The Layman's Linguist @LaymansLinguist
Fun facts, exhaustive etymologies, & informative infographics for both linguists & laypeople. Visit our site for in-depth articles, charts, & educational tools! thelaymanslinguist.com United States Joined December 2017-
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Menswear guy seamlessly connecting fashion and linguistics: using formal syntax/semantics to explain formal attire!
Menswear guy seamlessly connecting fashion and linguistics: using formal syntax/semantics to explain formal attire!
actually impressive how wrong this is even besides the racism
actually impressive how wrong this is even besides the racism
Oh wow
How long does it take to learn a language? No one knows. Let's all collectively move on
The translate feature continues to be one of the greatest threats to Israel
The translate feature continues to be one of the greatest threats to Israel
When I was being attacked by my campus admins and police it was really really intriguing to find out that I could sue the university president personally for suppressing my speech. Do with that information what you will.
Many people are dunking on this bit by john mcwhorter, but I take a more positive view, at least he's not teaching linguistics
Imagine that the day you’re slotted to lecture on 4’33” there is a protest going on at your school that has gathered worldwide attention, and instead of taking the alley-oop for one of the most prescient lectures ever, you say “lecture canceled, it’s not quiet enough”
please send me or tell me about recent discourse studies you know of on TikTok! I'm trying in particular to see what kinds of sample sizes people are using!
John McWhorter has evolved from "speech isn't violence" to "protests are violent when they annoy me"
John McWhorter has evolved from "speech isn't violence" to "protests are violent when they annoy me"
@StrosHorns1705 @pinkkatydid @guardian That isn't going to change the fact that people are going to laugh. You don't get to control what words mean and everyone else has decided that "gooner" is a far funnier word this way. Arsenal fans are outnumbered on this one, sorry.
you are a LIBRARY you have TONNES of wartime journals and oral history recordings and letters and photographs and archive boxes that you were entrusted with by real people who were once really alive. and instead of their stories, you’ve given us this shambling electronic puppet
you are a LIBRARY you have TONNES of wartime journals and oral history recordings and letters and photographs and archive boxes that you were entrusted with by real people who were once really alive. and instead of their stories, you’ve given us this shambling electronic puppet
Sometimes I wonder whether the "I don't like conlangs" guy also thinks we shouldn't study language games, cants and ritualistic registers or if it's just one kind of human linguistic creativity he despises
If you put Shakespeare in a room with a typewriter for an infinite amount of time, he’d eventually come up with the complete works of the Monkees
‘the protests are robbing my Columbia students of listening to John Cage’s 4’33, the piece of music that is explicitly designed to force you to listen to…what’s around you.’ absolutely perfect
Does <playing chicken> mean the same thing as <being chicken>?
@LaymansLinguist Mfs really will go out of their way to include Old English as a possible language for medical appointments while completely ignoring marginalised languages that are actually spoken by people
@LaymansLinguist As a patient I would select Old Occitan as my preferred language. (If they list Old English and Ancient Egyptian as options, then chances are it's there). And as a result, I refuse to accept any bill unless it is in the common tongue of the 12th century Counts of Toulouse
Okay which one of you did this
Okay which one of you did this
"My Greatest Day in Baseball" By Babe Ruth, Joe Di Maggio, Dizzy Dean and 44 All Time Greats, as told to John P Carmichael ⚾📚
"My Greatest Day in Baseball" By Babe Ruth, Joe Di Maggio, Dizzy Dean and 44 All Time Greats, as told to John P Carmichael ⚾📚 https://t.co/ZbRph3I4UP
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matt 🍉 @matt_boot_
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Gretchen McCulloch @g.. @GretchenAMcC
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🌵 @meganfigueroa.b.. @megandfigueroa
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Adam Schembri @AdamCSchembri
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Dr. Hadas Kotek 🦄�.. @HadasKotek
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Because Language beca.. @becauselangpod
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Gareth Roberts @garicgymro
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A. Z. Forеman: Serio.. @azforeman
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The Linguist Formerly.. @pinkkatydid
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Adam Schembri @AdamCSchembri
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Dr. Hadas Kotek 🦄�.. @HadasKotek
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Because Language beca.. @becauselangpod
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Sylvia Sierra @sociolinguista
7K Followers 1K Following Linguist. language & social interaction @SyracuseU. Book: @milltalkmedia. I study identity, media & culture online/offline in Am English & Mex Spanish. she/her
Gareth Roberts @garicgymro
5K Followers 4K Following Welsh linguist in Philadelphia. I grow languages in the lab. Opinions my own. He. Ieithydd o Gymro yn Philadelphia. Tyfaf ieithoedd yn y lab. Barnau fy hun. Fo.
