Gretchen McCulloch
Internet linguist; wrote Because Internet, on how language changes online, and co-hosts the Lingthusiasm podcast.
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Their wordsThe interesting thing about abbrevs is that they're based on sound, not on spelling.
- 7 weeks earlier
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Our reading
Index and commentary hashtags exist on a continuum rather than being strictly separate categories.
Their wordsNot every hashtag falls neatly into one category or the other: index and commentary hashtags are more like two ends of a hashtag continuum.
- 8 weeks earlier
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Their wordsOur gut feeling was that the meaning of cheeky has expanded and this was happening more in the UK than in the U.S.
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Their wordsSo with y/y, English is kind of sneaking in the back door and letting in a full-fledged tag question based on yes.
- 6 weeks earlier
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Their wordsBut by a year later, it's become a general way of expressing approval without the initial setup of surprise or disappointment.
- 4 weeks earlier
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Their wordsThe older use of ellipsis is to indicate omitted text in a quote-the use of ellipsis to trail off is newer.
- 5 weeks earlier
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Their wordsIt seems that using the uninflected to can or to even is an easier step than making it past (evened), future (I'll even), or progressive (evening).
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Their wordsOr, can and even may continue along the path towards full reanalysis.