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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. The main…
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. Okay, let me explain. The IPA is typically presented in a chart…
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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