Sociolinguist, novelist, photographer, quilter, saxophonist and Boglehead. Associate Professor of Linguistics at UMich.
Jessi Grieser
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Wake up y’all new structure ambiguity exercise just dropped. #linguistics
Found the OP! @mehr.nz
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Jessi Grieser
Jessi Grieser
I spend a lot of time on DIY and Personal Finance internet and I swear it explains how we’ve gotten here as a society. A lot of people care a lot more about whether they and others feel good than whether they are correct. /1
You’re allowed to keep the ASL interpreter in a box on the screen, ABC. #stanleycup
EG a woman on handy girls tries her hand at plumbing something and it’s not to code. A bunch of women master plumbers in the group go “great effort hon but you have to fix a, b and c.” And then a bunch of people jump in: “How dare you! We are supportive here!!!” /2
Explaining to my 85 year old aunt who is wondering why I have to work on a Sunday night in the summer what an abstract deadline is. #nwav54
If you want to actually be right, sometimes you’re going to be wrong. It’s called learning. It’s okay.
And the fact that we’re creating spaces that make it hard to learn is a lot of why gas is $5 a gallon right now and democracy is falling apart.
It actually doesn’t matter how much people like you if your P-trap isn’t going to function. You’re gonna destroy your house. This isn’t an option.
We’ve gotten so far from the idea of expertise and fact that everyone is supposed to be cheered for everything. /3
