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Cake day: September 25th, 2021

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  • Google translate can often get things extremely wrong without seeming unnatural (this happens more with minor languages)

    For example, a Scottish Gaelic vulgar term that roughly translates as “fuck you” means “you’re welcome” according to Google translate






  • It’s important to keep in mind that the difficulty of learning a language is based on the languages you already speak. Finnish is a good example of this, as while Finnish children are able to learn it quickly due to its regularity, English speakers may struggle with how different it is (especially with some almost entirely unfamiliar concepts, such as the partitive case, which has no direct English equivalent)