#Linguistics

Petty White

flotisserie

Just spent a ridiculous amount of time researching where the "dark" in "tall, dark, and handsome" originates and why. I wish I had access to the OED, but since I

Dr. Danielle Lupton

ProfLupton

Here's a running list of PhDs in fictional films who are referred to correctly as Dr. and their specialities. 1. Dr. Indiana Jones; PhD Archaeology2. Dr. Jack Ryan; PhD Economics

Neuro Polarbear

NeuroPolarbear

Lot of dunking on this tweet, all of it good. When I studied linguistics, I was trained to look to how language is functional and to avoid judgment.https://twitter.com/KordingLab/status/1296459722313392131 Many of

Ellen Lee

EllenLeePhD

#ClassicsTwitter, I feel like I (maybe we?) could use some pleasantness on the TL, so I'm writing a thread on my Latin Prose Comp class this semester. It was my

Zeyad el Nabolsy (زياد النابلسي)

ZNabolsy

1. Philosophers should care about the sociology of philosophy.2. From the perspective of global intellectual history, the analytic-continental divide is a family squabble between 2 Eurocentric siblings. 3. Hegel is

Dr. Nauman Niaz

DrNaumanNiaz

1/10Recently there has been a debate on cricketers vs non cricketers. Quite a useless one. Cricket broadcasting has a handful of facets needing to be redressed: First we need to

Emily M. Bender

emilymbender

Hey #NLProc (and AI folks working on language), can we just ... not?https://www.neowin.net/news/microsofts-ai-model-has-outperformed-humans-in-natural-language-understanding The Microsoft blog post that this links to is slightly less bad, o

Kimani Okearah

theKimansta

I was 27 years old when I realized how things actually worked on the court, so I'm in full agreement with Dray.Incidentally, it's a similar vibe to the field of

Лорд Хасвелл, А.

aidxn_hx

Coming from me, a Python enthusiast who have some experience using Python in IoT and Big Data.I would suggest to stick with Windows.You cant get Windows to work reliably on

Sue Aside

SheerchaiZ93

[Some Myths] Afghanistan being the graveyard of empires: This 'quote' was first used by Americans to give Afghanistan more a barbaric image. After Afghans successfully defeated the British soldiers, a

TheLifestyleBae®

Nurse_TLB

Being @AACNursing is seeking feedback on the essentials, let us discuss the diversity, equity & inclusion portion of the document. This portion is weak and falls in line with too

Hans Rocha IJzerman

hansijzerman

In a little bit over two weeks, my first book will come out (https://wwnorton.com/books/heartwarming). In this thread, I want to highlight some research I discuss and some cool “facts” I

Elliott Ash

ellliottt

“In politics, when reason and emotion collide, emotion invariably wins.” -- Drew Westen, The Political Brain.Interesting idea! What do the data say about that?New working paper: "Emotion and Reason in

हिरण्यरेता

Hiranyareta

But Nilesh Oak takes this line and in his simulator he found that some time before 5561 BCE Arundhati has higher RA (Right Ascension) than Vashishtha and BINGO!! Mahbharat war

Colin Millar

Millar_Colin

This feels like an absurd charge which is focused on enforcing the FA's rules, bureaucracy and need to be seen to be taking action, rather than focusing on actually tackling

R.B. Lemberg

RB_Lemberg

Late night thoughts:Universities existed before capitalism. Universities exist/ed in monarchies, under communism, in capitalist societies, in socialist societies, in every type of society.Universities are, in their idealized form, communiti

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