• GCostanzaStepOnMe@feddit.de
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    Duolingo will teach the 50 most common words first, and then the precise names of all items of clothing you could think of.

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      And then never discuss the weather or any emotion other than happy.

      But then, I don’t suppose the other feelings are even a necessity when you’re drinking as much and as many types of alcohol as Duolingo seems to think Turkey — a highly-regulated, 98% muslim country — goes through on the daily.

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      It took them forever to teach me the word for “then”. But hey, at least I learned all about how to speak about cows.

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    I’ve been learning Finnish for nearly a year. The first phrase it taught me was “Sinä olet velho”. I thought it was madness to teach me “You are a wizard”. Like, when am I ever going to use that?!

    Later that year, I was performing at a forest festival in Finland, and a guy staggered past wearing a wizard hat. The way his face lit up when I yelled “Sinä olet velho!” was priceless!

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    Actually 🤓 some of them were, but then the government decided to wipe all of them out and replace them with drones c/birdsarentreal c/ifitfliesitspies c/birdwatchinggoesbothways