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Hi! I’m Molly Hodgdon. I live in Vermont with my beautiful FIV+ cats Fergus and Francie. Banner photo by W. Eugene Smith. Profile pic is a postcard from my collection mailed 1908. Not a bot. Not selling anything. Just a keeper of forgotten cats.
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Duolingo is underestimating my willingness to ignore any question and just start talking about my cats.

Screenshot of a Duolingo lesson that says in French “Are we going to the restaurant?” and prompts the user to choose a response, either “Yes, I am ready!” or “Yes, I have a cat.”
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JWjillwiswall.bsky.social

Had the same reaction this question and answer combination! It was surprisingly hard not to bring up cats!

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YMymartin.bsky.social

Obsessed in Arabic also. I love my cat but I don't love her cat. Also lions.

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SCaielcakes.bsky.social

I started French in Duolingo a while back and the only thing I learned was je suis un chat. 😆

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VLvarinajr.bsky.social

Also, my brain read complete the chat as 'Complete the {Cat}' because it's a French exercise, so.....

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Mquioui.bsky.social

je suis prête aller avec mon chat.

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IKivkowalenko.bsky.social

I gave up on Duolingo when it started asking me questions to which there were MULTIPLE grammatically correct answers, and gave no context to know which was the one it wanted.

A screenshot of Duolingo. It instructs the user to fill in the blank, with a cartoon character asking „Хто _____?“

Below it lists the options вон, віна, and вона.
A screenshot from Google Translate. It has translated the Ukrainian phrase „хто вона,“ to “who is she.”
A screenshot from Google Translate. It has translated the Ukrainian phrase „хто вон,“ to “who is there.”
A screenshot of Duolingo. It instructs the user to fill in the blank, with a cartoon character asking „Хто _____?“

Below it lists the options вон, віна, and вона. Вон was selected, and Duolingo indicates that is the incorrect answer, and the correct answer is „хто вона?“
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LDpsychoalpastor.bsky.social

"They're good cats, Jacque"

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TNteamnotleafy.bsky.social

The Welsh version has a perplexing obsession with parsnips, e.g. 'Mae clwb nos Owen yn gwerthu pannas' (Owen's night club sells parsnips) & doesn't understand we'd rather talk about cats.

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DRroseschmidt.bsky.social

When Rosetta Stone taught me ‘die Katze liegt auf dem Kissen’ I thought, finally! A useful phrase I’ll use! (The cat lays on the pillow)

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MDmathieuduplay.bsky.social

Both answers are correct.

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@catsofyore.bsky.social
Hi! I’m Molly Hodgdon. I live in Vermont with my beautiful FIV+ cats Fergus and Francie. Banner photo by W. Eugene Smith. Profile pic is a postcard from my collection mailed 1908. Not a bot. Not selling anything. Just a keeper of forgotten cats.
121.2k followers35 following9.7k posts