Links tagged with “gretchenmcculloch”
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All Things Linguistic - Part I - What is a Weird Internet Career?
Gretchen McCulloch on how she ended up with her weird portfolio career as an internet linguist. (via Kottke)
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‘Boomerspeak’ Is Now Available for Your Parodying Pleasure | WIRED
Fascinating. I use ellipses a lot myself but I don’t think I use them as randomly, or to end messages, as much as some older people seem to. Which comes across as passive aggressive apparently… (via Waxy)
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All Things Linguistic
A blog about linguistics, by Gretchen McCulloch, focusing on the net and space and that kind of thing. Loads of fascinating posts. (via Ask MeFi)
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Wired Style: A Linguist Explains Vintage Internet Slang - The Toast
On the 1990s Wired style guide. ‘It’s like a “no dress code” workplace where everyone miraculously shows up in the same plaid button-down: informal, but tightly conscribed.’ (via Russell Davies)