Tag archives for languages
SPECIAL: Trust your gut, but revise your subjunctive—and beware of dictionaries!
In my previous post, I ended a sentence like this: “the first documentary I’m going to suggest you watch.” Later, I suddenly asked myself: why did I use this construct?…
Cum „vorbesc” boții prostănaci limba română + English update
Pentru că am postat pe FB un link la o discuție cu Copilot, iar acea discuție începea cu „Mi se pare mie, sau serialul The Knick a fost uitat destul…
namesake vs. homonym vs. eponym vs. Romance languages
This is far from being the first time when I asked a chatbot for clarification regarding one language or another. This time, I selected a triad of related words that…
O ciudățenie a limbilor franceză și spaniolă
De decenii, m-a zgâriat pe creier sloganul „Renault préconise ELF”, care între timp cred că a și dispărut. Cum ar veni, de ce nu „Renault recommande ELF”? Simplu: pentru că…
Limbistul Mircea Badea e un bou
N-am mai scris de mult pe teme gramaticale și lexicale, mai exact de la Gramatica geto-dacă e cea mai superioară, etc. (cu completări). Ei bine, o cucurigeală de-a lui Mircea…
🤖 Gemini CLI is a hit-and-miss
The other day, I stumbled over this news: Google releases Gemini CLI with free Gemini 2.5 Pro. Now, of course, the real information is that I should head to github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli…
I quickly tested Manus AI: I guess it has potential
When I mentioned Manus AI almost four weeks ago (at number 8), I wasn't thrilled by the business model because it lacked a free tier. Now it sort of almost…
Încă un mic eșec al agenților AI
E un test microscopic, nu oricât de relevant, dar care m-a agasat. Cum am mai spus-o în câteva rânduri, una din utilizările pe care le dau acestor chatbots de toată…
Et tu, Claude? Having fun with AI
Notwithstanding all my other previous posts on AI, while playing with my short list of AI chatbots, starting with Claude, I found that sometimes Claude can be completely off-track. I…
Swimming upstream against the AI current—updated!
I had to give the seal of approval precisely to the only one of the 3 AI agents I currently use that cannot search the web! Why? Well, because searching…
Gramatica geto-dacă e cea mai superioară, etc. (cu completări)
Răcit fiind, păduri nu pot cutreiera, și nici concentrațiune prea multă nu am a dezvolta. Dar pentru că ce am de combătut a apărut pe un blog, mi-am zis să…
A small collection of Romanian idioms, explained
A random collection of 80 Romanian idioms, from an Instagram account, downloaded using a Chrome extension. Not the best possible choice, and not always explained the way I’d have done…
Is this neuroscientist stupid? Now with a language connection!
This is to complement an older post of mine, The Blue That Is Green (And More). Here's what I just read in the Guardian: Do you see blue or green?…
Language Learning Apps and YT Channels: Season 3
This comes as a late update to my previous post from 2021, Language Learning Apps, Revisited: 34 Products + Bonus Links, which in turn was an update to a post…
Online learning with Udemy and Domestika, but also on YouTube!
Today another Udemy sale campaign ends, and I didn't purchase anything (strange enough, it featured courses from €11·99 for existing accounts, and from €14·99 for new students); this reminded me…
The viral game that makes you feel smart: Wordle
I wanted to resist this viral crap (because crap it is, alright), but in the end, what the heck, we're all humans. I fail to understand why Wordle is such…
The Miraculous Language Courses of the US Military + BONUS
The DLIFC (Defense Language Institute Foreign Language Center) prepares military linguists for the U.S. Air Force, Army, Coast Guard, Marine Corps, and Navy using incredibly intense programs. Knowing that most…
Language Learning Apps, Revisited: 34 Products + Bonus Links
More than three years ago, I discussed a few apps meant to help you learn a foreign language; while I still believe the best way to learn a language is…
Le Twitter des cons
I've given up Facebook long ago; now I have the proof that Twitter isn't any better anymore. A little social experiment proved to be "the last straw" (so to speak).…
In omaggio a John Peter Sloan (1969-2020)
Sono nato inglese ma morirò italiano, said five years ago the most famous language teacher in Italy. Nobody thought though that this would happen so soon. Here's a text I…