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Hello evereaone. My name is Cora and I am seventean 17. Inglish is a lot more diffikalty than Chyneas. I am lurning it so bea paytient give mea tyme to mastur thea layngwuj. Numburs are easea at furst.

Thaync yu much. Avitar Cora.

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[video]

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[Oh, Korra. The family thing really makes no sense at all, but Bart will just nod rather than try to explain it.]

Yep. I know English though. Obviously, 'cause I'm using it. I meant that each letter represents a sound, and they only turn into words when you put them together.

Chinese is logosyllabic, right? Sorry. I didn't mean to use a big word like that. I mean that Chinese characters are for whole syllables. I can't think of an easier word for syllable.

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Then yeah, that sounds exactly like English. Just putting sounds together, except all the grammar and punctuation rules are killing me. I mean why have fifteen different ways to spell one word and have them all mean something different!? [Seriously English, stop it.]

I must sound really stupid on paper, huh? [Her expression is entirely flat.] Yes, it makes writing a lot easier than English. I think Bean may have his work cut out for me. Especially if I want to learn French next. Thankfully English uses a base ten numerical system. It's tedious, but simple.

[video]

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No! That's not how I meant that at all! Okay, a little. Maybe. But only because whenever I use words like logosyballic, everyone looks at me like I must've hit my head. Maybe they're not expecting me to know it, but I kinda think that every English speaker hasn't heard of it. I didn't mean to hurt your feelings. I'm sorry.

[He looks like a kicked puppy. He was only overcompensating to be nice with the 'big words' comment.]

[video]

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[Watching someone being nice by backpedaling is a surefire way to make Korra laugh.]

Haha! No, no. It's all right. So far both you and Wally have been pretty darn smart as far I'm concerned. Have you tried working for Tony Stark or that Bruce Banner? Bruce is doing a hydroponics garden if you're into that sort of thing.

[video]

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[He's not sure if she's laughing at him or not, but Bart's happy that she doesn't seem insulted. He wouldn't want to piss someone off before the end of his first week.]

Really? I know what a hydroponics garden is, but I've never done any gardening. Unless that cactus that I used to have counts. I, uh. Kinda drowned it.

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Most people haven't. Honestly, I haven't either. Not a lot of grass at the south pole back home, you know? But they have people who teach volunteers how to tend.

[Drowning a cactus gets an "I shouldn't be this impressed." look.]

That has to be a new record...

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You're from the South Pole? Co-- awesome. [Yes, he stopped himself before the pun. You're welcome.]

For gardening incompetence? I think so. I was supposed to be learning about patience. It didn't go so well.

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[She made the pun on accident with Jack Frost so it's fine.]

Yeeeah, I'm not too big on the whole patient thing either. But hey, if it helps people it's worth a shot. Food doesn't grow on trees nowadays. [Well they did, just not really. Rationing sucks.]

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I do my best with it, really, but man is it hard.

Yeah, I guess there's really not room for tree roots on a turtle's shell. That's not as funny as I thought it'd sound. Okay, where do I sign up for this gardening thing?

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There's some trees here and there, but I really haven't looked when I've been outside the Metal Sector. No sign up, just go to the Earth Sector and [directions/location]. Just ask for Bruce Banner and they'll set you up.

And hey, when it's harvest time you get first picks just for helping. Not a bad perk if you ask me.

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Sounds good to me. Thanks for the tip, Korra!

[Bart waves at the camera.]

I'm gonna head that way and see if I can find him.

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Anytime, see you there!