#foreign language

This 7th of May, 2026, we use our own language again!

If your language, native or not, is something other than English, on May 7th you're encouraged to speak that language all day!

You’ll blog in your chosen language(s) all day: text posts, replies, tags (except triggers and organisational tags).

Regardless of what language people choose to speak to you, you can answer in your own.

Non-vocal, non-written languages (like sign language and dialects) are more than welcome!

English native speakers can participate in any other language they're studying/have studied/know.

The tag is gonna be #Speak Your Language Day or #spyld for short.

Please submit me some language facts for me to share on this day <3

mcrscans:

here are some of my favourite turkish idioms that speak to the slow-burn of missing, of yearning, of hearts left open like windows.

burnumda tütmek “to smoke in my nose” missing something so deeply it lingers like scent - a mother’s cooking, a lover’s voice, the sea in summer.

gözüm yollarda kaldı “my eyes remained on the road” the kind of waiting where your eyes stretch far past the horizon. hope held like breath.

içimde ukde kaldı “it remained an ache inside me” for all the unspoken things, the unfinished conversations, the goodbye you didn’t get to say.

hasret kaldım “i was left with longing” a hollowing kind of missing. not just absence, but hunger.

yüreğim dağlandı “my heart got scorched” grief and longing braided together. an ache so sharp it burns.

gönlüm sende kaldı “my heart stayed with you” when someone walks away but takes a part of you with them.

içi içine sığmamak “one’s inside doesn’t fit into oneself” when the longing swells and spills. too much feeling for one body.

One of the many things I love about travelling is how even a simple sign seems exotic. The everyday becomes unfamiliar, and for a moment I’m reminded that my own world could look this strange to someone else.

(Photos: d.)

Vacation Blog (part 2)

The area I am staying in isn't directly in downtown Chicago, but it's still very walkable and there's plenty around to do! The past couple days I have done an escape room with my family (not a fan for now considering it was 10 people in a small room chaotically not communicating lol), a murder mystery masquerade night, and a lot of walking and visiting little shops! I loved miluwakee avenue and had some delicious fruit tea! Today I took the L-train downtown and I'll be making a post about that too. I loved it it was so beautiful 🥹

🍵: Passion fruit jasmine green tea

Thanks for the poll request, anonymous! I think your sister sounds very cool, and I wish I could speak a second language (specifically Japanese!). Keep 'em coming, folks.