@thai101

Linguist. I work on sound change, lexical tone, Thai & other Tai languages, inclusion in linguistics. Assistant Prof. at Binghamton University. he/him

 Binghamton; Bangkok when I can
Joined January 2009
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This take is so incredibly braindead, I'm obsessed. The possibilities are endless. Bob, we're less firing you and more coming up with a better employment, or a more fair employment, where your employment is less *at this company* than previously.
Jason Kint
@jason_kint5 May 2024
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This answer stands out when Google tries to argue its price increases are justified by its unilateral self-assessment on quality increases. Advertisers: Google monopoly power decides it’s “fair” to charge you more. 7/13
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Darling, I was less cheating on you and more coming up with a better relationship, or a more fair relationship, where that relationship was less *with you* than previously
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Officer, I was less violating the speed limit and more coming up with a better speed, or a more fair speed, where that speed is more high than the one on the speed limit sign
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Dr. JPB Gerald@JPBGerald18 Mar 2024
New @unstandardizedE episode, bringing back the one and only @caitlinmoriah to talk about what she's been up to, social media, language, and life. Enjoy! playlist.megaphone.fm/?e=CDL…
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Gamechamp@Gamechamp3k25 Dec 2023
husband: for christmas I got you this hairbrush wife: oh no! I sold my hair so I could get you a ticket to see the great clown pagliacci husband: but wife
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Solstice moon over the linguistics department
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Linguistic Society of America@LingSocAm29 Nov 2023
The Best Paper in Language Award is given for the best paper published in Language. Congratulate Dr. Kelly Elizabeth Wright @raciolinguistic @VTenglish for her paper “Housing Policy & Linguistic Profiling: An Audit Study of Three American Dialects” buff.ly/40Q30TA
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Linguistic Society of America@LingSocAm24 Oct 2023
The LSA Committee on Gender Equity in Linguistics is offering 2 travel awards in the amount of $500 each to support the participation of gender-diverse individuals in #LSA2024. Submit your application by November 8, 2023, 11:59PM EST. buff.ly/4977mtq
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I dunno, 2FEAST 2FURIOUS, F3AST and FE4ST were ok, but FEA5T really felt like a cash grab
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Linguistic Society of America@LingSocAm15 Sep 2023
New job post: The Departments of Linguistics and Statistics at University of California, Davis jointly invite applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position starting Fall 2024. linguisticsociety.org/job/as…
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Timo Roettger@TimoRoettger15 Sep 2023
Tenured CompLing position in Oslo 👀 Please retweet for reach. If you have questions about the job or Oslo, don’t hesitate to PM me. #linguistics
Timo Roettger@TimoRoettger25 Apr 2023
🚨🚨🚨We are hiring Join us at @UniOslo as a tenured Associate Professor with a specialization in computational linguistics. Deadline: 31st October '23 ('Associate Professor' are entry-level positions. Newly minted PhD graduates are welcome to apply.) jobbnorge.no/en/available-jo…
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George Wⓐlkden@gwalkden6 Sep 2023
Today’s #ichl26 plenary is by Lutz Marten, “Historical linguistics and Ubuntu translanguaging: towards a model of multilingualism, language change and linguistic convergence in the Bantu Linguistic Area”.
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Talking with my teenage kids. I just realized they don’t know how to: - replace vacuum tubes in the family radio - safely climb onto a Penny-farthing bi-cycle - gauge the ideal consistency of butter in the churn This is wild y’all.
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When @HadasKotek first tweeted about glaring bias in ChatGPT, people in the replies jumped to give every benefit of the doubt to the LLM. What about baseline?? GPT3.5 vs 4?? New session for each question?? Nope. Still super biased controlling for all that. arxiv.org/abs/2308.14921

Gender bias and stereotypes in Large Language Models

Large Language Models (LLMs) have made substantial progress in the past several months, shattering state-of-the-art benchmarks in many domains. This paper investigates LLMs' behavior with respect...

arxiv.org
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And it’s not just one LLM—it’s all of the major players.
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Michael E. Skyer, PhD@MichaelSkyer16 Aug 2023
With a heavy heart I'm announcing the release of my edited Special Issue of the American Annals of the Deaf on Vygotskian Perspectives in Deaf Education: muse.jhu.edu/issue/51387 It includes an article by Jon Henner who died Monday and was, like Vygotsky, a fearless advocate.
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Guillaume Jacques@rgyalrong15 Aug 2023
A fascinating contribution to Khroskyabs and West Rgyalrongic historical phonology by @Yuunfaan, showing how Rgyalrongic languages help us to better understand monosyllabicisation in other families of East Asia: doi.org/10.1075/dia.21016.la…
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Dr. Lisa Davidson@lisa_b_davidson11 Aug 2023
In the same week that this report about the research & mentoring being done by our colleague Jonah Katz came out, @WestVirginiaU has decided to fire all of the professors in his department. This situation is not just ironic, it's a shortsighted disgrace. wvutoday.wvu.edu/stories/202…

WVU linguists sound out how intensity and duration of speech shape pronunciation, rethinking...

A West Virginia University study of American English and Spanish speakers’ pronunciation of certain consonants could change understanding among linguists of how people learn to speak.

wvutoday.wvu.edu
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What’s that you say? It’s time for another month-long Thai food thread? Well, if you insist. Haters mute away 😅 Meal one at 1am before we even left the airport, at the 24-hour food court: pork laab, som tam, sticky rice
Three plates with som tam (papaya salad), pork laab (spicy minced pork dish), and sticky rice

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Entrance sign to the “Magic food point” airport food court (ground floor next to the taxi stand)

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A seaside streetfood potluck that we enjoyed with friends. Everyone splits up to buy whatever they want and then you share it all. A little bit of everything.
A wooden table laid out with many small plastic takeaway boxes filled with sundry Thai foods. There is a butterfly cut fried fish, a ton of large grilled prawns, pork larb, Chinese broccoli stir fry, steamed cockles, and many more

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Boat noodles at the famous เรือทอง (golden boat) shop at Victory Monument. Bowls are small and served very quick, so you order several at a time, and order more and stack your empties as you go. If you surpass 20 you get a free liter of Pepsi. Our group ate 23. 😂
A wooden table with many small bowls of boat noodles, of various broth and noodle combos. Also pictured is a plate of khanom thuay ขนมถ้วย coconut custard (named after the tiny dishes it’s served in). And tin cups of ice water.

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Giant stack of empty boat noodle bowls!

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