caoimhín mac bridgéid
@kbmcgowan.bsky.social
phonetician, linguist, associate professor, musician, gen x nerd, he/him
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"woke" is an admirable, aspirational quality and using it as a slur is always an own goal
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if they say something and you say that's not true, your response is still shaped like their frame
Your frame has to *contain and explain* their frame, not just contradict it.
You have to eat their frame. Like Kirby
Your frame has to *contain and explain* their frame, not just contradict it.
You have to eat their frame. Like Kirby
September 24, 2025 at 2:22 PM
if they say something and you say that's not true, your response is still shaped like their frame
Your frame has to *contain and explain* their frame, not just contradict it.
You have to eat their frame. Like Kirby
Your frame has to *contain and explain* their frame, not just contradict it.
You have to eat their frame. Like Kirby
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any pundit or politician who ever unironically said “the woke mind virus” is a) real and b) a problem, should be yeeted. we do not need your opinion anymore. you had a chance, you showed us youre a moron and now its time for you to slink away
January 26, 2026 at 2:59 PM
any pundit or politician who ever unironically said “the woke mind virus” is a) real and b) a problem, should be yeeted. we do not need your opinion anymore. you had a chance, you showed us youre a moron and now its time for you to slink away
My trip to New Orleans for LSA was so expensive that having it on my credit card has lowered my FICO score.
January 26, 2026 at 4:37 PM
My trip to New Orleans for LSA was so expensive that having it on my credit card has lowered my FICO score.
if I tell someone from here in Lexington, Kentucky that I work for "the university" they typically ask which one. UK can't even clear its own orbit.
January 22, 2026 at 5:11 PM
if I tell someone from here in Lexington, Kentucky that I work for "the university" they typically ask which one. UK can't even clear its own orbit.
I sometimes get mistaken for a birder and I think it might be a sick burn.
January 22, 2026 at 5:09 PM
I sometimes get mistaken for a birder and I think it might be a sick burn.
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school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history
January 20, 2026 at 4:10 PM
school being canceled because the president sent armed thugs to harass and imprison the populace for voting against him should be the biggest domestic scandal in american history
Come on, heart disease, get your shit together.
January 20, 2026 at 1:44 PM
Come on, heart disease, get your shit together.
new orleans is not a terrific place to be an eardrum
January 10, 2026 at 3:57 AM
new orleans is not a terrific place to be an eardrum
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📚 Sociophonetics: Implications for Phonological and Phonetic Theory (co-edited by me and @lhlew.bsky.social) is now available online at Oxford Academic! (print copies coming end of January) academic.oup.com/book/61815
January 5, 2026 at 3:13 PM
📚 Sociophonetics: Implications for Phonological and Phonetic Theory (co-edited by me and @lhlew.bsky.social) is now available online at Oxford Academic! (print copies coming end of January) academic.oup.com/book/61815
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"A vote for Donald Trump is a vote for a man who wants to end wars, not start them, and who has demonstrated already that he has the courage and strength to stand up and fight for peace" -- Tulsi Gabbard, 10/27/24
January 4, 2026 at 11:22 PM
"A vote for Donald Trump is a vote for a man who wants to end wars, not start them, and who has demonstrated already that he has the courage and strength to stand up and fight for peace" -- Tulsi Gabbard, 10/27/24
got a wrapped from the online pet store and it was basically, like, your cats sure love to drink water with these water filters! and i like almost nothing about this timeline
January 2, 2026 at 8:57 PM
got a wrapped from the online pet store and it was basically, like, your cats sure love to drink water with these water filters! and i like almost nothing about this timeline
the noun ‘accent’ implies the existence of the verb ‘eccent’ which would let us do away with phrasing like “do an accent” or “put on an accent”.
December 22, 2025 at 5:02 AM
the noun ‘accent’ implies the existence of the verb ‘eccent’ which would let us do away with phrasing like “do an accent” or “put on an accent”.
