#Language

Gina Anne Tam 譚吉娜

DGTam86

So normally I don't respond to random posts, but for educational purposes, I'll bite. By "literally," I presume you mean how most linguists define dialect, in which case, no it

Cathryn Townsend, PhD.

CathrynTownsend

This is such a small-minded & mean-spirited tweet that I hesitated to comment on it, but it's representative of a wider pattern of cultural chauvinism so:1. Who gets to decide

William Bairamian

Bairamian

What I find interesting about these debates on national identity is that the ones vociferously defending the "anybody can be Armenian" thesis are liberals who are ostensibly anti-west but whose

Louisa Ramsaier

Schnittstelle__

(1) Since these are the last days of 2020 I've been reflecting a lot. First of all, I came to the important inside that I don't like twitter. Too many

鍾翔宇 Xiangyu

notXiangyu

1. "A nation is a historically constituted, stable community of people, formed on the basis of a common language, territory, economic life, and psychological make-up manifested in a common culture."

Ashlee N. Ford Versypt

FordVersyptLab

We're starting today at 5pm Central Time with the intention to form a virtual community of practice for inclusion in chemical engineering (and related fields).https://twitter.com/FordVersyptLab/status/1280932045120815105 My presentation

Intersex Facts

intersexfacts

Okay, today we would like to talk about the words male and female, and how they are used by this account. This seems like an important topic for many people

Shelley Gray 💙

Shelley_Corra

A little thread about language and #HumanRights...Recently I shared an NHS letter (not mine) that started with the line 'The vast majority of babies are normal.' It meant 'normal' as

Maazi Ogbonnaya

ogbonnaya_mark

Chidimma or Chidinma: Which One is Spelt Correctly and Why?Over the years, grammatical anomalies have been committed regarding ways to write some Igbo names or words. On social media, series

David Leask

LeaskyHT

The deeply prejudiced and stunningly ignorant subset of unionists abusing @Lenniesaurus & disparaging the speech of their neighbours are not new but they appear to be growing in confidence. It’s

Zito

_Zeets

The problem with the calls to consider cultural differences to excuse problems of race is that Black people in those different cultures tend to be treated badly as well and

C.L. Lynch

lynchauthor

Confused about person-first language? Is it acceptable or not? Here's a brief history on PFL and how it went from etiquette to ableism: #pfl #ableism #acutallyautistic In 1983, at the

The Autisticats

autisticats

If you’re new to the autistic community, you might not know what the acronym AAC stands for. AAC means “Augmentative and Alternative Communication.”Augmentative = a supplement to spoken communication Alternative

Andrew Thompson

anthomsec

This graphic taken from the U.S. military Joint Publication 3-12 Cyberspace Operations demonstrates how current doctrine includes cyberspace attack for DEFENSIVE purposes. DCO-RA, specifically. Also included is the language used

Josh Shahryar (they/them) #BLM

JShahryar

I want to talk about why I am very sensitive to the use of ableist language by anyone - ESPECIALLY me. I grew with PTSD, depression, anxiety and possibly ADHD

Bob Belderbos

bbelderbos

Celebrating 16 years in Spain 16 life lessons living abroad (thread)#LessonsLearned #spain #Languages #culture #selfdevelopment #reflections #motivation #growth #networking 1. Moving to a new country enriches you as human being,

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