Adventures in Bilingual Instagramming

I’ve been trying to write most of my instagram posts in both english and portuguese recently. It’ a good way of getting some daily practice without feeling the need to write a whole mini-essay in iTalki. Here is a sampling of posts from our recent trip to the Hay on Wye literary festival for example. I usually prefix each section with the emoji flag of the UK and Portugal, which works well on the telemóvel but in a laptop browser it just shows as “GB” and “PT”

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🇬🇧 Hanging around #hayonwye for the #hayfestival with @oliisawkward and @garwater. I've been drooling over the instagram account of this bookshop for a while so it is now my #bookmecca 🇵🇹 Ando a passear em Hay on Wye para o festival de leitura com a minha família. Aproveitei a conta desta livraria há meses e por isso agora é o meu #mecaDeLivros

A post shared by Colin (@18ck) on Jun 3, 2017 at 9:21am PDT

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🇬🇧 At last, a good use for cars. 🇵🇹 Finalmente, há um bom uso para carros

A post shared by Colin (@18ck) on Jun 3, 2017 at 9:23am PDT

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🇬🇧 Yep, this is how you deal with the curse of the Kindle 🇵🇹 Sim, isso é a resposta certa pela maldição do Kindle

A post shared by Colin (@18ck) on Jun 3, 2017 at 9:38am PDT

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🇬🇧 The batcave 🇵🇹 A caverna dos morcegos

A post shared by Colin (@18ck) on Jun 3, 2017 at 9:41am PDT

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🇬🇧 Murder and Mayhem, the bookshop opposite Addyman's 🇵🇹 Crime e Caos, a livraria em frente da livraria Addyman

A post shared by Colin (@18ck) on Jun 3, 2017 at 9:57am PDT

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🇬🇧 Hey, Portuguese followers, we like tiles too! 🇵🇹 Ei, seguidores portugueses, também gostamos de azulejos!

A post shared by Colin (@18ck) on Jun 3, 2017 at 9:57am PDT

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🇬🇧 Don't tell anyone but I think I like bookmarks even more than books. 🇵🇹 Não diga a ninguém mas acho que gosto de marcadores mais do que livros #livros #marcadores #bookstagram #booksofig #book #bookmark #jamesbaldwin #pridemonth #amIAllowedToUseThatHashTag #OhWellWhatever

A post shared by Colin (@18ck) on Jun 3, 2017 at 5:07pm PDT

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🇬🇧 Jeanette Winterson (author of "Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit") speaking about redefining marriage. 🇵🇹 A Jeanette Winterson (escritor de "As Laranjas Não São a Única Fruta") a falar sobre redefinindo o casamento. #hayonwye #hayfestival #books #livros

A post shared by Colin (@18ck) on Jun 3, 2017 at 5:26pm PDT

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🇬🇧 All over for the day 🇵🇹 Já acabou por hoje #hay30 #hayfestival

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🇬🇧 I don't usually have the patience for signing lines but I stayed in for this one because I wanted to ask Hanif Kureishi about the protagonist's physical disability. 🇵🇹 Não tenho o hábito de ter paciência para esperar na fila para assinaturas mas queria fazer uma pergunta sobre a deficiência física do protagonista do livro dele. #disability #books #livros #deficienciafisica #bookstagram

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🇬🇧 This one must have been a lot of fun to draw 🇵🇹 Este anúncio deve ter sido muito divertido de desenhar #books #hayonwye #hayfestival #trump

A post shared by Colin (@18ck) on Jun 4, 2017 at 6:50am PDT

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🇬🇧 We're home. I think I might have got a bit carried away again. I don't know what happened. After a few minutes in the shop I blacked out and when I woke up I had a terrible book hangover and my wallet felt a lot lighter. 🇵🇹 Regressámos para casa. Acho que deixei-me levar novamente. Não sei o que é que aconteceu. Entrei na loja e uns minutos depois desmaiei e quando acordei-me tinha uma horrível ressaca de livros e a minha carteira pareceu mais leve.

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