Leuty Parker

Tag: #words

  • SLOP

    Recovering from a traumatic brain injury (TBI) is messy—and one of the hardest parts can be re-learning how to talk. For me, losing my ability to communicate clearly was terrifying. Every word felt like it had to be fought for, and I had to start from scratch to rebuild my speech.

    Even if you haven’t experienced a TBI, learning to talk better; speak more clearly, confidently, and effectively. Is something to anyone who can work on. One technique that really helped me, and that my speech-language therapist recommended, is called SLOP.

    SLOP is a simple yet powerful approach to improve how you articulate words and pace your speech. It’s especially useful if your goal is clearer, more intentional speaking—whether for presentations, daily conversation, or public speaking

    Slow

    Loud

    Overarticu 

    Pause

    … I don’t need to elaborate… you’ll get it from the acronym!

  • Epi- vs pandemic

    Sam emoji for you.

    To frame this correctly in the context of Covid-19, it’s important to understand the difference between an epidemic and a pandemic.

    Epi comes from the Greek for “ in addition to”, “I pon” or “ near to” so epidemic is simply something which is widespread generally an occurrence which is usually a disease at the same time.

    Whereas a pandemic

    The term pan- (as a prefix) and the name Pan (the Greek deity) have distinct etymological roots that have intersected throughout history, representing concepts of “all,” “universality,” and “nature” worldwide. 

    Pan- is a prefix meaning “all” or “every.” Whereas “pan “ comes from Ancient Greek pan (from pâs, “all”), rooted in the Proto-Indo-European pant-. Today it’s used to describe universal scope or total inclusion, as in Pan-American, pandemic, or panacea.

    Pan feels timely again: once linked to Covid, but now shifting beyond medicine to describe a wider cultural reality, where loneliness itself has become pandemic in scale.

    • Identity

      “What do you want to do when you’re older?”

      That’s the question you always ask a child.

      There’s so much pressure on which career, or even what we do.

      Not, exactly, why we’ve chosen that path, or how we act should do it;

      It should be: “Who do you want to be with you’re older”

    • Cinephile

      For those who don’t know what that is, it’s a word lover.

      So for the real content of this post:

      A “betsubara”(had to retype that a lot) is a woman who always has room for desert.

      I think that is probably just human psychology….

    • Tartle

      You may know my nationality is Scottish… Scots really do have a way with words, this one is probably my favourite.

      The act of a tartle is a Scottish term meaning you introducing someone, but pausing because you’ve forgotten the name of who you are introducing.

    • Trauma

      I learnt something new which I think you’ll like; The Greek world for trauma means wound. I really do love the etymology of words, & this one seems so fitting.

    • 14/6 – Triage

      One of the facts I found in my notebook; triage is a french word (surprise surprise) which means to “sort”. It’s pretty obvious that it comes from a french word, though. It does sound very french.

      Originally it was used as sorting though coffee beans. So I guess my real interest is in the etymology of words, it evolved to meaning to sort through things to find the greater good.

      In the 1790s it was first used in emergency rooms on Napolian’s battlefield.