really have difficulty remembering which is which with skjorte, skjørt, kjøle, kjole, and who can forget kjøre
― Double Elvis on the Dime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 6 June 2022 01:55 (one year ago) link
Samme her.
― Double Elvis on the Dime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 6 June 2022 01:56 (one year ago) link
Maybe you should try drops but it might be too easy at this point. Could help you keep those words straight.
― Double Elvis on the Dime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 6 June 2022 01:57 (one year ago) link
maybe i am ok with skjorte because i can hear t-skjorte in my head reminding me that shirt has two syllables and skirt has one.
― towards fungal computer (harbl), Monday, 6 June 2022 01:58 (one year ago) link
i think i am better than most at this type of thing, memorizing the difference between two similar things, because i can come up with these mnemonic devices that make no sense to anyone else. the problem is there is no penalty for not getting it right because i check my answers by clicking the words. if i had to do it in writing with no cheating possible i'd probably learn very quickly. or if i was forced to properly learn the vowel pronunciation.
― towards fungal computer (harbl), Monday, 6 June 2022 02:08 (one year ago) link
James Redd finished #1 in the Diamond League 9 times!
― Double Elvis on the Dime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 June 2022 13:50 (one year ago) link
But it was an empty victory. My name jam is the Glossika app, hope it’s not just an infatuation.
― Double Elvis on the Dime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 June 2022 13:52 (one year ago) link
To go diamond platinum, you have to do it 10 times!I may go for a top 3 diamond this week, just to get my name out there in the league
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Thursday, 9 June 2022 13:54 (one year ago) link
Basically there is but one trick to it.
― Double Elvis on the Dime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 June 2022 15:29 (one year ago) link
Well two tricks, 1+1.
― Double Elvis on the Dime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 June 2022 15:30 (one year ago) link
trick to winning the league?
my usual move is to wait to activate the 2x bonus until just before I do the "legendary" 40XP stages
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Thursday, 9 June 2022 15:32 (one year ago) link
(why do i do this? because i want to learn spanish! haha)
Yes. That is one trick.
― Double Elvis on the Dime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 June 2022 15:36 (one year ago) link
Reveal the second trick!
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Thursday, 9 June 2022 15:37 (one year ago) link
Which for me has recently been replaced by doing the lighting round, which just recently seems to have started acknowledging the 2X.
― Double Elvis on the Dime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 June 2022 15:37 (one year ago) link
The other trick is a multi-week strategy.
― Double Elvis on the Dime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 June 2022 15:38 (one year ago) link
Don’t burn yourself out every week.
Don’t say “call the other people in the top 3 and ask them to quit Duolingo”, because although that idea makes a lot of sense I have been ordered by several different jurisdictions to cut that out Xp
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Thursday, 9 June 2022 15:38 (one year ago) link
Trick two. When the week starts look at the top of the table and see how many crazies there are.
― Double Elvis on the Dime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 June 2022 15:41 (one year ago) link
Feel like maybe dropping down to Obsidian, or Pearl even, and then coming back or waiting until later on the restart day, I finish on Sunday night and restart on Monday, all might give one a fighting chance of not having to compete against crazybots.
― Double Elvis on the Dime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 June 2022 15:44 (one year ago) link
Last week there was no above a few thousand points so I went for it. This week there is already somebody with 8KP who shows 16KXP for the week.
― Double Elvis on the Dime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 June 2022 15:45 (one year ago) link
So saving my stuff for a future week. Although I did get a big bonus from a Friend Challenge (new feature) so I racked up a bunch of points just so not as to get relegated.
― Double Elvis on the Dime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 June 2022 15:52 (one year ago) link
But just chasing points is an empty pursuit and doesn't lead to further understanding, at least based on my anecdotal evidence.
Last week I won with about 4KXP and the other people behind me had 2KXP.
― Double Elvis on the Dime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 June 2022 15:58 (one year ago) link
My ultimate objective is to become widely known as dr diamond
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Thursday, 9 June 2022 16:48 (one year ago) link
Doctor Diamante!
― Double Elvis on the Dime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 June 2022 16:49 (one year ago) link
no soy medico.
