weirdly energized by talking about phonetics again LMAO
September 23, 2026 at 8:55 PM
weirdly energized by talking about phonetics again LMAO
Phonetics nerds will love this. Henry Higgins has competition
February 12, 2026 at 6:15 AM
Phonetics nerds will love this. Henry Higgins has competition
October 21, 2024 at 2:47 PM
Both work ! Phonetics
September 24, 2026 at 11:00 AM
Both work ! Phonetics
Very happy to share that I've accepted a position as associate professor of phonetics in Oxford starting September! Excited to be part of this vibrant phonetics and linguistics community for the foreseeable future!
May 26, 2025 at 6:30 AM
Very happy to share that I've accepted a position as associate professor of phonetics in Oxford starting September! Excited to be part of this vibrant phonetics and linguistics community for the foreseeable future!
Intro phonetics classes
This comic brought to you by my child's intense interest in the alphabet...and by Uppercase Schwa.
January 6, 2024 at 8:34 PM
Intro phonetics classes
Always fascinated by middle aged and older dudes who say really basic words like they learned the phonetics by heart and have no idea what they just said. "They have record high Youth in asia rates", bro genuinely doesn't even understand the word, does he?
Sean Duffy on Canada: "It's a country that doesn't have a military ... they have record high euthanasia rates. And so to think that they're gonna go to war with Donald Trump and actually win that war with the US, I think it's foolish on their part."
August 23, 2026 at 3:11 PM
Always fascinated by middle aged and older dudes who say really basic words like they learned the phonetics by heart and have no idea what they just said. "They have record high Youth in asia rates", bro genuinely doesn't even understand the word, does he?
English phonetics is funny.
September 26, 2026 at 11:16 AM
English phonetics is funny.
british people be like 'we understand phonetics'.
January 13, 2026 at 11:16 AM
british people be like 'we understand phonetics'.
"Where did you find the body?"
"Spread between 'Education, research, related topics' and 'Writing systems, phonology, phonetics of standard German.'"
"Sounds messy. Do you need a mop?"
"Dewey ever!"
"Spread between 'Education, research, related topics' and 'Writing systems, phonology, phonetics of standard German.'"
"Sounds messy. Do you need a mop?"
"Dewey ever!"
August 4, 2026 at 11:24 PM
"Where did you find the body?"
"Spread between 'Education, research, related topics' and 'Writing systems, phonology, phonetics of standard German.'"
"Sounds messy. Do you need a mop?"
"Dewey ever!"
"Spread between 'Education, research, related topics' and 'Writing systems, phonology, phonetics of standard German.'"
"Sounds messy. Do you need a mop?"
"Dewey ever!"
Horsegirl - Phonetics On and On
#nowspinning
#nowspinning
September 21, 2025 at 9:47 PM
Horsegirl - Phonetics On and On
#nowspinning
#nowspinning
i just realized that this is because 90% of usamericans were never taught basic phonetics and Literally Cannot Read my name. that’s actually so fucked up
when i put my name on orders they always read it confused like "F.E.L.?" and now im wondering what that could possibly stand for
September 25, 2026 at 2:49 AM
i just realized that this is because 90% of usamericans were never taught basic phonetics and Literally Cannot Read my name. that’s actually so fucked up
How about some language/phonetics courses Mel? I think 30+ years is long enough.
September 23, 2026 at 6:31 PM
How about some language/phonetics courses Mel? I think 30+ years is long enough.
I don’t give a fuck about your beer preferences, by the way. Beer choice is not a substitute for a personality. Being very particular about phonetics is
August 17, 2024 at 8:10 PM
I don’t give a fuck about your beer preferences, by the way. Beer choice is not a substitute for a personality. Being very particular about phonetics is
I am reminded of this thread I read recently:
bsky.app/profile/sara...
Basically how reading is being taught has shifted from phonetics based to context based and it is not setting folks up for success.
bsky.app/profile/sara...
