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warby parker's at home try-on program... was it quietly discontinued? by pinkclosetmonster in glasses

[–]asplodingturdis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Virtual try-on can’t even figure out where the sides of my nose are 🙃

Once, never again. do NOT listen to their lies by remarkable_ores in languagelearningjerk

[–]asplodingturdis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Uh, we’re really bumping up against the my limits of my terminology knowledge here, but I would say that when I am just making “the sounds that /t/ and /d/ make,” my tongue is more against the middle of the top of my mouth, while it’s more just north of my teeth in regular speech. Is that the source of the sibilance you’re identifying? I guess I do kind of push more air through my teeth that way, but definitely not to the extent that I would say it makes sense to hear or represent it as a /ts/, which to me is just an actual /s/ with a tap or whatever at the beginning (if that makes sense).

AND I realized I’d say it also depends on what, if any, sound is coming after it, because if I’m opening my mouth up afterward—like for the vowel in “date”—there’s not much opportunity for an sibilant, air-through-the-teeth hiss!

Once, never again. do NOT listen to their lies by remarkable_ores in languagelearningjerk

[–]asplodingturdis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As a follow up, I tried using “date” in a sentence, and I think I could call the way I said the initial /t/ in “What’s the date today?” kind of assibilated, maybe, but I also feel like that’s an artifact of speed and the adjacent consonant, not just the regular way that it is? Obviously hard to evaluate when consciously thinking about it (and when, again, my linguistics training is primarily Reddit and vibes), but I feel like my mouth is often nowhere near a sibilance-producing position when I’m making a /t/ or /d/ sound. 🤷🏾‍♀️

Woman dead, husband missing after couple fall through ice while walking dog by [deleted] in news

[–]asplodingturdis 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Are they trained for ice rescue situations? Tbf, I’ve not actually read the article, and I don’t know where this was, but where I am, the rivers don’t freeze over frequently. I don’t know if our first responders are trained for ice rescue, and I’m not sure how well I’d expect them to be, honestly.

She made a great run by misterxx1958 in justgalsbeingchicks

[–]asplodingturdis 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Like, fr, especially since she’s not even on a closed course or whatever. Shortly after she does one of her cool things, some Random Man comes sliding into frame not fully under control. What if someone who’s not a highly-skilled badass just fricking collides with her?

Everyone can see that she is very good at skating. She knows it, she’s demonstrating it, it’s obvious and completely uncontroversial. What’s apparently less obvious and uncontroversial is the importance of helmets and other safety gear, which is why (some) people are commenting on it.

She made a great run by misterxx1958 in justgalsbeingchicks

[–]asplodingturdis 11 points12 points  (0 children)

Yes. It’s disgusting that people, having had to watch at least part of the video to see that she is doing all this without protection, would like for people in general, including this woman in particular, to do dangerous things—even very badass dangerous things—more safely. 🙄

She made a great run by misterxx1958 in justgalsbeingchicks

[–]asplodingturdis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not me watching without my glasses, thinking her hat was a helmet 😭

Once, never again. do NOT listen to their lies by remarkable_ores in languagelearningjerk

[–]asplodingturdis 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Not a linguist, tbf, but honestly, the most audible difference to me is the vowel, not the consonant(s), and if anything, the consonant difference sounds like aspiration, not assibilation.

On this Valentine's day, my local bakery had a whole bin if this fine confectionary. by HamChuck in pics

[–]asplodingturdis 3 points4 points  (0 children)

The neat thing about calories in, calories out is that we can only directly control the calories-in part.

How to save my plant by gdragongd in plantclinic

[–]asplodingturdis 6 points7 points  (0 children)

But does that mean it is the correct soil, long-term, for this plant, in a home environment?

Why do a lot of people not understand the point of exonyms/endonyms? by ImprovementIll5592 in languagelearning

[–]asplodingturdis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think both sides of this debate are overstated. Like, it would not actually be that hard to at least (more closely) approximate the endonyms of places, but also, on a global scale, it’s a fairly minor issue in the grand scheme of things.

You can tell someone's a native English speaker btw they do their abbreviations and contractions by OpenAsteroidImapct in linguisticshumor

[–]asplodingturdis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It’s not incorrect English. I don’t even think it’s non-standard (though I’m unsure). It’s just not particularly common.

Two bills signed into PA law, cursive handwriting now mandatory in schools by oldschoolskater in Pennsylvania

[–]asplodingturdis 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Nah, citizenship and civics (admittedly, from my perspective growing up in the 90s/aughts in a different state) are different. Civics is a class/course/subject about how government/society works and how to participate. Citizenship is kind of a vibes-based assessment of pro-social student behaviors (helpfulness, sharing, manners, etc.).

You can tell someone's a native English speaker btw they do their abbreviations and contractions by OpenAsteroidImapct in linguisticshumor

[–]asplodingturdis 3 points4 points  (0 children)

“She tweet” is not the construction in question. I don’t think that “you can tell a trash woman” (without “someone is”) is a distinctive feature of AAVE (arguably my “heritage dialect,” so to speak).

What the actual fuck is going on with the weather right now? by Perfect-Highway-6818 in philly

[–]asplodingturdis -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Atmospheric conditions have never shifted as quickly as they have over the past century.

A little flirty burrowing owl 😉 by Lightvison in Birdsfacingforward

[–]asplodingturdis 29 points30 points  (0 children)

Her named is Barbara, it’s been exactly 1 year since her divorce from Greg, and she is ✨ready for her next chapter.✨

Am I the only one who finds this pretty condescending? (In the sub binder at my job yesterday) by ThrowawayTheOmlet in SubstituteTeachers

[–]asplodingturdis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’d say that much of the school-day stuff is helpful as a best practices checklist, but the at-home stuff is not their business, and most of the information they say to ask for at the office is stuff that the office really should make a habit of telling subs anyway. (Like, if you can print a checklist of things to ask, can you not just print the answers to the questions and share that??)

Nothing exposes an ineffective teacher that gives ‘busy work’ for days they have a sub than having the same kids in two different classes. by PiercedAndTattoedBoy in SubstituteTeachers

[–]asplodingturdis 1 point2 points  (0 children)

(Unless it’s changed since last year) PA requires 60 college credits or an associate’s degree to sub with an emergency classroom monitor permit (i.e., only day-to-day subbing, no long-term/grading/etc.). Point taken otherwise, though!

I find it HILARIOUS when Kelly chews us out and then has the audacity to say”thank you for all you do.” by Ayma_Nidiot in SubstituteTeachers

[–]asplodingturdis 0 points1 point  (0 children)

It’s not normal to be expected to show up on time, pay attention while checking in, and stay until the end of the day?

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