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[martinpeter200]

Serving Up Slang | What Does ‘Bussin’’ Mean? | LEXiCON

Welcome back to LEXiCON, your trusted guide through the maze of modern language! In today’s episode, we’re spicing things up with the term ‘bussin’,’ a flavorful piece of slang that takes ‘delicious’ to a whole new level.

Originating from African American Vernacular English (AAVE), ‘bussin’’ is predominantly used to describe food that’s beyond delicious. Think of the best pizza slice you’ve ever had — it wasn’t just good, it was ‘bussin’.’

Join us as we continue to explore the vibrant and diverse world of modern language trends. Subscribe to our channel and stay tuned for more tasty tidbits from LEXiCON

[iamaliberalartsstudent]

Modern Languages' Tips for Creating a Great Work-space at Home

Last week, Georgia Institute of Technology announced that it is closing its campus and converting to a fully remote environment for the rest of the semester. This means teaching all our courses online and advising our master's students remotely as they work independently on their Final Projects.

Students are working on a variety of projects, from documentaries to research papers, from ethnographic research to translation. Right now, they are preparing to defend their projects in a 30-minute presentation at the end of April. A good work-space at home will definitely be important.

So to help them (and myself prepare), I asked some fellow professors to share some strategies for working from home.

1. Get a designated work area.

It's easy to think you can work anywhere, because technically, you can. Writers are notorious for working everywhere but the office: at home, on a couch, in cafes, in train stations, on trains, or even wandering through the park with a voice recorder.

Because writing is so psychological, it's important to have a space that mentally prepares you for work. Try to find a space that you use exclusively for work, so your mind knows to focus when you sit down. And when you leave the space, you can more easily think about other things (For example, experts advise against working in bed, because it can make it more difficult to fall asleep).

2. Limited on space? Create mental boundaries.

I don't have space for a home office in my apartment, so I'm using my dining table. My working setup can be opened and then put away, so I know when I'm working, and when I'm done for the day.

There are many ways to get in the mindset. For me, it's always been putting a cup of coffee or tea to the left of my laptop and having something to write on. For many people, it's doing their morning routine and getting dressed for work. It could be anything: putting in your headphones, saying a catch-phrase, starting a timer, or opening your project folder. Do whatever works for you!

3. Plan out a daily routine.

Starting March 30th, you will have classes online. You may also have other responsibilities, depending on your living and family situation. Plan how you will use your time: When will you be in class? When will you do homework? When will you work on your project? Don't forget to include time to relax and get away from your screen!

NPR suggests: "Get ready for work every morning like you are going to physically go into work. Dress up, do your hair — whatever you'd normally do. This puts you in a professional mindset....If you're the type of person who never takes a break at home, set a timer to take time for lunch, and turn off your work....Try to maintain normal work hours, and shut things down when you would normally leave the office."

If you're working on multiple projects, it helps to work on the same project at the same time every day. For example, if you're juggling your Prospectus and three other courses, you might want to decide that no matter what else happens, you will work on your Prospectus from 6:00 - 7:00 pm every day.

Check out the daily routines of 20 famous writers on Brain Pickings.

4. Make sure you have reliable internet.

With everyone online at the same time, internet speeds could slow down, so make sure you have reliable internet access. Check out https://gatech.service-now.com/continuity for IT support through Georgia Tech.

5. Get ready for video conferencing.

You will probably have meetings and classes via Bluejeans, so take a moment to prep your webcam. You may want to find a private area with a neutral background, where you can have meetings with your professors. Have a good pair of headphones. Test it out with friends to see if there's background noise. Will it still work if your family member is doing a Skype meeting in the next room?

Note that Bluejeans looks different in the app and browser versions, and in the laptop and tablet versions, so try them out and see which one you prefer. Download Bluejeans here: http://bluejeans.gatech.edu/

Remember that Bluejeans Meetings are at gatech.bluejeans.com (reversal of the above URL). Don't forget to hang up when you're done!

6. Set goals, and celebrate your accomplishments!

A three-month project like your Master's Project can feel overwhelming. Break it down into "bite-size," measurable tasks that take 20, 40, 60 minutes to complete.

These might be:

Search the internet for articles on X topic and save them to a folder.

Take notes on a book chapter.

Write an analysis of a scene in a film.

Edit a page you wrote yesterday.

When you've finished a task, Reward yourself! Acknowledge and celebrate the moment: take a 5-minute stretch break, have a snack, watch a video of unlikely animal friendships (don't get sucked in, though; time yourself if you need to).

