Dionne De Villiers Smith

Technical writer, world citizen, trivia nerd and #Resister. Drummer (and currently sole member) of rock band the Vapid Whores.

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@latinedisce Post hoc ergo propter hoc

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Well, I love this.

[Iain Cameron @theiaincameron]

Curaçao v Côte d’Ivoire is the World Cup’s only group-stage match where both team-listings need either a cedilla or a circumflex.

Curaçao brings the ç. Côte d’Ivoire brings the ô.

Stay tuned for more cutting-edge, diacritically-based World Cup analysis.

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@SPQRSA Onthou vir Edwil van Aarde - “hy staan by Punt effe tru (backward point!).

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@SPQRSA Even me!

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@snaillester My favourite thing about learning German is that it tells you
“Here are the rules. Learn them. Do not whine about verb conjugation. Do not complain about having 4 cases because Latin has more. Learn the genders of objects. You now speak German”.

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@poobie_pillay A very happy birthday to you! May there be many more! 🌻

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@SteveIsBack2112 @Suzierizzo1 That carefully curated forehead curl is sending me! The rizz is real, as the kids say.

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@whedonesque You would be correct.

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@BradfemlyWalsh @EveExamines My grandfather was Dutch, so I learnt how to pronounce stroopwafels as a kid. He called Hagelslag “Muisjes” because they looked like mouse droppings 🤪I am also very fond of spekulaas. Mmmm.

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@BradfemlyWalsh My favourite word to pronounce correctly is Łódž, a city in Poland.

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@Tina_Hokwana Make sure you have an Ante-Nuptual Contract in place before you marry. No-one likes to think of divorce before they get married, but it is essential, and protects you both in the case of a bankruptcy or sequestration as well.

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@Demeter_Erinia Music I listen to that I can understand:
English
Afrikaans
German
French
Flemmish

Music I listen to that I can’t understand:
Italian (Opera)
IsiZulu, SeSotho
Russian

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@PrettyLiesAlibi Guuuuurl!

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@cpt_depression_ For us GenXers, that’s just Tuesday!

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@80_incognito

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@Discworld_com GNU and Happy Birthday Sir Terry

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@RobertMPayne1 @For_Film_Fans Yeah, I realised about - 10 seconds after posting that in Tootsie he is quite clearly a man in drag. Also didn’t win the Oscar. Can’t delete. Linda Hunt was amazing in the year of living dangerously, I love that film so much.

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@RobertMPayne1 @For_Film_Fans Dustin Hoffman; Tootsie.

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@ScrrreamingPink Was in Japan in 2008, and we were obsessed with all the different flavours of KitKat - my favourite was green- tea flavoured! Also loved Pocky - pretzel sticks dipped in chocolate. Amazing.

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@medieval_rat Tata Madiba has questions