jude

i love language ! i love culture ! i love the human experience ! 18 | they | queer | ☦

[greedypolyglot]

intro

hii! im jude ! i have been on tumblr many years now but decided to make a specific dedicated language tumblr so i can interact with others interested in language and culture !

i speak English and Russian C2, Spanish B2, Estonian B1, and French A2

i want to learn (but am not currently): German, Swahili, Zulu, Yoruba, Korean, and ... tbd!

i am especially interested in historical linguistics, old languages, and language/culture interface !

i have applied to study old english languages at cambridge (will find out in a month or two if i get offered a place !

please do message/interact - i'd love to meet other multilinguals / linguists / culture and history lovers !!

xox jude

[greedypolyglot]

UNI UPDATE !!

long time no see!

soooo....

I GOT AN OFFER FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE

for anglo-saxon, norse celtic and latin studies

so so excited !!!1!

[greedypolyglot]

confession:

i have been intaking new information. so very much recently research, research, research of all manner (religious, cultural, historical, linguistic, literary/film) i pretty much try to squeeze learning and study of new things into everything. eating food? video essay. going to sleep? literary analysis. doing admin work? watch an important/artistic film to accompany it.

which is great ! i am not complaining nor bragging i still have breaks & am nowhere near perfect this is just my precursor to the next point. which is

I HAVE NO IDEA HOW TO HOLD A CONVERSATION WITH SOMEONE I DONT KNOW VERY WELL FOR LONGER THAN 5 MINUTES WITHOUT SAYING 'oh this reminds me of x article i read recently' OR 'i've researched that a bit recently! i find ethnic tension very interesting as its part of my research paper im working on currently'

YOU ARE 18 YEARS OF AGE. HIT THE CLUBS. FIND A PARTNER

sat down at the dinner table yesterday and after about 3 minutes go 'i read this really interesting article about emperor nero-' mum's bf cuts me off saying 'don't 18 year olds normally go out friday night?'

DRAGGED ME TO THE GROUND

DRAGGEDDDD

pls if anyone has experienced the same lmk. i need to be normal again someone pls help me undo this

[polyglot-sock]

Hey! Stop scrolling! Let's play a game: if you see this post, reblog it with a random phrase in your target language. Doesn't have to be something complicated. Write whatever you want.

[greedypolyglot]

jumal hoiab lolle ja joodkuid !

'god looks after idiots and drunks' 😭 (estonian saying)