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From the Ted Talk by Katlego Kolanyane-Kesupile: How I'm bringing queer pride to my rural village

Unscramble the Blue Letters


"You don't belong here" almost always means, "We can't find a function or a role for you." "You don't belong here" sometimes mnaes, "You're too queer to hladne." "You don't boleng here" very rrleay means, "There's no way for you to exist and be happy here."

I went to university in Johannesburg, South aicfra, and I remember the first time a white friend of mine heard me speaking Setswana, the national language of Botswana. I was on the phone with my mother and the intrigue which painted itself across her face was absolutely priceless. As soon as I hung up, she comes to me and says, "I didn't know you could do that. After all these years of kwninog you, how did I not know you could do that?"

Open Cloze


"You don't belong here" almost always means, "We can't find a function or a role for you." "You don't belong here" sometimes _____, "You're too queer to ______." "You don't ______ here" very ______ means, "There's no way for you to exist and be happy here."

I went to university in Johannesburg, South ______, and I remember the first time a white friend of mine heard me speaking Setswana, the national language of Botswana. I was on the phone with my mother and the intrigue which painted itself across her face was absolutely priceless. As soon as I hung up, she comes to me and says, "I didn't know you could do that. After all these years of _______ you, how did I not know you could do that?"

Solution


  1. africa
  2. belong
  3. handle
  4. means
  5. rarely
  6. knowing

Original Text


"You don't belong here" almost always means, "We can't find a function or a role for you." "You don't belong here" sometimes means, "You're too queer to handle." "You don't belong here" very rarely means, "There's no way for you to exist and be happy here."

I went to university in Johannesburg, South Africa, and I remember the first time a white friend of mine heard me speaking Setswana, the national language of Botswana. I was on the phone with my mother and the intrigue which painted itself across her face was absolutely priceless. As soon as I hung up, she comes to me and says, "I didn't know you could do that. After all these years of knowing you, how did I not know you could do that?"

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
queerness means 2


Important Words


  1. absolutely
  2. africa
  3. belong
  4. botswana
  5. exist
  6. face
  7. find
  8. friend
  9. function
  10. handle
  11. happy
  12. heard
  13. hung
  14. intrigue
  15. johannesburg
  16. knowing
  17. language
  18. means
  19. mother
  20. national
  21. painted
  22. phone
  23. priceless
  24. queer
  25. rarely
  26. remember
  27. role
  28. setswana
  29. south
  30. speaking
  31. time
  32. university
  33. white
  34. years