is it suspicious because nothing gets past it

I like structural ambiguity more than most people

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I had forgotten what it was like to ask MS Word to do something perfectly reasonable and have it jump up and run away with its pants on its head. Bah.

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kate conger@kateconger.com · 5mo ago

I do feel like a semicolon might’ve been helpful

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rosiedoes@rosiedoes.bsky.social · 6mo ago

It's not quite the spelling chaos here, but a church near my old house had a sign that read: TRY OUR HEALING SERVICES - you won't get better

Research assistant takes a lunch break.

undercaffeinated thought of the day: a tiny part of me wants a double mastectomy so that when people ask me what happened, I can look back deadpan and say "the front fell off"

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CBS News@cbsnews.com · 7mo ago

CBP officer faces federal charges over allegations he harbored an unauthorized immigrant who was also his girlfriend and niece.

I need to know everything about job #6 right now

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pouring one out for all those still experiencing Frenchness

Brendel@brendelbored.bsky.social · 8mo ago

Happy 3 year anniversary to this post

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Your instincts are perfect, kiddo. We just accidentally messed up the whole orthography because we invented the printing press in the middle of a giant sound change.

This paragraph just gets better with every line

syntax tree of the week: two trees for the price of one #linguistics #syntaxtreeoftheweek

Halloween is on the way! Do you like the International Phonetic Alphabet but wish it was... spooOOOoookier? I present... The INTERRED⚰️national FANG🧛etic AlphaBEAST 👹 r.jyu.fi/IPAspooky Free to use/adapt! (@creativecommons.bsky.social) Repost or I will send zombies to eat your braaaaains. 🧟‍‍ 🧠🍽️

International Phonetic Alphabet, spooooky edition!

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I hereby name this symbol "the schwat". I will be taking no questions. #linguistics #phonetics #threads #schwa #schwat

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After [mumble] years of teaching linguistics, writing "ɐpdɔg" in the corner of the board has finally paid off

I have been informed that I and my lap are expected in the loungeroom, post-haste

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PBS News@pbsnews.org · last yr.

Are you a mother of young children who recently left the workforce? We want to hear from you for an upcoming story: https://bit.ly/4lNu0MD

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