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@chrysn@chaos.social
2026-05-28 08:53:18

It's funny how English speakers sometimes get confused by the Spanish «ser» and «estar», but have no trouble telling the difference between “he is silly” and “he is being silly”.
#languages

@smurthys@hachyderm.io
2026-06-23 09:58:55

Over breakfast, my wife and I had a wonderful conversation about the #Sanskrit word "kushaloapari" (कुशलोपरि), its decomposition, etymology, usage, and relationship to other words. We concluded writing it all up would mean a blog post.
#intellectual #satisfaction #languages #vocabulary