Elle Charisse

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in georgia people eat pine cone jam made by boiling young pine cones in sugar water. you can eat the pine cones whole and they’re soft and resinous.

language is the only thing worth knowing even poorly

Kirundi and Kinyarwanda are actually two varieties of the same language. But for political reasons they want to be distinguished. This also happens in other parts of the world.

Mbembe mbu! (Ewondo, Cameroon) Heri ya mwaka mpya! (Kiswahili, E. Africa) Ngwaga o mosha! (Setswana, Botswana, SA) Ononi wololo! (Otetela, DRC) Unyaka omusha! (Isizulu, SA) Ombura Ombe Ombwa! (Otjiherero, Namibia) ... ???

Could 2025 be the year I make it to Brazil? Who wants to help me learn Portuguese so I’m ready for the pagode? 🇧🇷

Having the audacity to believe in and bet on yourself could change your life.

Today in 1972, Roberto Clemente is killed in a plane crash while attempting to help Nicaraguan earthquake victims. He died as he lived, with love for others and character. May his legacy set the example for all of us as we head into the New Year. #RIP

I’ve been using @OpusClip to edit some new YouTube content for the next month and it’s AMAZING! 🎉 It’s such an intuitive platform and so easy to use and seamless, too!

one of our better cultural customs is teaching English-speaking children the "Frère Jacques" nursery rhyme and then letting them just go buckwild with vaguely-French sounds

There’s enough Nollywood & Kannywood on @netflix that I should be able to filter out Yoruba & Hausa language movies. It’s not even an option. 😤😩

The cutest 🥰

@TimothyELDougl1 @LoveJoy_Lang But a win for the reputation of New Yorkers, that I will take ☺️

@STPodcastHost That sounds like a language win for the final podcast of @LoveJoy_Lang

Just had to step in and help a Spanish speaking tourist get to the airport because the Port Authority terminal was giving her the WRONG directions with no details. I’m not having this girl leave with an impression of New Yorkers like that. 😤

@TimothyELDougl1 @LoveJoy_Lang It wasn’t language related aside from the fact that I looked at her phone and her phone was in Spanish. I read her phone to her 😂

I think it’s about time in my life that I commit all of the world capitals and country flags to memory. I know probably 80% of each but I’m not winning any trivia contests, yet lol

@babelsolutions2 Oh those are very marked differences!!!

@STPodcastHost For example: Madrid: «Vosotros sabéis que me mola salir de copas y el botellón. Es que no os enteráis de nada, jo.» Average LatAm: «Ustedes saben que me gusta salir por unos tragos y la parranda. ¿O acaso no se dieron cuenta?»

I can get with a lot of British English and just accept that we speak differently but reading “drink driving” instead of “drunk driving” always gets to me! It just looks like a typo whenever I read it 😂

@babelsolutions2 Oh tell me some examples! I’d love to understand the differences better

@STPodcastHost I experience more or less the same when I hear/read Spanish from Madrid. There are some collocations or verbs that I find hilarious or clunky. 😸

@kubacki__ Looks so good!

V2, much better now!

@babelsolutions2 That’s soooo exciting!! 🥳🥳

@STPodcastHost It feels great when you start achieving those little great goals more and more often, doesn't it? I really started taking up Mandarin Chinese. I'm still far from the survival level, but I feel now excited when I watch some random videos and can already identify a few words!

Old me: Whoa, I had a conversation in Italian yesterday and one in French today! I’m so shocked! I can’t believe it!! New me: I worked really hard for years to be able to do this. Stop being shocked because I’ve earned it 👏🏾💅🏾 Daily Affirmations 😂