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oldenglishtextposts

does only linguistics do squibs? you other fields are all are missing out squibs are great. just write a paper thats like huh isnt this weird. ok thats it im done :)

jewishtransdyke

A squib, to me, is a small explosive device used to simulate a bullet impact for filmmaking purposes. Can you elaborate on what it is in linguistics? Because now I'm curious.

bophtelophti

In linguistics, a squib is a short journal article, typically one that doesn't aim to make a deep theoretical argument but reports on some interesting data. The journal Glossa defines a squib for its purposes as "short notes (5,000 words max.) that make a scintillating point by calling attention to a theoretically unexpected observation about language but without the need for a developed analysis or solution."

This is a recent example from Glossa of what I would consider a longish squib of about 14 pages, exploring the difference between the use of singular they to refer to a specific person whose pronouns are they/them vs. using it to refer to an unspecified or generic individual. The squib's goal is just to call attention to the fact that these are two actually different uses of the word they, which should probably be treated separately for the purposes of theoretical analysis; its goal isn't to actually carry out that analysis.

Here's a couple even squibbier squibs from American Speech in 2001, each less than four pages, consisting of just a brief discussion of some point of interest about American English that the authors found interesting and wanted to call attention to but that there isn't that much to say about: the emergence of the use of the word of in expressions like not that big of a deal, and the use of the with freeway numbers in Southern California (as in, take the 405).

oldenglishtextposts

I'm personally a fan of snippets, which is an online journal that's just squibs! they're usually on the scale of two or three pages. if you don't know much linguistics but are curious, "A Singular Note on Singular-They/Them" from the most recent issue is pretty accessible

exxcidio

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everythingdice

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delicatefury

I just googled this and… yes, it’s absolutely real.

And there are so many articles and videos and discussions. Like, the scientific community is buzzing about this.

So much research will have to be redone because the data was absolutely compromised, off by orders of magnitude, by using standard lab gloves.

The world is probably not horrifically contaminated by microplastics. Sterile laboratories, however, are contaminated by latex and nitrile gloves.

Thank God someone bothered to check.

beardedmrbean

>I just googled this and… yes, it’s absolutely real.

Sources beyond dude just trust me, for the skeptics.

Scientists may have been unknowingly inflating microplastics pollution estimates, and the surprising source could be their own lab gloves. A

https://www.technologynetworks.com/applied-sciences/news/scientists-lab-gloves-may-be-causing-an-overestimation-of-microplastics-411138

Nitrile and latex gloves that scientists wear while they are measuring microplastics may lead to a potential overestimation of the tiny poll

Nitrile and latex gloves may cause overestimation of microplastics - Phys.org (it’s a pdf)

Researchers discovered a standard piece of lab equipment has added thousands of microplastic ‘false positives’ per each square-millimeter un

Ordinary Lab Gloves May Have Skewed Microplastic Data: That doesn’t mean microplastics aren’t a problem, though

That should be enough

keepcalmandcarriefischer

That’s a big fuckin whoopsie

went on twt yesterday and saw a post about good omens s3 and was like right, that came out yesterday! best to stay off the internet for now so i don’t see any spoilers! well guess where i am today and what i saw here

#ibi’s ramblings

vetchtibbles

welcome to my farm where I keep my dark horse my black sheep my scapegoat and my underdog. my canary in the coal mine died ages ago

your-personal-ghost

It’s a mess here: someone looked your gift dark horse in the mouth, led it to water, and jumped back on it. Your ducks aren’t in a row, someone counted the chickens before they hatched. Your geese are silly, your brown cows aren’t explaining how, and every one of these sheep is a wolf but they don’t even notice with the amount of wool over their eyes. I’m fining you one million gold coins.

vetchtibbles

it was the goat blame the goat

dilfdyke

love love love when a particularly manipulative character is lying off their ass about something and then throws in one hauntingly genuine line

#SPOKE AS FUCK #<- prev prev

homunculus-argument

Those who think that wisdom and whimsy are mutually exclusive have neither. It's vitally important to do the right thing when the consequences are dire, and to do a whole bunch of utterly frivolous silly dumb shit when it doesn't matter what you do.

localcryptidsteg

Often, the wise thing must be disguised as silly frivolous dumb shit in order to actually work

#dumbledore

parkayquarts

dont trace reference images. dont even LOOK at reference images. in fact, don't ever look at anything that exists in the world, in person or in photos or in videos, even when you're not drawing, because you will still be able to use the memories of what something looks like as a reference when you're drawing it later. yes that includes yourself. destroy all the mirrors in your house. don't look down at your hands or feet. don't look. close your eyes. close them tight. forget everything. it's okay, embrace the darkness. just forget.

rpfwarrior69

Mapicc: Woah there’s babies! What’s up babies?

Yungy: Nautilus: check!

Mapicc: Baby fever checkk!

#lifesteal clips

semifontos

This smp is not only full with aros/aces (zam, jumper, ro, bacon, parrot), aroaces (spoke, mapicc, squiddo, pili), but also bisexual bigenders (yungy, wemmbu, could be planet maybe, subz, could be mapicc if you believe it in your heart enough he can be aroace tboy and bisexual bigender if he wants).

And everyone else too is just transgender. Welcome..... to headcanon city......

#what a joyous day