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@pkaustin.bsky.social

Retired linguist, based in London, fan of Australian Aboriginal languages and cultures

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More than 600 Brazilians deported by Home Office on three secret flights Record number of deportees includes children who may have spent most of their lives in the UK

Welcome to the new world of UK Labour Party mass deportations (hold our beer, Trump).
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01.12.2024 16:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

With Haigh's departure from the cabinet, for the first time in our political history, the cabinet is 100% state educated. Quite the moment.

29.11.2024 16:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2015    ๐Ÿ” 378    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 71    ๐Ÿ“Œ 39

That's impressive.

29.11.2024 17:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Even after 21 years living in London, still not used to it being cold and dark at 4pm #lostAussie

27.11.2024 17:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 8    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I use "Dear colleague"

27.11.2024 17:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

You were lucky -- they were closed earlier in the week due to Bert.

27.11.2024 17:21 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Convert audio recording of word to IPA representation Are the any open source tools/software libraries to convert an audio clip to its IPA representation? If so, are they accurate? If not, why not? Here is a Gaelic word I wish to convert: Ogg format:

Direct audio to IPA is near impossible for a range of reasons, discussed in this thread: linguistics.stackexchange.com/questions/37...

21.11.2024 14:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 5    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Convert audio recording of word to IPA representation Are the any open source tools/software libraries to convert an audio clip to its IPA representation? If so, are they accurate? If not, why not? Here is a Gaelic word I wish to convert: Ogg format:

I understand what you're saying snd having endured many graduation ceremonies at mu former university employers where international students' names were butchered, I feel your pain.

21.11.2024 14:55 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Was this at AAA?

21.11.2024 11:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Would love to read the articles, especially the Introduction but I'm retired and have no journal access. Do you know if OA pdfs are available anywhere?

21.11.2024 11:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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toPhonetics Visit the post for more.

In Roma, yes, but in Firenze, most likely not. From Rome south, and especially Naples, use of สƒ is colloquial in sC clusters (e.g. สƒpagษ›tti, สƒpษ”rt) and stigmatised when speaking (accented) standard Italian

21.11.2024 11:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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toPhonetics Visit the post for more.

This app does a decent transcription job but only for regular English words: tophonetics.com

21.11.2024 10:52 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

For southern Italian there is no [e] only [ษ›], so it would be 'skษ›m.bri, or in more regional and colloquial varieties 'สƒkษ›m.bri (c.f. สƒkuola for 'school')

21.11.2024 10:47 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Preferisco limoncello

17.11.2024 20:05 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Photos of Trump nominees, nearly all white, no Blacks named so far.

Photos of Trump nominees, nearly all white, no Blacks named so far.

So, where are the Blacks for Trump?

A cabinet should represent and reflect its people. This collection resembles an exclusive country club.

17.11.2024 16:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 24086    ๐Ÿ” 4352    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2217    ๐Ÿ“Œ 461

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