#lexiconofhope

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Found another Welsh band to be obsessed with!

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@angiethewitch @lexiconofhope I think i found a favorite! (Referring to: https://zourcherri.tumblr.com/post/634637542589857792/do-you-have-any-welsh-musician-recommends)

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Major congrats to Haitian Creole learners on a new Duolingo Course!

Image description: A screenshot of a Duolingo news announcement, which has an illustration of the Duo owl mascot holding a red and dark blue Haitian flag against a blue background. The post is titled, “Introducing our newest course: Haitian Creole!” Below that, it says, “Learn more about the revolutionary language of the first Black independent nation and discover the culture of the Haitian people.” The last part of the sentence is highlighted blue as a link. It was published on February 22. End ID.

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I felt like I didn’t do as much language learning this year, but it seems I did do more than I thought even if I think it’s less than last year. And I still worked on Welsh or sometimes Spanish nearly every day (on Duolingo or elsewhere) making it to a 1,000 day streak of language learning.

Image description: An image with a pale blue background. In the left upper corner it says in green text, “duolingo 2022 year in review.” In the right upper corner is the green Duo mascot owl, floating in a ball. Black text says, “I’m a top 3% language learner on Duolingo!” Below that are four rectangular boxes with stats. The first box on the upper left row is shiny blue with a gold “Top 3%” in the corner, while the box has a lightning symbol and says “19,148 total XP.” The next three boxes are plain white. One has a purple clock symbol and says “2,409 minutes spent.” The third has a symbol of two cards and says “1,054 words learned.” The fourth and last box says, “999 longest streak.” End ID.

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A lovely song about Rhiannon and her birds, in both Welsh and English.

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Congrats to Irish learners in Ireland for getting Irish to be the top studied language in Ireland on Duolingo for 2020! I’m happy to see a Celtic language on top somewhere and to see more study of Irish in general! Comhghairdeas!

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Me when someone makes a linguistic map of Europe that doesn’t include the minority, indigenous, and endangered languages:

ID: A meme from the Eric Andre Show, of a man with a goatee looking over to the left with a dubious expression, with the text “I don’t trust like that.” End ID.

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Actually I think Gwrhyr Gwalstawd Ieithoedd should be the patron of Welsh learners. First step of being a Welsh learner is figuring out how to pronounce his name. Second step is wishing for his ability to know literally all languages including animal languages with no perceivable effort or difficulty. Third step is confusion over how he has mastered his languages to an extent that he can talk to a boar while in bird form.