I have to say, I really appreciate the WordPress community. I learned about WordPress when I was looking at job postings for writers and started noticing that a number of them required WordPress experience. So, I Googled it to find out what it was.
Then I met Laleh Chini on Twitter and was introduced to her blog, “A Voice from Iran.”
After checking out a few more blogs and seeing their beautiful formats, I decided to take the plunge.
One of the things that really amazes me it that we can meet people from all over the world. And even if their blogs are written in different languages, it’s not much trouble to copy and paste something into Google Translate and read it.
I like looking at other languages and seeing how others compose their ideas. I think the text is beautiful and I am awed about the whole concept of learning a language. How do we master such a thing? Other languages look so foreign to me, it’s hard for me to imagine how children in those countries grow up learning them. And multilingual people fascinate me even more.
It is such a human trait. Language. It’s taken for granted. And just look how much communication has evolved and the technology that we use now to share our stories all over the world.
I know we all love it when others in our community like our posts. So here are a few examples of beautiful language from around the world from some of my blogging friends just using the word “like.”
Indonesian DisuKai
Turkish Begendi
Italian Mi piace
Norwegian Liker
Romanian Apreciaza
German Gefällt mir
Spanish Me Gusta
Russian нравится
Hindi पसंद
Swedish Tycka om
French J’aime
Irish Cosúil
Japanese 好き
Pakistan (Urdu) کی طرح
Nigeria (Yoruba) Bi
Phillipines (Filipino) Katulad
Finnish Kuten
Azerbaijani Bəyən
Portuguese Curtir
I’m sure you can all add to this list.
Another reason I like it when my blogging friends like my posts is that it reminds me to go check out their pages. It’s hard to keep up with all of the good writing out there so that serves as a nice prompt.
Looking forward to liking more of your posts 🙂
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Photo: A closeup of a cactus in bloom at a botanical garden in the southwest. The feature image zooming-in is sort of other-worldly. A friend described it as looking like an underwater organism – a sea creature. An it does sort of look like a Sea Anemone. The full view is below. Amazing to see that flower with such exploding beauty thriving in desert conditions. This is my analogy to the beauty of language in all it’s forms, unexpectedly breathtaking 🙂
Cool.
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Fun stuff 🙂
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My new post comes down tomorrow. I’m bored with it already. Check it out if you want to, but leave a deep analytical profound comment…
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Sounds good 🙂 I know how we can get bored with our own writing, but sometimes it’s amazing work – it just takes others to see it 🙂
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Funny, I discovered WP the same way you did. I think they’re referring to you having mastery of the WP layout–the art direction–which makes the writing look better, but doesn’t impact what you write. I used to be a highly paid advertising copywriter, and my blog is my feeble attempt to keep the hope alive. Just sayin’
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Ah, makes sense. Your blog is not feeble, and Wow! What a background. Glad to have found your blog.
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Thanks!
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Breathtaking for sure! Gorgeous pictures 🙂
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Thanks! As I like to say, Nature does all the work 🙂
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Very true, but only a skilled eye can properly capture it’s beauty.
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I will add Romanian words “îmi place” to your list. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and such beautiful pictures!
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Thank you, and thank you for your beautiful words 🙂
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You are more than welcome! 🙂
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Oh what a flower ! Beautiful
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Thanks NL!
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By the way, i’ve noticed 2 which are wrong. In French we say “J’aime” in Portuguese “mi gusta”
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Thanks for the corrections! I don’t think Google translator can get them all exactly right either 🙂
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True!
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I’ve noticed 2 languages were misspelled
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Interesting, I tried to copy them from the blogs directly to drop into translator. I have corrected the French word. Translator says mi gusta or me gusta is Spanish
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No sorry we say “amo”☺
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🙂
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Great. I look forward to reading more of your posts✨
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Thanks! No telling what will spring out of my mind 🙂
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More often than not, when reading a ‘foreign’ language on WP, an auto window pops up and asks if the translator is required… I love this. I, too, copy and paste into Google’s ‘translate’ when needed, though, this is such a great tool. I’m wondering how and why this occurs for some sites, and not others?
Great image of the flower, especially the close-up. Nature is fantastic. 🙂
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Thanks, Nature is fantastic 🙂 And interesting, I haven’t seen the translator function on WP
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Hello! I’m glad you have here Filipino “Katulad”. It can also be “gusto” which is how we say when we like something.
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Thanks! I love looking at other languages, and hearing them spoken 🙂
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I tried to make it without this community and failed miserably! WordPress bloggers are like Juan and I’s family!
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It is a family, isn’t it 🙂
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I like looking at the ‘like’ button too when it’s a different language! Very interesting!
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Agreed. WordPress has a great community.
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Nice read, as usual! 🙂
By the way, in the Philippines:
1. like = katulad OR kagaya -> this means the same as (e.g. like a flower – katulad/kagaya ng bulaklak)
2. like = gusto -> this term means you like/want something (e.g. I like this – Gusto ko ito.) So “gusto” is the word for the “like” button.
I’m not very good in explaining, haha!
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Thanks! And thanks for some more beautiful language and the explanation of terms. Isn’t it wonderful that all languages have words to describe beauty 🙂
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What a wonderful world!😉
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