Emily Corvi

Linguist and researcher. Sometimes a classicist. Puzzle maker. they/them/theirs.

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Some videos have popped up across my various timelines about crosswordese, so as a linguist and a crossword constructor, I figured I'd (re)share my take on the phenomenon: https://t.co/Eu9jooiD4A

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Recently I've seen some conversations about pain scales popping up, and was reminded that I should share this article I wrote about language, illness and measurement for @thesicktimes about a year ago: https://t.co/91kjffjBnH

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@leifweatherby scholars have noted that there was an anglo-norman split in 1066 from *thk-miks which is also where we get "TK Maxx"

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I wrote about touch: https://t.co/jr5rZtmIsH

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"imagine people are chained up inside a cave" sorry is there literally nothing else for u to do in ancient greece except bother me with this pedantic question. can u go help herakles with a labor

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i genuinely hate socrates

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this very sunbleached ADS book was literally the first thing i saw when i walked into the thrift store today

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Incredibly grateful to @sfpc for this profile of my work and for all the incredible things they do <3 https://t.co/UwOpLI5SVn

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watching tv from mid-2020 feels like unearthing a time capsule

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it's been just over a decade that this paper won an award, and i remember i got the notification on april 1st and thought it was maybe an april fools' joke for a bit. maybe i should write an updated version: https://t.co/rM9ctsDXDj

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It's wild to be applying for jobs and seeing questions that are straight up illegal. Asking "what country were you born in?" is fucking ridiculous and I reported the listing.

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@leifweatherby i feel like there's even another level of abstraction from the recent "skin scent" boom in the fragrance industry/smells in particular seem really prone to this

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*john cena voice* this is basic reaganomics

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I found out that my time at Microsoft Research will be over soon, which means I'll be looking for new work in 2026! During my time at MSR, I got to showcase the importance of the social sciences in STEM fields. If your team (in tech or not) needs a linguist, reach out!

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Also, "Splenda" itself is obviously a play on words, too.

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Really interesting/funny thing I've noticed -- on a few take-out menus in NYC, Splenda is spelled "Splender", so my assumption is that one of two things is happening:

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Either the person making the menu is hearing some intrusive R stuff going on in people asking for Splenda, OR they're hearing people ask for Splenda, but making a (wise!) assumption that people are pronouncing it non-rhotically and adding in the "-er" at the end.

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reading Hegel and becoming more annoying (saying this lovingly)

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Super excited to announce that my paper, Taxonomizing Representational Harms using Speech Act Theory, will have a poster at #ACL2025NLP! I'll be presenting virtually on July 28th during Session 5. You can read the paper here: https://t.co/mJ2qlpMyux

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