Sally Dixon
@sallybgally.bsky.social
Variationist Linguist interested in minoritised varieties, language repertoires, education & language change. Living on Anaiwan lands.
My high school french teacher used to say teaching us was like trying to keep kittens in a basket. Would you and your canine/feline team mind testing this one out for me?
September 22, 2025 at 3:37 AM
My high school french teacher used to say teaching us was like trying to keep kittens in a basket. Would you and your canine/feline team mind testing this one out for me?
Is it by analogy to 'look it up'?
August 12, 2025 at 12:17 AM
Is it by analogy to 'look it up'?
Reposted by Sally Dixon
As scholars, we know a bit about how to learn. We need to build relationships of trust, so that in the snatched moments after a lecture, during feedback, in an office hour, after a public event students hear:
Don't take the shortcut. The long way around is so much richer in the end.
Don't take the shortcut. The long way around is so much richer in the end.
May 6, 2025 at 11:36 AM
As scholars, we know a bit about how to learn. We need to build relationships of trust, so that in the snatched moments after a lecture, during feedback, in an office hour, after a public event students hear:
Don't take the shortcut. The long way around is so much richer in the end.
Don't take the shortcut. The long way around is so much richer in the end.
This book has Dharug (original language of Sydney) throughout. It would be worth contacting the publisher (Magabala Books) for recommendations too, as they publish lots of bilingual texts featuring Australian Indigenous languages and might be able to point to more of what you specifically want.
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April 22, 2025 at 10:15 PM
This book has Dharug (original language of Sydney) throughout. It would be worth contacting the publisher (Magabala Books) for recommendations too, as they publish lots of bilingual texts featuring Australian Indigenous languages and might be able to point to more of what you specifically want.
@lizhumphrys.bsky.social yep, i can do this for Armidale in New England. I'll email you. Sounds like a very interesting project.
April 9, 2025 at 3:08 AM
@lizhumphrys.bsky.social yep, i can do this for Armidale in New England. I'll email you. Sounds like a very interesting project.
That is interesting! I haven't come across that, but probably will now you've mentioned it. You could just raise as a 'hey looks like there's semantic change happening!' then both you and the student have some useful info.
January 15, 2025 at 11:56 PM
That is interesting! I haven't come across that, but probably will now you've mentioned it. You could just raise as a 'hey looks like there's semantic change happening!' then both you and the student have some useful info.
Reposted by Sally Dixon
for every 100 words of text generated by ChatGPT, 3 l of water are consumed. The data centres that facilitate this technology are extraordinarily energy-intensive. The demands on the electrical grid, & the impact on the environment and the climate, are immense.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
Mark O'Connell: There is, in the end, nothing magical, nothing airy, about AI. It’s a machine of exploitation
Within this system, our country plays a crucial and disproportionate role: a dense network of data centres and server farms has been built around Dublin
www.irishtimes.com
January 8, 2025 at 10:21 PM
for every 100 words of text generated by ChatGPT, 3 l of water are consumed. The data centres that facilitate this technology are extraordinarily energy-intensive. The demands on the electrical grid, & the impact on the environment and the climate, are immense.
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...
www.irishtimes.com/opinion/2025...