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Yes Duolingo, that's exactly the reading you'd want for for this sentence, good job (hexbear.net)
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Does no one proofread these?

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[–] Erika3sis@hexbear.net 16 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Does no one proofread these?

Nobody checks the TTS, either. In the Norwegian course, doesn't Duo read "stikkontakten" as "Sankt Ikkontakten" still?

[–] supafuzz@hexbear.net 9 points 2 years ago (2 children)

it seems like all of their energy goes into a couple of Western Euro languages

[–] blight@hexbear.net 7 points 2 years ago (1 children)

don't forget the gambo languages

[–] alcoholicorn@hexbear.net 3 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Gambo?

[–] blight@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Gambo Thrones

[–] alcoholicorn@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Duolingo has made up languages from Game Of Thrones?

[–] Alisu@hexbear.net 2 points 2 years ago

They have klingon and high valyrian. I thought they had elvish or something from lotr but apparently they don't

[–] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I can't be the only one here pointing this out, but the courses are all designed by volunteers. They don't pay people to create the content that they are selling.

[–] HumanBehaviorByBjork@hexbear.net 5 points 2 years ago

that's the reason there's full courses for nerd fantasy conlangs while languages with hundreds of millions of speakers in the parts of the world where a computer is more of a luxury get put on indefinite hold.