Megh Krishnaswamy 🗣🧶 🇮🇳
@megh-in-speech.bsky.social
Phonetician. Speech Tech Enthusiast. I work on multi-party phonetic accommodation, with a focus on cooperative tasks, communication, and EdTech applications.
Fan of the phonetic inventories of Indic languages.
More than the sum of parts. 🗣️🎙️🧶📚
Fan of the phonetic inventories of Indic languages.
More than the sum of parts. 🗣️🎙️🧶📚
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Reflecting on the best practices for maaram-pitti or dodge-ball:
1. Recognize that the game involves targeted projectiles.
2. Keep moving. Even if it's jumping in place or running in circles.
3. Making opponents commit violations is a strategy.
4. You win by surviving longer than the other side.
1. Recognize that the game involves targeted projectiles.
2. Keep moving. Even if it's jumping in place or running in circles.
3. Making opponents commit violations is a strategy.
4. You win by surviving longer than the other side.
She looks comfy for someone keeping me company at the airport… 🧶
November 26, 2025 at 10:03 PM
She looks comfy for someone keeping me company at the airport… 🧶
It is amazing how little the world has changed in the last 250 years, vindicating her clear-eyed and ruthless criticism of romance over and over…
November 24, 2025 at 4:13 PM
It is amazing how little the world has changed in the last 250 years, vindicating her clear-eyed and ruthless criticism of romance over and over…
“Hello from Tucson”
November 24, 2025 at 4:11 PM
“Hello from Tucson”
I love this so much.
November 18, 2025 at 12:28 AM
I love this so much.
Reposted by Megh Krishnaswamy 🗣🧶 🇮🇳
Happy Birthday to Ryan Gosling! To celebrate his Nov 12 birthday here are a few of my favorite "Hey Girl" knitting and crafting memes. 🧶
Feel free to add your favorites in the replies.
Feel free to add your favorites in the replies.
November 12, 2025 at 3:44 PM
Happy Birthday to Ryan Gosling! To celebrate his Nov 12 birthday here are a few of my favorite "Hey Girl" knitting and crafting memes. 🧶
Feel free to add your favorites in the replies.
Feel free to add your favorites in the replies.
2025 sweater coming up! 🧶
November 11, 2025 at 4:07 AM
2025 sweater coming up! 🧶
20 years apart, and I made the same exact decision for the same exact reason.
Russian roulette on Delhi roads every day with no cycle helmet. There must be a god.
Russian roulette on Delhi roads every day with no cycle helmet. There must be a god.
November 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
20 years apart, and I made the same exact decision for the same exact reason.
Russian roulette on Delhi roads every day with no cycle helmet. There must be a god.
Russian roulette on Delhi roads every day with no cycle helmet. There must be a god.
Only correct way to learn a new language as an adult.
October 30, 2025 at 6:54 PM
Only correct way to learn a new language as an adult.
Hercule Poirot always makes the male gaze look 100x times more comical:
October 30, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Hercule Poirot always makes the male gaze look 100x times more comical:
I have made one sweater for every year I’ve been in the US. A 🧶🧵:
October 28, 2025 at 2:30 AM
I have made one sweater for every year I’ve been in the US. A 🧶🧵:
Just watched “Rebel With A Cause“, by grammartable.bsky.social.
As a LingTwitter acquaintance once said, “grammatical prescriptivism is linguistic fan fiction“, and this production brings that alive in an all new way!
PS: do you use punctuation before or after an emoji, or omit it entirely 🤔?
As a LingTwitter acquaintance once said, “grammatical prescriptivism is linguistic fan fiction“, and this production brings that alive in an all new way!
PS: do you use punctuation before or after an emoji, or omit it entirely 🤔?
October 6, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Just watched “Rebel With A Cause“, by grammartable.bsky.social.
As a LingTwitter acquaintance once said, “grammatical prescriptivism is linguistic fan fiction“, and this production brings that alive in an all new way!
PS: do you use punctuation before or after an emoji, or omit it entirely 🤔?
As a LingTwitter acquaintance once said, “grammatical prescriptivism is linguistic fan fiction“, and this production brings that alive in an all new way!
PS: do you use punctuation before or after an emoji, or omit it entirely 🤔?
“…The artist…Pradipta Karmakar, said the genealogical representation of the evolution of Bengali shows that all mother tongues, not just Bengali, should be respected.“
scroll.in/article/1086...
scroll.in/article/1086...
September 25, 2025 at 2:52 PM
“…The artist…Pradipta Karmakar, said the genealogical representation of the evolution of Bengali shows that all mother tongues, not just Bengali, should be respected.“
scroll.in/article/1086...
scroll.in/article/1086...
Reposted by Megh Krishnaswamy 🗣🧶 🇮🇳
New research from Prof. Richard Ogden @richardogden.bsky.social, Dr. Marina N. Cantarutti @marinanc.bsky.social, & Dr. Jürgen Trouvain investigates the phonetic structure of laughter in conversation.
www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
September 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
New research from Prof. Richard Ogden @richardogden.bsky.social, Dr. Marina N. Cantarutti @marinanc.bsky.social, & Dr. Jürgen Trouvain investigates the phonetic structure of laughter in conversation.
www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
www.jbe-platform.com/content/jour...
Timeline Cleanse.
September 24, 2025 at 6:14 PM
Timeline Cleanse.
My personal internet toxicity level can be described as a teary-eyed baby Pepe the Frog superimposed on a standard skull emoji, created with pre-AI tools.
September 15, 2025 at 5:27 AM
My personal internet toxicity level can be described as a teary-eyed baby Pepe the Frog superimposed on a standard skull emoji, created with pre-AI tools.
Oh wow Bluesky has a bookmark button.
RIP 📌 you will be missed.
RIP 📌 you will be missed.
September 15, 2025 at 5:19 AM
Oh wow Bluesky has a bookmark button.
RIP 📌 you will be missed.
RIP 📌 you will be missed.
In these dark times, I am so grateful for Cardi B.
September 3, 2025 at 4:49 PM
In these dark times, I am so grateful for Cardi B.
Spent the last week in Orientation, selling Arizona with words. This is the correct way to do it :)
August 26, 2025 at 1:30 AM
Spent the last week in Orientation, selling Arizona with words. This is the correct way to do it :)
Reposted by Megh Krishnaswamy 🗣🧶 🇮🇳
lossless compression socks
August 21, 2025 at 3:47 PM
lossless compression socks
The gardenpath-iness of this banner tickles my brain in just the right way.
An @abeba.bsky.social tweet turned into a protest banner artwork at BCU MA graduate show. Brilliant!
August 21, 2025 at 7:12 PM
The gardenpath-iness of this banner tickles my brain in just the right way.
Rainbow on the arm kind of day. 😃
August 20, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Rainbow on the arm kind of day. 😃
Reposted by Megh Krishnaswamy 🗣🧶 🇮🇳
The irony, of course, is that the “phonetic way to say umami” is [umami].
August 19, 2025 at 2:48 PM
The irony, of course, is that the “phonetic way to say umami” is [umami].
New affiliation!
August 5, 2025 at 4:17 PM
New affiliation!