bnerlich.bsky.social
Metaphor hunter, linguist, social scientist, blogger
ORCID: 0000-0001-6617-7827
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The aroma of ChatGPT😃
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Sorry, changed that now.
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I loved that you mention Wittgenstein, Lévi-Strauss and their focus on meaning, context and patterning, and, of course J. R. Firth and, what you call "his version of the distributional hypothesis ('you shall know a word by the company it keeps')".
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I know I know ... I thought better be honest
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Ok, I wrote something up in a bit of a rush but hopefully capturing some of the emerging rhetoric blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/makingscienc...
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ok that's true
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do they actually use the blueprint metaphor - I can't find it
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Here we go www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news...
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OK, there's more information here:
wellcome.org/news/new-pro...
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A whole language I don't understand!!
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Great metaphor! Will it replace 'enshittification'?
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Wonderful!
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Just to say THEY ARE DOING IT as we speak. I am so happy. Thank you so much for the tip!!!!
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That was quick!
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Croissants normally work for me. Especially with cherry jam! I hope it works for you!
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Glad to be of help!
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here you go blogs.nottingham.ac.uk/makingscienc...
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So good! I was once a bit obsessed with Bakhtin, a long time ago. I should look at his work again, like so many things!
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and we'll be left with the corps of human knowledge...
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Don't worry I'll wait. The animal names just rang a bell.
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oh I love that too :)
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I'd love to read this article, but don't have access.....
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LOVE IT :)
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I remember her well from my time in Oxford - a forceful lady
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Ha, I only every knew the first meaning, silly me - as for 'silly' - it once meant 'blessed, happy, healthy, and prosperous' (selig), go figure (I wish I could say 'silly me' in that sense, haha!)
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Done!
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I'll do that! It's not there at the moment. Thanks for the hint!
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I am still grappling with that a bit, as I am a bit of a technophobe. But i'll find a way (I'll find someone)....I hope.