If you happen to be learning 3 #languages at once, use the 60 30 10 rule to allocate your time and prioritize effectively Full story: medium.com/language-lab... 🧠💬 #writingcommunity #writer #linguistics #illustration #dataviz #Langsky #languagelearning #writing #Medium #Writesky

Redpill bro Andrew Wilson gets 'checked' for marrying a 3-baby-daddy wife and immediately loses it. Haha! This is what happens when a hypocrite gets exposed. This Charlie young lady deserves a medal. #redpill #whateverpodcast #debate #manosphere #podcastclip

When learning 2 #languages at the same time, make sure to prioritize. Use the 80/20 rule to allocate time to each language effectively. Full story: medium.com/language-lab... 🧠💬 #writingcommunity #writer #linguistics #illustration #dataviz #Langsky #languagelearning #writing #Medium #Writesky

When learning 2 #languages at once, try picking from different #language families to avoid confusion. Full story: medium.com/language-lab... 🧠💬 #writingcommunity #writer #linguistics #illustration #dataviz #Langsky #languagelearning #writing #Medium #Writesky

If you're learning 2 #languages of the same family, you might recognize the cognates (Words from same root). But beware of False Friends Full story: medium.com/language-lab... 🧠💬 #writingcommunity #writer #linguistics #illustration #dataviz #Langsky #languagelearning #writing #Medium #Writesky

When learning 2 #languages, use the laddering technique, starting the second #language only after reaching the intermediate level in your first target language. Full story: medium.com/language-lab... 🧠💬 #writingcommunity #writer #linguistics #illustration #dataviz #Langsky #languagelearning

Today's visuals are about how to learn multiple languages at once. Plenty of tips and cool visualizations ahead. Meanwile, enjoy the story for free: 🧠💬 #writingcommunity #language #writer #linguistics #illustration #dataviz #languages #Langsky #Writesky #languagelearning medium.com/language-lab...

This Cloudfare outage is just killing me. I've got so much to do on the internet. lol!

The power of the 6-7 meme is rooted in pragmatics. Semantics isn't important here. It achieves the social goal of in-group solidarity or shibboleth (shared identity). More on this here: medium.com/never-stop-w... 🧠💬 #linguistics #langsky #writesky #language #languagelearning #sixseven #meme

The 6-7 meme has a pretty dark origin. Yet, its use is innocuous. This process is called semantic bleaching, where words or phrases completely lose their original meaning. More on this here: medium.com/never-stop-w... 🐦🐦 #linguistics #langsky #writsky #language #languagelearning #sixseven #meme

The 6-7 meme is the most popular meme of 2025. So much so, that Dictionary.com has accepted it as a new word. Read about the dark origin and spread of the slang here: medium.com/never-stop-w... #linguistics #langsky #writsky #language #languagelearning #sixseven #meme

All the kids are saying 'Six Seven' these days. But why? This is the story and linguistic analysis of the most popular brain-rot meme of the year. medium.com/never-stop-w... #linguistics #meme #language #Langsky #Writesky #Writing #Writincommunity #languages

The number 'zero' is expressed differently across languages and domains. It may be expressed through words like 'nil', 'null', and even 'love'. Full story: medium.com/language-lab... #writing 🐦🐦 #linguistics #writingcommunity #language #langsky #writesky #Dataviz #languagelearning #Datavis

Some #languages, like French, use the vigesimal (base 20) system in addition to, or instead of, the decimal (base 10) system to count. For instance, 80 in French is 'Quatre-vingts', literally 4 x 20. Full story: medium.com/language-lab... 🐦🐦 #linguistics #language #langsky #writesky #Dataviz

Different languages measure things differently. Some languages will use body parts, while others will have completely different metric systems. Dive in here: medium.com/language-lab... #linguistics 🐦🐦 #language #languagelearning #langsky #writesky #writing #writingcommunity #languages #Dataviz

How are numbers viewed and expressed in different #languages. Discover how the language you speak affects how you count things. Full story here: medium.com/language-lab... #linguistics 🐦🐦 #language #languagelearning #langsky #writesky

In English, the tens are said before the units. For instance, the number ‘35: thirty-five’ can be broken down as ‘3 x 10 (tens) + 5 x 1 (units)’. This is different for a language like German. Full story here: medium.com/language-lab... #linguistics 🐦🐦 #language #languagelearning #langsky #writesky

You'd think numbers would be universal across cultures. But different #languages use different numeral systems, have different number bases, and different grammatical for numbers. Full story here: medium.com/language-lab... #linguistics 🐦🐦 #language #languagelearning #langsky #writesky #writing

So, is Bill Clinton Bubba? Is that settled?

Spanish is quite similar to Portuguese. But it's usually harder for Spanish speakers to learn Portuguese than the other way around, because of the extra sounds in the Portuguese language. Full story: medium.com/language-lab... #language #languagelearning #dataviz #writing #writesky #linguistics

English is a Germanic language, but still there quite a few sounds that only exist in #English- and others only in #German. Full story here: medium.com/language-lab... #language #linguistics #Languages #writesky #langsky #writingcommunity #writing

Visualization of the sounds of the French #language vs Italian. As you can see, #French has more sounds than #Italian. Story here: medium.com/language-lab... #language #Romancelanguages #linguistics #WriteSky #Writing #Langsky #Writingcommunity

Voronoi visualization of the estimated number of Romance #Language speakers. Spanish is the most popular Romance language in the world, with 475+ million speakers. Full story: medium.com/language-lab... #languages #Romancelanguages #writing #DataViz #Writingcommunity #LangSky #WriteSky

