Internet linguist. Wrote Because Internet, NYT bestseller about internet language. Co-hosts @lingthusiasm.com, a podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics. she/her 🌈 Montreal en/fr 🇨🇦 gretchenmcculloch.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/gretchenmcculloch.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/gretchenmcculloch.com/post/3mlzigw3xjc23I have an important link for everyone who liked the previous post: [contains quote post or other embedded content]17 May 2026 04:08 +0000at://did:plc:sxttw4f3ket2uyrrtc5ou4n2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlzigw3xjc23https://bsky.app/profile/gretchenmcculloch.com/post/3mlx7hkp5g22bgoogle translate, u ok?16 May 2026 06:22 +0000at://did:plc:sxttw4f3ket2uyrrtc5ou4n2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlx7hkp5g22bhttps://bsky.app/profile/gretchenmcculloch.com/post/3mluhpwvkn22pI stopped the @lingthusiasm.com production meeting to make @superlinguo.bsky.social listen to These Are The Daves I Know when she was talking about several people named Dave because somehow she hadn't heard it before? So in case that's you, BOY do I have a CanCon classic for you to enjoy https://youtu.be/8nvzEqsZIGo15 May 2026 04:12 +0000at://did:plc:sxttw4f3ket2uyrrtc5ou4n2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mluhpwvkn22phttps://bsky.app/profile/gretchenmcculloch.com/post/3mltrfiuvnk2oRhubarb season reminds me of my favourite silly German video, about Barbara's rhubarb bar (which naturally serves beer to barbarians and barbers from a barmaid named Bärbel) I think it's relatively understandable if you don't speak German thanks to this charming animation youtu.be/gG62zay3kck https://youtu.be/gG62zay3kck14 May 2026 21:32 +0000at://did:plc:sxttw4f3ket2uyrrtc5ou4n2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mltrfiuvnk2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/gretchenmcculloch.com/post/3mlt2qrspe22qIf you were on the website of a podcast and you saw a section called "starter pack" what would you assume it means?14 May 2026 14:47 +0000at://did:plc:sxttw4f3ket2uyrrtc5ou4n2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlt2qrspe22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/gretchenmcculloch.com/post/3mlroscrjcc2fThe academic equivalent of always reblog Tom Holland lip syncing to Umbrella is always reblog The Snake Fight Portion of Your Thesis Defense [contains quote post or other embedded content]14 May 2026 01:41 +0000at://did:plc:sxttw4f3ket2uyrrtc5ou4n2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlroscrjcc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/gretchenmcculloch.com/post/3mlqk6jm3qc2dVery much of linguistic interest! [contains quote post or other embedded content]13 May 2026 14:45 +0000at://did:plc:sxttw4f3ket2uyrrtc5ou4n2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlqk6jm3qc2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/gretchenmcculloch.com/post/3mloru7cs4227Here's my quarterly newsletter for the first part of the year! If you've been aiming to spend less time on social media it's a great way to get some linguistics-y highlights (wordpress email subscription at the bottom of the page) https://gretchenmcculloch.com/2026/05/12/january-february-march-2026-abridged-sonnets-and-legible-arrangements/12 May 2026 21:57 +0000at://did:plc:sxttw4f3ket2uyrrtc5ou4n2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mloru7cs4227https://bsky.app/profile/gretchenmcculloch.com/post/3mloy2mqdoc2sToday in linguists are NOT KIDDING when we say that your language ability lets you understand sentences that have never before been uttered [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 23:48 +0000at://did:plc:sxttw4f3ket2uyrrtc5ou4n2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mloy2mqdoc2shttps://bsky.app/profile/gretchenmcculloch.com/post/3mloru7cs4227Here's my quarterly newsletter for the first part of the year! If you've been aiming to spend less time on social media it's a great way to get some linguistics-y highlights (wordpress email subscription at the bottom of the page) https://gretchenmcculloch.com/2026/05/12/january-february-march-2026-abridged-sonnets-and-legible-arrangements/12 May 2026 21:57 +0000at://did:plc:sxttw4f3ket2uyrrtc5ou4n2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mloru7cs4227https://bsky.app/profile/gretchenmcculloch.com/post/3mlmrbhvzo22wSlightly increase a band BCCB [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 02:42 +0000at://did:plc:sxttw4f3ket2uyrrtc5ou4n2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmrbhvzo22whttps://bsky.app/profile/gretchenmcculloch.com/post/3mlmojpxuns2wjellification [contains quote post or other embedded content]12 May 2026 01:52 +0000at://did:plc:sxttw4f3ket2uyrrtc5ou4n2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlmojpxuns2whttps://bsky.app/profile/gretchenmcculloch.com/post/3mllxmalnds2wit's ablaut reduplication! https://aceseditors.org/news/2020/why-ablaut-reduplication-is-tip-top [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 19:02 +0000at://did:plc:sxttw4f3ket2uyrrtc5ou4n2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllxmalnds2whttps://bsky.app/profile/gretchenmcculloch.com/post/3mllb4jjwjc2hThis is one of the things that people consistently tell me has stuck with them from Because Internet, if you're wondering whether a book about language on the internet is still worth reading a few years after it came out [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 12:20 +0000at://did:plc:sxttw4f3ket2uyrrtc5ou4n2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mllb4jjwjc2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/gretchenmcculloch.com/post/3mlk5ptthv226Ideas for making up words: Borrow from another language! Combine prefixes/suffixes! Make it a new part of speech (verb a noun!) Stack or smush words together! Make a lil wordplay! Acronym! Shorten an existing word! Use an old word newly! Just throw together something that feels good! [contains quote post or other embedded content]11 May 2026 01:46 +0000at://did:plc:sxttw4f3ket2uyrrtc5ou4n2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlk5ptthv226https://bsky.app/profile/gretchenmcculloch.com/post/3mlflov2fps2lSo many delightful sentences that have (probably) never before been said in this news story [contains quote post or other embedded content]09 May 2026 06:13 +0000at://did:plc:sxttw4f3ket2uyrrtc5ou4n2/app.bsky.feed.post/3mlflov2fps2l