Global Citizen @thedigitalglobalcitizen.com · Aug 28

This can be very frustrating. I know. But we appreciate what you do

Brent Peters 🌏 The Digital Global Citizen @thedigitalglobalcitizen.com · Aug 12

Also very cool facts. Really interesting

Brent Peters 🌏 The Digital Global Citizen @thedigitalglobalcitizen.com · Aug 12

It is

Brent Peters 🌏 The Digital Global Citizen @thedigitalglobalcitizen.com · Aug 12

One thing I absolutely love about #langsky is that you can post about any language at all — and someone here will have more information or a personal experience.

The collective knowledge is impressive.

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Brent Peters 🌏 The Digital Global Citizen @thedigitalglobalcitizen.com · Aug 11

C-3PO has never received enough credit

#langsky

Brent Peters 🌏 The Digital Global Citizen @thedigitalglobalcitizen.com · Aug 10

Culture and practicality aside,
I’m absolutely fascinated with symbols.

Abstract symbols that have meaning by popular consensus. And the speed and grace with which human beings can learn to employ those symbols to convey basic needs and complex thoughts

It’s incredible

#langsky

Brent Peters 🌏 The Digital Global Citizen @thedigitalglobalcitizen.com · Aug 9

Oh that’s cool

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Brent Peters 🌏 The Digital Global Citizen @thedigitalglobalcitizen.com · Aug 9

Very cool. Thank you for that!

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Brent Peters 🌏 The Digital Global Citizen @thedigitalglobalcitizen.com · Aug 8

The city boasts a well-preserved medieval city center and a large medieval castle with a Renaissance chateau. I’ve included a few of the color plates of the book

The roundel of the Renaissance chateau completed in 1596

The interior of the Church of Saint John the Baptist

The old Jesuit seminary mid-17th century

Brent Peters 🌏 The Digital Global Citizen @thedigitalglobalcitizen.com · Aug 8

More show & tell

A book I purchased in the Czech Republic in the Autumn of 2000 on a business trip

A book on the city of Jindřichův Hradec
(Jindřich’s Castle).

German: Neuhaus (ironically)
Many Czech cities also have German names

Following each chapter in Czech is a German translation.

#langsky

A book on the Czech city of Jindřichův. Published in 1992 celebrating the city’s history from 1293 to 1993.

The German translation of the introduction (following the Czech introduction. Note that the German name of the city, Neuhaus, is used

A translation into English via Google Lens

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Brent Peters 🌏 The Digital Global Citizen @thedigitalglobalcitizen.com · Aug 8

Learn a language

Erode a barrier

#langsky

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Brent Peters 🌏 The Digital Global Citizen @thedigitalglobalcitizen.com · Aug 6

Absolutely. 100%. Very deep concern.

Brent Peters 🌏 The Digital Global Citizen @thedigitalglobalcitizen.com · Aug 5

But you can expand your personal awareness and experience.

Brent Peters 🌏 The Digital Global Citizen @thedigitalglobalcitizen.com · Aug 5

Got it. Good Persian study

Brent Peters 🌏 The Digital Global Citizen @thedigitalglobalcitizen.com · Aug 5

Translation: But in Persian we say, "They put it in another box for you?"

Can you help me understand?

Does this mean outside of the box….is another box?

Brent Peters 🌏 The Digital Global Citizen @thedigitalglobalcitizen.com · Aug 4

We are all born into a box

The dimensions of each personal box is defined by the era, language, culture, nationality, etc into which the individual is born

We don’t have to stay in that box. We can learn about other times, other nations, learn other languages and absorb other cultures 🌍

#langsky

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Brent Peters 🌏 The Digital Global Citizen @thedigitalglobalcitizen.com · Aug 3

I literally had to double check that this was not The Onion

Reuters @reuters.com · Aug 1

UN report finds United Nations reports are not widely read reut.rs/4oiJUAV

UN report finds United Nations reports are not widely read

A United Nations report seeking ways to improve efficiency and cut costs has revealed: U.N. reports are not widely read.

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Brent Peters 🌏 The Digital Global Citizen @thedigitalglobalcitizen.com · Aug 3

Languages are academically interesting
And they provide opportunities.

But I view language learning as a personal path, also. A small way in my microcosm to foster tolerance, unity and understanding

A constant reminder that people are important outside of the sphere into which I was born

#langsky

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Brent Peters 🌏 The Digital Global Citizen @thedigitalglobalcitizen.com · Aug 1

Interesting. I’ve done this to some extent. It was only much later that I thought of this consciously as a strategy.

Brent Peters 🌏 The Digital Global Citizen @thedigitalglobalcitizen.com · Aug 1

This is a pretty interesting idea. So you create imaginary conversations in advance for having them in real life? Around topics that are likely to come up?

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Brent Peters 🌏 The Digital Global Citizen @thedigitalglobalcitizen.com · Jul 31

Is there a strategy in language learning that has really made a difference for you?

A known method or tool, or something that you discovered for yourself. Something that has yielded unexpected impact?

Something you think deserves more attention?

For me it’s been minimal sentence pairs

#langsky

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Brent Peters 🌏 The Digital Global Citizen @thedigitalglobalcitizen.com · Jul 30

It isn’t sufficient - but it is necessary

Brent Peters 🌏 The Digital Global Citizen @thedigitalglobalcitizen.com · Jul 30

Words are mysterious.

They really are.

#langsky

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