7. Aim for 4 productive hours per day.

Lelia Glass, Assistant Professor of Linguistics at Georgia Tech, writes:

"Set a timer when you work. Any time you check emails, read Twitter, get coffee, wash your hands, etc, pause the timer. Pause it as often as you want, but keep working until you get to a real hour.

Once you reach your goal, relax, knowing you really put in quality time on your work.  This is how I wrote my dissertation from a couch in San Francisco over the course of nine months or so."

Dr. Glass says she uses this method to "do about 4-5 hours of writing per day." Turns out, the average human brain can only stay deeply focused for a maximum of 4-5 hours per day. So if you've worked for four hours productively, you've done an amazing job!

Creating protected blocks of time, like an hour in the morning and an hour in the evening, can help you prioritize your current top project. And remember, once you've reached your goal, take a break!

8. Take breaks!

Just as important as a designated work area is a designated space for time off. Whether it's your favorite couch, your bed, or the act of closing your email and washing out your coffee cup, it's important to step away and give your mind a break. Dr. Glass suggests going for a run, cooking a healthy meal, and video-chatting with family and friends.

9. Don't worry if you're messy.

The middle of a project is always messy.

We live in messy times.

And if all else fails, remember Einstein's words: "If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?"

Sources:

"The Daily Routines of 20 Famous Writers," Brain Pickings, https://www.brainpickings.org/2012/11/20/daily-routines-writers/

"8 Tips to make working from home work for you" npr.org/2020/03/15/815549926/8-tips-to-make-working-from-home-work-for-you

Managing Large Writing Projects, Inside Higher Ed. insidehighered.com/advice/2009/04/24/managing-large-writing-projects

Special thanks to Lelia Glass and Jinyi Chu for sharing your work-spaces and tips!

By Jenny Strakovsky, Assistant Director of Graduate Studies

[learn-new-languages]

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[thecornishtranslator]

Does anyone else send their partners random texts about meanings of words? or just me?

I'm super grateful that my partner has an English degree. In fact I frequently take advantage of it. I’m lucky that he’s super supportive of me moving into translation as a career and is also more than happy to edit my work. (My use of commas is absolutely atrocious in English.) This means I can just spam him with texts like 'does this sentence make sense?' or 'any suggestions for a synonym for this word?' and he just goes along with it! He’s a really great soundboard and we’ve frequently discussed a translation I’m working on and anything I need to research or check over a pint or two. I do sometimes worry that I spam him too much though? Sometimes I interrupt an entire conversation we're having just to check I've used a word correctly! :P

[iamliberalartsgt]

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[uzyiah]

In this stage that I have just overcome, I feel proud of what I achieved, lived and learned. My family was always accompanied and watching this journey, even if sometimes the situations were not the best. Thank you for all the support you gave me, I appreciate it and today I give you this diploma, because it is not only mine, it is also yours! En esta etapa que acabo de superar, me siento orgullosa de lo que logré, viví y aprendí. Mi familia siempre estuvo acompañado y viendo esta travesía, aún si a veces las situaciones no fueron las mejores. Gracias por todo el apoyo que me dieron, lo aprecio y hoy les doy este diploma, porque no es sólo mío, es también suyo! Dans cette étape que je viens de franchir, je suis fier de ce que j'ai accompli, vécu et appris. Ma famille était toujours accompagnée et regardant ce voyage, même si parfois les situations n'étaient pas les meilleures. Merci pour tout le soutien que vous m'avez apporté, je l'apprécie et aujourd'hui je vous donne ce diplôme, car il n'est pas seulement le mien, il est aussi le vôtre! #diploma #graduation #university #universitygraduation #celebration #graduation2019 #professional #modernlanguages #family (en Bogotá, Colombia) https://www.instagram.com/p/BxnHwlZhVgE/?igshid=wce6opyx637z

[yourgourmetdesserts]

Congratulations on your Masters Miguel and Edimary. #graduation #graduationcap #graduationparty #graduation2019 #graduationcakes #music #musiceducation #languagestudy #modernlanguages #fondant #gold #blue #goldandbluetassel #goldandbluecake #gourmetdessertsclifonnj https://www.instagram.com/p/BxlMlJFFgD2/?igshid=1j0x70j1nmd9s

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[marielyloera-blog]

Library research

From the book dictonary of foreign phrases and classical quotations, we see the similarly in each language, Latin is a dead language because there are no more native speakers but we can go back to old texts of literature to find that they make up the languages we speak today.

