David Mora Marín

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Prefer some of the hosts

a woman wearing glasses is waving her hand in front of a window in a room . Alt: Tina Fey high fives herself

Stranger: Why you wearing a mask
Me: I have to for work
Stranger: That sucks
Me: Yeah my boss is a huge asshole
Stranger: Sorry, who do you work for
Me: I’m self employed

🧵The World Loves Pretty Things - a poem

The world loves pretty things, my dear
The world loves pretty things
It matters not, the costs we pay,
The impacts that they bring

A lovely brunch must be indoors
For if you dined outside
You might sweat off your makeup,
You might have to shoo a fly (1/5)

🧵A few notes for all the haters bitching about Violet Affleck’s speech to the U.N.:

She’s not a kid. She’s a 19-year old woman.

She’s not unqualified. She’s currently a student at Yale University, which has a 4.5% acceptance rate, and is pursuing a public health degree. (1/4)

Historical Sociolinguistics of the Classic Maya Lowlands: The Generic Preposition Variable | Cadernos de Linguística

Most recent article, on the historical sociolinguistics of Classic Maya society

My Dog Hates Me: A Tribute to the Pets of the Pandemic “There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” - Albert Einstein I have an old dog. A really old dog.   The average...

Our pets have done a lot of heavy lifting when it comes to our mental & emotional health these past 5 years. We don’t give them enough credit. It’s time we change that, so here’s my tribute to my old dog.

My Dog Hates Me: A Tribute to the Pets of the Pandemic
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The word 'schadenfreude' is a 'loanword' - a word taken from a donor language and used in another. This is in contrast to a 'calque', which is a word (or term) taken from the donor language but translated into the new language. So 'Milky Way' is a calque of the Latin 'via lactea'.

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You're the Hero of This Story - You Just Don't Know It Yet he·ro /ˈhirō,ˈhērō/  noun a person who is admired or idealized for courage, outstanding achievements, or noble qualities.   The word ‘hero’ makes me cringe. It was tossed around a lot at the beg...

While folks are talking about the Superman movie, I wanted to show my appreciation to real-world heroes who are saving lives every day in humble, meaningful ways. I'm talking about you, the Covid-Conscious.You're the hero of this story; you just don't know it yet. guinesspig.ghost.io/youre-the-he...

Excellent episode!!! Moving!!!

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So Many Things To Love If you’re like me, it’s hard to fathom we’re headed into the 6th year of the Covid-19 pandemic. It's even harder to accept that the rest of the world is more committed than ever to ignoring it. I’ve r...

As 2024 winds to a close, I wish you peace, comfort & connection. In spite of the dysfunctional state of the world, I still hold hope for a better future for all of us.
I still believe there are so many things to love.
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A Covid Christmas Carol “Bah humbug!” shouted Eversneezer Scrooge as he pulled into the parking lot of his corporation’s headquarters. Even though the parking space nearest the front entrance was clearly marked ‘Reserved for...

Eversneezer Scrooge almost ruins Christmas for his best employee, Bob Maskit. Can the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future intervene and turn things around?

Find out in 'A Covid Christmas Carol' - a story for our times.
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#CovidIsNotOver
#CovidIsntOver

Wayside: A Serial Novel - Episode 6 Comedian & writer w/Long COVID. I speak English, Spanish, & Sarcasm. Life is a shitshow; grab a front-row seat & let's laugh our way through it!

Here's Episode 6 of Wayside: A Serial Novel for the Covid-Cautious Community

Josina puts distance between her and Ben, Bellamy and Siado have new love interests, Cassie shares a big secret, and at long last... brunch has come to Wayside.
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William "Bill" Labov Obituary 2024 - Goldsteins Funeral View William "Bill" Labov's obituary, find service dates, and sign the guestbook.

This is a lovely obituary and we’ll have a public celebration of Bill Labov’s amazing life and work at the LSA Annual Meeting in Philadelphia! obits.goldsteinsfuneral.com/william-labo...

Parkour practice on campus

A Covid Christmas Carol “Bah humbug!” shouted Eversneezer Scrooge as he pulled into the parking lot of his corporation’s headquarters. Even though the parking space nearest the front entrance was clearly marked ‘Reserved for...

Eversneezer Scrooge is such an asshole that he almost ruins Christmas for his best employee, Bob Maskit. Can the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future intervene and turn things around?

Find out in 'A Covid Christmas Carol' - a story for our times.
guinesspig.ghost.io/a-covid-chri...

Long COVID-19 Hits Young Adults Harder Younger adults are getting worse long COVID symptoms than older adults, according to a Northwestern Medicine study.

Northwestern Medicine: 'Long COVID-19 Hits Young Adults Harder'

'The Unexpected Toll of Long COVID on Younger Adults'

'Long COVID is causing an alteration in patients’ quality of life." - Igor Koralnik, MD

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Source: Mora-Marín, David F. 2022. Evidence, New and Old, Against the Late *k(’) > ch(’) “Areal Shift” Hypothesis. In Festschrift for Lyle Campbell, edited by Wilson Silva, Nala Lee and Thiago Chacon, pp. 130–163. Edinburgh University Press. 8/8

I also noted that cases of variable spellings were restricted to lexical morphemes of political and ritual salience (e.g. *chum 'seated', *k'äl 'closing/wrapping'), while cases of invariable spellings with <chV> were grammatical morphemes, a lack of awareness and social evaluation. 7/8

In my paper, though, I noted that the region where Mayan writing was used was populated by speakers of languages that experienced the shift (Ch'olan) and languages that did not (Yucatecan): spelling variability could reflect interlingual literacy. 6/8

More recently, and despite the evidence form loanwords, several scholars (Law, Robertson, Houston, Zender, Stuart) proposed evidence for a later timing for the shift, noting spellings of terms that experienced the shift appearing sometimes with <kV> syllabograms and other times with <chV>. 5/8

It and other loanwords with /k/ are attested during the Early and Late Classic (ca. CE 600–900) only with <kV> syllabograms, never with <chV>, as seen in the figure. 4/8