:(
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Thursday, 9 June 2022 16:53 (one year ago) link
pero me gusta estudiar español!
*stares blankly for an impossibly long time*
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Thursday, 9 June 2022 16:54 (one year ago) link
Pobrecito
― Double Elvis on the Dime (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 June 2022 17:45 (one year ago) link
i still believe that there must be a level beyond diamond
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Thursday, 9 June 2022 18:18 (one year ago) link
QUEEN BEE!
― The Crazy World of Encyclopedia Brown (James Redd and the Blecchs), Thursday, 9 June 2022 18:29 (one year ago) link
👸 🐝
League Repair? No thanks.
― The Crazy World of Encyclopedia Brown (James Redd and the Blecchs), Monday, 13 June 2022 15:15 (one year ago) link
Just thought of the most obvious dumb and bare minimum way to preserve streak everyday
― Ride into the Sunship (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 18 June 2022 12:50 (one year ago) link
Also somebody told me the other day about preply, which seems to be very similar to italki.
― Ride into the Sunship (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 19 June 2022 00:07 (one year ago) link
Major revamp rollout
― Build My Gallows Hi Hi Hi (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 1 July 2022 22:21 (one year ago) link
How do I shot 2X boosts?
― Build My Gallows Hi Hi Hi (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 1 July 2022 23:05 (one year ago) link
some new minigames (see how many you can match) and "daily quests" and animations and stuff...and now I am not merely Duo Plus. I am Super Duo
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Friday, 1 July 2022 23:19 (one year ago) link
they added a "perfect lesson boost" for 100 gems, which gives you +10xp for perfect lesson for the next 15 minutes.
honestly, sounds like the kind of thing i would only use if i was falling off of diamond league on sunday night and i was feeling desperate
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Friday, 1 July 2022 23:21 (one year ago) link
in other words - hell yeah! when you're feeling the heat in duolingo, you will take any advantage available
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Friday, 1 July 2022 23:22 (one year ago) link
But have you seen the Nu-Nu Duo yet? I kind of hate the Match Mini-Game. It goes too fast for my brane.
― Build My Gallows Hi Hi Hi (James Redd and the Blecchs), Friday, 1 July 2022 23:34 (one year ago) link
yeah, i was kind of stressed out by the end of it! but if this is how i can finally tell people that i would like another orange juice please and that the green dresses are very pretty, this is what i have to do.
― Bruce Stingbean (Karl Malone), Friday, 1 July 2022 23:37 (one year ago) link
Think maybe I am kind of liking this new upgrade. We will see.
― Build My Gallows Hi Hi Hi (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 2 July 2022 12:20 (one year ago) link
Some courses got longer, some way longer.
― Build My Gallows Hi Hi Hi (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 2 July 2022 14:14 (one year ago) link
Some voices got treble, some voices got bass.
― Build My Gallows Hi Hi Hi (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 2 July 2022 14:27 (one year ago) link
https://blog.duolingo.com/new-duolingo-home-screen-design/
― Mr. Art-I-Ficial (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 July 2022 11:49 (one year ago) link
https://support.duolingo.com/hc/en-us/articles/6448984613773-Guide-to-understanding-Duolingo-s-new-learning-path
GuidebookAt the start of each unit is a guidebook packed with grammar tips and useful phrases. The guidebook can be accessed any time, even when you complete the unit. NOTE: Guidebooks are not available for all languages.
― Mr. Art-I-Ficial (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 July 2022 12:12 (one year ago) link
Basically think I may prefer this new path version. Not really missing the tips and notes that much since I found them hard to use and ulitimately gave up on them. Wonder if anyone is going to go ahead a write the guidebook for any of the smaller languages, that would be really nice, but I am doubtful.
― Mr. Art-I-Ficial (James Redd and the Blecchs), Saturday, 9 July 2022 12:14 (one year ago) link
What we have here is failure to communicate BILINGUALLY!
― L.M.N.O.P.Q. Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 10 July 2022 00:16 (one year ago) link
(Strother Martin, I know, I know)
― L.M.N.O.P.Q. Jones (James Redd and the Blecchs), Sunday, 10 July 2022 00:17 (one year ago) link