GNU socialhttps://nu.federati.net/api/statusnet/conversation/2054189.atomConversation2024-03-28T19:20:04+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenthttps://ajin.la/users/kai/statuses/101569443135284486New comment by kai<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/lnxw48a1" class="u-url mention">@<span>lnxw48a1</span></a></span> I probably know enough Spanish to muddle through a novella, but I can't make out half of what my neighbors say 😅 </p><p>My neighbor collects scrap metal. Someone left a grill by my garbage cans and I asked my neighbor if he wanted it. He kept looking at me like I had to heads. Finally his wife intervened - "the GRILL" and he was like "oh, oh, I thought you were saying the GIRL" 😂</p>2743553http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2019-02-10T19:25:08+00:002019-02-10T19:25:08+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://ajin.la/users/kaikaiLikes: #anime, #cities, #composing #music, #cycling, #fiction #literature, #manga, #tech, #trains, #writingkaicopyright respecterLikes: #anime, #cities, #composing #music, #cycling, #fiction #literature, #manga, #tech, #trains, #writingtag:nu.federati.net,2019-02-10:objectType=thread:nonce=bc34972a7b759785http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenttag:nu.federati.net,2019-02-10:noticeId=2743531:objectType=commentNew comment by lnxw48a1@<a href="https://ajin.la/users/kai" class="h-card mention">kai</a> No condemnation from me. I just know that learning a language is even tougher if it doesn't interest you. In school, I found that I had an easier time with German (where I once lived) than with everyone's suggestion Spanish "because it is more useful in SoCal".2743531http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2019-02-10T19:16:06+00:002019-02-10T19:16:06+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2019-02-10:objectType=thread:nonce=bc34972a7b759785http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenthttps://ajin.la/users/kai/statuses/101569093058976270New comment by kai<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/lnxw48a1" class="u-url mention">@<span>lnxw48a1</span></a></span> haha yes, well I'm on no high horse here. I've been learning read and write some characters common to Chinese, Japanese, and Korean as a possible to path to studying one of those languages, and it's a huge project just to read a write a few hundred characters, let alone speak or understand in any context.</p><p>That's why I'm intrigued by someone wanting to learn a fictional language for fun. It's a monstrous effort.</p>2743377http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2019-02-10T17:56:06+00:002019-02-10T17:56:06+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://ajin.la/users/kaikaiLikes: #anime, #cities, #composing #music, #cycling, #fiction #literature, #manga, #tech, #trains, #writingkaicopyright respecterLikes: #anime, #cities, #composing #music, #cycling, #fiction #literature, #manga, #tech, #trains, #writingtag:nu.federati.net,2019-02-10:objectType=thread:nonce=bc34972a7b759785http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenttag:nu.federati.net,2019-02-10:noticeId=2743366:objectType=commentNew comment by lnxw48a1@<a href="https://ajin.la/users/kai" class="h-card mention">kai</a> I assume that learning #<span class="tag"><a href="https://nu.federati.net/tag/klingon" rel="tag">Klingon</a></span> is the topic. While there are no "first language" speakers, it is easier to learn a third, fourth, etc language once you have learned a second, and it is easier to learn a language that interests you than a "you should learn X" language.<br /> . <br /> But if someone plans to stop after the second, then something widely used in their extended circle of contacts is best.2743366http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2019-02-10T17:43:17+00:002019-02-10T17:43:17+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://nu.federati.net/user/2lnxw48a1Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .lnxw48a1LinuxWalt (@lnxw48a1) {3EB165E0-5BB1-45D2-9E7D-93B31821F864}Main account. A GNU+Linux bearing nomad migrating across a Windows-centric desert. I save the world from incompetent headquarters IT folks. I invite comment and discussion, but I dislike arguing .{58024A03-1021-499E-B14D-DF4537889BF8}tag:nu.federati.net,2019-02-10:objectType=thread:nonce=bc34972a7b759785http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/commenthttps://ajin.la/users/kai/statuses/101568857611557034New comment by kai<p><span class="h-card"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@matteodem" class="u-url mention">@<span>matteodem</span></a></span> I think there are merits to learning a language that is widely used by real people to live real lives, and I'm wondering why you would instead devote your very limited time and attention to mastering something with far less utility.</p><p>If your goal is to seem like an alien, anything foreign will do.</p>2743294http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/post2019-02-10T16:56:13+00:002019-02-10T16:56:13+00:00http://activitystrea.ms/schema/1.0/personhttps://ajin.la/users/kaikaiLikes: #anime, #cities, #composing #music, #cycling, #fiction #literature, #manga, #tech, #trains, #writingkaicopyright respecterLikes: #anime, #cities, #composing #music, #cycling, #fiction #literature, #manga, #tech, #trains, #writingtag:nu.federati.net,2019-02-10:objectType=thread:nonce=bc34972a7b759785