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Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
December 20, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Pantone just updated their Color Of The Year
It's probably tedious to hate liquid glass, but I'm comfortable being tedious.
December 20, 2025 at 5:44 AM
It's probably tedious to hate liquid glass, but I'm comfortable being tedious.
the thing about the end of the semester is I miss teaching? and I had two amazingly locked-in groups this semester and have to start over at 0 again in January?
December 15, 2025 at 1:39 AM
the thing about the end of the semester is I miss teaching? and I had two amazingly locked-in groups this semester and have to start over at 0 again in January?
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Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
October 3, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Every legal story now is either
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
Ancient Circuit Judge Delivers Crystal Clear 100 Page Rebuke To Trumpist Overreach
or
In Unsigned Shadow Docket Decision, 6-3 Majority Declares Trump Can Hunt People For Sport
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this is similar to what I've come to think of as the "reverse turing test"
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
So similarly, when we see people who prefer ChatGPT or a similar synthetic text extruding machine as a source of medical information, that means those are people who are under-served in the current system.
December 9, 2025 at 3:57 PM
this is similar to what I've come to think of as the "reverse turing test"
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
when people find synthetic text is "good enough" to complete a task (homework, business report, email) it doesn't mean the machine is smart. it means they were asked to produce something that didn't matter
it's diagnostic
Noticed my daughter (18;1) has demoted the White House to the white house by switching away from compound stress and I love this kid so much
December 9, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Noticed my daughter (18;1) has demoted the White House to the white house by switching away from compound stress and I love this kid so much
read my child's human geography textbook and would like to humbly ask my fellow scholars to shut the fuck up about language if you can't be bothered to consult a linguist or literally any of our work
December 7, 2025 at 7:30 PM
read my child's human geography textbook and would like to humbly ask my fellow scholars to shut the fuck up about language if you can't be bothered to consult a linguist or literally any of our work
when reading advice online, as a guitarist, I *constantly* have to stop and remind myself that the person saying X is a great pedal or Y is a great sounding guitar sincerely believes that eric clapton or john mayer are pleasant to listen to
December 6, 2025 at 2:42 PM
when reading advice online, as a guitarist, I *constantly* have to stop and remind myself that the person saying X is a great pedal or Y is a great sounding guitar sincerely believes that eric clapton or john mayer are pleasant to listen to
it just struck me that 'tweet' is a stupid name for a little text post and I think that means I'm finally healing
December 5, 2025 at 5:23 PM
it just struck me that 'tweet' is a stupid name for a little text post and I think that means I'm finally healing
I lose so much of my life worrying about what Easter egg hunts were like at Charles Hockett's house.
December 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I lose so much of my life worrying about what Easter egg hunts were like at Charles Hockett's house.
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Since becoming a parent I have not, in fact, understood the parents who say “if you were a parent you’d understand” about vaccine hesitancy. Being in charge of this fragile little miracle has me saying things like “give her all the vaccines. Turn this baby into a pincushion” to doctors
December 5, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Since becoming a parent I have not, in fact, understood the parents who say “if you were a parent you’d understand” about vaccine hesitancy. Being in charge of this fragile little miracle has me saying things like “give her all the vaccines. Turn this baby into a pincushion” to doctors
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guys, I think I might not be the girl from Ipanema
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guys, I think I might not be the girl from Ipanema
December 4, 2025 at 4:46 PM
[ ] tall
[ ] tan
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guys, I think I might not be the girl from Ipanema
[ ] tan
[ ] young
[ ] lovely
guys, I think I might not be the girl from Ipanema
whatever value it may have had, duolingo stopped being an educational app the day they decided to replace real human beings with ai. now it's just an attention monetizing trash generator like all of this other crap
December 4, 2025 at 2:29 PM
whatever value it may have had, duolingo stopped being an educational app the day they decided to replace real human beings with ai. now it's just an attention monetizing trash generator like all of this other crap