Hi! My name is Eugene (not really, but close enough) and I am a Russian philologist*. I discovered Word Funk through Leon Thomas' YouTube channel about year ago since I needed a podcast to listen to while I play simulator games (like Dark Souls - simulator of the undead, and Team Fortress 2 - hat-wearing simulator). Got a bit of OCD going on. Creativity-wise, I tried my hand at lots of different things but somewhat succeeded only at writing short unfinished stories (also, some good poetry), photography and vlogging (I had to delete all the videos because of work-related reasons though). Used to make VFX but it got boring after I figured out how to do the specific things that I want and there was nothing more to learn about them. This whole "trying to communicate in English" thing I started about a year ago, before that I was just consuming stuff in English because I didn't quite trust the translators. Now I am one, and I trust them even less. These days I make a purposefully weird but accurate translations of Russian proverbs, sayings and pop-culture references.
* It seems like Russian definition of "philologist" is a bit different from English one, so here's a rough translation: Philologist is a scientist that studies the culture expressed in language and text. And everything is text. EVERYTHING. If you want to know anything related to Russian language, feel free to ask.
You have an interesting profile. I share your opinions about translators, I studied social anthropology and I'm currently teaching English (I'm from Mexico) and I admit that translators, most of the time at least, can not be trusted.
Locob0: its been almost a year since word funk went on a indefinate hiatus, i still miss it it was the highlight of my week and it kept me happy
Feb 2, 2020 6:12:02 GMT -6
The Xenochrist: Same
Nov 4, 2020 10:06:17 GMT -6
The Xenochrist: Also, hot damn these forums are dead huh?
Nov 4, 2020 10:06:28 GMT -6
Sailor Miranchu: lives on in my heart
Nov 13, 2020 11:16:31 GMT -6
The Xenochrist: I can dig that
Nov 16, 2020 12:08:08 GMT -6
The Xenochrist: MIRAN!
Jun 4, 2022 15:57:24 GMT -6
The Xenochrist: ilu
Jun 4, 2022 15:57:30 GMT -6
dan via discord: hello i am working on the wiki. i know like, nobody's here, but the discord is active & there's a new feature (not on the server yet, being rolled out still) for forums in discord. so thats cool i think. come hang
Sept 22, 2022 0:23:05 GMT -6
Xeno: Good luck with the wiki though! I wish I could be more helpful but I'm way out of the loop these days
Dec 29, 2022 22:44:20 GMT -6