Thread:Vorknkx/@comment-3547390-20150204202730/@comment-26005008-20150206221041

Hahaha. Mathematics has never really my favourite subject either, but I respect it as a field. I have to use maths when I’m keeping track of time, but I don’t use any complicated methods in my quotidian life. It’s usually only during education where I have to use complicated methods. Some days I’m willing to cope with it, but there are other days when I’m just not in the mood for it.

I’m also interested in linguistics, but I don’t particularly like English. Anglos prefer brief terms and tend to dislike complicated ones. In December of last year, I used the word ‘Anglophones’ when conversing with my Maryland friend. He di’n’t know what it meant, so I explained it to him. Then he said, ‘Why couldn’t you just say English‐speaking person?’ I don’t remember what I said to him, but in any case we’re still amigos (even if he does have some questionable tendencies). You may notice that there exists a grander quantity of Latinisms in my writing (and speech) than that of average people. This is a reason why I like Romance: I generally find the vocabulary charming.

Still, I think that I have a pretty good command of the English language. After all, I succeeded on my Language Arts test, bringing me a step closer to my General Education Degree. I was once in a period where I was obsessed with archaisms, and I used them in my own writing. But the problem, I think, was that I was misusing them; they look awkward, disjointed, and ridiculous when they exist next to modernisms. Since I never did a good job at imitating archaic modern English, I just gave up.

I’m sure that I also learnt a few things from the translated games that I’ve played, but currently I can’t think of any examples.