Language musings 0 ▲ Hoagie's corner of the internet 53 days ago · Writing · hide · Fediverse post tag(s): #random-thoughts #useless-facts #español A while ago I read this post by Kev Quirk about how his blog (as is the one he quotes/links to) is written in en-GB. No need to pander to a """global audience""", instead he makes a conscious choice to keep his native voice. Because those mannerism are more than a different turn on a sentence, or a spelling oddity. They are an important part of their culture. The post make me nod initially, and later wonder... The nod part is about Spanish. When I write a post in my native language, I certainly write in Argentinian Spanish. Heck, I write in a very marked rioplatense Spanish voice (wiki) because that's what naturally comes to me. But most of my posts are in English, which is not my native language. A lot of times I feel it is because I "think" about the topic at hand in English. And I don't have a hard rule for what is written in which language - a few times I felt something had to be in Spanish, and so it was published. But numbers… Commenting on Bubbles has been removed. Why? If you want to talk about this post, write to the author, use the comments on their blog if it has them, or reply with a "RE:" post on your own blog. Suggestions? feedback@bubbles.town
