Micro Monday 114 is up! After last week’s episode with @fabio in Italy, and this week’s episode with @val in Kyrgyzstan, I feel like an accomplished time zone traveler.

Traveling the world from the podcast closet is fun. Next week’s guest is a little closer to home, though. 🤫

@jean 😃 I must add that now I remember how to say "goodbye" in Kyrgyz! I had actually learned it before, but when I re-learned it I remembered why it didn't stick the first time...there are two main ways which people use to say "goodbye". You use one phrase if the person you are talking to is leaving (Саламатта барыңыз) and the other if you are the person who is leaving (Саламатта калыңыз). (Which then led me to ask my friend, what if both people are leaving? 😆 and she said that there is also a general "goodbye" which is not dependent on who stays or leaves: Көрүшкөнчө.)

@val That is fascinating! I’ve never heard of a distinction in “goodbye” like this one. This is what makes languages so much fun. Thanks again for doing the podcast! пока-пока! 👋

@jean @val Listened this morning. Great episode. Interesting to hear from someone in such an unusual location.

@jean great episode and it was great to hear your voice @val. Loved learning more about you. And I really admire how you took a chance and ended up in Central Asia.

@jean nice closet setup. Check out mine I've got as this Spotify playlist cover! I should really add my Micro Monday interview there, does M.b distro them to Spotify?

@warner Clothing on hangers is the new cool sound-dampening hack.

I haven’t even thought of syndicating to Spotify. 🤔

@Miraz Yes, same principle in Kyrgyz. The two phrases include the verbs for to go (бар-) and to stay (кал-) respectively. While Kyrgyz is the first language I learned of like this, it makes sense and I'm thrilled to know about another concrete example 😁

@adoran2 @ptrck thanks for listening! 🙂 and thanks again for @jean for inviting me to chat!