yelling jackal

@len@nyan.network
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shy agender programmer/artist
still figuring the whole social thing out
follow me for semi-regular cat pics
the long-haired one is Spook, and the short-haired one is Trick
I have ADHD and cPTSD
some stuff will be heavy, but it'll always be under content warnings
there may be random gushing about webcomics/webnovels
I have a little website!
https://lenlenlen.neocities.org/
     
my partner in life is @CheetahFluff
pronounsEN: they/them, NL: die/diens, hen/hun, AF: die/sy, hulle/hulle
languagesAfrikaans, Dutch, English
profile pic alt texta pencilled black-backed jackal floating in the air, with a very large stylised tail. a festive paper hat is on its head, and there are hearts and confetti floating in the background.
banner alt texta photo of two kittens (Spook and Trick) watching a video of birds on a computer screen
@SeaFury so many good food things today, you are inspiring me to make something delicious and good while the heat is still bearable over here! 
@jasmine this photo, whether it's your camera or the lighting or my phone screen or some combination, makes your hoodie and your eyes look like the same shade of green, and it looks really pretty and compliments your makeup and hair 
@mametsuko oh and also something I've developed due to those languages being so similar - really emphasising the accent differences in each. I completely change how I speak in each one, they all have different melodies (thankfully that's something they do have major differences in, Afrikaans is very lyrical and goes to all registers, Dutch is boring and is kinda one tone but has fun ways of pronouncing things, English is somewhere in the middle).

It helps with keeping the boxes somewhat separate, but it does require being very deliberate and working on your accent in each.
@mametsuko try and link them with specific songs or actors or characters or something! Or make up a very vivid different scenario for each. That helps me differentiate.

I still make mistakes because oooooh boy all three of my main languages have many false friends and many of them subtle, but it helps a lot more than not.
@GrahamDowns ah, I do that, too! The further away from the equator you get, the worse the winter darkness is, and the more I value sunlight over temperature.
@GrahamDowns wouldn't be surprised if all the flooding over there had something to do with it! (And yes, is another climate change symptom  )
@hennige they look like old companions, haha! The photo captures a lot of personality 
@SeaFury that looks /amazing/, mmmm, my mouth is watering just looking!