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What is something about another culture than your own that you like?
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What is something about another culture than your own that you like?
Replying to @ComradePenguin@lemmy.ml
The Spanish got it figured out with their siestas.
Replying to @Hubi@feddit.org
Also starting each question with the upside down question mark so you know how to read it out loud properly.
Replying to @grandel@lemmy.ml
I’m working on a conlang.
Thanks for that tip.
Replying to @grandel@lemmy.ml
Do they do that informally too? In formal English language writing, the majority of interrogative sentences can be correctly interpreted by their starting with “question words” or helping verbs. This breaks down in informal writing e.g. “you up?” vs ”Are you up?" In the little Spanish I know, I’d say “¿Estas despierto?” (I know I’m missing accents but I speak Spanish way more than I can read it.) Would I still text it to someone that way even though extra characters are what is typically taken off in informal writing? In the English example, the helping verb is removed. In the Spanish version, would the upside down question mark be removed?
Replying to @WhiteOakBayou@lemmy.world
Not at all. It’s even weird to see anyone do it
Replying to @Hubi@feddit.org
Came here to say this
Replying to @Hubi@feddit.org
Oh fuck yes!
Replying to @Hubi@feddit.org
Unsure if it’s the reason for it in Spain, but in parts of Argentina (and surely other places in LatAm too) it’s simply too hot to do anything in the afternoon, so life happens earlier in the morning and later at night