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ronsboy67

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ये दुनिया है या आलम-ए-बदहवासी? ہم دیکھیں گ
je ne sais rien, non sono qui.
Victoria Concordia Crescit
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#Arsenal #linguistics #reading #ebooks #Aotearoa #GoldenAgeMysteries #JDramas #KDramas #OLDHindiFilms

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ronsboy67, to bookstodon
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4/5 @thestorygraph for "The Monk", book 5 in the DS Cross series by Tim Sullivan. My 50th read of 2024, and the least enojyable of the Cross series for me so far. On the plus side, I'm now 22 books and 10875 pages ahead of schedule for my reading goals for the year #AmReading #ebooks #Mystery @bookstodon
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/5e73044e-8593-423c-911e-edeed4315937

ronsboy67, to bookstodon
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TFW you're reading a mystery set in the UK written by a UK resident author and your keen detective abilities make you think "hmmmm, US edition?"🤔
#AmReading #mystery @bookstodon #ebooks #Kobo

ronsboy67, to television
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I started SecretRomanticGuesthouse #KDrama for the excellent Ahn Nae Sang, and for 2 actors I like but haven't seen in ages - Han Chae Ah and Lee Mi Do. Sadly, after 1 epsiode, I doubt even the three of them together will be able to get me though this one. #KDramas

ronsboy67, to Korean
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When I first heard Romagnol, I thought it sounded a bit French. Reading "San Marino la storia in miniatura", with its snippets of Romagnol songs & poems led me to a YT recording of someone speaking Romagnol. Many commenters who spoke Catalan said they could understand it easily, so I tested Google Translate out with "detect language" on the following. It said "Corsican" and offered a translation for almost every word. Interesting! #Languages #AmReading #Nonfiction #History @bookstodon

leapingwoman, to books
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@bookstodon Please recommend a good basic privacy-respecting non-social reading list tracker for iOS/macOS. My reading list is a mix of print, audio, and library books. Once read, I like to note how well I liked it, if I didn't finish (and why), and make a few optional comments. What works for you and why? Thanks for your boosts and help! #bookstodon #books #ReadingList #reading #TBR

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@leapingwoman @bookstodon you may want to check out @thestorygraph
ALL its social features are strictly opt-in it can be used entirely privately, and the 3.5 years I've been using it, it has suited my reclusive reading habits well.

ronsboy67, to television
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Reading about the makjang meltdown in the closing stretch of #MarryMyHusband is a great example of confirmation bias: Crossing it off my PTW list at the same as I thank it for validating my inflexible rule to NEVER watch a #KDrama while it airs

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@liztai Here's an example - both by the blogger and the commenters :)
https://koalasplayground.com/2024/02/13/collective-viewer-rage-and-frustration-at-the-rapidly-falling-apart-plot-in-the-final-arc-of-marry-my-husband-dominates-discussion-of-the-hit-drama/

ronsboy67, to bookstodon
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Reading "San Marino la storia in miniatura" and the passage about people acquiring RSM passports in the mid C19 reminded me of the Customs officer who was stumped by the RSM stamp on my passport as we left Rome (a gimmicky tourist souvenir that cost €5 then) - he looked at at it and asked "did you enter San Marino directly?" D'Oh! 🤦‍♂️ (if it WERE possible, RSM is not a Schengen state, so maybe the 90 days wouldn't start until we left 😀 ) #AmReading #ebooks @bookstodon

ronsboy67, to languagelearning
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Reading " San Marino la storia in miniatura" for a reading challenge @thestorygraph and the vocabulary, with lots of 19th century officialese, is a challenge, but so is the absence of commas in lists. Not just the "oxford comma"; the author will pile adjectives together or lists of objects, with not a comma in sight. Is this standard practice in #Italian ? #AmReading #ebooks #nonfiction #History @bookstodon

ronsboy67, to aotearoa
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Rigorous attention to factual accuracy even in minor details is always a good sign in crime novels😀☕ @bookstodon

ronsboy67, to random
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Just popped in to Bluesky to check the #CDramas and #KDramas feed there and fled quickly, with renewed gratitude for the many here who use spoiler tags liberally. A life saver for me since I don't watch Dramas as they air

ronsboy67,
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@liztai No one using spoiler t warnings. Lots of discussions about currently airing Dramas I have on my PTW list, had to come back here to avoid the spoilers :)

jodmentum, to television

This is a #kdrama casting pet peeve but I'm tired of characters that are supposed to be raised in the US or Europe that don't have the correct accents. It's a real annoying sticking point. Your character was raised in Iowa and you can't pronounce corn correctly.

