#Language

THREAD: I've repeatedly highlighted that you need #Chinese language literacy for analysing Chinese politics. . The below-quoted thread is an example of why. The author argues that the use of
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ever since i realized a noticeable portion of my vocabulary was ableist, i’ve been more keen to notice the same ableist language other ppl’s speech. so here’s a thread of
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People: please don’t assign one sign language interpreter an event that goes on for more than 45 minutes and has multiple speakers. It’s not the best practice, and the interpreter
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[A short thread] I read this article over and over again. I am missing the point why @PhilipPurnell didn't cite local article that says exactly the same thing. This article
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I've just realised my Itali-versary came and went without me noticing. I arrived in Rome on 30th January 2000 aged 22. I didn't know a single person in the city,
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I first learned about narcissism from the POV of a victim. A lot of the language is really dehumanizing & creates a one-dimensional monster.& i get how that happens, but
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Child welfare uses the language of safety to move children from suspect families to middle class families where they can learn to become good citizens. If you doubt this follow
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1/ Some thoughts on the important critique of the #sciencediplomacy discourse by @S4D4C’s @tim_flink https://brill.com/view/journals/hjd/aop/article-10.1163-1871191X-BJA10032/article-10.1163-1871191X-BJA10032.xml?language=en 2/ For a mult
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can't believe 1984 is just "what if… the sapir-whorf hypothesis were true?" me: *squints at newspeak* so, chinese? german? sometimes my notes to myself look like this tbh anyway, I'm
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Formative moment in my life: When I was in fourth grade, a teacher asked for the children to name a contraction. She called on me: "shan't," I said. "No, that's
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1/ If you are looking to get into a Canadian University as an international student, follow this thread. Getting admission into a Canadian university, requires that you have the right
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What's it like to be a #PhD student in #Germany? You can get paid, and well. You can afford a car, an apartment, and provide for a family. You may
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Very interesting modus operandi and I refuse to believe this is not coordinated. Random trolls don’t invest this sort of time in being meticulous. This is the email I got
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We read English and we are taught that knowledge is Goddess Saraswati. The English gyan about India on the Internet especially history is utter rubbish, but we are indoctrinated into
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BTW, this highlights a crucial point.Those who, like Ms H-J, think Dred Scott was rightly decided, have only ONE piece of evidence to support the claim that the Const was
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I know things seem hopeless right now. We appear on a fast track to global socialism and we are living through the most destructive economic policies conceivable.Truth has become a
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