Steve Winters
@swinters.bsky.social
I'm a professor of linguistics at the University of Calgary, specializing in phonetics and speech perception. I'm just here to add some more linguistics to my life.
Hmm, renoviction is pretty nice. (The word, not the concept!)
November 27, 2025 at 2:07 AM
Hmm, renoviction is pretty nice. (The word, not the concept!)
Probably ought to be a "mirkwood" of spiders, instead.
November 8, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Probably ought to be a "mirkwood" of spiders, instead.
If convicted, though, what's the appropriate punishment? I say the guy has to eat 10 White Castle sliders.
November 6, 2025 at 4:26 AM
If convicted, though, what's the appropriate punishment? I say the guy has to eat 10 White Castle sliders.
Ha, ever since I discovered linguistics, both {c}s in "Celtic" have been [k]s for me. Except when I'm discussing Larry Bird.
October 30, 2025 at 3:04 PM
Ha, ever since I discovered linguistics, both {c}s in "Celtic" have been [k]s for me. Except when I'm discussing Larry Bird.
We've all been there, dude.
October 15, 2025 at 9:48 PM
We've all been there, dude.
He didn't slide; he flew.
October 8, 2025 at 1:03 AM
He didn't slide; he flew.
My sheet music says "Enlargen your world".
October 6, 2025 at 9:14 PM
My sheet music says "Enlargen your world".
This is like when Lottie informed me that there's a pink lion on the Spanish flag.
September 18, 2025 at 2:47 AM
This is like when Lottie informed me that there's a pink lion on the Spanish flag.
Sounds like an implosive to me, but if it is an implosive, then it's a voiceless one, as you've transcribed it. Providing further evidence for the feature [+laryngeally weird].
September 14, 2025 at 4:05 AM
Sounds like an implosive to me, but if it is an implosive, then it's a voiceless one, as you've transcribed it. Providing further evidence for the feature [+laryngeally weird].
I don't know, man. Who's to say that [i] - [ɪ] aren't a tense/lax pair?
July 22, 2025 at 2:50 AM
I don't know, man. Who's to say that [i] - [ɪ] aren't a tense/lax pair?
Looks like you're in the Consequences part.
July 9, 2025 at 6:46 PM
Looks like you're in the Consequences part.
I think you're thinking of the southern pronunciation of "floor".
July 3, 2025 at 7:18 PM
I think you're thinking of the southern pronunciation of "floor".
I actually don't know that one. :-)
May 21, 2025 at 2:19 AM
I actually don't know that one. :-)
Definitely heard [ˈkʰɑtɑɹ] on NPR in Nebraska today.
May 15, 2025 at 3:18 AM
Definitely heard [ˈkʰɑtɑɹ] on NPR in Nebraska today.