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- Eat Better, Age Better: A Nutrition Diva Playlist
- ‘Call in Sick’ or ‘Call out Sick’?
- In the Shadow of the Mountain with Silvia Vasquez-Lavado
- Beyond Just ‘Ma’ or ‘Da’: How Kids Learn to Speak Like Adults
- Super Bowl Party Hosting
| Eat Better, Age Better: A Nutrition Diva Playlist Posted: 04 Feb 2022 09:23 AM PST  Healthy eating habits are important throughout life. But as we get into mid-life (and beyond), they offer a unique opportunity to set ourselves up for awesome aging. Are You Getting Enough Calcium? (Or Are You Getting Too Much?)Can Lutein Supplements Protect Your Eyes?How Does the MIND Diet Protect Against Alzheimer's?Can the Right Diet Prevent Cancer?How to Slow Age-Related Muscle Loss... Keep reading on Quick and Dirty Tips |
| ‘Call in Sick’ or ‘Call out Sick’? Posted: 04 Feb 2022 06:12 AM PST  MAP KEY: red=call in sick. yellow=call out sick. green=call off sick. blue=mixed. Caller Question: "Hi, Grammar Girl. This is Ellen from Newark, California. I have a question. I am 60 years old, and I always use the phrase or heard the phrase 'calling in sick' if I couldn't make it to work. Or if someone couldn't make it to work, they would call in to say they were sick and couldn't come to work. But in recent years, like within the last 10 years, I have heard family members say they're 'calling out' and that sounded very strange to me. But even today in the 'Washington Post,' there was an article and sure enough it used the phrase 'calling out sick' because of COVID. Employees are calling out. So I just was curious about the phrases 'calling in sick' and 'calling out sick.' Thanks a lot." Thanks for the question, Ellen. I've always said "call in sick." The way I think of it is that you call in to the office to say you'll be out sick. And if I call in and you take the call, you would tell everyone else that Mignon is going to be off sick or out sick today. 'Call in Sick' is the most common phraseLooking at how often these phrases appear in books Google has scanned, I found that "call in sick" is dramatically more common than "call out sick" in both American and British English. In fact, "call out sick" doesn't seem to appear in books categorized as British English at all. And it's the same when you look at variations like "called" and "calling."
I found the same thing when I looked at the Corpus of Contemporary American English: "call in sick" shows up about 100 times more often than "call out sick" (307 versus 3). That database does have more casual sources than the Google Books database, like transcripts from movies and TV shows, but I wondered if maybe in even more casual use, like on Twitter, I'd find "call out sick" more often. And I did, but it was still 10-to-1 in favor of "call in sick" (61 versus 6 in a 4-hour period in the middle of the day,... Keep reading on Quick and Dirty Tips |
| In the Shadow of the Mountain with Silvia Vasquez-Lavado Posted: 04 Feb 2022 12:10 AM PST  Hey listeners! You're in for an inspiring story today. You're going to hear the conversation that I had with author Silvia Vasquez-Lavado about her new book, In the Shadow of the Mountain, her journey through sexual abuse as a child, substance abuse, and her life-changing experiences that led her to mountain climbing. Listen as we discuss the metaphorical and literal mountains that she's had to conquer in her life. I think it's so important for all of my listeners to know that you can go through devastating times in your life and still find internal peace and build a worthwhile life for yourself. For more, I strongly recommend reading In the Shadow of the Mountain. You can hear the full discussion by pressing the "play" button above or find the episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you listen to Savvy Psychologist. Some important takeaways from our discussion:
I hope you enjoyed this interview with Silvia. Go read her book—I need more people to talk to about it with! If you buy her book, tag me on Instagram or send me a comment. You can also reach out to me via my email at psychologist@quickanddirtytips.com or leave a voicemail at (929) 256-2191. Keep reading on Quick and Dirty Tips |
