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Betsy Rymes

@brymes

Discourse Analyst, etc. BLOG: https://teapawt.net/t.co/r2UI2qTs30 EDX: https://teapawt.net/t.co/zfEP2qMit0

 Philadelphia, PA
gse.upenn.edu/faculty/rymes
Joined March 2009
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If you could wear ChatGPT glasses to class/work that fed you lines to say and any info needed, so that you would never have to do the readings or any other work, would you? Why or why not?
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Introducing a new opportunity for anyone interested in teaching Chinese language! This summer, six weeks, including practice teaching, all on-line. Application deadline (May 18th) fast approaching! reg.learningstream.com/reg/e…
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Ms. Ardizzone@lola592821 Mar 2023
Have been doing @brymes #languagediversity pie charts since 2015 when I learned so much in my work with @kate_anna - and every year the students come up with even more complex and sophisticated analyses of their language use.
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At a Republican political rally in Davenport, Iowa today someone gave @GovRonDeSantis and @IAGovernor Kim Reynolds a handmade “snowflake” with the word "Fascist" secretly embedded in it.
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@brymes A citizen sociolinguistic goldmine!
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Replying to @BulwarkOnline @monacharen
Polls taken in the last six months paint a clear picture of the coming storm. @saletan looked at the numbers and public opinion ahead of the ruling. Republicans may have gotten what they wanted, but may have to pay a political cost thebulwark.com/the-politics-…
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I was so shocked to see this posted on Trump’s Truth Social today that I screenshotted it because I figured there was no way it was going to stay up. Just checked back - it’s been deleted.
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our research adviser named us #teambetsyrymes (@brymes your book on cda is the best, ma'am.)
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This is amazing--Can you imagine leaving your language behind in your 50s because it has become so besmirched by the actions of its speakers? npr.org/2022/04/24/109456790…
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The Ludic Fallacy and Citizen Sociolinguistics citizensociolinguistics.com/…
The Ludic Fallacy and Citizen Sociolinguistics

The Ludic Fallacy and Citizen Sociolinguistics

What is the Ludic Fallacy, what does it have to do with Citizen Sociolinguistics, and why does it matter?  According to Finance Philosopher Nassim Nicholas Taleb, who coined the term in his be…

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I actually didn’t know this.
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Red-Flag Laws Can Save Lives newsletters.theatlantic.com/…

Red-Flag Laws Can Save Lives

After Uvalde, let’s “do something” that makes sense

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This is a great book. RIP Jing Wang. The Other Digital China — Jing Wang hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?…
The Other Digital China — Harvard University Press

The Other Digital China — Harvard University Press

A scholar and activist tells the story of change makers operating within the Chinese Communist system, whose ideas of social action necessarily differ from those dominant in Western, liberal societ...

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Guitar Shorty, who played the blues with a twist, dies at 87

Guitar Shorty, who played the blues with a twist, dies at 87

He played with Ray Charles, influenced Jimi Hendrix and dazzled audiences with his acrobatic showmanship.

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Incredible image from ⁦@BernatArmangue⁩ images.app.goo.gl/C85x4gf7Sh…
via @NYTimes “…a vision of a transnational, multiethnic, multilingual country on the edge of Europe, and something worth fighting for.” nytimes.com/2022/03/11/magaz…
President Zelensky Makes His Case for Ukraine to the Russian People (Published 2022)

President Zelensky Makes His Case for Ukraine to the Russian People (Published 2022)

Americans are used to wars against people who don’t so casually speak our language. Zelensky can respond to Russian propaganda by directly addressing the Russian people — in Russian.

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Zelensky: “I’m speaking now in Russian, but no one in Russia understands what I’m talking about.”
Ways of saying goodbye… wsj.com/articles/dont-be-the…
Don’t Be the Co-Worker With the Terrible Farewell Email

Don’t Be the Co-Worker With the Terrible Farewell Email

Millions of people are quitting their jobs and that means millions of farewell emails. Get it right and you’ll be remembered. Get it wrong and things get awkward fast.

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Do you generally find talking about the weather a small-minded/annoying activity?
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