Linguist Gone Foreign 🌏

@linguistgoneforeign
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PhD linguist, serial migrant and curious mind ✨ Currently docked in Bärlin 🐻

I doodle big-headed cartoons in my spare time and toot mostly in EN, ES and DE about languages, cross-cultural mishaps, life abroad and whatever keeps me awake at night. 💭

This is an inclusive space.
Make yourself at home! ☕️

Profile pic: Dark-haired, wide-eyed cartoon character holds a magnifying glass.

Header: Linguist Gone Foreign runs across a whimsical landscape with famous landmarks.

Website 🚀www.linguistgoneforeign.wordpress.com
Linguist Gone Foreign 🌏4h ago
Targeted recruitment on LinkedIn is as off as my Pinterest ads for baby diapers.
Linguist Gone Foreign 🌏1d ago

I’m done browsing Pinterest for sewing ideas only to fall in love with AI-generated clothes that cannot exist in the real world. There's nothing like getting emotionally attached to a dress that the physics of fabrics refuse to support.

#AI

Linguist Gone Foreign 🌏4d ago

I went to a concert and spent too much time and effort trying not to be photographed or recorded by the audience. It's getting harder and harder to be places and just BE, take the music in, enjoy the moment.

#WorldObservations

Linguist Gone Foreign 🌏6d ago
Everything is fun and games about international relationships until you realize that at least one of you is always going to be the foreigner, just in different places.
Linguist Gone Foreign 🌏6d ago

I do my best to stay positive and see the good here, but all it takes is one fearmongering, anti-migrant propaganda sticker on a street pole to ruin my mood.

Do better, Germany.

Linguist Gone Foreign 🌏Mar 11
After all these years, I’ve found the key to true happiness: a good firm mattress. 🥲
Linguist Gone Foreign 🌏Mar 4
I know I'm getting old and tired because I just saw a toot I completely disagreed with and immediately unfollowed the person and kept scrolling instead of getting into an argument.
Linguist Gone Foreign 🌏Feb 24

I miss the ocean and the lulling sound of its waves. I guess the humming of the dishwasher in the backround will have to do it.

#Ocean
#Homesick

Linguist Gone Foreign 🌏Feb 22

USians think of Europe as this shiny paradise with free healthcare, education, public services and rainbows, yet are confused and appalled when they learn half your salary here goes to taxes.

Bitch, where do you think all the shiny shit comes from?

Linguist Gone Foreign 🌏Feb 20

Recordatorio etimológico: la palabra "pasillo" viene del latín passus y significa pasar, avanzar, circular.

Alma de cántaro, si te paras en el pasillo del avión a recolocarte el jersey, sacar la comida y contar los lunares de tu bolso mientras 50 personas esperan con la mochila clavada en las costillas preguntándose si llegarán a tiempo a su siguiente vuelo, el latín passus llora en silencio y la fila te juzga.

Muévete y luego ya filosofamos.