A brilliant read - shame on those idiots, hopefully they learned to keep their manners better. Insightful on the use of languages and also the communities that use them. Might peruse the bookshelf for a copy of the poems.x
I'm really sorry to read about your experience with such disgusting people, I LOVE that you told them straight in their language though! Brilliant! I am fascinated by languages. I have a side-job with a cruise company and I'm always in awe of how many languages people from around the world seem to speak. I almost feel ignorant for not being able to speak another language fluently but I always make the effort to learn the basics for anywhere I visit, I feel it goes a long way with the locals.
It’s incredible isn’t it? I work with a global sales team and am always so impressed by how many languages they speak - and how fluently! Makes me want to raise my game!! I try to learn the basics too - I think trying to say at least hello, please, thank you is the least we can all do when we go somewhere with a different linguistic tradition.
Wow, Victoria. This was absolutely enthralling to read about. Something that I never really give any thoughts to - and made me someone proud to know that I became bi-lingual in my 30s when I learned Swedish, which is a language that not so many actually speak. Anyway, such a great post that really inspired me. Thank you! ✨
Learning Swedish is super impressive and reaching bilingual level even more so! It’s such an amazing thing to do and must give you much deeper access to the culture and traditions (I’m a big fan of fika myself!) Thank you for reading, Liz.
Fascinating post, Victoria. I love words and language and have to admit that I didn't realise there were so many endangered ones. And so true that the loss of a language also means loss of cultures and traditions also.
It’s such a fascinating area. I love words too and I love reading literature in translation - the act of trying to find the right word is so interesting to me. I also love exploring new cultures so it makes me really sad that loss of language inadvertently drives loss of culture.
Yes, finding the right word! My favourite thing when I did my French degree was translating a piece of French into English and searching for just the right word or phrase to convey the meaning in English
Same! I loved that process too when I was studying Spanish. It must be what attracts people to language - that search for meaning. I’ve never forgotten the advice we were given: if you don’t know the right word, think around the problem and say it a different way. It’s something I still do today in so many different scenarios.
Ha! I love that you put those women in their place, in their language. Go, you! That story is one of the best reasons to learn another language. 😉🤣 this book of poems is a really neat idea, though. I loved when I studied Old English poems and riddles; they were so beautiful in their language, and the translations to modern English didn't quite have the same effect.
A brilliant read - shame on those idiots, hopefully they learned to keep their manners better. Insightful on the use of languages and also the communities that use them. Might peruse the bookshelf for a copy of the poems.x
Thank you for reading lovely x
I'm really sorry to read about your experience with such disgusting people, I LOVE that you told them straight in their language though! Brilliant! I am fascinated by languages. I have a side-job with a cruise company and I'm always in awe of how many languages people from around the world seem to speak. I almost feel ignorant for not being able to speak another language fluently but I always make the effort to learn the basics for anywhere I visit, I feel it goes a long way with the locals.
It’s incredible isn’t it? I work with a global sales team and am always so impressed by how many languages they speak - and how fluently! Makes me want to raise my game!! I try to learn the basics too - I think trying to say at least hello, please, thank you is the least we can all do when we go somewhere with a different linguistic tradition.
Wow, Victoria. This was absolutely enthralling to read about. Something that I never really give any thoughts to - and made me someone proud to know that I became bi-lingual in my 30s when I learned Swedish, which is a language that not so many actually speak. Anyway, such a great post that really inspired me. Thank you! ✨
Learning Swedish is super impressive and reaching bilingual level even more so! It’s such an amazing thing to do and must give you much deeper access to the culture and traditions (I’m a big fan of fika myself!) Thank you for reading, Liz.
Fascinating post, Victoria. I love words and language and have to admit that I didn't realise there were so many endangered ones. And so true that the loss of a language also means loss of cultures and traditions also.
It’s such a fascinating area. I love words too and I love reading literature in translation - the act of trying to find the right word is so interesting to me. I also love exploring new cultures so it makes me really sad that loss of language inadvertently drives loss of culture.
Yes, finding the right word! My favourite thing when I did my French degree was translating a piece of French into English and searching for just the right word or phrase to convey the meaning in English
Same! I loved that process too when I was studying Spanish. It must be what attracts people to language - that search for meaning. I’ve never forgotten the advice we were given: if you don’t know the right word, think around the problem and say it a different way. It’s something I still do today in so many different scenarios.
Ha! I love that you put those women in their place, in their language. Go, you! That story is one of the best reasons to learn another language. 😉🤣 this book of poems is a really neat idea, though. I loved when I studied Old English poems and riddles; they were so beautiful in their language, and the translations to modern English didn't quite have the same effect.
100% on translations not having quite the same effect. Things are so much more impactful in their own language. ☺️