A phonetic comparison between English and Spanish. The English #language has 20+ sounds that don't exist in Spanish. That's why it's generally harder for a Spanish speaker to learn English than for an English speaker to learn Spanish Read the full story here: medium.com/language-lab... #languages

There is so much fun & interesting language-related research coming out recently. A fascinating new study from the University of Exeter shows that herring gulls don’t just react to what we say — they react to how we say it. 🔗 tinyurl.com/mta7ba9f 🧵👇 #langsky #linguistics #language

Language learning tool of the day: FSI (Foreign Service Institute) courses. FSI is the training bureau of the US State department. In the past, they provided #language courses for diplomats. The #language training was mostly based on drills/repetitions. Check it out: www.livelingua.com/fsi/

I'm a writer on Medium. I write about languages, language learning, and linguistics. Find my work below: medium.com/language-lab... #Writing #writer #Writingcommunity #language #linguistics #languagelearning

Here's what I know about you! You use snowclones every day. You just don't know it! Discover the ones that you use in this story: medium.com/language-lab... #snowclones #language #languagelearning #linguistics #Writier #Writingcommunity

The phrase, 'To be or not to be,' is a snowclone. Same for 'I think, therefore I am'. Learn how to spot snowclones in literature and philosophy in this story: medium.com/language-lab... #language #LangSky #WriteSky #linguistics #Languages #Writing #DataViz

One of the best places to find snowclones is in pop culture. So you'll spot them in songs, movies, and TV shows. Think of 'Orange is the New Black' or 'The Mother of all Lies'. Full story here: medium.com/language-lab... #language #LangSky #WriteSky #linguistics #Languages #Writing

Phrases like: 'Orange is the new black', 'MAGA', or 'In hell, no one can hear you' are all snowclones. Learn how to spot them in this story: medium.com/language-lab... #Language #Linguistics #WriteSky #LangSky #DataViz #Languagelearning

3 Best Free language learning tools to learn any language in 2026 - A thread: 1) Lingq - for learning any language with audible stories. Each story comes with a transcript. www.lingq.com/en/ #language #languagelearning #Langsky #Writsky #writing #writingcommunity

Color is the way that our brain interprets light. In this sense, we could say that color is not an objective thing, but rather a subjective visual experience. Read the full story here: medium.com/never-stop-w... #LanguageLearning #language #linguistics #Dataviz #Writing

Romance languages are beautiful. They have a syllable-timed rhythm, which makes them sound tidy and predictable. Learn about the sounds of the Romance languages in this story: medium.com/language-lab... #language #Romancelanguages #language #langsky #writesky #Writing #Writingcommunity

If you’re going to tell someone to 'speak English', you need to finish the sentence. Do say, 'Speak English because I'm too lazy and too ethnocentric to ever be interested in learning a foreign language'. Also, 'I'm a jackass!'

I'm so fed up with this. Languages are central to all of higher education. Everyone should be learning languages, precisely because it is hard. Not everything can be transacted in English. A monoglot English language University can only be poorer for the loss of languages. c.org/7nQdjc7cHJ

I speak 4 languages: Creole, French, English and Spanish. Now I'm trying to decide whether to pick up Greek or German. The choice is harder than one might think!

Colors in politics: Funny enough, internationally, the color 'Red' is often used by left-leaning parties, and 'blue' by right-leaning groups. So, the political color reality in the US is just another case of US exceptionalism. Full story: medium.com/never-stop-w... #language #languagelearning

I wrote this story after my first article on colors in different cultures. This story is about color as a language: medium.com/never-stop-w... #language #languagelearning #langsky #writesky #colortheory #linguistics #writing #writingcommunity #languages

In design, and commerce - colors constitute a powerful non-verbal form of communication. I talk about the language of color here in this article: medium.com/never-stop-w... #colortheory #language #languagelearning #Langsky #writesky #writer #writingcommunity #writing #linguistics

Only 1-4% of adult Americans dedicate their morning to education. So, the time for #languagelearning shrinks even more. In this story, I highlight all the reasons why to start learning a new language as soon as possible: medium.com/language-lab... #Writing #Dataviz #LangSky #languages #Writer

A simulation of the American lifestyle from 7-10 PM. Only 1% of Americans dedicate their time to #languagelearning or education in general. Get motivated with this story: medium.com/language-lab... #language #languages #linguistics #langsky #WriteSky #writingcommunity #dataviz #datavis #writing

Language abilities decrease as we get older. Our language processing speed peaks around our teenage years. So start learning your target language now! Full story here: medium.com/language-lab... #language #languagelearning #DavaViz #DataVis #LangSky #WriteSky #Writing #WritingCommunity #Writer

Learning a new language is a must. Don't put it off! In this story, I lay out the reasons why you should learn a new language as soon as possible: medium.com/language-lab... #language #languagelearning #languages #writing #writingcommunity #WriteSky #Langsky

The time to learn a new #language is now. Why not take advantage of this #VeteransDay to start your #languagelearning journey? This is your life in weeks! Perhaps visualizing it will give you a new perspective. Full story here: medium.com/language-lab... #dataviz #language #languagelearning

The likes of Chuck Schumer shouldn't still be in power in a sane world. It's giving control opposition.

I walked past the public park last night - and this was the first time I ever laid eyes on a Cybertruck in real life. And OMG! This is gotta be the most aesthetically APPALLING thing I've ever had the misfortune to lay my eyes on - and I've seen my pee-pee.

I'll never forgive the US for making someone like Rudy Giuliani relevant in 2025.

One of the most fascinating topics I've ever written about - How different languages and different cultures view time: medium.com/language-lab... #language #languages #linguistics #writing #langsky #writingcommunity

Different #languages view time differently - a thread: Read the full story here for free: medium.com/language-lab... #language #languages #linguistics