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Cake day: June 12th, 2023

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  • I always see comments like these online, but they seem kind of absurd to me, coming from a country where it’s not only totally common to walk dogs off-leash, but completely legal. There’s really very few incidents of dogs darting into the streets here, and actually half the ones I’ve ever seen have been dogs on a lead anyway. A well trained dog doesn’t do that.


  • So what’s the deal with GNU? When I first saw it, I was sure the G was silent, or formed a dipthong, like gnat or gnocchi or gnaw or gnarly or gnome or just any word starting with gn in English. But IRL, I’ve only heard it pronounced with a hard G, same with Gnome.




  • I’m from the UK, we are the natives here.

    Though, I would agree in the UK when it comes to other native languages under threat, like Scottish Gaelic and Welsh.

    However, I still think in any English speaking country, proficient English is the most important thing a child can learn in order to thrive in modern society. And separating children of different languages is not a good thing, it only makes racism worse. Instead, we should focus on lessons and programs that teach other native languages, to preserve them, and also teach English to those that don’t speak it at home.

    Teaching and preservation programs have worked well for Welsh and the language is growing once again.




  • Schools teach their lessons in english.

    When you have to pick a language to teach in, isn’t this the best language to teach in though, in a predominantly English speaking society?

    I don’t think segregating classes into separate language-based ones would be a good idea. That leaves kids not speaking English at home nor at school in an even bigger disadvantage in terms of learning English and we need we need kids of all different backgrounds mixing together so that they may understand and accept one another.