It has always seemed odd to me that Milroy (1980) is treated as the beginning of the second wave of #sociolinguistics when everything Milroy did was also done by Gal (1979) only better and with much more #ethnographic work. It seems like it's just because Milroy was more centered on #variationist traditions from #monolingual #languagevariation work.
#linguistics #socialnetworkanalysis #SNA #langaugecontact #bilingualism #ethnography
The National Weather Service is no longer providing translations of its products after its contract with an artificial intelligence company was allowed to lapse. It's a change that experts say could put non-English speakers at risk of missing warnings about extreme weather. A weather service spokesperson declined to comment on the lapse of the contract. It comes as the weather service's parent agency, NOAA, is among federal agencies targeted by the Trump administration for aggressive staff and budget cuts. Nearly 68 million people in the U.S. speak a language other than English at home, according to 2019 Census data.
A quiet power rises in SF politics: #ChineseGrandparents
Much like candidates and elected officials adopting #Chinese names, the prominence of #monolingual Chinese seniors at #political rallies has become a perennial election-year phenomenon in #SanFrancisco. This demographic may not swing elections, but their presence sends a signal to other pockets of this heavily #Asian city about diversity and organizing power.
https://sfstandard.com/2024/05/21/san-francisco-mayors-race-chinese-grandmas-grandpas/
coca-cola needs to bring this "medio litro" flavor to usa/canada markets, this shit is so good!
To my #polyglot, #multilingual, #trilingual, #bilingual peepodons, or even #monolingual folks who are nonetheless curious about #languages.
Iโve started an alt account over at polyglot.city where I plan to geek out on #LanguageLearning. Iโll record my upcoming journey learning #Taiwanese, and share #trivia about names, words, and phrases in different tongues.
Follow @chunshek and #CodeSwitch with me.
#introduction copied from my other profile @Kirt ๐ I'm also @kirt ๐ฆฃ
๐งฌ Side tracked #biologist
๐ from the #WesternPacific region
#Monolingual ๐ด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ฅ๓ ฎ๓ ง๓ ฟ #English speaker, curious about more #Languages than I will ever learn ๐ช๐บ #German ๐ฉ๐ช #RussianLanguage 
#Hindi ๐ฎ๐ณ #Urdu ๐ต๐ฐ #Farsi ๐ #Arabic ๐ฒ๐น #Maltese ๐ฎ๐ฒ #Manx ๐ต๐ฌ #TokPisin
๐ I can read familiar names in multiple scripts but I am only fluent in English & German is the only other language know well enough to be useful.
๐ค i click "translate" a lot
Languages evolve, this means they are alive.
๐งฌ Side tracked biologist
๐ฅ Looking for my niche
๐ Western Pacific
#Monolingual #English speaker, curious about more #Languages than I will ever learn #German ๐ช๐บ #RussianLanguage #Hindi ๐ฎ๐ณ #Urdu #Farsi #Arabic #Maltese ๐ฎ๐ฒ #Manx ๐ต๐ฌ #TokPisin
๐ So far I can read familiar names in multiple scripts but I am only fluent in English & German is the only other language know well enough to be useful.
๐ค i click "translate" a lot
๐ฆฃ I'm also @kirt
๐กHow many #languages do you speak at least conversationally? ๐ฃ๏ธ๐โโ๏ธ
#foreign #language #bilingual #multilingual #polyglot #monolingual #English #French #Spanish #Chinese #Italian #German #Japanese #Korean #Russian
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quite adept
Chunshek has moved
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