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Check out some of my thinking on L2 pronunciation learning:
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Institutional neutrality: the case against - University Affairs universityaffairs.ca/opinion… What all megalomaniacs have in common, whether on the left or right, is an antidemocratic belief that their version of morality is the correct one and should be forced upon everyone else.
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In memory of Rob Ford. suno.com/s/a2mITe2bk0p0Xv80
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Walked into Costco wearing my new “Live not by lies” t-shirt. The dude checking receipts asked, “how is it possible to live without lying” or something to that effect. That’s one of the best responses I’ve had yet. Sums up our current dilemma, doesn’t it?
Maybe they can get more tax-payer funding to prank the hundreds who reposted this?
that CBC-funded “prank” didn’t just target pundits. In @Quillette, I report on their efforts to mock a humble 82-yr-old Brockville granddad who enjoys 19th-c historical re-enanctments. Producers repeatedly lied to him for months, then exploited his trust
quillette.com/2026/05/15/a-d…
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Next-level gross!
Woke is incapable of being funny — just mean.
Like how @NewWorldHominin was treated at @Laurier.
This taxpayer-funded @CBC crew lures a mom with a newborn with fake job offers, fake companies, and months of deception. They even came to her home.
This is how the woke treat dissent.
Pour encourager les autres.
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State of Canadian academia. Sat with two “political scientists” at a faculty lunch. They seemed allergic to talking about politics!😂
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Private screening of @speechlessfilm. A documentary true to my experience @BrockUniversity circa October, 2024 and since. Also, RIP my friend #tomashudlicky . This film is also about you. Be sure to check it out mediacentre.cbc.ca/announcem…
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“What would it mean if linguists stopped fixating on language”? It would mean we were something other than linguists. Like, let’s de-center ‘medicine’ from medicine, or ‘chemicals’ from chemistry, or ‘people’ from sociology, or ‘marine life’ from marine biology.
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Haha! Always convincing humour from @jonkay
I didn’t think it was possible, but Canadian cancel-culture authoritarians have somehow figured out a way to make us love Christian Rock
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#BrockU's Distinguished Professor Emeritus Maurice Feldman has changed how we understand and support individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Read the story ➡️ loom.ly/OI4fDBE @BrockUFOSS
ALT Maurice Feldman stands in front of a blue mural.
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If the ppl around Trump were smarter, they’d brand their tariffs as a BDS maneuver against the (self confessed!) genocide-state Liberal govt that has admitted to not one but two genocides against Canada’s Indigenous ppl (at least one of which, MMIWG, is apparently still going on)
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Though there was some vigorous disagreement on the panel, we all came together to break bread and find common ground. The HxA way! @CrisBairosFern @finkledusty @DMillardHaskell @WilliamMcNall18
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To decrease the size of the university, we need a dean of university efficiency. We’ll fix everything by creating a new dean!
Millions of people could be working on their intelligibility for free. Get the word out!!!!
Still free. Get your English pronunciation game on!
EnglishAccentCoach.com englishaccentcoach.com/ via @twitterapi
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Uchihara, T., Karas, M., & Thomson, R. I. (2024). Does perceptual high variability phonetic training improve L2 speech production? A meta-analysis of perception-production connection. Applied Psycholinguistics, 45. doi:10.1017/S0142716424000195
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