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Unsere ehem. Vorständin #Katja Diehl hat Twitter verlassen, weil sie Morddrohungen erhält. Warum? Weil sie sich für eine #Verkehrswende einsetzt, in der das Auto nicht mehr alternativlos ist. Das scheint manche schon in Panik zu versetzen. Katja, Du hast unsere volle Solidarität!

#Katja #VerkehrsWende

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Katja · @Katja

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@akleewrites
Ta wanted to dance, once upon a time. But they said ta was too short, tade legs too hairy, tade pretty not the pretty preferred…on and on until ta set aside tade silk and chiffon. But now in the mists of time, ta lamented the pristine perfection of her dancing shoes.

#microfiction #katja

#microfiction #Katja

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Katja · @Katja

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@CodenameMinaLi

One single day stood out in ta's memory, one gloriously perfect day.
Cerulean blue sky, a whisper of wind, and tender sunshine. The scent of freshly baked bread wafted in through tade open window.
But ta stayed in that day. To work. Because there would be other days.
But there were no more like that.

#Microfiction #katja

#microfiction #Katja

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Katja · @Katja

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Been informed by a friend that pinyin rendered by a screenreader is rubbish, so I'm going to put all the pinyin at the end of threads like this and hashtag with "tones" so screenreaders can mute.

一九二九不出手
Yī jiǔ èr jiǔ bù chū shǒu

三九四九河上走
Sān jiǔ sì jiǔ hé shàng zǒu

五九六九沿河看柳
Wǔ jiǔ liù jiǔ yán hé kàn liǔ.

七九河開八九雁來
Qī jiǔ hé kāi bā jiǔ yàn laí.

九九加一九，耕牛遍地走.
Jiǔ jiǔ jiā yì jiǔ , gēng niú biàn dì zǒu.

#ChineseFolklore #Katja #Tones

#chinesefolklore #Katja #tones

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Katja · @Katja

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九九加一九，耕牛遍地走.
Jiǔ jiǔ jiā yì jiǔ , gēng niú biàn dì zǒu.
Nine nine plus one nine, the oxen (for plowing) walk all over the land.
About 90 days after winter solstice, it's time for spring planting.

The best part about the nine-nines rhyme is that different areas have different versions, based on their cultural/temperature differences.
Because Chinese culture is not a monolith. 💗

There is one verse somewhere about fleas... and if the homeless will survive.

#ChineseFolklore #Katja #Tones

#chinesefolklore #Katja #tones

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Katja · @Katja

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五九六九沿河看柳
Wǔ jiǔ liù jiǔ yán hé kàn liǔ.
Five nine six nine see the willows along the river

This is when it gets warmer and you can see the budding willows.

七九河開八九雁來
Qī jiǔ hé kāi bā jiǔ yàn laí.
Seven nine river opens eight nine geese come
About 50 or so days after the solstice, the river ice melts and around 70 the geese return.

#ChineseFolklore #Katja #Tones

#chinesefolklore #Katja #tones

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Katja · @Katja

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Nine nines and then spring is officially here. The third and fourth Nine have the chilliest days.

There's even a rhyme! Although. No one who knows the Chinese should be surprised. We love our rhymes.
Translation to follow, but the English won't rhyme, sorry.

一九二九不出手
yī jiǔ èr jiǔ bù chū shǒu
First nine second nine hide your hands
(so cold you should wear gloves/mittens or the like)

三九四九河上走
sān jiǔ sì jiǔ hé shàng zǒu
Third nine fourth nine walk on the river

#ChineseFolklore #Katja #Tones

#chinesefolklore #Katja #tones

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Katja · @Katja

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Saw @dynamicsymmetry say "Yes, the days are no longer getting shorter - so cling to that, because the cold is STILL COMING FOR YOU and at some point the light will be all you have"
and
according to Chinese folk-knowledge, it is known that after winter solstice we move into "the nines", aka the coldest period of the year.

#ChineseFolklore #Katja #Solstice

#chinesefolklore #Katja #solstice

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