[nunoalecrim]

Tracking ID comes from the tracking number of parcels. That number that allows us to track where our parcel is or where it’s going to be. In life we are always searching for an identity a purpose. This work makes a allegory between this everyday technology and life where patterns and graphics become a global identity. At this time of year we have so many tracking numbers, so many parcel… but what is your identity? What is your purpose? Do you track it? . . . . . #nunoalecrim #alecrim #contemporaryart #modernart #abstractart #artmagazine #artcontemporary #patterndesign #visualartists #artwatchers #minimalartist #geometricabstract #pattern #abstractaddict #patternart #modernlanguage #graffuturism #artdesigner #ancientfuture #originalpaperworks #artcollection #artcollector #art #artist #originalart #tracking #identity #id #artgallery #artsy (at Avenida da Liberdade) https://www.instagram.com/p/Cmj9aVCM2WO/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[assignmentwork507]

#universityofsurrey #assignments #assignmentwriting #assignmenthelp #essaywriting #essay #thesislife #thesis #thesiswriting #exams #logomark #logo #designing #map #modernlanguage #musicaltheater #nursing #nursingstudent #nursingschool #nursingstudentproblems #nursingstudies #nursingstudies💉 #nursingstudiesandhealth https://www.instagram.com/p/CTu8ngZszT4/?utm_medium=tumblr

[lehausorganization]

𝓓𝓸𝓷’𝓽 𝓯𝓸𝓻𝓰𝓮𝓽 𝓽𝓱𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝓯𝓪𝓫𝓵𝓮𝓼 𝓽𝓱𝓪𝓽 𝔂𝓸𝓾’𝓻𝓮 𝓪𝓯𝓻𝓪𝓲𝓭 𝓽𝓸 𝓻𝓮𝓬𝓪𝓵𝓵. 𝓣𝓱𝓸𝓼𝓮 𝓯𝓪𝓫𝓵𝓮𝓼 𝔀𝓮𝓻𝓮 𝓯𝓸𝓵𝓴𝓵𝓸𝓻𝓮. 𝓘𝓷 𝓯𝓪𝓬𝓽, 𝓼𝓸𝓶𝓮 𝔂𝓸𝓾 𝓶𝓪𝔂 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓫𝓮 𝓪𝓫𝓵𝓮 𝓽𝓸 𝓻𝓮𝓬𝓪𝓵𝓵. 𝓝𝓸𝓷𝓖𝓜𝓞 𝓲𝓼 𝓽𝓸 𝓬𝓵𝓪𝓲𝓶𝓲𝓷𝓰 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓰𝓻𝓪𝓼𝓼 𝓲𝓼 𝓷𝓸𝓽 𝓪𝓵𝔀𝓪𝔂𝓼 𝓰𝓻𝓮𝓮𝓷𝓮𝓻 𝓸𝓷 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓸𝓽𝓱𝓮𝓻 𝓼𝓲𝓭𝓮. #ModernLanguages https://www.instagram.com/p/BoKDrrzBFKd-K42hGo_nGwCD53tf5YHn899DSc0/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=ykb4tx3icb1a

[thecornishtranslator]

Anthea Bell Translation Prize

So a bit of good news this week: a translator I’ve been in touch with had heard of an opportunity for a Spanish translator in my area and passed my details on.

It turns out that Queens college, Cambridge have started a brand new translation competition aimed at secondary schools, and I’ve been asked to judge the Spanish entries in my area!

It’s just the sort of thing I would have loved to do when I was at school so I’m keen to promote it where I can! I’ve been posting the link anywhere I can think of as it’s such a great idea for languages students. I’m going to post it here too on the off chance it might reach someone teaching MFL in an English secondary school.

https://www.queens.ox.ac.uk/schools-translation-prize

[danisnotkidding]

✊😬✊ . . . #seminario #italiano #unimar #margarita #linguemoderne #modernlanguages #università #margarita #theroad #perugia (at Universidad de Margarita)

[publicsituation]

RT @LivUniPress: Call for Papers! Contemporary French Civilization invites papers for the upcoming August conference. The deadline for proposals is 15th April. For more information visit https://t.co/Yrgjx8GBUf #FrenchStudies #ModernLanguages #CFP https://t.co/y9WFXgOsns

[soilrockslove]

https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/arts/modernlanguages/german-studies/kleist/podcasts/education_theories_15_05_26.mp3