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hamnox comments on Group Rationality Diary, April 1-15 - Less Wrong Discussion

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Comment author: hamnox 13 April 2014 05:42:41PM 0 points [-]

Now started intentionally immersing myself in Spanish. I've always had a lackadaisical approach to language learning--I like to dabble, but I don't actually know anything. Spanish is the language I am most familiar (besides English) with--I was partially raised by my El Salvadorian grandmother, took 3 years of Spanish in middle/high school--and I STILL fail to feel comfortable speaking it. I looked into Cognito Mentoring's wiki and realized that I ought to either get serious about fluency or stop wasting my time maintaining a meager half-comprehension.

I've got a web extension that partially translates the text I'm reading, and I'm checking out the top Youtube videos in Spanish-speaking countries weekly.

On a side note, I'm also slowly trawling through a lojban introduction, making anki cards as I go along. I'm working out an intuitive model of the 5 selbri slots I can use so my brain doesn't get lost whenever someone switches the order.