FAQs

• What’s your name?

My name is Federico Handl (pronounced /fɛ̝ðe̞ˈɾi̠kɔ̈ ˈhã̠nðˡ/, but don’t worry, I don’t expect people to pronounce it correctly).

• Is that Italian?

Nope, it’s Spanish.

• Ohhh so you’re Spanish…

Eh no. ‘Tis a bit more complicated you see… I’m a -year-old Ashkenazi Argentine with Polish, German and Austrian roots currently living in Ireland.

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• Woah… So what languages do you speak?

I’m fluent in Spanish, English & German (In decreasing order of fluency).

• Can I call you Fred?

Only if I can call you Jroseph or Praul or Sruzanne.

• How about Rico?

Most definitely not. You can call me Federico or Fede / Fed if you get lazy or you think four syllables are too many syllables for a name.

• What do you do?

I’m a full-time Computer Science, Linguistics & German student at Trinity College Dublin and a part-time coding tutor at Olus Education.

• What are your interests?

Computer science, linguistics, aviation & music (In no particular order).

• What do you want to do?

I want to be an Air Traffic Controller, but I’m getting a (useful?) degree as my potential Plan B in case Plan A doesn’t work out or I change my mind.

• How many of these questions are actually frequently asked?

Most, actually.