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   George Liquor, American (liquor_american@universeodon.com)'s status on Sunday, 05-Nov-2023 03:00:23 JST George Liquor, American

   @ryanhoulihan @EmbraceBecoming I was astonished when I learned there's like a high council of the French language that accepts or rejects new words based on their perceived benefit or harm to the uhh Frenchness of French.

   It's absurd and specifically limits the utility of language. A language that grows organically is one that's serving its speakers' purpose. A language being dictated to you from on high...well whose purpose is that serving?

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   Evan Prodromou (evan@prodromou.pub)'s status on Tuesday, 27-Dec-2022 12:58:17 JST Evan Prodromou

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   @railmeat I started in Arabic, pivoted to Dutch for a trip, then switched to French.

   It's good. Challenging. They have a lot of gamification to keep you learning everyday.