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open source projects with EXAMPLES in the readme I love you

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does anyone know how 're' became the suffix for denoting when something is done multiple times? return, revisit, remember, revolve etc.

yep, here's the etymonline entry!

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Hey since some of linguistic fields are part of STEM

Source: https://twitter.com/begusgasper/status/1691493001938571264?t=d88KzJuw968h-_CSoD3RBg&s=19

Some linguists were and are still researching quantitatively before, and they work with numeric and data as well, Do you know why and how it took so long for it to be considered as STEM previously? 😅

Thanks and stay healthy and hydrated as usual

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Linguistics is a STEM subject because it is a Science.

Why Linguistics and Psychology often aren't considered to be STEM sciences? Probably sexism.

Math, Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Computer science are generally male dominated fields, while Linguistics, Psychology, and (iirc) Sociology are generally female dominated fields. So we're seen as "soft" scientists (and probably because we don't make bombs as well).

Also, the argument that qualitative work isn't "science" drive me insane. People aren't just numbers. Using mixed methods gives you a better idea of who and what you're exploring and can possibly help you make generalisations from your results (we have to generalise because we can't test everyone). Doing purely quantitative work has led to a lot of misunderstanding of outcomes in my opinion and, at least in my department, I've been hearing a lot more people talking about how there needs to be a bigger push more mixed methods.

Anyone have any other thoughts? @redstar-winterorbit @after-perfect @no-chill-scientist @sprachgefuehle @thiswilldragon @smileystudies @esoanem

and @ anyone else who wants a go.

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there's a lovely medical term for bruising, and that's ecchymosis - and til it comes from the ancient greek for "juice where it shouldn't be" and that's just fantastic

also it's a word with a great mouthfeel we think

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a weighted blanket is not enough please compress me into a .zip file

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Like I'm sure sex is cool and all but have you ever thought about the relationships between different word classes

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On a tangential note: endnotes are the worst, and even more annoying in a PDF than they are in a printed book. Hate hate hate hate hate. Why do publishers insist on fucking endnotes over the obviously superior footnote.

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eleventh plague. emails. 

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[sic] is my favorite editorial notation because of its inherent bitchiness.

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Huge fan of when my speech patterns rub off on people enjoy when thay happens

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when we realize the deadline for the call for papers is today

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i love languages so much i think they are so beautiful and linguistic diversity needs to be maintained because there are so many languages in the worlds and thats so aweosme *visibly choking back tears over the fact that i will never be able to speak every language ever*

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What good is your fancy etymology database when it can't even give me the date of the first recorded use of "McFucking" as an intensifier?

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love the word “rapscallion”. like not only are you a rascal but you’re also kind of spring onion about it too

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noticing as I learn different languages I tend to think using the shortest word from any of those languages, so for example instead of "this is" or "dette er", I'll just automatically think "c'est"

So my proposal is a creole of every language in which we find the shortest syllabic way to say every single word and speak at maximum efficiency

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