Dr David Bowie

Sociolinguist and dialectologist at the University of Alaska Anchorage
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[Dr David Bowie @sociolx]

The time has come: In a few days i'll be closing down this account and shifting entirely over to BlueSky, still findable under my real name or the same @sociolx handle i've been using here

[Dr David Bowie @sociolx]

Y'all with the conspiracy theories about vote counts and turnout, you *do* realize we don't have the full popular vote count yet, yes?

You're buying into misinformation sowing doubt in elections—it worked beautifully on the right the past few years, now the left is the target

[Boze Herrington, Library Owl 😴🧙‍♀️ @SketchesbyBoze]

in retrospect, strange women lying in ponds distributing swords really might've been a better basis for a system of government.

[Dr David Bowie @sociolx]

The Menswear Guy, playing the long game🤣🤣🤣

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

It's November 5th, 2024. Thousands of men look at their shoe closet, realizing they threw out their dress sneakers bc of my tweets. They only have uncomfortable dress shoes and decide not to walk to the polls. Kamala Harris wins. We now have communism.

[𝕋𝕙𝕖𝕠𝕕𝕠𝕣𝕖 𝔹𝕣𝕠𝕤𝕖𝕧𝕖𝕝𝕥 @soul_needed]

@HeroStar_ Minimalism is a scam by Big Small to sell more less

[Dr David Bowie @sociolx]

If only there was some sort of technology that would allow knowledge to be put into a form that could then appear on a screen or a piece of paper, so that someone who wasn't the one who placed it there could, at a later date, look up what that knowledge was

[Dr David Bowie @sociolx]

@OneFineJay @politicalmath On Bowie: Those of us with that last name and who pronounce it exactly the same way as the Maryland town would like to remind everyone that the singer adopted that name as an adult, don't be led astray

[Dr David Bowie @sociolx]

@Poochigian When i'm teaching history of the English language i tell my students that there's lots of possible ways to render Beowulf's "Hwæt!", but my headcanon translation is "So check this out…"

[Dr David Bowie @sociolx]

@westeawest @garicgymro As a 🇺🇸 speaker who pronounces 'cot' and 'caught' differently (still the case in a minority of North America, but it's a sizable minority), the 🇬🇧 speaker in the video pronounced 'comma' with what is closer to my 'caught' vowel, but Kamala Harris's name uses my 'cot' vowel

[Dr David Bowie @sociolx]

@rhuester49 @Wenders112 @RevSarahLocke @mommavestor It must be a beautiful thing, to be able to define your own reality in such a way that it supports your own position.

[Dr David Bowie @sociolx]

@rhuester49 @Wenders112 @RevSarahLocke @mommavestor You are the government. Welcome to democracy.

[Dr David Bowie @sociolx]

@rhuester49 @Wenders112 @RevSarahLocke @mommavestor Ah, so you're one of those Christians who believes that they get to command God to behave in their own image!

Coolcoolcool

[Dr David Bowie @sociolx]

@rhuester49 @Wenders112 @RevSarahLocke @mommavestor Okay, i'll bite: Who is the government?

I'd always thought it was we the people, who created one in order to form a more perfect union &c.—and i, like the person who started this thread, see my part in that as informed by trying to do what Jesus taught, which is why i vote left

[First Gen Access & Equity (LSA) @LSA_firstgen]

Hurry! You have a week left to apply for the First-Gen travel grant to attend LSA.

[Dr David Bowie @sociolx]

@AnyaM8_ There are even "Think of the example you're setting for the children!" signs at some German intersections

But this varies place to place worldwide—when i go to a new city in the US, first thing i do is observe jaywalking norms and act accordingly, so i don't surprise the drivers

[Dr David Bowie @sociolx]

@garicgymro Quoting my 16yo (and i agree): If i asked someone if they had any candy it'd be perfectly fine for them to hand me some chocolate, but if i saw a chocolate bar it'd be okay to say "That candy looks scrumptious" but *much* more appropriate to say "That chocolate looks scrumptious"

[Dr David Bowie @sociolx]

@davidbessis @Sisyfuzz @estictry You already got a good response to this, but i'll also point out that math isn't even unique in kids being reduced to tears by not getting it

Just because you or those you know weren't reduced to tears by, say, writing doesn't mean it doesn't happen, and frequently

[Dr David Bowie @sociolx]

@davidbessis @Sisyfuzz @estictry That's a problem of pedagogy, though, not a problem with defining a field.

And really, *lots* of fields have trouble defining their central concepts/what they're all about. Math isn't special on this score.

[Dr David Bowie @sociolx]

@focusfronting No, you need not pay for it

In fact, you don't even have to have any alcohol available whatsoever at it (and those of us with more than a touch of alcoholism in our family and/or friend groups salute you for it)

[First Gen Access & Equity (LSA) @LSA_firstgen]

Today’s Challenge: Share this flyer with an aspiring first-gen linguist! We can’t wait to see them at @LingSocAm!!