Is Gender‐Inclusive Language Left‐Wing? The Social Meaning of Four Gender‐Inclusive Strategies in French and German Despite evidence that gender-inclusive language represents genders more equally than generic masculines, it still faces resistance, possibly due to its perceived association with left-wing politics. ....

Les débats sur l’écriture inclusive invoquent la nécessité d’inclure tous types de personnes (argument pour) vs difficulté de déchiffrage (argument contre).

Mais en fait… les motivations sont souvent + politiques que linguistiques ⬇️

@bstorme.bsky.social

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Working on a research project that would benefit from feedback before you present it at a conference? Looking for a collaborative, low-stakes venue to talk about your and others’ research? Check out the new American Dialect Society Research Incubator! americandialect.org/research-inc...

Another reminder to get off as many Google services as possible.

Check out my guide to get off US tech more widely: disconnect.blog/getting-off-...

Purchased! ✅ 🎊

*Bookmarks to buy for self as early birthday present when properly back at desk*

Séminaire « On traduit à Dublin » « On traduit à Dublin », c'est onze formateurs des deux côtés de l'Atlantique qui seront à votre disposition pour vous amener à perfectionner l’art de traduire. Un art basé sur les mots, mais axé sur ...

Great to see the "Translate in...." series of high-end translation workshops will be held in Dublin this July. 8-10 July 2026.

I really enjoyed the "Translate in Cambridge" workshop a few years ago. "Translate in Dublin / "On traduit à Dublin"

#XL8

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Linguists – make a habit of posting about your latest work. Not only is it good for the public, but it helps us to find you. Maybe we’ll feature your work on the show! We are constantly on the lookout.

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DARIAH-ERIC is seeking a (Digital) Learning Designer to enhance its expertise in training, digital pedagogy and capacity building.

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I stopped using Google for searches about a year ago and switched to DuckDuckGo, which has been sufficiently satisfying so far.

But I just tried a stacked search in Ecosia and DDG, and Ecosia blew DDG out of the water. That's just one search, but clearly I need to experiment with Ecosia more.

This post is amazing. I knew about (and regularly forget about) some of these but there are so many other useful tips in here.

All the ❤️s to librarians!

I’ve been slowly but surely working on getting off US tech (and decrease tech use more generally), and I find this guide very handy, especially as someone in the Mac universe.

Wrote just 320 words today. But they're good words, and they didn't exist yesterday (well, at least not in the order I put them in). I'm going to call this a win.

The April online retreat—April 16-18—is just around the corner.

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I see pâte d’arachide 🇨🇦 vs. beurre de cacahouète/d’arachide 🇫🇷 and bleuet 🇨🇦 vs. myrtille 🇫🇷. C’est comme ça?

I think the peanut butter I buy here in the North African shops is pâte rather than beurre d’arachide…an artifact of France’s colonial project, mayhaps?

Also nice! <running to the dictionary 🏃‍♀️🤓>

Nice!

Annoyingly (at least for this English speaker), Spanish uses the same base for blueberry and cranberry: arándano (blueberry), arándano rojo (cranberry).

Those colors! 🤩

If you're struggling to lock in writing time for April and May, a writing retreat can help you commit without guilt.

You'll also come away feeling *energized* for having had the support of like-minded writers and deep, sustained and productive contact with your writing project and writing practice.

Creative Quantitative Research Methods About the Book This edited collection explores the emerging and exciting field of Creative Quantitative Research Methods, offering a platform for researchers, educators, and practitioners to share …

Call for chapters: Creative Quantitative Research Methods (co-edited with Dr Derek Ong)

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There's a new Canadian indie booksellers site and it looks cool!

I get my books from @argobookshop.bsky.social in Montreal but it's great to have another indie backup option with faster shipping when I haven't planned enough in advance for them to get it in

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Administrative language in Spanish is not transparent to most, and even less so to this gringa. Instead of being dismissive/impatient, this lady explained (overexplained, really) things in plain language, went and consulted a human, corrected and re-entered incorrect info, all with genuine goodwill.

Given the continued pushing of time/emotional/cognitive burden onto users/worker bees from higher ups, I'm super grateful (& ngl, I also super surprised) to the Hacienda/tax office lady who was 100% present, kind, and helpful during *two* office visits. >>

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'AI Is African Intelligence': The Workers Who Train AI Are Fighting Back Kenyan workers are still the underpaid labor behind AI training, moderation, and sex chatbots. The Data Labelers Association is fighting back.

I met with AI data labelers in Kenya who are organizing their colleagues to fight the brutal working conditions and horrible pay given to the workers at the "bottom of the AI supply chain." They believe the NDAs they've signed are unenforceable so are speaking out:

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Grammarly Pulls Down Explosively Controversial Feature That Impersonates Writers Without Their Permission Shishir Mehrotra, CEO of Grammarly's owner Superhuman, has announced that the company is "disabling" a feature that impersonated journalists.

BREAKING: Grammarly is pulling down its explosively controversial feature that impersonates writers without their consent

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Words like "sloppelganger" are what language was made for. *Chef's Kiss*

Soon you, too, can watch me talk with my hands and listen to me chortle a lot while talking about how difficult it is to define colors!

We are entering the Staggering of Timezones, which takes a month each equinox.
North America springs forward tonight. Europe goes into summer time at the end of March. Australia (some of it) falls back to Standard time on 5 April.
Good luck everyone with international meetings! ✨📚🌏