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emily
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‘Knowledge of Welsh history, literature, and language is hard won, even for those who live in Wales—Instilled in me from a very young age was the knowledge that I must prove my language is alive every day, by pressing the ‘Cymraeg’ button—on a parking meter. If I don’t, I put our language at risk. Languages inosculate; they weave together. Tending towards plurality and complexity; they support rather than destroy.’
— May 13, 2026 06:09PM
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emily
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‘The proximity of many disparate languages—give rise to Singlish—bogeyman of language—Even if the English-based creole was hewed from Chinese, Malay & English, its texture didn’t favour an audience w/ receptive bilingualism in either language. For this reason—one’s token ethnic friend are unspoken, mandatory secondary resources for one’s reading. In the heart of Empire, I saw the outline—of Anglomania. So, I pushed—’
— May 16, 2026 06:33PM
emily
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‘Hemingway—whitest of all white authors—god of all Mythical English Readers, and this is why his DNA runs so deep in American letters today. When I translate—it’s really me for whom I’m translating—I am the true English reader. Point being, we need a movement to make real changes in the landscape—collective action, the sum of all of our individual efforts coalescing into a single, anticolonial direction.’ — Anton Hur
— May 12, 2026 08:58AM
