Yeah, they were great back then. I have the first generation Kindle Paperwhite (12-ish years), though at this point I only use it to read fanfics lol

AO3 let’s you download entire fics directly in the EPUB & AZW3 format, doubt they’re ever gonna change that 😁

If you really think about it, everything a trans person does is a trans-action 😎

I was with my family celebrating Christmas when this song came on, and I thought it sounded super familiar, so I checked the song recognition on my phone. I had watched the episode it’s from a few days ago :)

Solemates

I enjoyed looking at this on my small screen while listening to something playing on my big screen.

As a bean addict, I must confess that baked beans are my favorite way to consume beans 😔

Ok I never even considered watching this, but gave it a try, and genuinely liked it lmao

As a German, I’m pretty sure they’re right. Look into glottal stop, it’s not really a long pause or anything. Think of the difference of the connection of “Spiegel” and “ei” in Spiegelei, and “Schreiner” and “ei” in Schreinerei. It’s this short contraction that stops airflow and then releases it again, and it’s present at the beginning of the “ei” in Spiegelei, but not in Schreinerei.

Here’s also the IPA pronunciations from Wiktionary:

Spiegelei: [ˈʃpiːɡl̩ˌʔaɪ̯]

Schreinerei: [ʃʁaɪ̯nəˈʁaɪ̯]

ʔ is the symbol for the glottal stop: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glottal_stop

Like this? :p