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Dual US/FI citizen who doesn't really do gender. Trans as in transhumanist, transatlantic and transfluvial.

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abdalian , to linguistics
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Is there a term for an interlocutor saying the last word of the previous speaker’s sentence in unison with them? Not just occasionally or when the previous speaker is having trouble recalling a word, but nearly every sentence, possibly even when that sentence is not the end of a turn? I’m looking for articles or research about this out of personal curiosity.

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kechpaja ,
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@abdalian @linguistics Would this not just be a subcategory of backchanneling?

NickEast , to linguistics
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Fun with edu-fuckin-cation! Am I doing it right? I'm looking at you linguists... 😂

@linguisticsmemes @linguistics @humour


kechpaja ,
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@NickEast @linguisticsmemes @linguistics @humour My first linguistics professor loved using that example to get students in her intro class interested.

bogiperson , to bookstodon
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I have been spending the past month working (a lot) to relaunch my daily story recs as a newsletter with the demise of Twitter. Built up well over a month of recs to post.

But IDK which service to use. Obvs not Substack. 5x/week emails need to be affordable. Is this a thing? Any comments welcome

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kechpaja ,
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@bogiperson @bookstodon A lot of people seem to be promoting @buttondown, although I personally don't have any experience with it.

theautisticcoach , to actuallyautistic
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Do you use the word "Neurodivergent"?

Why or why not?

Do you think it's ableist?

If you don't use it, what word do you use?

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kechpaja ,
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@theautisticcoach @actuallyautistic Are there people who think "neurodivergent" is ableist? To me it is still explicitly a carefully chosen "politically correct" term.

BradRubenstein , (edited ) to linguistics
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One of the shortcomings of most online language learning systems is that they cannot teach language-specific conversational turn-taking cues. Without the right cues, conversations feel awkward and frustrating, and the participants often don't know why.

@languagelovers @linguistics

kechpaja ,
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@BradRubenstein @languagelovers @linguistics This is one of the things I still haven't fully figured out in Finnish. My ability to communicate has grown immensely and continues to grow, but I still sometimes find myself unable to grab the conversational turn without doing something rude.

kechpaja ,
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@BradRubenstein @languagelovers @linguistics I'm not familiar with ASL norms at all, but I'm going to assume that that's a bit like slapping your hand over someone's mouth to get them to shut up.

Thankfully for me, it's mostly just a matter of feeling like I'm interrupting. I can't say if I actually am, though (if I could I wouldn't have the problem, at least not as much).

youronlyone , to linguistics
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In the local of the , we can easily express which order in the siblings we are, but it has always been a challenge to express this in English.

Examples (Filipino - English):

“Ako ay ikatlo sa mga magkakapatid.”

EN: “I am third of the siblings” vs “I am third of four siblings.”

The problem with the latter translation is “of four” was not stated in the . The first option is the closest but it sounds weird.

How about this: “Ako ay pangalawa sa mga babae at pang-apat sa mga magkakapatid.”

Literal translation: “I am second of the female siblings and fourth of siblings.”

Maybe a better one is: “I am second female and fourth among us siblings.”

How is it in your local language? And how would you express it in English?

@languagelovers @linguistics

kechpaja ,
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@youronlyone @languagelovers @linguistics At least in my English variety, that would be naturally expressed as “I am the third-oldest sibling” (or “I am the second-youngest” — if you’re closer to the bottom, it’s more natural to count from the bottom).

You can also say “second-oldest/second-youngest girl/boy”.

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