Gretchen McCulloch now at @gretchenmcc.bsky.social

Now @gretchenmcc.bsky.social
Internet Linguist. NYT bestselling author of BECAUSE INTERNET. Cohost @lingthusiasm. she/her 🌈

[Gretchen McCulloch now at @gretchenmcc.bsky.social @GretchenAMcC]

Not particularly active on here anymore, but if your social feeds need more linguistics, find me here:

bluesky: https://t.co/7qvCsjQqcI
instagram: https://t.co/JGH3tmnYrZ
mastodon: https://t.co/8b35Zc7paW
tumblr: https://t.co/OIZPbuHpbe
newsletter: https://t.co/Ccfox2A3Va

[Gretchen McCulloch now at @gretchenmcc.bsky.social @GretchenAMcC]

Happy World Linguistics Day from Montreal!

At @LingComm, we learned that the UK has been celebrating National Linguistics Day on November 26th because it's de Saussure's birthday, and the crowd immediately went wild: where are you celebrating World Linguistics Day from?

[Linguistic Discovery @lingdiscovery]

The internet isn’t ruining language or writing, it’s merely expanding the ways that writing is used, says linguist @GretchenAMcC

https://t.co/b9QuML3Bf0

#writing #internet #linguistics #language

[Lauren Gilbert @notanastronomer]

.@DannyBate4 and @GretchenAMcC? Self recommending.

[Dr Danny Bate @DannyBate4]

Back by somewhat popular demand, the language-loving podcast has started a third series!

I was rather starstruck to get @GretchenAMcC to come talk about Montreal French and Canadian languages for its first episode:

Acast: https://t.co/JTpp9BOMU6
Spotify: https://t.co/wJMK1nXVJ9

[Gretchen McCulloch now at @gretchenmcc.bsky.social @GretchenAMcC]

Hard to believe @superlinguo and I have now made 100 podcast episodes together!

My favourite fun fact from this episode is the one we saved for the very end about the word "hundred" and I'm not gonna spoil it for you, you gotta listen 👀

[Lingthusiasm @lingthusiasm]

💯 It's our 100th episode! 💯

To celebrate, we're giving you 100 fun facts about linguistics this month: https://t.co/TWdQrOJDVt

See how many you recognize and tell us about your favourite linguistics facts this month in honour of our 100th episodiversary!

[Gretchen McCulloch now at @gretchenmcc.bsky.social @GretchenAMcC]

@becauselangpod @lingthusiasm @Laserhedvig @superlinguo Thanks for joining us!!

[Because Language @becauselangpod]

We loved contributing to this 100th episode of @lingthusiasm. (Both me and @Laserhedvig got a fun fact in. YES! 😄)

Congratulations @GretchenAMcC and @superlinguo on 100 great episodes, and here's to more 🥂

[Pie de Página @editorialpdp]

1️⃣ «En la misma habitación en que te sueño», Andrea Cohen
2️⃣ «En la cuerda floja» @anna_aslanyan 
3️⃣ «No me gusta cómo hablas» @mariaparrula 
4️⃣ «Arroba lengua» @GretchenAMcC

[Pie de Página @editorialpdp]

🎁 Día 24

📖 «Arroba lengua» de Gretchen McCulloch (@GretchenAMcC), trad. por @parasynthetic. El ensayo perfecto para entender cómo se habla en Internet y cómo influye esto en la lengua fuera de la red 👅

https://t.co/W59mHQHOK1

[Gretchen McCulloch now at @gretchenmcc.bsky.social @GretchenAMcC]

Politeness theory has helped me so much, particularly in recognizing that there are so many subtle variations in how people attempt to show politeness, rather than an absolute standard of rude vs polite

We're delighted to bring you a @lingthusiasm episode on politeness!

[Lingthusiasm @lingthusiasm]

If it wouldn't be too much trouble, if you have a spare half hour, could we possibly suggest that you might enjoy listening to this episode on politeness?

In this episode: the secret ingredients that we're balancing to try to be polite!

https://t.co/bGFehkN53m

[Lingthusiasm @lingthusiasm]

@LLEPodcast Missed our previous bonus episode?

Get access to this bonus where we get enthusiastic about three places where we can learn things about linguistics and over 90 previous bonus episodes by becoming a patron:

https://t.co/Vi3qkpIE9a

[Lingthusiasm @lingthusiasm]

It was so much fun sitting down with @LLEPodcast podcast last month that we kept the mic on and recorded a bonus episode with some further questions!

Become a member of either of our shows for science metaphors, fantasy numbers, and more!
https://t.co/9tjiOygByz

[Pie de Página @editorialpdp]

📘 Desde Colombia, BluRadio se hace eco de la publicación de «Arroba lengua» (@GretchenAMcC). Porque no es lo mismo enviar un «Ok 😍» que un «Ok.».

https://t.co/PUPHM0UoyQ

[Julie Sedivy @JulieSedivy]

My next LINGUAPHILE event will be in Montreal—I'll be joined by Gretchen McCulloch, author of BECAUSE INTERNET. Join us on November 19 at the Atwater Library. Free registration here: https://t.co/esqCPvatWc

@GretchenAMcC @ArgoBookshop

[Ella Hubber (ellahubber.bsky.social) @EllaHubber]

I say this without an ounce of irony, learning surprising things is really really fun. And Gretchen brought that in spades.

[Gretchen McCulloch now at @gretchenmcc.bsky.social @GretchenAMcC]

It was so much fun to get to answer the linguistics questions of @TomLumPerson @CarolineTheBug and @EllaHubber, I could not have asked for a more excited and charming group of humans!!

[Let’s Learn Everything! @LLEPodcast]

Linguist @GretchenAMcC joined us to help answer one (1) question, but along the way ended up casually blowing our minds, from the origin of language to literally the letter A (see fig 2 for our reactions)

Most importantly, we learn why the name of this tiny frog is her favorite!

[Lingthusiasm @lingthusiasm]

Missed the previous episode?

Check out our episode about metaphors here:

https://t.co/jjwp626R0h

[Lingthusiasm @lingthusiasm]

This month's bonus episode is about xenolinguistics!

Help us keep the show running and get access to over 90 bonus episodes by becoming a patron:

https://t.co/iQG8YjApbf

[Lingthusiasm @lingthusiasm]

You can find more links to lots of things mentioned in this episode on the shownotes page:

https://t.co/4aKnf9OrRr

[Lingthusiasm @lingthusiasm]

Eye ~of~ newt and toe ~of~ frog,
Wool ~of~ bat and tongue ~of~ dog...

In this episode, we get enthusiastic and ~spoooky~ about possession!
https://t.co/HCfCJGjezG