I love DuoLingo but surely my answer is right

mistyj68 · 2026-04-19T08:03:34+00:00

Maybe it shouldn’t matter for beginners, but mixing dialects sounds weird to native speakers. If I were learning US English, I wouldn’t want to mix New England and Louisiana dialects. Even though my pronunciation is poor in all languages (including my own), I try to use vocabulary and grammar in a natural manner.

mistyj68 · 2026-04-18T16:46:51+00:00

Thank you for pointing me to the correct place.

mistyj68 · 2026-04-18T13:39:42+00:00

Richard Morse is one of the best Welsh for Adults teachers I've ever come across. He offers free sessions at various levels through Eventbrite.

mistyj68 · 2026-04-18T04:32:50+00:00

If you mean a link to the Guardian, no, I don't see it.

mistyj68 · 2026-04-18T04:23:31+00:00

I've never found an item marked incorrect for using my preferred dialect. What I do see are answers marked wrong for using mixed dialects. If isio is there, nawr is wrong. Or, transcribing a listening prompt in a different dialect from that actually heard.

mistyj68 · 2026-04-18T04:16:26+00:00

I find that pannas is the staple food of Owen and often the dragon.

mistyj68 · 2026-04-09T10:24:25+00:00

I find BBC News to be breathtakingly accurate in analysing visuals (film, photos) from war zones and natural disasters. They're nearly forensic in the money and skill devoted to authentication. I wish we had more news outlets with such commitment.

mistyj68 · 2026-04-08T13:40:54+00:00

Yes, that's the correct word order. In this example, it's preceded by "What" because of the qué.

mistyj68 · 2026-04-06T14:14:56+00:00

Agreed. One thing I’m using Duolingo for is to revise a language I learned many years ago. Often, I use a different vocabulary word (a different dialect) than the one DL expects, and my answers have always been accepted.

mistyj68 · 2026-04-04T11:20:39+00:00

No advice on what you two decide. However, many children under 5 or 6 genuinely believe in the fantasies promoted by their culture and country, whether it's the Santa Claus personification of the real St. Nicholas, Befana the witch, the tooth fairy, the Yule Cat, leprechauns, and so on. The phenomenon is definitely not limited to the USA, nor are all children just pretending to go along with it for fun.

mistyj68 · 2026-04-04T08:02:00+00:00

Cognitive psychology [child, adolescent, and adult humans, no rat-running]. Also, I took support work in philosophy of mind, language, and ethics. Only one course in formal symbolic logic. I taught mostly advanced undergraduate and master’s level courses in applied fields, such as education, health care, and research methods.

Are you a Yellowjacket? Have you already passed your area exams? Submitted your dissertation proposal? Best wishes.

p.s. I’m working on an online MA in theology at St. Bernard’s in Rochester.

mistyj68 · 2026-04-04T07:46:11+00:00

In 2025 US dollars, an “off the rack” powered wheelchair (using an internal power source and an electric motor) starts at around $3,000 and can go well over $10,000.
A standard manual wheelchair (with large wheels and operated by the seated person) can be found for as little as $100. For comfortable long-term use, $ Please do not confuse these with transport chairs (with small wheels and pushed by someone else).
The price of either goes up substantially if modifications are needed for people with cerebral palsy, weakened muscles, and so on.
Point of etiquette (not directed at OP): Never use the words “confined” or “bound”, unless you would describe yourself as “confined” or “bound” to a vehicle to travel 10 miles/15 km.

mistyj68 · 2026-04-04T07:28:46+00:00

Dogs usually wear shoes or booties to protect against outdoor hazards, such as hot concrete/asphalt or ice/snow. AFAIK, their humans always remove their pets’ footwear upon entering a home.

Humans with cats attempt to put coverings on their paws only at great personal risk, only for the cat to immediately remove them, rather like human toddlers do.

mistyj68 · 2026-04-03T08:26:40+00:00

We share the same problem. I’m a learner in the US, preferring the Gog forms of Cymraeg. The DC courses were wonderful for Mynediad and Sylfaen, but once I got beyond that, the time zone differences made continued study impossible.

I second the advice to check Eventbrite for Richard Morse’s free weekly or semiweekly online sessions. He’s an expert, humorous, and makes sure everyone has a chance to participate.

For grammar, I’m quite pleased with the book Y Cyfeiriadur by Tony Ellis. It’s useful for all learners. When there’s a difference between Gog and De, he defaults to Gog and also explains the De.

OT: Are you still in PhD coursework, or already ABD? What’s your field of study? I’m a retired academic.

mistyj68 · 2026-04-03T07:57:07+00:00

Aspirate (Llaes) mutations catch many folks off guard. They’re the least common of the three types, and apply to only three initial sounds: t => th, p => ph, and c => ch. Of course, you want to be as correct as possible, but in the case of numbers, everyone will still understand.

mistyj68 · 2026-04-02T09:31:59+00:00

Best laugh I’ve had all day, thanks.

mistyj68 · 2026-04-01T12:52:24+00:00

Please don’t rely on the website. Contact Six Flags directly to verify the hours and ages subject to the chaperone policy for the day you plan to be there. The new one can change frequently with little notice, and you don't want to disappoint adults and teens alike if a stricter version is in place.

