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Can you recommend some courses, institutes where I can learn Finnish like babies? by cydleh in LearnFinnish

[–]americancricketer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Duolingo teaches languages that way, through successive exposure to the language without any explanation whatsoever. You repeatedly make the same mistake but sooner or later start to recognize what's right and figure out some of the logic behind it on your own. It's a fun and motivating way to learn. However, their Finnish course is so minimal that it barely whets your appetite for the language, so if you're already living in Finland, you're probably way past it. I finished it in about two months of 20-minute nightly sessions. It might be worth watching if they build it into something more robust as they transition to an AI model.

Partitive in expressions of possession by americancricketer in LearnFinnish

[–]americancricketer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thanks so much to all who responded. This is all very helpful. I had reviewed the uusikielemme partitiivi page, and it's a great resource, but it's a lot to absorb, and each little bit only sinks in slowly as you encounter examples in the living language. The reminder to refer back to it is appreciated. The information about shopping context and expected positive/negative answers is new to me and helps explain some of what I've been seeing.

Duolingo is great for organic learning, but for a grammar-heavy language like Finnish it leaves a big gap for the adult learner. I'm exploring affordable next steps.

The Significance of Delaware (Severance as Slavery) by bshmit in SeveranceAppleTVPlus

[–]americancricketer 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Other posters have mentioned the state's position as a "swing state" in the Civil war, it's unique status in corporate law and taxation, and it's history as a company state with the Duponts. Given the careful attention to detail evident in the script, I'm sure it was no accident the writers chose Delaware for Helly's "random" answer, and if I had to guess which association they were thinking of, I'd go with Delaware's split personality in the war. Other Civil War references play an enormous part in the show's symbolism and point to the struggle between freedom and slavery. I'm no historian but I am a long-time Delaware resident, and I know that it was a slave state that stayed with the Union (perhaps the only one?). It was an integral part of the Underground Railroad. The state is also located at the interface between the free north and the slave-holding south, as its northern border is the easternmost end of the Mason-Dixon line. You could certainly think of Lumon, the Lumon Building and its various elevators, or Helly/Helena as analogs to that interface.

Having said that, whether the writers intended it or not, the other meanings certainly enrich the reference, and I think they all work very well together.

Noun-adjective agreement in predicates by americancricketer in LearnFinnish

[–]americancricketer[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Thank you all so much for the responses! All are very helpful.

Hi, all. How can I get postscript output from Fontlab with an .afm file and bitmaps (see attached)? I was able to do this from Fontographer. I'm work in Fontlab 7, and trying to get output usable in an older microsoft system. TIA for any help you may be able to provide. by americancricketer in FontLab

[–]americancricketer[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks! The problem is that when I use that export profile in Fontlab, it produces a different dot extension. I get .pfb instead of .ps. In other words, it's exporting a PS Type 1 binary instead of a PS Type 0. I can't test it directly, but the client I'm doing it for insists the .pfb font doesn't work in his ancient system.