Someone today called Python the Comic Sans of programming languages.

Pretty sure that makes Praat scripting Wingdings. No further questions.

(Scottish here) I use “cunt” pejoratively, as a term of endearment, and as a pretty neutral indefinite pronoun in informal contexts (someone/somecunt, anyone/anycunt, no one/nae cunt).

Beyblades are coming back?! #LateLateToyShow

Eggs #latelatetoyshow

Glad to see the #LateLateToyShow craic is here and I don’t have to look at the hell site.

Two small ankle tattoos one on each ankle. The first is a wug wearing a mortarboard. The second newer looking tattoo is a wug wearing a doctoral tam.

In the spirit of #NationalLinguisticsDay here’s a 7 year commitment to a bit that few people in my life appreciate. When I finished my undergrad I got my first ever tattoo to celebrate. Earlier this year I graduated with my PhD and can finally say “Now there is another one. There are two ____”

Even better!

My “Internet Linguistics” guest lectures always included at least 5min of me recommending this book like I worked on commission.

Petition to bring back "heavy" as an intensifier.

I’ve been down in Cork for a wedding the last couple days and I’ve fallen in love with the accent. If you catch me trying on some new intonations this is why. #cork

An intro to signal I’m a real person: I’m a comp linguist, recent(ish) PhD grad now in industry. I build and test speech recognition based tools to help kids learn to read and keep everyone wary of AI hype.
Dancer, knitter, and general collector of hobbies. Sweet tooth.

Home from #NWAV52 and realising how much I miss having a ling-heavy online space. So hello! We’re gonnae try being active on here.