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8K Followers 877 Following Researcher & Adult Educator / PhD from @OISEUofT / Mainly examining the intersections of language, race, & work / 🇹🇹
Jon Henner @jmhenner
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A. Z. Forеman: Serio.. @azforeman
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Lauren Gawne @superlinguo
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The Linguist Formerly.. @pinkkatydid
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LanguageCrawler @LanguageCrawler
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Jadin 🇵🇸 @jadincmoore
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Rikker Dockum /ɹɪk�.. @thai101
6K Followers 1K Following Linguist. I work on sound change, lexical tone, Thai & other Tai languages, inclusion in linguistics. Visiting asst. prof. at Sw@rthmore. he/him
Kévin Abroad | YouTu.. @KevinAbroadYT
12K Followers 193 Following French/Portuguese polyglot🇨🇵🇵🇹🇬🇧🇪🇸🇮🇹 Learning 🇯🇵 - Qualified language teacher - MA in applied Linguistics. Also @Kevinabroad on YouTube.
Uwe Edelheid feat. ma.. @dietweeterei
3K Followers 661 Following I tweet mostly about Linguistics and Tolkien | PhDing at @VUamsterdam about historical linguistics & North Halmahera langs | @SilmariaPodcast | {female markers}
The Anglish Times @theanglishtimes
16K Followers 11K Following News written in Anglish --- https://t.co/No7L3PoD0R --- https://t.co/WTCN8e3MFw ---
mati #coffeetwt @sutendonokutan
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Nick M is @abstractte.. @dashtaisen
211 Followers 1K Following (sometimes-computational) linguist, AI/ML unenthusiast, he/they https://t.co/XeKfnB8qB2…
Kristina @ganitsirk
160 Followers 228 Following Mostly blithering, occasional blathering. LOTS of {o}possums. I do a linguistics sometimes too.
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RebeccaJShapiro (new .. @RebeccaJShapiro
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Elaine Vaughan @ECVlimerick
949 Followers 2K Following Born. Currently living. Lecturer @researchartsul @ulcals @ul #corpuslinguistics #IrishEnglish. Divers tweeting: north-north-west occasionally southerly.Amazing paper. I can imagine the authors literally yelling out eureka when they get an effect this strong
Great paper by @ReinoehlUta and Mark Ellison (ahead of print, OpenAccess): 'Metaphor forces argument overtness'. Private comment from a reviewer: "I'm a bit annoyed that I didn't realize this myself". Once you've seen it, you can't unsee it. degruyter.com/document/doi/1…
Many people are dunking on this bit by john mcwhorter, but I take a more positive view, at least he's not teaching linguistics
@LaymansLinguist @betsysneller did he pronounce it the same way mine pronounced fox? When screaming at the zoo that he wanted to see one?
@LaymansLinguist @manof2moro Kind of. You would do something harmful or dangerous and the first person to bail was “playing chicken”. Not sure why we called it that. That’s my only experience with the difference.
@LaymansLinguist It was MEEEEEE! HAHAHA! MMMMEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!! HAHAHAHAHAAAAAAA!!! *dun DUN DUN dun DUN DUNNNNNNNNNNNNN*
@hannerzC @LaymansLinguist I agree, although “playing chicken” to me can include other games that test which party bails first
@LaymansLinguist Being chicken is being scared/afraid. Playing chicken is an incredibly stupid game, like Russian roulette with cars.
@LaymansLinguist To me, "playing chicken" is something you do that involves 2 cars driving towards eachother. Being chicken is being cowardly.
@LaymansLinguist Mfs really will go out of their way to include Old English as a possible language for medical appointments while completely ignoring marginalised languages that are actually spoken by people
@LaymansLinguist I'd go for Ancient Egyptian myself!
@LaymansLinguist As a patient I would select Old Occitan as my preferred language. (If they list Old English and Ancient Egyptian as options, then chances are it's there). And as a result, I refuse to accept any bill unless it is in the common tongue of the 12th century Counts of Toulouse
@LaymansLinguist ANCIENT EGYPTIAN LOL 'please represent this document in hieroglyphics' Ya think they just found a list of languages and didn't bother to prune it and slapped it in there?
@LaymansLinguist *sticks hands in pockets, whistles, and walks the other way, avoiding eye contact*
@LaymansLinguist One of my favourite things when we went to Rome was finding that the audio-guide to the Coliseum was available in Latin.
@LaymansLinguist oh I see I missed one of my personal favorites: [ge͜ɪ] = "gray" which she shouts, delightedly, whenever she sees gray. So my toddler is constantly shouting "GAY!!!!!" and I love it
@LaymansLinguist I looked at her tweets, finding others even more offensive, and declared her blockworthy.
@LaymansLinguist Was going to say wow surprisingly racist! But then more than one synapse fired and I realized this is exactly on brand levels of racist!
@LaymansLinguist im super noise sensitive and babies crying makes me panic… which is why as a responsible person i carry my earbuds/earplugs at all times. problem solved. do these things just cease to exist to some people who board planes? most long haul flights even give you FREE headphones!
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