Today I learned that "looking glass" (as in in Alice in Wonderland through the looking glass) is not a loupe but a mirror. That was translated appropriately into German of course but I just always pictured a hand-held magnifying glass whenever I read the phrase "we're through the looking glass" somewhere.
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English is my second language, which I use more than others in the last years, but my formal studies had ended long ago and I navigate mostly by the internalized understanding - close to intuition - rather than by recalling the exact rules.
In the previous toot I used a phrase "it is important to continue doing X", posted it and started to ruminate if this a sound English construct.
Isn't it "it is important continuing to do X"? Hm, it doesn't *feel* right, as the first one, but I don't know for sure.
This and similar cases make me to consult with the https://english.stackexchange.com (which is more valuable to me than the SO lately), to reinforce (for that phrase) that "intuition" or find out I was wrong.
"Never stop learning" is fun, but being anxious about everything isn't :)
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Feedback Opportunity: Proposed Three-Year Calendar 2026-2029 – Burnaby Schools
The Burnaby School District is welcoming feedback and comments until February 10, 2026, about…
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When you can’t make any word out of leftover letters and you just plug in any letters in any combination and then you get an outcome that looks weird and you have no idea what it means…. #englishasasecondlanguage
#Wordle 1,455 3/6*
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Me: should I scoop the stew with, uh, wait what is this called?
The wife: a LADLE, babe 😆
Me: don't you judge me I called it a 국자 my entire life! 😅
#marriage #relationships #humor #esl #englishasasecondlanguage
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Where in #Australia did you live @liztai, and was it urban, suburban, or rural?
The phenomenon @skinnylatte describes is shocking to me; I (an urban white Aussie) would never use "monolingual" for someone who speaks #EnglishAsASecondLanguage, clearly they speak multiple languages.
So I wonder if that does happen in #Australia outside my experience.
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Jezebel: Sex. Celebrity. Politics. With Teeth: The Everlasting Appeal of 'Party Girl' https://jezebel.com/party-girl-rerelease-1850382585 #Jezebel #englishasasecondlanguage #entertainment2cculture #daisyvonscherlermayer #englishlanguagefilms #mustafaomartownsend #rise3abloodhunter #theaudienceaward #sashavonscherler #harrybirckmayer #christinetaylor #susannebartsch #anthonydesando #creativeworks #donnamitchell #guillermodiaz #lievschreiber #americanfilms #omartownsend #nellcampbell #davidfincher
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Would it be better to use “which” in this context #EnglishAsASecondLanguage #english ?
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CW: State politics, direct eye contact
On Friday our local State MP, Tim Read, popped in to the Carlton Neighbourhood Learning Centre to meet our team, hear about our education and community development work, and view our beautiful community garden!
Here we both are inspecting our compost!
We have a big community composting program that reduces organic waste going to landfill and we sell the compost back to the community for $5 a bag.
#communitydevelopment #englishasasecondlanguage #sustainability #auspol
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I'm really loving my new job. I've written about just a few of the highlights of my first two weeks leading CNLC.
https://www.innercitynews.com.au/chickens-and-art-exhibitions-my-first-two-weeks-leading-cnlc/
#CommunityDevelopment #Sustainability #Education #englishasasecondlanguage #NeighbourhoodHouse #refugees #migrants