| Beyond Just ‘Ma’ or ‘Da’: How Kids Learn to Speak Like Adults Posted: 03 Feb 2022 03:45 PM PST  Anyone who has ever spent time with toddlers has noticed that kids do some very inventive things with speech, such as regularizing irregular verbs ("go-ed," "swimmed") or misunderstanding that "dog" applies to all furry four-legged friends and not just the one at home. It can seem overwhelmingly difficult to imagine the process that underlies how children learn how to speak. A long historyThe interest in how children acquire language goes back much farther than you might think. The ancient Greek historian Herodotus records what is probably the first child-language experiment performed in antiquity, although the babies' welfare was certainly not the primary motivation. Instead, an Egyptian pharaoh set out to prove the superiority of his people by showing that the Egyptian language would emerge spontaneously as the primordial language from babies who were kept away from any type of language exposure. He commanded a local goatherder to take on the role of primary investigator, raising two babies in silence among his herds. While certainly not so great an experience for the babies, it also turned out not so great for the pharaoh, because their first word was reportedly "bekos," which was not an Egyptian word but a Phrygian word meaning "bread." The Phrygians were another powerful empire in what was at the time western Anatolia. Though this ancient experiment was not about language acquisition per se, it is often discussed by linguists as support for one of the leading theories about how children learn language so quickly early in life, known as nativism or innatism. In other words, nativism is the idea that children's ability to speak emerges as a matter of biology, rather than any "learning" like we need for other higher skills such as reading and math. After all, how many people remember being introduced to the underlying grammatical rules of their language before they went to elementary school, and yet most 4-year-olds are very accomplished at talking in complete sentences. Linguistic landmarks in infancyEven before they hit the year-old mark, babies have a remarkable ability to communicate with adults by babbling even just a few vowels and consonants. "Ba," "ma," and "da" may not sound like much, but they sure seem to send a clear enough message, like "Get me my bottle!" or "Ma, get over here." Looking at research on child language acquisition, these early pseudo-words do seem to mean much more than they might appear to on the surface. They represent not simply a name for objects in their vicinity but attempts to converse about what they want those objects to be doing. Between 9 and 18 months, with only about a 50 word-... Keep reading on Quick and Dirty Tips |
| Posted: 03 Feb 2022 02:30 PM PST  The Holiday lights have come down, the menorah has long been put away, and not a creature is stirring, not even a mouse…because it's time for the grandest holiday of them all: Super Bowl Sunday! For those of you who think it's only a holiday if Hallmark makes a card for it, you're dead wrong. The Super Bowl is in fact one of the biggest celebrations all year. Don't believe me? Try going to your local grocery store and liquor store the day of the big game and let me know if you can't sense how important this holiday is to Americans. And like any other celebration, many fans will spend the day at a big party with friends and/or family to root, scream, cry, curse, and, of course, eat to our heart's content. However, just because we don't associate the Super Bowl with the elegance and charm of proper dinner parties, this doesn't mean you get to fumble your manners. Even though your Super Bowl Party will likely feature more wings and less wine pairings, hosting still has its proper do's and don'ts. So with that, check out my top 3 Quick and Dirty Tips for Super Bowl party etiquette. Tip #1: Don't stress about being fancyWhen I was a senior in college, my roommates and I hosted a Super Bowl party to watch our beloved Baltimore Ravens stomp the New York Giants. It was a glorious night that I hope to revisit again. That party took all of an hour to plan. Beer? Check. Pizza? Check. Chips? Check. Shoving all of the trash in our disgusting apartment under the couches so any girls who came over would not want to want to vomit? Double check! Yes, we had a blast but I was catering to a much easier audience. I'm going to assume that if you're hosting a party now, you probably have higher standards than four 20-year-old college dudes. I mean, please tell me you do! When hosting a party, it's always proper to cater to your audience – be it a kid's birthday, a dinner party with friends, or an office party. So tailor your Super Bowl party to the crowd that's coming to your house. And just because this is football, does not mean it has to resemble some Neanderthal tailgate. (Check out my episode on What Are the Rules of Tailgating for more). Whenever... Keep reading on Quick and Dirty Tips |
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