@jalcine is what? #LanguageBarrier

@natriumchloride @Chloeg

Typical conversation of the portuguese builders (which know very little english - check below) with the english road engineer (which doesn't understand a word of portuguese):

the builder (in portuguese) : how should this road be built?

the engineer : YeSS.

the builder (in portuguese) : So you want it as an "S"?

the engineer : YeSS.

the builder : ok

Check "English as She Is Spoke" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/English_as_She_Is_Spoke

#LanguageBarrier #CultureClash #CivilEngineering

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#EducationTalkStuff #LanguageBarrier #OvercomeTheLanguageBarrier #StudentGoingAbroadForTheFirstTime

We are thrilled to be back at #CDCUCon2023 in #MemphisTN to #servelanguagejustice. Thanks to Inclusiv for flying us from #PuertoRico to provide #simultaneousinterpretation services from #English to #Spanish and to ContextGlobal Inc. for supporting us with audiovisual services. We look forward to breaking the #languagebarrier and promoting #financialequity and #inclusion again this year.

#AntiHarassment

Has anybody here on #NeurodifferentMe felt you were being #harassed by people from another instance?

Somebody once told me something along the lines of "you are talking in a very weird/strange way and that makes me to not want to talk to you", I felt insulted by that even though it is possible that could be an autistic person being #SuperHonest with me and not being able to lie so they expressed their fear of me very honestly.

Also might have been the #LanguageBarrier.

Anybody else experienced anything?

I actually speak (more or less ) four languages. I can read Cyrillic script and greece letters.
I recognized some when, that a lot of languages use many words that are similar. Without knowing anything about Ukrainian #language, I understand a lot by reading. I was totally surprised actually. Learning the letters is not too difficult, but depending on the language you know not intuitive. (For example H = N, ת (Hebrew T) = L. ) But also a=a.
Greek was quite easy for me as I in physics/maths its normal to calculate with them.( ρ= rho, Δ= delta)
By only learning the letters I it really enlarged my possibility of understanding peoples posts. I sometimes also can read Arabic. (But its complicated. Just a bit more easy by knowing Hebrew)
I just thought its nice to share this. Maybe it inspires you. Maybe it motivates you when you know learning a language is not a heavy deal of letters, thousands of words and grammar.

(You are invited of sharing this in other languages, for the moment I don't have enough spoons for it)

#communication #antiborders #languagelearning #languagebarrier
#inspiration