ronsboy67,
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@s1m0n4 @jodmentum But everyone has one. I remember laughing oput loud when I read the results of a survey in which 75% of those polled (all US) said tey'd be willign to date someone "with an accent" - the others not into dating humans, apparently.

ronsboy67,
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@Missrdevine @s1m0n4 @jodmentum @EllenInEdmonton The first time I went to San Marino I spent 6 months trying to teach myself Italian and the hardest sound for me was the "r" - not the "rr", trilling is easy, but the single "r" especially before a consonant. I would practice saying "venerdi" until my throat ached. "R"s are veRy haRd for Kiwis, ouR english is extRemely non-Rhotic 😀

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@s1m0n4 @Missrdevine @jodmentum @EllenInEdmonton If it's any consolation, I know that L1 Italophones do a GREAT job with Māori names. When we went to the RSM for work, one of my colleagues was Māori and we were all impressed at how easily Māori words cae to our hosts when we simply spelled them out - most liekly because the vowels are effectively identical, and like Italian, Māori is fond of ending words with vowels

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@s1m0n4 @Missrdevine @jodmentum @EllenInEdmonton

From Wiki:
A first language (L1), native language, native tongue,

Or
https://www.teachingenglish.org.uk/professional-development/teachers/knowing-subject/d-h/l1

I avoid "mother tongue" since I was raised from infancy by a single father 😀

ronsboy67, to india
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4.25/5
@thestorygraph for The Bangalore Detectives Club - sweet, good-natured and devoid of info dumps. A promising start to the series. #AmReading #ebooks #Kobo @bookstodon #India #Mystery #Cosy
https://app.thestorygraph.com/reviews/1947b664-bb32-4e3e-8c63-9e67382e6571

ronsboy67, to india
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Reading The Bangalore Detectives Club book 1, and really enjoying it. I hadn't realised was set in the 1920s, when my great-grandmother was living there, so learning more of the place is fun. As is the reference to Lady Molly, I might have to dust off my Orzcy and check her out
#AmReading #ebooks #Kobo #India #mystery @bookstodon

ronsboy67, to Etymology
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I'm no expert at maths in much the same way ostriches are not experts in flying , but something still seems a bit suss about this, from "Word Perfect: Etymological Entertainment For Every Day of the Year" by Susie Dent. Unless, of course, my copy "had the good fortune to fall through a time warp from a hundred years in the future" 😀
#Nonfiction #etymology #language #AmReading #ebooks #Kobo @bookstodon

ronsboy67, to random
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According to their Xitter profile "A better internet starts with privacy & freedom." but clearly

@protonmail

does NOT think "a better internet includes providing any customer service at all.

"Please note that due to the heavy load of tickets, we might not be able to reply to your inquiry within the next 24 hours."
Or within 48 hours ,or 72 hours, or 96.
NO reply AT ALL in 4 DAYS? I might be paying for privacy, clearly that payment doesn't buy customer service. Abysmal

ronsboy67, to bookstodon
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Trying my (and the) second Jack Haldean mystery "Mad About the Boy?" - 1/4 in and I'm (a) glad I have never had any so-called "friend" as utterly unsympathetic, uncaring and obtuse about others as Jack Haldean and (2) wondering why someone hasn't killed HIM yet. @bookstodon

wendypalmer, to bookstodon
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I wish ebook retailers let you choose your cover eg if I wanted to buy a copy of Boy Swallows Universe today, I’d be stuck with the Netflix cover. It doesn’t have to be like that.

#bookstodon @bookstodon

ronsboy67,
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@wendypalmer @bookstodon Another nice thing about Calibre - I often do a Google Search for covers I like and replace the one that I bought

ronsboy67, to bookstodon
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"He asked me to play a guest spot in his outrageously good series The Games."

Sam Neill's mentions of John Clarke are a bittersweet highlight of his memoir "Did I Ever Tell You This?" and the quote above made me want to watch that marvellous show all over again. The 100-metre track episode timeless comedy genius, imo

#AmReading #ebooks #Nonfiction #memoir #Kobo @bookstodon

protonmail, to random
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New week, new feature!

Cleaning up your inbox just got easier – you can now label, move, delete, or mark as read all emails in a folder (including your main Inbox) at once on the web app.

Have you tried it already?

ronsboy67,
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@protonmail A shame you haven't yet provided servers that will actually synch on my phone, or customer service that can reply to tickets in less than a week.

ronsboy67,
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@trusttrist @protonmail The new feature I'm waiting for is being able to open the ProtonMail app on my phone and have it sync properly. Getting replies to customer service tickets would be another nice new feature I'd like to see them add some time too. Those might make my ProtonPlus feel less like a minus

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