Internet linguist. Wrote Because Internet, NYT bestseller about internet language. Co-hosts @lingthusiasm.com, a podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics.
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Montreal en/fr 🇨🇦
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Gretchen McCulloch
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yes obviously I keep a second document for my precious deleted words, the trick is to track wordcount in both of them because both writing and deleting counts as progress
love to reach that stage in drafting where I've deleted twice as many words as remain in the actual document
Important part of the process
We do not know when language evolved
Reposting for the weekend crowd
Relistening to one of my favourite québécois songs, this incredibly catchy number about deciding what to wear this time of year by looking out the window and seeing how warmly dressed the passersby are (and whether they seem happy or miserable about their clothing choices)
youtu.be/_whvVXX0hCk
