Category Archives: Hindi

Oh, Friday

Posted on February 19, 2010 by HappyGoth

I have been lacking in the motivation lately and the weekend looms, which means more non-blogging, but will involve My Name is Khan (!). Anyway. Today I translated some of a Hindi song into English for Mr. Jaipur, only not … Continue reading →

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I blame you, SRK

Posted on February 18, 2010 by HappyGoth

No, really. Sorry to have been a slacker with the blogging lately, but it has been an SRK-fest in the world of Happygoth and The Chicken Goddess (wouldn’t that be an awesome amusement park?), which means that nothing else has … Continue reading →

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I do too much.

Posted on November 16, 2009 by HappyGoth

(I got all excited seeing this photo, because I haven’t seen color like this in Georgia yet this year and then I noticed it was taken in 2008. I did see one yellow tree, though.)   Weekend recap, if you … Continue reading →

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I’m on Lesson 3!

Posted on November 11, 2009 by HappyGoth

And that’s the short form of my language lesson progress. The long form is that for the past week and a half (two weeks?) I’ve been plugging away at LiveMocha, and have made some decent progress. I can now: Say … Continue reading →

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[Navel-Gazing] The learning curve

Posted on November 5, 2009 by HappyGoth

Well, more specifically the variations between learning curves and my recent experience with them. I find that mental things have a much steeper learning curve than physical things, depending on previous experience with similar physical things. For example, if you’ve … Continue reading →

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Keep me to task

Posted on November 4, 2009 by HappyGoth

Guilt is a powerful motivator, especially coming from anonymous internet people. Really, that’s why I’m blogging – it keeps me honest. Those analytics make me feel bad, when they’re bad, and it’s a good kick-start. Like the embroidery, for example. … Continue reading →

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Back to the books again.

Posted on November 3, 2009 by HappyGoth

So I am back to learning Hindi again, a little more so this time. I had given it up for a while, as I got almost to learning new verbs and the couldn’t memorize them or remember postpositions or remember … Continue reading →

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My garb?

Posted on September 29, 2009 by HappyGoth

I miss it (it is in a pretty good place, I think; that is, I haven’t been wearing it lately, but I liked it last time I did): Thank to Stephen Lesnik for this little confidence-booster. Dude, you rock. I … Continue reading →

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Learn Hindi from Bollywood Films

Posted on June 9, 2009 by HappyGoth

Super-educational: http://www.cuttingchai.com/HouseFull/index.html No, really. I now know how to intimidate people in a melodramatic fashion (and I finally know what phir milenge means). Best. Podcast. Ever.

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My yarns!

Posted on May 31, 2009 by HappyGoth

Let me show you them: Good yarn on the left, not-so-good yarn on the right. Yesssssss. This yarn rocks. I’m almost done spinning the fluff! Then I can learn plying. Wooooo plying. SCA yarns. This is what I spin when … Continue reading →

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