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Whoo, made the Diamond League in Duolingo! Does this mean I am fluent? No, just that I put in a lot of work this last few weeks. Thank goodness I can relax a bit now, my brain couldn't keep up that pace any longer!

@BlueStateBabe Welsh, I was born in Wales and spoke it until I was about 7 years old, then did Welsh classes in High School, but I moved away when I was 17, so it was lost. I'm in my 60s now and decided it was definitely a "bucket list" item to re-learn it. Doing ok so far! 😀 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿

@homebird I took French again via DuoLingo and the local community college. Was pleasantly surprised to see how much I remembered. Grammar certainly needs a touch up, but basically I understood and could be understood. Funny how the brain buries some of that stuff deep for so many years.

In the states, I don't think Welsh is taught anywhere. In fact, most schools have dropped nearly all world languages except Spanish, which is our second language here. It is really sad.

@BlueStateBabe I plan to brush up on French too at some point, and possibly Scottish Gaelic, but one thing at a time. When I feel more confident, I might do a few even!

@homebird Have they added Gaighlig to duolingo? Please say yes! Last time I looked they only had Irish. @BlueStateBabe

@stueytheround @BlueStateBabe Indeed they do have Scottish Gaelic! I did start the course a while back, but haven't done much with it yet, been concentrating heavily on finishing Welsh first. But yes, it's there!

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