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August-September 2023: Etymology isn't Destiny merch and an academic article about lingcomm
Hello! I joined onto a fun project this month, Zach Weinersmith of the webcomic Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal is running a Kickstarter for his book…
Jan 17
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Gretchen McCulloch
December 2023
June-July 2023: Lingstitute and Merriam-Webster
Hello! In June and July, I headed to Lingstitute 2023, the LSA summer institute, at UMass Amherst. It was great to get to hang out with old friends and…
Dec 29, 2023
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Gretchen McCulloch
May 2023: Spanish Because Internet, True Biz, and Word Magic
Hello! This month, I announced that there’s going to be a Spanish-language edition of Because Internet coming at some point in 2024! Spanish has been…
Dec 29, 2023
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Gretchen McCulloch
March-April 2023: Bluesky, Barbie bouba/kiki, and Bea Wolf
Hello! In April, I made an account on bluesky and enjoyed some wordplay there, which is still (so far) going strong as a twitter replacement.
Dec 1, 2023
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Gretchen McCulloch
May 2023
February 2023: #LingComm23 and liveshow
Hello! This month was the second International Conference on Linguistics Communication, #LingComm2023. I was extremely delighted to not be on the…
May 23, 2023
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Gretchen McCulloch
January 2023: Denver and deleted scenes
Hello! I started the year in Denver, Colorado at the annual meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, where I co-hosted the Five Minute Linguist…
May 22, 2023
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Gretchen McCulloch
February 2023
December 2022: New Zealand and “Uzhe” in The Atlantic
Hello! This month, I wrote a piece for The Atlantic for the first time! It’s about when the connection between spelling and pronunciation breaks down.
Feb 23, 2023
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Gretchen McCulloch
November 2022: Melbourne and Mastodon
Hello! I spent November in Melbourne, Australia, where I gave a talk about linguistics communication at La Trobe University, did lots of hanging out and…
Feb 22, 2023
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Gretchen McCulloch
October 2022: Visiting Singapore and Linguist Halloween
Hello! This month, I went to Singapore! It’s the beginning of my multi-month trip that’ll also take me to Australia in November and New Zealand in…
Feb 22, 2023
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Gretchen McCulloch
October 2022
September 2022: WorldCon, xkcd on Lingthusiasm, and IPA lens cloths
Hello! This month, I went to Chicago for WorldCon (ChiCon 8), in which I was on the panels Ask A Scientist, That's Not How That Works!, and Using SFF…
Oct 5, 2022
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Gretchen McCulloch
September 2022
August 2022: redesigning the International Phonetic Alphabet (to put in your pocket)
Hello! This month, we rethought the structure of the International Phonetic Alphabet.
Sep 15, 2022
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Gretchen McCulloch
August 2022
July 2022: In which I get my brain scanned!
Hello! This month's Lingthusiasm episodes were a special double feature from my trip to Boston to get my brain scanned and finally discover whether I am…
Aug 24, 2022
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Gretchen McCulloch
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