Justin Edwards hilariously captured the insanity of Duolingo’s Italian course with a 59-second musical homage
The language app Duolingo is well known for its green owl icon, Duo, its tendency to nag (or threaten) people who haven’t done a lesson by seven in the morning, and its incredibly weird sentences.
The Reddit forum ‘Shit Duolingo Says’ features some of those crazy translations.
Actor and writer Justin Edwards, star of The Franchise, as well as many films and TV shows such as The Thick of It, The Witchfinder, and The Death of Stalin, condensed the Duolingo experience into a 59-second taster menu.
Spettacolare! It’s quite the earworm, and probably a great way to learn sentences – though not everyone has Justin’s gift for a comedy rewrite. It went down very well on Bluesky.
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Ladbaby, watch your backs.
Or (according to Google) ‘Se questo non è il numero 1 per Natale, non c’è giustizia.’
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