WC 1M Post Challenge - You Ready?!

[Rose640]

Not really. I'm finding myself working with a lot more bilingual clients using monolingual home attendants. Many clients dislike the interpreters so whenever I need to speak to the home attendants directly I wish I spoke the lingo. Plus, there is always a high demand for spanish bilingual workers.

I've heard that Roman languages are not super hard to learn (especially Italian, but I guess Spanish is close, since they're very similar).
Though I have heard French is a nightmare.

 

[libra89]

This is a silly thing to rant about. Y'all who aren't on social media are fortunate. Multiple people are going live daily on IG (and even Facebook too). I know that I choose to follow them but so many. I feel tired from it. Of course, they save the lives so having to skip so many is annoying.

It's easier to rant about a silly thing at this moment.

 

[libra89]

As for something real for me, a YouTuber I follow who also had her commencement ceremony canceled and is doing a post graduate track (law school), shared a tweet about moving all classes online makes the semester feel like it's optional at this point (even though it's not). I couldn't put my finger on the shift but that is the perfect description.

I attended class this week and I was ready to do that but reading for class, working on what I should for class, has been a challenge for me. It's Thursday. I thought I would have started on at least one of those things by now, but no luck.

I have to admit that it has crossed my mind a few times of the point of graduating this semester. I don't get to walk. These times are just weird with being a student right now. I can't even begin to imagine how it is for a full time student.

 

[N_LaRUE]

Flori-duh

https://www.cltampa.com/news-views/...llowers-to-gather-during-coronavirus-outbreak

 

[N_LaRUE]

WTF???

https://abc7.com/usns-mercy-coronav...ATOf3ye5dy5AAj3s_Q8lXdJe1OTlnUc8m4ioORk3Py5wM

 

[MSFTisMIA]

This is a silly thing to rant about. Y'all who aren't on social media are fortunate. Multiple people are going live daily on IG (and even Facebook too). I know that I choose to follow them but so many. I feel tired from it. Of course, they save the lives so having to skip so many is annoying.

It's easier to rant about a silly thing at this moment.

It is this exact reason as to why I am not on social media.

 

[fatclue_98]

Flori-duh

https://www.cltampa.com/news-views/...llowers-to-gather-during-coronavirus-outbreak

Ride or die baby! 305 for life!

 

[MSFTisMIA]

Ride or die baby! 305 for life!

They ride alright - cars, pews, flying boats, banana boats, some in-laws, and golf carts.

I shall not speak on the death part as I lack the qualifications of your tio presidente's medicine diploma.

 

[MSFTisMIA]

WTF???

https://abc7.com/usns-mercy-coronav...ATOf3ye5dy5AAj3s_Q8lXdJe1OTlnUc8m4ioORk3Py5wM

The problem with that federal jail time is you have to serve ALL of it.

It's stuff like this that exists and makes people wonder why social distancing doesn't fully work here...

 

[libra89]

WTF???

https://abc7.com/usns-mercy-coronav...ATOf3ye5dy5AAj3s_Q8lXdJe1OTlnUc8m4ioORk3Py5wM

Wow

 

[MSFTisMIA]

Wow

You know I'm going to have this on speed dial...

 

[MSFTisMIA]

Hmmm....

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/02/politics/brian-kemp-ron-desantis-donald-trump-coronavirus/index.html

 

[aximtreo]

Ciao

 

[libra89]

Hmmm....

https://www.cnn.com/2020/04/02/politics/brian-kemp-ron-desantis-donald-trump-coronavirus/index.html

Welp

 

[MSFTisMIA]

Still feeling the itch. Browsing, not looking to get anything...but feeling the itch.

 

[Laura Knotek]

Interesting but not unexpected since they are Romance languages but Spanish is the same. Tu is quite informal and acceptable among friends and acquaintances. For strangers and elders that’s where “usted” comes in. You say tu to your dad and you guaranteed yourself a fat lip and a trip to the dentist. Painful lessons I must say.

I knew that, since I took Spanish in high school. My regret is forgetting most of it due to lack of use.

 

[Laura Knotek]

Latin languages. Italian is the closest to the original.

All the others have been inflicted with other languages. You would be able to pick up French fairly quick.

I think French is the same with respect to the elders. Not entirely sure about parents.

English is a mixed up language.

Even though English has a lot of French words in it, it doesn't help that much. If you don't pronounce it right most people just stare at you. Also not all words that are the same in English mean the same in French.

What I find unusual is that many words with French origins are spelt differently in the USA and in the UK.

For example, the UK keeps the French spelling of manoeuvre, but the USA spells it as maneuver.

 

[Laura Knotek]

I think if some people can afford to, they might choose to change their living space after this.

I watched a video of a guy a few weeks ago who toured a tiny apartment in Manhattan, NYC that is very narrow, has a raised bed, a sink, small fridge and microwave with a shared bathroom. I was able to find video, thankfully: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPGiPCj-wHo

In the video, the guy said that this is a place for those who are more about not spending time inside the apartment. How are those people doing now is something I wonder? I feel like MIA would say that this is a different NYC than the one he knows.

This time is showing a lot of holes in various things that we might think about but brush to the side. This kind of thing is such an example.

How about taking a bath in the kitchen? https://www.6sqft.com/new-yorks-dirty-little-secret-the-apartment-kitchen/

 

[N_LaRUE]

What I find unusual is that many words with French origins are spelt differently in the USA and in the UK.

For example, the UK keeps the French spelling of manoeuvre, but the USA spells it as maneuver.

I don't know when it happened but there are at least three main English language spellings that I know of.

UK/Australia = typically the same
Canadian = UK with American
American

Keep in mind I'm referring to formal. Not slang. Once you add slang you're probably in the hundreds.

 

[N_LaRUE]

Just so you know that stupid people are everywhere.

Today is the start of school holidays.

160,000 police and helicopters had to be deployed to stop people from going on holidays.

The military is being sent out as well.

Though I can appreciate that those with kids are probably finding these times difficult this is not how to prevent a virus from spreading.

There appears to be a lot more traffic in the roads currently.