I will usually refer to languages by the race which speaks them, but I figured that a general key would be helpful so new readers aren't horribly confused.
Everyone is speaking English, or Equish, as I shall refer to it. This doesn't apply to The Fall of Nocturnia, in which everyone is speaking Latin.

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Found this article about the English Language. It's kinda surprising.
How Non-English Speakers Are Taught This Crazy English Grammar Rule You Know But Never Heard Of
Is anybody writing a story where the protagonist is being taught English or Ponish?

Hey everybody, I survived the Wasteland.

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Hey, I need help! If any of y'all know Japanese with any sort of fluency. would appreciate some help. Especially if you are familiar with Japanese oikonyms

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RARITY IS NOT A SEAMSTRESS.

I'm serious, folks, she's not. A seamstress only sews and repairs seams, maybe takes up a hem here and there; that's it.

Rarity is a tailor. A tailor actually measures, designs and creates from whole cloth. Men's and women's clothing, both.

If you can't bring yourself to call her a tailor, then call her a modiste. That's actually closer to what she is anyway, since it indicates an artistic component. Also, it sounds very fancy.

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These English rule are a pain in the butt, but of course. I wouldn't give up writings Fiction about MLP.
Yes, Indonesians used a lot simplified Grammar rules over the English one, or maybe entire thing from other language.
Not to mention I have to learn other Indonesian Major language, such as : Javanese, Sundanese, Betawi.

There are TONS of other language of Indonesia, more than five hundreds or so.
No I don't learn all of them, it's best to use the main language.

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According to Hopi Dictionary: Hopìikwa Lavàytutuveni, the Hopi word koyaanisqatsi (Hopi pronunciation: [kojɑːnisˈkɑtsi]) is defined as "life of moral corruption and turmoil" or "life out of balance". The prefix koyaanis– means "corrupted" or "chaotic", and the word qatsi means "life" or "existence", literally translating koyaanisqatsi as "chaotic life". The film also defines the word as "crazy life", "life in turmoil", "life disintegrating", and "a state of life that calls for another way of

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Yo Ponies voices fill da night, Hearf's Warming Eve iz here once ag'in. Happy hearts so full an' bright, Hearf's Warming Eve iz here once ag'in. awww what uh sight! peep at da light! All fo' tonight! Hearf's Warming Eve iz here once ag'in! Clouds arranged 'till dere just so, Hearf's Warming Eve iz here once ag'in! Gonna make some phat snow, Hearf's Warming Eve iz here once ag'in. da chill wind blows! Making uh show! Snowflakes aglow! Hearf's Warming Eve iz here once ag'in! uh day dat's filled

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The TLDR of this is English changes over time, and is a diversified language with may distinct dialects. You should check to see what English dialect a piece is written in before saying "I didn't eat no dinner." is wrong, because in several English dialects, that is infact the correct way to convay that information, and "I didn't eat any dinner." would be wrong. Isn't language fun?

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I've been conlanging some more, and since some of the words this time are of Advancedverse relevance, thought I'd drop a pointer here.

[Repost from this old forum post so that I don't have to keep finding it in my favorite's folder]
This thread is a two part question.
1. Why not have “Equus” be the name of a language family, like how Romantic languages include Spanish and French? Not the name of the planet.

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This is how we talk in Yorkshire. You likely 'aven't 'erd much or any of these if you're not from 'round 'ere, but that's how we have a right laugh, innit? What'cha make of it, Gov?

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Here's the plug in.

Enjoy the universal translator, courtesy of our pending glorious space-future.

Someone translated Rudolf, the Red-nosed Reindeer into Anglo-Saxon. That's a little Poatsulan, I think.

Here

EDIT: Nevermind. I have been informed that if a reader is not using a unicode complaint platform that using Japanese symbols means they will not be able to see them. This means that people using their phones or ereaders likely wont see Japanese text. Thus, I will be using romanji. I apologize for any translation headaches.

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si vsist renthisj Vs'shtak tira wux vucot batobot?(probably ti!)

Wonder How Long It Will Take You To Find A Translation For It!

You know your drunk and have stayed up too long when "they" begins to look foreign
mmmmmm
All the words are spelled funny