secret softness

vaporeon - tiger

jolteon - cheetah

flareon - lion

espeon - eurasian lynx

umbreon - melanated jaguar (black panther)

leafeon - clouded leopard

glaceon - snow leopard

sylveon - serval

In the first test it asks you how to say goodbye but it didn’t cover that anywhere in the first three lessons. In fact it covered the much more informal chao.

I think there’s a few reasons people keep using Duolingo.

It’s still mostly free. It’s really frustrating to use while free now but it’s possible

Duolingo has had a reputation for a long time now of just being the thing you use when you wanna casually try learning a language. Some schools use it. It’s still got that legitimacy around it for a lot of people who aren’t plugged into online news.

A lot of people just don’t wanna put in the work of looking for other free or affordable resources. This is part of why I have my small series on this blog of doing some of that research myself for popular languages. If you don’t wanna put in that work though, Duolingo is at the top of the App Store.

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Kingman, AZ

Eli

“My shoes are Doc Martens boots I bought second hand a few years ago from a classmate. All other items I’m wearing I have made myself from recycled materials: pants are made from an old curtain I dyed purple, for the vest I bought a piece of greed corduroy from Uff, the lining is made from an old curtain as well and the white shirt is made out of an old bedsheet. The scarf is a square I cut out from a bedsheet I had dyed green for another project. The bead lizard is made by my best friend, who also inspires me a lot! Otherwise I find inspiration for my clothes in the textures and colors found in nature, films, beautiful or interesting-looking items and people around me.”