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sophie; '95; she/her; Vietnamese-American; writer primarily BTS (Seokjin bias) misc. others occasionally (please consult the Highly Helpful Tags Guide)
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eyesmiletrash
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gunvolt

im going to have a stroke

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prideling

Instead try… Person A: You know… the thing Person B: The “thing”? Person A: Yeah, the thing with the little-! *mutters under their breath* Como es que se llama esa mierda… THE FISHING ROD

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artykyn

As someone with multiple bilingual friends where English is not the first language, may I present to you a list of actual incidents I have witnessed:

  • Forgot a word in Spanish, while speaking Spanish to me, but remembered it in English. Became weirdly quiet as they seemed to lose their entire sense of identity.
  • Used a literal translation of a Russian idiomatic expression while speaking English. He actually does this quite regularly, because he somehow genuinely forgets which idioms belong to which language. It usually takes a minute of everyone staring at him in confused silence before he says “….Ah….. that must be a Russian one then….”
  • Had to count backwards for something. Could not count backwards in English. Counted backwards in French under her breath until she got to the number she needed, and then translated it into English.
  • Meant to inform her (French) parents that bread in America is baked with a lot of preservatives. Her brain was still halfway in English Mode so she used the word “préservatifes.” Ended up shocking her parents with the knowledge that apparently, bread in America is full of condoms.
  • Defined a slang term for me……. with another slang term. In the same language. Which I do not speak.
  • Was talking to both me and his mother in English when his mother had to revert to Russian to ask him a question about a word. He said “I don’t know” and turned to me and asked “Is there an English equivalent for Нумизматический?” and it took him a solid minute to realize there was no way I would be able to answer that. Meanwhile his mom quietly chuckled behind his back.
  • Said an expression in English but with Spanish grammar, which turned “How stressful!” into “What stressing!”

Bilingual characters are great but if you’re going to use a linguistic blunder, you have to really understand what they actually blunder over. And it’s usually 10x funnier than “Ooops it’s hard to switch back.”

#one tiny shiny key#I can verify that I have committed many of these errors
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insearchofanexit

So. Here's the situation.

Most of you all know that I broke my ankle last month (the day before the Bangtan concert sigh). And a few of you know my hours got cut significantly at work before that. What I haven’t really mentioned is that, a few days after breaking my ankle, my job terminated my contract.

The universe loves me.

So in the midst of worrying about my ankle, surgery, etc., I’ve also been worrying about a lack of employment. It hasn’t been fun. I’ve cried a lot. With the anxiety and asperger’s, working from home has been perfect for me for the last six years. And with a broken ankle and being unable to walk, I kinda need a work from home position. I’m trying really really hard to find one but am facing a steady stream of rejections and it's… It’s really taking a toll on me.

I hate having to come to people this way. It’s embarrassing and I feel like a useless failure of a human being but I have two dollars to my name and a lot of past due bills and I absolutely have to pay the insurance bill or else I’ll be way, way more screwed financially. So I’m turning to you guys for some help.

Please, please don’t feel obligated to donate if you’re struggling yourself. A retweet or reblog or prayers or whatever is help enough. But if you’re able I’d certainly appreciate the help. If you’ve ever enjoyed any of my fic or my edits or my tweets and wanted to do something in support, here ya go. Thank you guys, and I’m sorry to bug you like this.

The link to donate is here: https://www.youcaring.com/caradavis-810843

#signal boost#please chip in if you can
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