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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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Hello! This month I attended a local literary speculative fiction con, Scintillation, where I was on panels about swearing in science fiction and…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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