(POV: Language learner)

Il fait 20 degrés. Je suis un «tropical boy». Je porte une veste. Ils portent des t-shirts.

It is 20 degrees. I am a “tropical boy”. I am wearing a jacket. They are wearing t-shirts.

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For the past few days, I have been watching bookkeeping videos on YouTube because I am feeling nostalgic about my old job.

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I’ve finally caught up on Dresden Files (on ebooks) and now acquired a physical copy of the recently released installment—a gift to myself to start Level 48.

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For Philippine financial apps, is there any other way to receive OTPs? Waiting for those to arrive via SMS on a roaming number is such a pain in the butt. It relies on inconsistent PH telcos, multiplied by the connection to the foreign telco. 😠

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The short-form video is delivered in Filipino/Tagalog not Taglish but why is the speaker uses the English algo-speak “unalive” when the Filipino word (or any of its euphemisms) itself is not censored? Nakikiuso?

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