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deadbeef79000@lemmy.nzto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•English as a second language learners: what words were really hard for you to pronounce?
181·1 day agoThe number of native English speakers who can’t pronounce “specific” and instead say “pacific” is too damn high.
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nzto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•English as a second language learners: what words were really hard for you to pronounce?
2·1 day agoSchedule (sk- or sh-) differs between countries/regions. So you’re good either way.
deadbeef79000@lemmy.nzto
Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•English as a second language learners: what words were really hard for you to pronounce?
6·1 day agoIt either rhymes with “nine” or with “fin” depending on the phase of the moon.
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World News@lemmy.world•Chief of S Korea's high-stakes exam quits over 'insane' English testEnglish
17·2 days agoThe above passage, for example, comes from Game Feel, a game design guide written by Steve Swink.
Steve Swink (and his editors) needs to be forced fed a copy of his book.
Being able to design games doesn’t mean one can write about designing games.
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Asklemmy@lemmy.ml•what's the best things to say at a counter protest of a drag show
13·4 days agoIT’S ALL GOD’S PLAN
GOD MADE US THIS WAY AND GOD DOESN’T MAKE MISTAKES
even better if you can find verses to support you and throw them back at them.
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Ask Lemmy@lemmy.world•Do you feel content warnings are beneficial?
5·4 days agoThere is a study that showed empirically that reducing the media coverage (and strictly avoiding coverage of methods and some other aspects) of suicides reduced the rates of suicide in the affected populations.
So there’s science behind the avoidance.
IMHO the media do seem fairly clumsy going about it though.
I have an 18yo dog. She’s very near the end of her life. Deaf, hair falling out, slowly losing motor control and strength, and can’t climb stairs anymore. She’s still happy, and doesn’t appear to be suffering even though she does require a bit of extra care now.
I can’t bring my self to euthanize her, because she can’t make the decision unlike a human could.
I hope that one day we wake up and she’s died peacefully in her sleep.
Pretend it’s corn and shit post it, I guess.

That’s one is my neighbors