Duolingo Suddenly Has Over Twice as Much Language Learning Material

Re:Duolingo Suddenly Has Over Twice as Much Language Learnin... by glandium on Thursday April 12, 2018 @06:49PM (#16825665)

I'm french, and I've never heard of that connotation for pleine. OTOH, if you tell me "je suis plein/pleine", I'll take it that you're drunk.

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Re:Duolingo Suddenly Has Over Twice as Much Language Learnin... by ubernostrum on Thursday April 12, 2018 @07:13PM (#16825793)

I was unaware of it until it happened. Was told it's a Québecois thing.

They also taught me the helicopter joke.

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Re:Duolingo Suddenly Has Over Twice as Much Language Learnin... by gboudrias on Thursday April 12, 2018 @08:10PM (#16826057)

Québécois here, never heard it either. Maybe it's a regional thing or it was a different word.

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Re:Duolingo Suddenly Has Over Twice as Much Language Learnin... by ubernostrum on Thursday April 12, 2018 @08:50PM (#16826238)

Also possible they were messing with the American teenagers, since we were already being overwhelmed with differences between dialects of French.

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Re:Duolingo Suddenly Has Over Twice as Much Language Learnin... by blattimwind on Thursday April 12, 2018 @09:18PM (#16826379)

Not in Utica, no, it's an Albany expression.

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