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If the UK is to wean itself off exporting to the USA, which would seem to be a good idea right now, then despite our historic mono-lingualism, many firms will be needing to think about the sorts of non-English language resources & staff they will need to compete effectively in foreign markets.

Many firms manage it but too often the US market has been seen as an easy place to sell due to a common language.

Time to recruit multi-linguists (and by extension, teach them)!

Week 11

Yamirā (2)🐴 🐮 🐑 (animals)

Nwōdār ['ŋwo:.da:r] - cattle (noun, PART pl2 case: nwōdārta)

orrýn [ 'o.rɨn ] - horse (noun, PART sg case orrýna)
orrun [ 'o.run ] - equine (adjective)
Root: w3rr-j3-m

ngūs [ 'ŋu:s ] - cow (noun, PART sg case: ngūda, plural: nyūdā)
nwōdun [ 'ŋwo:.dun ] - bovine (adjective)
Root: ngw2ó-d

udhal [ 'u.ðäl ] - sheep (noun, PART sg case: udhala)
udhalun [ u.'ða.lun ] - ovine (adjective)
Root: h3dál

#conlang #conlangs #language #languages #linguistics @conlang

I guess it is time to update the #introduction.

Hi, I am Imdat Celeste (they/them; de: dey/dem).

You may call me "Imdat", "Celeste", "Imdat Celeste", "iso" (for historic reasons) or "Hi-ya".

If we know each other better, you can also call me "Yo lovely!", "Hiya beauty", "Hi cutie" and "Hello sexy" (or similar - you know what I mean). And if we know each other *really* well, you will know my secret name and what to use it for 😈.

Nice to meet you.

First and foremost I am a human being who loves every living being on this beautiful planet and is honored to spend time with some of them.

Professionally, I am a veteran software engineer who loves modernizing ancient software by carefully, slowly rewriting while it is still operating - without disruptions.

I am married to a wonderful person who is so full of love that she sometimes struggles with the universe (or with humanity). And I am a proud father (yes, "father"*) of a woman with a brilliant & beautiful mind and a heart as big as the universe (who also happens to have Mastery of Words™️).

I love learning new things from complete strangers. The stranger the new knowledge the more fascinating it is for me.

I have a #FragMyBrain (autistic, OCD, ND) so be ready for detailed explanations, where each word is carefully chosen & positioned in the sentence, but still some will be missing.

I quickly fall in love with brilliant people with Mastery of Words™️ (language mastery skills) [I just learned today that this is called "sapiosexual" 🤷].

You can always shitpost with me & talk garbage - as long as it is done intelligently, with wit & humor, and respect.

The fastest way to land on my block list is not to make a mistake, but to repeatedly make the same stupid mistake again and again and insist on it being right, or being racists, queer-/transphobic, ableist, disrespectful, white supremecist, etc., etc. - you know what I mean. There is always enough space in the "Dungeon of Blocked Accounts".

I will post about anything that my #ActuallyAutistic brain will come up with: politics (CW'ed), #Trans topics, #Musings, #WorkTopics, #Blahaj, #Blåhaj, #Flutter, #Languages, #GoodMorningAgatha, #Cats, #CatsOfMastodon, #Dogs, #Animals in general, #Beauty, #Love, #TransJoy, #TransPride, #OldFriends, #NewFriends, #EnbyOnTrain, #Trainabout, #Enby, #NonBinary, #EnbyJoy, #NonBinaryJoy, #GoodNightFediverse, sometimes even #Religion, #Nature, ... you see: there is no limit!

I will add CW and mark as sensitive whenever I think so. If I forget once, please inform me and I'll correct it as fast as I can. I don't discuss with you whether something "really needs" CW/sensitive marker or not, I just accept it if you feel my post needs one.

I wear my feelings on my skin, i.e. what you read and see is who I really am, there is no IRL Imdat Celeste and a different, Fediverse Imdat Celeste: you will see a lot of 🫂,💜,😍,🥰,🥹,😳... and more. If you feel it is intruding, please let me know.

I come over differently, but I am also very insecure: so, I will add a lot of emojis - just to be sure.

Also, please don't expect a "normal person" here: I am completely, utterly, hopelessly an un-normal person.

Lastly, my posts may start with one specific topic but during the text itself it may just become something completely different - "Train of Thought".

Again, nice to meet you - I am always looking for more new friends...
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*: I am a trans femme non-binary person. When I came out to her, my daughter asked me how she should call me from then on and since it is an honor to be her father, that, yeah, I am and will always be that.