• @SpaceDogs
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    291 month ago

    Parliament used this meeting to learn how to better not embarrass themselves but failed to realize this just adds to the humiliation. This country is so cooked, I don’t think it’s worth sticking around anymore.

    • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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      181 month ago

      I’m certainly not a fan of where things are heading in Canada. I’ve started learning Mandarin last year and seriously thinking of moving to China at some point.

      • @shroobinator
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        71 month ago

        I’ve been practicing my Russian a lot more lately. Things are not looking good here.

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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          41 month ago

          Never hurts to keep it up, I’m cautiously optimistic with how things are developing in Belarus actually. There’s a lot of cooperation with China nowadays, and it looks like they might move toward having a similar system eventually.

      • @MILFCortana
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        51 month ago

        How far long in Mandarin do you feel you are? And is it your second language?

        • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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          31 month ago

          I can say basic things in it now, but not exactly fluent yet. I tend to study 15-20 min every day with this app. It does a mix of vocabulary building, grammar, and pronunciation exercises. I want to get to the point where I have a bit of a base to start from, and then once I’m using it on day to day basis it should go smoothly from there.

          And it’s my fourth language, I’m fluent in Russian and English, and I used to be fluent in Czech, but haven’t used it in decades so forget most of it now. Mandarin is a very different experience though. In some ways it’s easier because you don’t have to deal with stuff like conjugation, and grammar is pretty straight forward. On the other hand, reading and writing takes a lot more work, and a lot of words sound similar or even the same while having completely different meanings. So, context becomes really important.

          • @deathtoreddit
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            31 month ago

            I used to be fluent in Czech, but haven’t used it in decades so forget most of it now.

            Where’d ye get that skill, from your ancestryhood? How’s Czech compared to Russian?

            • ☆ Yσɠƚԋσʂ ☆OP
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              130 days ago

              Oh I lived in Prague for like 3 years at one point. Czech and Russian are fairly similar, so I could pick it up relatively fast if I started speaking it again. My Russian is still fluent.

    • @deathtoreddit
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      91 month ago

      What can I say? This mess of a country makes us all want to say “Abas Canada, vive le Poutine” lmao…

    • @shroobinator
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      1 month ago

      Books authored/edited/compiled by Luciuk “The Galicia Division: They Fought for Ukraine,” Kingston: The Kashtan Press, 2023

      Just a little blemish

  • @deathtoreddit
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    271 month ago

    From what I hear of Professor Luciuk, his thesis seems to be essentially “Stalin invented the term “Nazi” to stop all political debate”

  • The Free Penguin
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    171 month ago

    Why doesn’t Trudeau just use the healthcare trick he’s been pushing Canada to do?

      • The Free Penguin
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        71 month ago

        I am not legally obligated to disclose this information.

  • @Mzuark
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    101 month ago

    Hunka hunka - Canadian Joker