Australian English sociolinguist in the wild -- former resident word-nerd at By Lingo! @ thebigissue.org.au -- academic-skills coach -- send me your weird-to-tree sentences for #syntaxtreeoftheweek -- they/themhttps://bsky.app/profile/leemurray.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/leemurray.bsky.social/post/3mlkrfa2smc2msyntax tree of the week11 May 2026 07:38 +0000at://did:plc:r3rlmvc56uwmbl3knkdluff5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlkrfa2smc2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/leemurray.bsky.social/post/3mlkeji7s5s2311 May 2026 03:48 +0000at://did:plc:r3rlmvc56uwmbl3knkdluff5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlkeji7s5s23https://bsky.app/profile/leemurray.bsky.social/post/3mkykhbgz6s2osyntax tree of the week04 May 2026 01:46 +0000at://did:plc:r3rlmvc56uwmbl3knkdluff5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkykhbgz6s2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/leemurray.bsky.social/post/3mj2pllf3uk2jI had forgotten what it was like to ask MS Word to do something perfectly reasonable and have it jump up and run away with its pants on its head. Bah.09 Apr 2026 11:33 +0000at://did:plc:r3rlmvc56uwmbl3knkdluff5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mj2pllf3uk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/leemurray.bsky.social/post/3mifx6fwxec2aSyntax tree of the week (h/t @lawandlanguage.org) [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Apr 2026 05:23 +0000at://did:plc:r3rlmvc56uwmbl3knkdluff5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mifx6fwxec2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/leemurray.bsky.social/post/3mhmxsolz5c2qResearch assistant takes a lunch break.22 Mar 2026 06:58 +0000at://did:plc:r3rlmvc56uwmbl3knkdluff5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhmxsolz5c2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/leemurray.bsky.social/post/3mhf37xwzec2wundercaffeinated thought of the day: a tiny part of me wants a double mastectomy so that when people ask me what happened, I can look back deadpan and say "the front fell off"19 Mar 2026 03:38 +0000at://did:plc:r3rlmvc56uwmbl3knkdluff5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhf37xwzec2whttps://bsky.app/profile/leemurray.bsky.social/post/3mf6i6oyfdk27syntax tree of the week (h/t @lawandlanguage.org) [contains quote post or other embedded content]19 Feb 2026 01:50 +0000at://did:plc:r3rlmvc56uwmbl3knkdluff5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mf6i6oyfdk27https://bsky.app/profile/leemurray.bsky.social/post/3mepbb4kt4k27syntax tree of the week13 Feb 2026 00:37 +0000at://did:plc:r3rlmvc56uwmbl3knkdluff5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mepbb4kt4k27https://bsky.app/profile/leemurray.bsky.social/post/3mcvnbmflf22jsyntax tree of the week21 Jan 2026 02:37 +0000at://did:plc:r3rlmvc56uwmbl3knkdluff5/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcvnbmflf22jhttps://bsky.app/profile/leemurray.bsky.social/post/3m72f2it55s2y03 Dec 2025 02:13 +0000at://did:plc:r3rlmvc56uwmbl3knkdluff5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m72f2it55s2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/leemurray.bsky.social/post/3m5zrmgctcs2r20 Nov 2025 03:00 +0000at://did:plc:r3rlmvc56uwmbl3knkdluff5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5zrmgctcs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/leemurray.bsky.social/post/3m3jxpobkus2iThis paragraph just gets better with every line19 Oct 2025 09:16 +0000at://did:plc:r3rlmvc56uwmbl3knkdluff5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3jxpobkus2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/leemurray.bsky.social/post/3m2y3mr2afk2qsyntax tree of the week: two trees for the price of one #linguistics #syntaxtreeoftheweek12 Oct 2025 06:38 +0000at://did:plc:r3rlmvc56uwmbl3knkdluff5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2y3mr2afk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/leemurray.bsky.social/post/3m2g3zosflc2sI hereby name this symbol "the schwat". I will be taking no questions. #linguistics #phonetics #threads #schwa #schwat05 Oct 2025 02:57 +0000at://did:plc:r3rlmvc56uwmbl3knkdluff5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2g3zosflc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/leemurray.bsky.social/post/3m2bgnyuebk2x#syntaxtreeoftheweek03 Oct 2025 06:24 +0000at://did:plc:r3rlmvc56uwmbl3knkdluff5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2bgnyuebk2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/leemurray.bsky.social/post/3m2bgl5zkp22xAfter [mumble] years of teaching linguistics, writing "ɐpdɔg" in the corner of the board has finally paid off03 Oct 2025 06:23 +0000at://did:plc:r3rlmvc56uwmbl3knkdluff5/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2bgl5zkp22xhttps://bsky.app/profile/leemurray.bsky.social/post/3lzg7y4hj7s26I have been informed that I and my lap are expected in the loungeroom, post-haste22 Sep 2025 10:43 +0000at://did:plc:r3rlmvc56uwmbl3knkdluff5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzg7y4hj7s26https://bsky.app/profile/leemurray.bsky.social/post/3ly2k56bx522dToday's #syntaxtreeoftheweek (with thanks to @lauraskh.bsky.social) [contains quote post or other embedded content]05 Sep 2025 01:47 +0000at://did:plc:r3rlmvc56uwmbl3knkdluff5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ly2k56bx522dhttps://bsky.app/profile/leemurray.bsky.social/post/3lwuyvv3sok2a#syntaxtreeoftheweek21 Aug 2025 03:30 +0000at://did:plc:r3rlmvc56uwmbl3knkdluff5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lwuyvv3sok2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/leemurray.bsky.social/post/3lvs2i6xapc2ksyntax tree of the week07 Aug 2025 05:55 +0000at://did:plc:r3rlmvc56uwmbl3knkdluff5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lvs2i6xapc2khttps://bsky.app/profile/leemurray.bsky.social/post/3lur4mh6m7k2l25 Jul 2025 03:36 +0000at://did:plc:r3rlmvc56uwmbl3knkdluff5/app.bsky.feed.post/3lur4mh6m7k2lhttps://bsky.app/profile/leemurray.bsky.social/post/3ltnugtxvwk2y11 Jul 2025 03:06 +0000at://did:plc:r3rlmvc56uwmbl3knkdluff5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltnugtxvwk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/leemurray.bsky.social/post/3ltiqpaeqtk2jI can't even be mad09 Jul 2025 02:16 +0000at://did:plc:r3rlmvc56uwmbl3knkdluff5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltiqpaeqtk2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/leemurray.bsky.social/post/3ltgov5q3nk2lfly, you fools08 Jul 2025 06:38 +0000at://did:plc:r3rlmvc56uwmbl3knkdluff5/app.bsky.feed.post/3ltgov5q3nk2l