Archive for category: Linguistics

How to pronounce “antifa”    (2017.02.24)

Pronunciations are converging on [ˌænˈtiːfʌ]

Paralanguage of Instagram    (2016.06.28)

Instagram hovers on top of human language. It’s a global medium without a hint of of cultural appropriation or imperialism

Two diacritic(al) projects    (2015.02.16)

Two sites about diacritics

As the expression goes, fuck yeah, Martin Freeman    (2015.02.16)

Martin Freeman: “Listen, I’m sorry for an Englishman speaking English. I apologize if that’s stamping all over your New World imperialism. But frankly there are some of us here who still believe in the language”

Antedating gay words    (2014.08.03)

I have a degree in linguistics and am embarking on an open-ended project to antedate (find the earliest uses of) gay and lesbian terminology

Ends in E, doesn’t end in E    (2013.10.04)

Minimal pairs that do and do not end in E

Something else transgenders don’t understand    (2013.07.02)

Demanding that the word transphobia be included in “the dictionary” won’t make it happen

‘Deaf people go to concerts?’    (2013.07.01)

Yes, and, if you go back far enough, I am one of the indirect reasons why

A bad month for pop linguistics    (2013.01.29)

“Toronto,” words of the year, “sk(c)optical” (all sic)