Assorted interesting things about linguistics by @GretchenAMcC. I also cohost a podcast @lingthusiasm and I'm the author of BECAUSE INTERNET
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ALT What if the International Phonetic Alphabet looked like weird nerd art? Get this design (arrow to abstract IPA demo: an abstract, minimalist* rendering of the International Phonetic Alphabet as a grid of white, sans-serif letters on a midnight blue background, with no row or column headings. Bright green is used as an accent colour, for solid green circles around the voiceless consonants; white circles with green font for the rounded vowels, and narrow green borders around the lateral sounds. There's a small lingthusiasm logo in the bottom corner and a translucent "demo" watermark splashed in the background.) on a handy-to-carry lens cloth (image of those microfibre cloths you clean glasses with; these are not the actual cloths but just to give you an idea of the genre). (Tiny abstract drawing of Lauren & Gretchen silhouettes from the website.) We're placing one bulk order for everyone who's a Lingthusiast patron or higher as of October 5, 2022. Sign up at patreon.com/lingthusiasm
ALT Cover of New York Times bestselling Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language by Gretchen McCulloch
ALT Tweet: internet writing uses subtle punctuation choices to convey sarcasm and other tone of voice nuances. It's not lazy. #LinguisticsSignBunny
ALT Because Internet, front cover, on a blue esoteric symbols scarf from Lingthusiasm
ALT Because Internet, back cover
ALT Praise for Because Internet (full list of quotes can be read at the link in tweet)
ALT Praise for Because Internet, page 2
ALT What’s Lingthusiasm like? Weird and fun pop science - if you like books by Mary Roach or Bill Bryson, start with Episode 23: When Nothing Means Something Internet culture - if you like xkcd comics, Dinosaur Comics, or deep analyses of why jokes are funny, start with Episode 11, Layers of Meaning Words - if you like etymologies or the Merriam Webster twitter feed, start with Episode 25, Every word is a real word
ALT I call myself an internet linguist for two reasons: one is that I analyze the language of the internet and two is that I do so in a very internettish sort of way. In other words, I have a Weird Internet Career for linguistics. You may never have encountered an internet linguist before (hello, welcome!), but you’ve definitely encountered other people with Weird Internet Careers.
ALT Red socks with an International Phonetic Alphabet print
ALT A water bottle with the three glottal symbols of the IPA on it (hʔɦ)
ALT T-shirt saying LINGUISTIC "CORRECTNESS" IS JUST A LIE FROM BIG GRAMMAR TO SELL MORE GRAMMARS
ALT Greeting card saying "thanks" in IPA with a confetti-like border in warm colours
ALT McCulloch is such a disarming writer — lucid, friendly, unequivocally excited about her subject — that I began to marvel at the flexibility of the online language she describes, with its numerous shades of subtlety.
ALT Because Internet, front cover!
ALT Because Internet, back cover with blurbs!
