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New meaning of "sticky" (persisting) v old meaning ("difficult, problematic") keeps confusing me
#LanguageChanges
@LangMaverick We did it again! Outdoor lab meetings are rad and we couldn't be happier. Super excited with all the new energy in the #SLRL—#KidsTalk is moving forward! #SSHRCfunded #languagechanges @uvicgradstudies @UVSS @UVicResearch @UVicHumanities @UVicLinguistics

Working on a #COVIDVaccine team at a retirement home with a great (25 yr old) RN. She said stuff like “you must be a foody” & “bust a move” to the residents & was shocked that those were unfamiliar phrases to them #LanguageChanges
Embrace the human ability to generate words! Dictionaries describe, don’t prescribe. #linguists also describe. “Irregardless” is understood, consistent, and similar to other negative morphological processes in English. #LanguageChanges, my friends! Personally, I am fascinated.
So when one stops peeving and actually looks at the science of language, Irregardless is part of a particular systematicity in linguistic cognition rather than being some grotesque outlier. And personally, I think that’s beautiful.
Have you noticed lately how many some people answer questions with a double "Yeah, Yeah"?
I actually do that myself...it's just recently come to my attention...is this just a UK thing?
#LanguageChanges #Trends #Habits
RIP "appeal against" – statement from Grant Shapps, Secretary of State for Transport #languagechanges

@julieyue @textio Fun fact: The first ever email I sent you scored 100 when I originally sent it. It now scores only 65. #languagechanges
I tell the story (an abbreviated version) every time I demo!
I ordered OK Pedant stickers and they have arrived!
Now... where to stick them.
#OKPedant #LanguageChanges
HT @GretchenAMcC

@MrsGriffithsRQT I felt very old this week when our language assistant told me: “ich werde das PowerPoint aufpimpen.“ 😳 #languagechanges
A while back you mostly disagreed w/my discomfort with 'geek' & 'nerd'. On @theindicator podcast @titonka was also uncomfortable, but b/c she considers it a humblebrag! I want you all to know I'm working on updating my lexical entries to get with the times, k? #LanguageChanges
I have mixed feelings about the terms 'geek' & 'nerd'. They still seem to convey something pejorative (even if potentially lovable). But even if people are trying to "reclaim" these words, why do we need to act like a deep interest in science/tech/many intellectual pursuits 1/
My Italian isn’t great, I know, but I’m pretty sure ‘latte’ shouldn’t be pronounced with a glottal stop. 😠
#languagechanges #language #languages #italian #english #coffee #cafenero #travel #pronunciation

"Latinx" is replacing "Latino" in many spaces. Why? It's "a way of rejecting the gendering of words..." https://t.co/wJdHBu5ars via @LatinoVoices #Latinx #languagechanges #languageandgender @Allison_Crowder
@DREWDIAMOND32 @Astrolopiticcus And historically, that's perhaps correct. When last have you used it like that? #LanguageChanges
@DRobertsonRN @dukesy12 @RoyalNavy "In" is traditionally correct, but people routinely say "on", and have done for years.
Shakespeare wrote "divers" and we now write "diverse". #LanguageChanges
A step in the right direction for Bible translation. Thanks CSB for being more "gender-accurate". #languagechanges https://t.co/xIfmUSru3p
Reading to the 7yr-old "on the sixth day God made man." She says why does it say "man"? Didn't God make woman too? #LanguageChanges
Have no FOMO yo!
Because YOLO ... acronyms.
Plus, the culture stinks.
#haiku #TLDR #ThisAlgorithmicLife #LanguageChanges
Reflexives as intensifiers: standard in Hiberno-English, used by Shakespeare. #languagechanges #dealwithit https://t.co/rwvYeDQsIi
Reflexives as intensifiers: standard in Hiberno-English, used by Shakespeare. #languagechanges #dealwithit https://t.co/rwvYeDQsIi
.@NYTimesCohen writes: There is a reflexive pronoun epidemic in England, suggestive of some serious social weirdness https://t.co/7XqcZvezya
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