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for as much as i’ve tried to distance myself from my native tongue i still think it’s got some really beautiful words… the english language doesn’t have anything close to this meaning
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Hey, that’s a word I’ve needed and created several times this year when working on conlangs! It’s cool to see that it...
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I feeeel like I’m being trolled somehow.
lourecati said: This is evil (and hilarious), so many non-French speaker are not going to search for a translation of this. If they use it in conversation to appear smart, it’s on you!
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