Miriah
@anokieabroad.bsky.social
Ed.D. Student, Applied Linguistics
Teachers College, Columbia University
Teachers College, Columbia University
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Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Linguist: OK what about if you were describing the cup yesterday? Would the sentence change at all? What if you heard this secondhand from someone versus you saw it for yourself?
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Linguist: OK what about if you were describing the cup yesterday? Would the sentence change at all? What if you heard this secondhand from someone versus you saw it for yourself?
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Cosmologist: The cup is dusty or full of gravitational waves
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Cosmologist: The cup is dusty or full of gravitational waves
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Astronomer: This is a high metallicity sightline
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Astronomer: This is a high metallicity sightline
November 23, 2024 at 7:08 PM
Optimist: The cup is half full
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Linguist: OK what about if you were describing the cup yesterday? Would the sentence change at all? What if you heard this secondhand from someone versus you saw it for yourself?
Pessimist: The cup is half empty
Linguist: OK what about if you were describing the cup yesterday? Would the sentence change at all? What if you heard this secondhand from someone versus you saw it for yourself?
Reposted by Miriah
Optimist: "the cup is half full"
Pessimist: "the cup is half empty"
Conversation analyst: the action accomplished by the turn in which either phrase is formulated, its sequential position, & its accompanying embodied conduct, will determine whether I want to spend more time with you :-)
#EMCA
Pessimist: "the cup is half empty"
Conversation analyst: the action accomplished by the turn in which either phrase is formulated, its sequential position, & its accompanying embodied conduct, will determine whether I want to spend more time with you :-)
#EMCA
November 23, 2024 at 6:33 PM
Optimist: "the cup is half full"
Pessimist: "the cup is half empty"
Conversation analyst: the action accomplished by the turn in which either phrase is formulated, its sequential position, & its accompanying embodied conduct, will determine whether I want to spend more time with you :-)
#EMCA
Pessimist: "the cup is half empty"
Conversation analyst: the action accomplished by the turn in which either phrase is formulated, its sequential position, & its accompanying embodied conduct, will determine whether I want to spend more time with you :-)
#EMCA