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…
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…
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…

October 2022

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…

September 2022

Hello! This month, we rethought the structure of the International Phonetic Alphabet. Okay, let me explain. The IPA is typically presented in a chart…

August 2022

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…
Hello! This month I attended a local literary speculative fiction con, Scintillation, where I was on panels about swearing in science fiction and…
Hello! In May, I hit my 10-year blogiversary on All Things Linguistic. I celebrated with two linkposts, one of the usual highlights from the past year…

May 2022

Hello! This month, I started a new reading project! It's inspired by a paper by Evan Kidd and Rowena Garcia that came out last year, and which surveys…
Hello! Here are some Pi Day (3rd month, 14th day) facts about the PIE (Proto-Indo-European). Both of these guys were named William Jones, confusingly…
Hello! I set up a survey for anyone who's been using Because Internet for teaching - put in what you've been doing and I'll compile and share it with…
Hello! I started the year at a rather surreal LSA 2022, the annual meeting of the Linguistic Society of America, which I'd hoped to attend in person in…