Notices by Snake Girl Ellie (noelle@elekk.xyz), page 21

@FLOX_advocate Are you just assuming it's a joke because that's what his last name means, or can you back that up?

Okay, people keep insisting this is a prank because his last name means "joke", but if it's a prank it's an incredibly deep one. Mark Scherz is an established herpetologist, and this specific work has been covered by National Geographic https://www.nationalgeographic.com/animals/2019/03/smallest-frog-species-discovered-mini-mum/ and the Smithsonian https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/three-newly-discovered-frog-species-are-among-worlds-smallest-180971819/ .

The three levels of Frankenstein understanding:

1) Frankenstein is the Doctor, not the monster.
2) Dr. Frankenstein IS the monster.
3) Not only is Dr. Frankenstein the monster, but since the Creature could be considered the Doctor's son, it's perfectly reasonable to call him "Frankenstein".

@eightbitsamurai I'm glad you've found your way with it again!

if you insist! 🎉 🎈 🍕

@evie Why wouldn't they just give it a name, let it be "Open the voice of Andrew", and then have the first-time start-up routine include "Hi, I'm Andrew. I'm a trans man and I'll be your new voice."

@evie *throws Twitter across the room* D:

@Incandescente @sydneyfalk ...honest to god I have never seen an "exercise explanation" part before, but I just clicked and sure enough. (Not sure it's in the mobile app, though.)

@Incandescente @sydneyfalk That makes sense, and - like Sydney says - fits in with their "just throw the information at you" style. It's just interesting that they expect you to figure it out.

I wonder why #Duolingo writes stand-alone vowels with the initial ㅇ - if a word begins with a vowel then the vowel contains ㅇ, but I'd rather learn the vowels by themselves so I can identify them when they combine with consonants.

For example, a word-initial "e" is 에, but "e" in any other context is just ㅔ, and "ne" - "n" + "e" - is ㄴ + ㅔ = 네.

Duolingo just gives you 에, without any explanation that the ㅇ isn't actually part of the vowel form.

@denikombucha 😍