language enjoyer, he/himhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattboot.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattboot.bsky.social/post/3mvzty3lcok2hok it seems i need to learn to understand Lebanese Arabic better .... does anybody have podcast recommendations21 Sep 2026 13:47 +0000at://did:plc:26gfiesadzjgf44w2dv5yeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvzty3lcok2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattboot.bsky.social/post/3mvxmlnydgk2aspeaking my masri with an elderly lebanese man i recently met here (arabic monolingual) and genuinely not sure whether it would be better to throw some levantinisms into my arabic, slash say /dʒ/ for /g/ when i occasionally remember, or if that would just make things more confusing20 Sep 2026 16:29 +0000at://did:plc:26gfiesadzjgf44w2dv5yeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvxmlnydgk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/mattboot.bsky.social/post/3mvt5iovoz22i"at least 123 children" [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Sep 2026 21:48 +0000at://did:plc:26gfiesadzjgf44w2dv5yeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvt5iovoz22ihttps://bsky.app/profile/mattboot.bsky.social/post/3mvsu3j3yns2eGHCP (GitHub Clown Posse)18 Sep 2026 19:00 +0000at://did:plc:26gfiesadzjgf44w2dv5yeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsu3j3yns2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/mattboot.bsky.social/post/3miekx6nc3s2jexistimatio plurimorum non rerum merita, sed fortunae spectat eventum eaque tantum iudicat esse provisa, quae felicitas commendaverit. most people don't look at the merits of the case but on how it happened to turn out; they only deem as prudent what has been graced by luck. Boethius, C of P, 1P431 Mar 2026 16:12 +0000at://did:plc:26gfiesadzjgf44w2dv5yeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3miekx6nc3s2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattboot.bsky.social/post/3mvsfs4vrrc2oChristopher Nolan should have done this for Scylla and Charybdis [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Sep 2026 14:44 +0000at://did:plc:26gfiesadzjgf44w2dv5yeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsfs4vrrc2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/mattboot.bsky.social/post/3mvsbbxlqks2fwe have been watching Shrek 2 (great movie by the way) and she is calling Puss in Boots "hoots in boots". not sure where p > h came from but the rest looks like her usual distance assimilation [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Sep 2026 13:23 +0000at://did:plc:26gfiesadzjgf44w2dv5yeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvsbbxlqks2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/mattboot.bsky.social/post/3mvqzxoi7vs27is there a romance conlang that develops split ergativity, or do i have to do everything myself18 Sep 2026 01:40 +0000at://did:plc:26gfiesadzjgf44w2dv5yeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqzxoi7vs27https://bsky.app/profile/mattboot.bsky.social/post/3mvql7a4ju222 [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 Sep 2026 21:16 +0000at://did:plc:26gfiesadzjgf44w2dv5yeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvql7a4ju222https://bsky.app/profile/mattboot.bsky.social/post/3mvqfvs53is2dshooting your shot on r/learn_arabic. you gotta respect it17 Sep 2026 19:41 +0000at://did:plc:26gfiesadzjgf44w2dv5yeo7/app.bsky.feed.post/3mvqfvs53is2d