Bob Kennedy
@bobksb.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Linguistics at UCSB; aka bk.dot.sb; Phonology, Socioling, Variation, Lang and Sports, Meme creator & theorist, Genre-shifted music; UAz, U'O, LCI, Jeop!, H&C
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January 18, 2025 at 6:07 PM
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Fwiw we saw the stage musical in London this past summer & nearly the entire cast used English accents (except Oz, who was vaguely transatlantic). I think sometimes the choices are partly a function of the actor's toolbox
December 2, 2024 at 4:47 PM
Fwiw we saw the stage musical in London this past summer & nearly the entire cast used English accents (except Oz, who was vaguely transatlantic). I think sometimes the choices are partly a function of the actor's toolbox
Bonjour hello, a demain
May 16, 2024 at 2:09 AM
Bonjour hello, a demain
They contacted you?? Say yes! Trivia is 1/3 of the game
May 16, 2024 at 2:04 AM
They contacted you?? Say yes! Trivia is 1/3 of the game
Also, Greek π was adapted from a Phoenician glyph for /p/ which, prior to acrophonia, was a logogram for 'mouth' (i.e. piehole apparently)
March 15, 2024 at 5:29 AM
Also, Greek π was adapted from a Phoenician glyph for /p/ which, prior to acrophonia, was a logogram for 'mouth' (i.e. piehole apparently)
I read once that the mathematical use of π originally was in reference to circumference (perimeter, hence Greek P), not the ratio of circumference to diameter, so the shift of the symbol's interpretation to how we use it now is an example of mathematical metonymy
March 15, 2024 at 5:27 AM
I read once that the mathematical use of π originally was in reference to circumference (perimeter, hence Greek P), not the ratio of circumference to diameter, so the shift of the symbol's interpretation to how we use it now is an example of mathematical metonymy
My pie recipe uses h₁, h₂, and h₃. You can't taste them but you know they were there at some point
March 15, 2024 at 5:21 AM
My pie recipe uses h₁, h₂, and h₃. You can't taste them but you know they were there at some point
No I mean a system where TRAP is [æ] before nasals but [a] (in the IPA sense) otherwise
March 2, 2024 at 4:50 AM
No I mean a system where TRAP is [æ] before nasals but [a] (in the IPA sense) otherwise
No it's not been reversed it's [a] otherwise
March 2, 2024 at 4:22 AM
No it's not been reversed it's [a] otherwise
[æ] is alive and well as the prenasal allophone of TRAP in 3rd Dialect vowel systems 🙂
March 2, 2024 at 2:02 AM
[æ] is alive and well as the prenasal allophone of TRAP in 3rd Dialect vowel systems 🙂
Yes, Dec through early Feb
February 27, 2024 at 3:14 AM
Yes, Dec through early Feb
In 2021 when we taught online I started each lecture with a song selection from youtube. On Feb 2 that year I used I Got You Babe. Played it again the next class, Feb 4. Sadly, no laughs or any other kind of reactions
February 3, 2024 at 2:32 AM
In 2021 when we taught online I started each lecture with a song selection from youtube. On Feb 2 that year I used I Got You Babe. Played it again the next class, Feb 4. Sadly, no laughs or any other kind of reactions
In the example you give, I assume you've used allcaps to indicate phrasal stress occurring earlier than the final word (which ofc happens if discourse context motivates it)
January 19, 2024 at 3:33 AM
In the example you give, I assume you've used allcaps to indicate phrasal stress occurring earlier than the final word (which ofc happens if discourse context motivates it)
I'd call it focus stress. Unless context demands otherwise, primary phrasal stress tends to occur on the primary stressed syllable of the final word. Focus = primary phrasal stress occurring somewhere other than canonical position
January 19, 2024 at 3:32 AM
I'd call it focus stress. Unless context demands otherwise, primary phrasal stress tends to occur on the primary stressed syllable of the final word. Focus = primary phrasal stress occurring somewhere other than canonical position
We also have an endearing trait in which no two big lecture halls have the same room number, so 1004, 1006, 1179, 1560, 1009 are all the largest halls in their respective buildings (and that's an incomplete list too)
January 4, 2024 at 4:32 AM
We also have an endearing trait in which no two big lecture halls have the same room number, so 1004, 1006, 1179, 1560, 1009 are all the largest halls in their respective buildings (and that's an incomplete list too)
U of Ottawa, U of Arizona, UCSB are all Bldg-Rm. I've heard the opposite at UCSB but the directory system definitely uses bldg first
January 4, 2024 at 4:29 AM
U of Ottawa, U of Arizona, UCSB are all Bldg-Rm. I've heard the opposite at UCSB but the directory system definitely uses bldg first