Philipp Angermeyer
@pangermeyer.bsky.social
Linguist und Fahrradfahrer in Toronto
The TTC streetcar map is pure fiction. When was the last time all lines actually ran on their regular route? The 1990s?
December 9, 2025 at 4:49 AM
The TTC streetcar map is pure fiction. When was the last time all lines actually ran on their regular route? The 1990s?
People aren’t just „mad about such a question“ in a vacuum — this has been a linguistics meme for decades. Generations of American linguists have been taught to be upset about this question. I’m just pointing that out. But I guess I know nothing and you’re the arbiter of all things linguistic
December 2, 2025 at 2:09 AM
People aren’t just „mad about such a question“ in a vacuum — this has been a linguistics meme for decades. Generations of American linguists have been taught to be upset about this question. I’m just pointing that out. But I guess I know nothing and you’re the arbiter of all things linguistic
And its outright denial of the relevance of linguistic difference (see also the spectre of the „Sapir-Whorf“ strawman) — this made sense when funding for linguistics depended on telling the US Defense Department that all languages are essentially the same
December 1, 2025 at 5:30 PM
And its outright denial of the relevance of linguistic difference (see also the spectre of the „Sapir-Whorf“ strawman) — this made sense when funding for linguistics depended on telling the US Defense Department that all languages are essentially the same
Oops I thought I had written „tacit“ endorsement. But I think the annoyance with the question comes out of the Chomskyean tradition with its insistence that studying English was enough
December 1, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Oops I thought I had written „tacit“ endorsement. But I think the annoyance with the question comes out of the Chomskyean tradition with its insistence that studying English was enough
Sorry but I never heard a linguist complain about this question before I came to the US. I don’t disagree with you that it reflects a misunderstanding on the part of the person who is asking. What bothers me is that US linguists have turned this into a proud pet peeve
December 1, 2025 at 5:17 PM
Sorry but I never heard a linguist complain about this question before I came to the US. I don’t disagree with you that it reflects a misunderstanding on the part of the person who is asking. What bothers me is that US linguists have turned this into a proud pet peeve
Yes, but the fixation of Anglophone linguists on this question is itself a problem
December 1, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Yes, but the fixation of Anglophone linguists on this question is itself a problem
Sorry I didn’t mean it in that way — see my other comment
December 1, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Sorry I didn’t mean it in that way — see my other comment
Linguistics should not be about monolingualism. Linguistics as a science needs to be able to explain why there are different languages. Claiming that linguistics is not about that just serves as an excuse to study only English and marginalized the rest of humanity
December 1, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Linguistics should not be about monolingualism. Linguistics as a science needs to be able to explain why there are different languages. Claiming that linguistics is not about that just serves as an excuse to study only English and marginalized the rest of humanity
Sorry my comment was meant more as a comment on the fact that American linguists love to make this complaint — which I take to be an endorsement of English language imperialism
December 1, 2025 at 4:49 PM
Sorry my comment was meant more as a comment on the fact that American linguists love to make this complaint — which I take to be an endorsement of English language imperialism
All the more reason to reject the framing that linguistics as a science should be about monolingualism
December 1, 2025 at 4:46 PM
All the more reason to reject the framing that linguistics as a science should be about monolingualism
Linguistic diversity is also an essential fact of language. Linguistics also needs to explain why all humans don’t speak the same language
December 1, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Linguistic diversity is also an essential fact of language. Linguistics also needs to explain why all humans don’t speak the same language
Or „one“ (aka „English“)
December 1, 2025 at 1:56 AM
Or „one“ (aka „English“)
Only Anglocentric linguists are afraid of that question
December 1, 2025 at 1:52 AM
Only Anglocentric linguists are afraid of that question
Hoping Tory learns a lesson from Cuomo‘s defeat
November 5, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Hoping Tory learns a lesson from Cuomo‘s defeat
More patience at bat would have done the job
November 1, 2025 at 3:18 AM
More patience at bat would have done the job
Looks like Doug Ford
October 8, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Looks like Doug Ford
Not to mention that cars regularly careen onto the sidewalk (where there is one)
September 25, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Not to mention that cars regularly careen onto the sidewalk (where there is one)
It would be better without the stupid airshow
August 30, 2025 at 1:36 AM
It would be better without the stupid airshow
Was bitte ist mehr „Identätspolitik“ als diese Haltung, in der das ganze Weltgeschehen nur dazu dient, das eigene Distinkionsbedürfnis zu befriedigen
August 4, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Was bitte ist mehr „Identätspolitik“ als diese Haltung, in der das ganze Weltgeschehen nur dazu dient, das eigene Distinkionsbedürfnis zu befriedigen
How do you know that they have „authentic selves“?
July 28, 2025 at 11:51 AM
How do you know that they have „authentic selves“?
The people who keep destroying the camera on Parkside Drive are actively against saving lives
July 26, 2025 at 12:37 AM
The people who keep destroying the camera on Parkside Drive are actively against saving lives
Holiday should lead by example and should stop coming to Toronto himself
July 23, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Holiday should lead by example and should stop coming to Toronto himself
Solche Satirebeiträge helfen nur der AfD
July 21, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Solche Satirebeiträge helfen nur der AfD