Jadin
@jadincmoore.bsky.social
Socialist & sort of linguist
/‘d͡ʒeɪ.dɪn/ they/them
/‘d͡ʒeɪ.dɪn/ they/them
My niece has her bilabial trills on lock
November 21, 2025 at 5:18 AM
My niece has her bilabial trills on lock
Getting 16 🎉’s on Duolingo is crazy lmao only a linguist would have that many friends on Duolingo
May 21, 2025 at 6:07 PM
Getting 16 🎉’s on Duolingo is crazy lmao only a linguist would have that many friends on Duolingo
I kept wanting to read the letters as Cherokee syllabary characters. I fully said “i” for T
Nothing more humbling than an eye appointment like no I can’t read those 5 letters sorry
May 2, 2025 at 4:23 PM
I kept wanting to read the letters as Cherokee syllabary characters. I fully said “i” for T
Nothing more humbling than an eye appointment like no I can’t read those 5 letters sorry
May 2, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Nothing more humbling than an eye appointment like no I can’t read those 5 letters sorry
There should be a rule that you can’t be sick for a whole week
April 13, 2025 at 2:59 PM
There should be a rule that you can’t be sick for a whole week
Does anyone have a sunscreen that doesn’t suck
April 12, 2025 at 7:41 PM
Does anyone have a sunscreen that doesn’t suck
Sent my friend like walls of text about how mystifying indigenous languages is often racist and gross, explaining Sapir Whorf and social dialectology along the way. he didn’t even bring it up. i did. why did i do that
April 4, 2025 at 3:45 AM
Sent my friend like walls of text about how mystifying indigenous languages is often racist and gross, explaining Sapir Whorf and social dialectology along the way. he didn’t even bring it up. i did. why did i do that
explaining my work to people and it’s always like well yes this is historically significant & very interesting but my point was actually just Cool Word
April 4, 2025 at 2:21 AM
explaining my work to people and it’s always like well yes this is historically significant & very interesting but my point was actually just Cool Word
Every time I do field work I’m struck my how ~human~ language is and I mean this in like a it’s all ordinary not anything magical kind of way
March 21, 2025 at 1:37 AM
Every time I do field work I’m struck my how ~human~ language is and I mean this in like a it’s all ordinary not anything magical kind of way
It’s actually so embarrassing that I wrote a whole ass thesis about this and still suck so bad
March 21, 2025 at 1:35 AM
It’s actually so embarrassing that I wrote a whole ass thesis about this and still suck so bad
Bought a digital camera for my birthday party & it made me think how crazy it is that having a separate, physical camera reminds me of my childhood bc technology has changed enough since then and I’m not even 25
March 6, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Bought a digital camera for my birthday party & it made me think how crazy it is that having a separate, physical camera reminds me of my childhood bc technology has changed enough since then and I’m not even 25
I have absolutely zero intuitions about English etymology but then I’m like sure this Cherokee speaker could prob tell me if these two words seem connected
February 19, 2025 at 4:11 PM
I have absolutely zero intuitions about English etymology but then I’m like sure this Cherokee speaker could prob tell me if these two words seem connected
Mood board of this afternoon
February 19, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Mood board of this afternoon
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tired: listeners are confronted with tremendous variation in the speech signal
wired: listeners are attacked at night, in the warmth and safety of their beds, by roving gangs of variable speech sounds intent on nothing less than chaos and destruction.
write what you mean, you cowards.
wired: listeners are attacked at night, in the warmth and safety of their beds, by roving gangs of variable speech sounds intent on nothing less than chaos and destruction.
write what you mean, you cowards.
February 14, 2025 at 3:41 PM
tired: listeners are confronted with tremendous variation in the speech signal
wired: listeners are attacked at night, in the warmth and safety of their beds, by roving gangs of variable speech sounds intent on nothing less than chaos and destruction.
write what you mean, you cowards.
wired: listeners are attacked at night, in the warmth and safety of their beds, by roving gangs of variable speech sounds intent on nothing less than chaos and destruction.
write what you mean, you cowards.
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Ian Maddieson liked my IPA earrings, so
August 26, 2023 at 2:33 AM
Ian Maddieson liked my IPA earrings, so
Target is sold out of these sweats and I wanna kms about it bc I need at least 3 pairs
I have exactly one pair of sweats that fits me well and I’ve worn them like every day for a week
February 3, 2025 at 6:03 PM
Target is sold out of these sweats and I wanna kms about it bc I need at least 3 pairs
I want to be in a union so bad but I don’t even have a real job rn
February 3, 2025 at 3:51 PM
I want to be in a union so bad but I don’t even have a real job rn
I graduated last semester but I’m still probably more engaged in dept happenings than most current grad students
February 3, 2025 at 3:46 PM
I graduated last semester but I’m still probably more engaged in dept happenings than most current grad students
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if i can calibrate the perfect tone of voice with which to post, i think i can stop the trump administration
February 1, 2025 at 12:24 AM
if i can calibrate the perfect tone of voice with which to post, i think i can stop the trump administration
My favorite thing about reading is the constant pondering of who you could share the experience with once you’re done
January 31, 2025 at 3:43 AM
My favorite thing about reading is the constant pondering of who you could share the experience with once you’re done
I have exactly one pair of sweats that fits me well and I’ve worn them like every day for a week
January 30, 2025 at 9:07 PM
I have exactly one pair of sweats that fits me well and I’ve worn them like every day for a week
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itll be interesting to see who thinks "linguists are useless" when they go to a new country and need someone to translate and instead they explain what a morpheme is
January 15, 2025 at 7:56 PM
itll be interesting to see who thinks "linguists are useless" when they go to a new country and need someone to translate and instead they explain what a morpheme is
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finally getting around to learning all those languages.
January 24, 2025 at 2:02 PM
finally getting around to learning all those languages.
Looking for a job with a ling degree in New Mexico is so fun it’s like which branch of the U.S. military industrial complex do you want to work for
January 29, 2025 at 5:24 AM
Looking for a job with a ling degree in New Mexico is so fun it’s like which branch of the U.S. military industrial complex do you want to work for
Doom scrolling on Indeed bc I deleted Twitter & Instagram
January 29, 2025 at 3:17 AM
Doom scrolling on Indeed bc I deleted Twitter & Instagram