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ch-narayan.bsky.social
Linguistics prof in Toronto (Ac-phon, speech perception, sound change) ch-narayan.github.io Also: Westernghats.bandcamp.com Carromboard.bandcamp.com
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RIP Paul Dutton www.youtube.com/watch?v=th-p...

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@charan-neuro.bsky.social

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That disjunct feeling reading about Moderna withdrawing their flu/covid vax in my home country (USA), while automatically receiving a colon cancer screen test in the mail (now that I'm 50) in my adopted country (Canada)

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On my way to Chicago listening to Seam

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Had the wild experience this afternoon of turning and pulling the key out of the ignition only to notice the engine still running. I’ll be the guy disconnecting a fuse to turn off his car #2013DodgeGrandCaravan

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Jimmy:Billy Carter::Justin:Dustin Trudeau

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NYT trying to convince me that anyone cared about Rilo Kiley 25 years ago

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Shouldn’t this kid be wearing a Smiths shirt?

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Waiting in line for the train to Buffalo, lady in front of me keeps saying “wi-five”

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RIP a great one www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hYq...

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Only two talks in the special session on sound change at CLS, apparently lots of intl people pulled out. Looks like American linguistics conferences should zoom it for four years

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I'm giving a talk at Buffalo Linguistics on Friday, "Debuccalization without spirantization or Why 10th century Kannada lost its lips" and it'll be simulcast on Zoom. Write me if you're interested. The talk is about medieval Kannada epigraphy, phonology, acoustics, and speech perception.

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Chicago friends, I'll be in your windy city May 8-11. @rosnerisland.bsky.social hang?

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My kids rooting for the Bloc Québécois so Quebec separates and they no longer have to take french

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www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...

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Segment on the “brain gain” on CBC said the university health network is hoping to bring 1000 scientists from US labs and univs to Toronto

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Guy on CBC from Alberta pronounced Poilievre as "po-li-vi-yay", like Laurence Olivier. He was like, fuck it, it sounds French

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