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Vietnamese has three variations of the vowel a, and I'm finding it useful to relate them to their equivalents in Hindi:
| Vietnamese | Hindi | Example |
|---|---|---|
| â | अ | cân (to weigh) ≈ “kan” with the अ of कन |
| ă | आ (cut short) | ăn (to eat), a quick, bright “aan” |
| a | आ (long) | ba (three) ≈ बा |
This does not cover tone marks (á, à, ả, ã, ạ), which are harder for me to grasp, since Hindi is not a tonal language.
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I've been off social media for some time now. I deleted my Facebook account in 2017. I had an Instagram account for a while, but never really posted anything or followed anyone, so it was easy to delete. I begrudgingly used LinkedIn and Twitter for work, mostly, but I eventually got rid of them in 2023.
I also stopped using WhatsApp sometime in 2022. Quitting WhatsApp was tough, because that was how I communicated with my family, but I was able to convince them to use iMessage. Now, almost all of my communication happens through SMS, email, and iMessage. I love it!
But I miss having a place to write, share updates about my life, and let people know what I'm up to. This site is an attempt to create a personal social feed, free from algorithms, ads, and greed. I'm not anti-social, just anti-social media.
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