Basically how reading is being taught has shifted from phonetics based to context based and it is not setting folks up for success.
ever since I learned about three-cueing I've developed infinitely more patience for replies on social media. mfers literally do not know how to read. people are walking around conjuring random meanings into words they don't know, and they don't know a lot of words. it's crazy
November 29, 2025 at 12:13 AM
I am reminded of this thread I read recently:
bsky.app/profile/sara...
Basically how reading is being taught has shifted from phonetics based to context based and it is not setting folks up for success.
bsky.app/profile/sara...
Basically how reading is being taught has shifted from phonetics based to context based and it is not setting folks up for success.
Melania's aides probably should have written her lies, I mean speech, in phonetics🤔
"I've never been CONVINCED of a crime"
My emails with Ghislaine Maxwell were 'TRIBAL
Numerous fake images have been 'CALCULATING' with me and Epstein
"I've never been CONVINCED of a crime"
My emails with Ghislaine Maxwell were 'TRIBAL
Numerous fake images have been 'CALCULATING' with me and Epstein
April 9, 2026 at 8:18 PM
Melania's aides probably should have written her lies, I mean speech, in phonetics🤔
"I've never been CONVINCED of a crime"
My emails with Ghislaine Maxwell were 'TRIBAL
Numerous fake images have been 'CALCULATING' with me and Epstein
"I've never been CONVINCED of a crime"
My emails with Ghislaine Maxwell were 'TRIBAL
Numerous fake images have been 'CALCULATING' with me and Epstein
why is dutch like "yes the language seems like german and english had a baby but everything you know about phonetics is WORTHLESS HERE"
February 24, 2025 at 11:08 AM
why is dutch like "yes the language seems like german and english had a baby but everything you know about phonetics is WORTHLESS HERE"
sweater weather + the start of our unit on speech acoustics in my undergrad phonetics = time to bust out the speech waveform sweater
October 27, 2025 at 1:31 PM
sweater weather + the start of our unit on speech acoustics in my undergrad phonetics = time to bust out the speech waveform sweater
Very dumb #linguistics / #phonetics meme I made
September 10, 2024 at 11:12 PM
Very dumb #linguistics / #phonetics meme I made
A "humbling" research finding: Sperm whales communicate surprisingly like us [via @theguardian.com]
A "humbling" research finding: Sperm whales communicate surprisingly like us
Their vocalizations have “close parallels in the phonetics and phonology of human languages."
www.motherjones.com
April 17, 2026 at 2:46 PM
A "humbling" research finding: Sperm whales communicate surprisingly like us [via @theguardian.com]
I need to show my support for NFTs with the correct phonetics
Has the bottom fallen out of the market yet?
Has the bottom fallen out of the market yet?
December 17, 2024 at 7:36 PM
I need to show my support for NFTs with the correct phonetics
Has the bottom fallen out of the market yet?
Has the bottom fallen out of the market yet?
My students always oooh and aaah when I teach them the phonetics of vowels
November 12, 2025 at 10:04 AM
My students always oooh and aaah when I teach them the phonetics of vowels
#OTD 161 years ago, Elise Richter (1865–1943) was born 🎂 A specialist in Romance linguistics and phonetics, she became Austria’s first woman to obtain a Habilitation (1905) and its first female professor (1921). She died in 1943 in Theresienstadt.
#WomenInLinguistics #Histlx #LinguisticBirthdays
#WomenInLinguistics #Histlx #LinguisticBirthdays
March 2, 2026 at 8:16 AM
#OTD 161 years ago, Elise Richter (1865–1943) was born 🎂 A specialist in Romance linguistics and phonetics, she became Austria’s first woman to obtain a Habilitation (1905) and its first female professor (1921). She died in 1943 in Theresienstadt.
#WomenInLinguistics #Histlx #LinguisticBirthdays
#WomenInLinguistics #Histlx #LinguisticBirthdays
March 23, 2025 at 12:09 AM