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No collage this week
Jan. 5th, 2024 07:10 pmIt's most convenient for me to do these collages on Fridays. Last year, I really should have done them on Saturdays because January 1 fell on a Sunday. But I figured, eh, so the first week would be six days instead of seven, but that's close enough.
This year, January 1 fell on a Monday. If I did my collage on the first Friday, I would have had only five days in the first week.
Instead, I will do the collage next Friday, several days after the week in question. So there will be a bit of a lag, but that will slowly close with each successive year.
In other news, I have started studying Scottish Gaelic on Duolingo.
Wow. I am absolutely lost. When I hear a sentence I have no idea how it is spelled, and when I see a sentence, I have no idea how to pronounce it. Even when I try to repeat a sentence, I am confounded about how to make those sounds with my mouth.
Take the word TÃ irneanach, for example, which means 'thunder.' I listened to that word about 50 times, trying to figure out how to replicate the vowel sounds.
Take a look at this pronunciation guide. Boy howdy. 'mh' sounds like 'v.' Slender vowels and broad vowels. Who knew? It's kind of fun when half the time I see a sentence and bust out laughing.
This year, January 1 fell on a Monday. If I did my collage on the first Friday, I would have had only five days in the first week.
Instead, I will do the collage next Friday, several days after the week in question. So there will be a bit of a lag, but that will slowly close with each successive year.
In other news, I have started studying Scottish Gaelic on Duolingo.
Wow. I am absolutely lost. When I hear a sentence I have no idea how it is spelled, and when I see a sentence, I have no idea how to pronounce it. Even when I try to repeat a sentence, I am confounded about how to make those sounds with my mouth.
Take the word TÃ irneanach, for example, which means 'thunder.' I listened to that word about 50 times, trying to figure out how to replicate the vowel sounds.
Take a look at this pronunciation guide. Boy howdy. 'mh' sounds like 'v.' Slender vowels and broad vowels. Who knew? It's kind of fun when half the time I see a sentence and bust out laughing.
