Language asks! :D 1. What is a sound that you can't make? 3. What’s your favorite script / writing system? 10. What's your opinion on learning dead languages? 13. What's a part of your personality that doesn't translate when you speak another language? 14. Which language sounds the most romantic to you? (since French is usually associated with romance lol ~/o/)
Hey thanks! (questions here)
1. I long struggled with the “th” in English. While I don’t think I quite got it I can at least avoid replacing it with “z” or “s” like most Frenchies. Now the sound I can’t make, tho I wish I could, is the Arabic hard H, like in “Harram”. I always confuse it with “kh” even if I can hear it’s not the same thing.
3. I often use Trebuchet MS, which I find easy to read and elegant enough for my lessons. I used to use the old Dauphin script all the time as a kid and I’m still fond of it.
10. Amica, linguam latinam in ludo discebam ! I learnt Latin in school, my friend. And forgot most of it… Didn’t take Greek tho I would have liked it. Let’s say I thoroughly agree with it. First as an historian, second because the way it’s taught helped me to better understand my own language (tho it’s French, it probably won’t work with Tagalog). So let’s learn Latin, old Greek, Sanskrit… and let’s support indigenous people who want to reclaim their heritage trampled upon by imperialism !
13. Tricky question, as I’ve yet to be in an environment where I have to speak English in a daily basis. I’m often found of mixing casual language with pedantic references and erudite words, I’m not sure if I’m able to do that in English yet.
14. “since French is usually associated with romance“ LOL INDEED! Whenever I hear that I want to sing all the bawdy French songs I know in the most sultry voice possible ;) Let’s say that Italian rings nice to my hears, so does Arabic in a way (”Habibiiii~” ^-^)
Thank you again for your questions!