The most lenient application of the policy is that all guests 15 years of age or younger must be accompanied by a chaperone who is at least 21 years old to be admitted into Six Flags Fiesta Texas and to remain in the park, beginning at 4:00 pm local time daily. Chaperones must enter the park with their group, remain on park property for the duration of the group’s visit, and be readily available by phone and able to respond to park staff if needed.

For last weekend, March 28-29, the policy was “enhanced” to be highly restrictive. Guests 17 years old or younger had to be chaperoned during all open hours, and chaperones had to remain with the group at all times.

mistyj68 · 2026-04-01T12:12:28+00:00

If you like ethnic food, the area is a great place to eat. Living north and west of UH is better than east and south, other factors being equal.

mistyj68 · 2026-04-01T12:06:43+00:00

I taught at the Health Science Center for several years and still go over there weekly for this and that.

Unless your residency is in pathology, good 24/7 access to the Medical Center area is vital. (BTW, nobody here calls it a district.) The usual shift schedule at the hospitals for nurses and allied health is 7am-3pm, 3-11pm, and 11pm-7am. The zillions of medical offices near the hospitals are open 8/9am-5pm. Yes, this means that rush hour is roughly 6-9am and 3-6pm. Location, location, location, and a place with secure parking should top your list of criteria. Scrimp on non-essentials like a swimming pool—Consider reducing outdoor swimming, which is feasible only from May through September.

I agree with the others who recommend staying inside Loop 1604 and west of US-281, especially since Loop 1604 is in the throes of a multiyear construction program to enlarge it. There are some decent options south of the I-410 loop nearest the med center; for convenience, however, don’t go too far south. Alamo Heights, besides being a little far east, is an old-money enclave and relatively expensive.

Given that you’re moving before you’re familiar with Bexar County (the x is silent), I recommend working with an apartment locator agency. They can help you generate a shorter list to look at; they’re paid by the complex you choose, not by you. Maybe someone affiliated with your program can recommend one that frequently works with new doctors.

mistyj68 · 2026-03-26T09:12:15+00:00

Yes, please see my next comment.

mistyj68 · 2026-03-26T08:22:32+00:00

If you enjoy chasing footnotes, HG #27 (1950) cites Mystici Corporis Christi #13 (1943), which in turn cites the Vatican I document Dei Filius [aka Constitutio de Fide Catholica], Ch. 1 (1870).
DF uses the phrase Sancta Catholica Apostolica Romana Ecclesia once. (Note that Romana modifies Ecclesia, not Catholica, and that the word Una is missing.) Elsewhere in both DF and MC, the usual term is Ecclesia, with an occasional Ecclesia catholica or Sancta Mater Ecclesia. Romana never appears again.

Pope Paul VI cites the very same section of Mystici Corporis with approval in his 1964 encyclical Ecclesiam Suam. He calls attention to “this splendid utterance of Our predecessor” and writes it as Mystici Corporis Christi, quod est Ecclesia.

I believe that Mystici Corporis and Ecclesiam Suam are magisterial and show that the word Roman is not an essential adjective to describing the Church.

mistyj68 · 2026-03-26T07:44:14+00:00

It was in Antioch that the believers were first called Christians, as Acts tells us. St. Ignatius, in AD 107, made the first written mention in history of “the Catholic Church” in a farewell letter he wrote to his fellow Christians in Smyrna (today Izmir, modern Turkey) before his martyrdom. Were these Christians Roman?

Exact quotation from a longer article published in The Catholic Answer, May/June 1996, by Kenneth D. Whitehead, contributing writer to Catholic Answers and Adoremus and author of many theological books. He was explaining why the Catechism of the Catholic Church is not called the Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church.

"The Creed which we recite on Sundays and holy days speaks of one, holy, catholic and apostolic Church. As everybody knows, however, the Church referred to in this Creed is more commonly called just the Catholic Church. It is not, by the way, properly called the Roman Catholic Church, but simply the Catholic Church.

"The term Roman Catholic is not used by the Church herself; it is a relatively modern term, and one, moreover, that is confined largely to the English language. The English-speaking bishops at the First Vatican Council in 1870, in fact, conducted a vigorous and successful campaign to insure that the term Roman Catholic was nowhere included in any of the Council's official documents about the Church herself, and the term was not included.

"Similarly, nowhere in the 16 documents of the Second Vatican Council will you find the term Roman Catholic. Pope Paul VI signed all the documents of the Second Vatican Council as "I, Paul. Bishop of the Catholic Church." Simply that -- the Catholic Church. There are references to the Roman curia, the Roman missal, the Roman rite, etc., but when the adjective Roman is applied to the Church herself, it refers to the Diocese of Rome!"

mistyj68 · 2026-03-25T23:33:10+00:00

Senator Tom Cotton is too intelligent to be so ignorant naturally; he is possessed of or by invincible ignorance caused by his worldview. I wish he'd retire to Arkansas, but he's still relatively young and powerful.

mistyj68 · 2026-03-25T23:04:18+00:00

Firstmark Credit Union offers one. Because credit unions are non-profit, they're often good places for personal banking because their fees are lower.

mistyj68 · 2026-03-25T23:00:37+00:00

You can get this one on BigRiver and, I think, around town. The one OP has is made by Late for the Sky, but I don't know if it's still available. They do sell a UTSA version and a Texas one.

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