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Lee Murray
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Australian English sociolinguist in the wild
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resident word-nerd at By Lingo! @ thebigissue.org.au
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academic-skills coach
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send me your weird-to-tree sentences for #syntaxtreeoftheweek
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Lee Murray @leemurray.bsky.social · Oct 5
I hereby name this symbol "the schwat".

I will be taking no questions.

#linguistics #phonetics #threads #schwa #schwat
The logo for the social media platform Threads, in white on a solid black background. The logo looks like the "at" symbol with a schwa in the middle instead of a lowercase letter A.
leemurray.bsky.social
This paragraph just gets better with every line
Black text on a white background reads: “Somewhere on the journey, the message that carrots are good for your eyes became disfigured into improving eyesight,” Stolarczyk said. His digital museum, full of surprising and obscure facts about carrots, investigates how the idea became so dominant, tracing its roots to propaganda shared by the British government during World War II.
October 19, 2025 at 9:16 AM
leemurray.bsky.social
syntax tree of the week: two trees for the price of one

#linguistics #syntaxtreeoftheweek
Woman slams selfish paragliders who 'made her think Hamas were invading Doncaster'. A woman panicked her village near Doncaster was under attack when she spotted a number of paragliders flying over her home and thought they were from Hamas
October 12, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Reposted by Lee Murray
davesayers.bsky.social
Halloween is on the way!

Do you like the International Phonetic Alphabet but wish it was... spooOOOoookier?

I present...

The INTERRED⚰️national FANG🧛etic AlphaBEAST 👹
r.jyu.fi/IPAspooky

Free to use/adapt! (@creativecommons.bsky.social)

Repost or I will send zombies to eat your braaaaains. 🧟‍‍ 🧠🍽️
International Phonetic Alphabet, spooooky edition!
r.jyu.fi
October 9, 2025 at 11:20 AM
leemurray.bsky.social
I hereby name this symbol "the schwat".

I will be taking no questions.

#linguistics #phonetics #threads #schwa #schwat
The logo for the social media platform Threads, in white on a solid black background. The logo looks like the "at" symbol with a schwa in the middle instead of a lowercase letter A.
October 5, 2025 at 2:57 AM
leemurray.bsky.social
#syntaxtreeoftheweek
Headline reads "Are you missing underwear?"
October 3, 2025 at 6:24 AM
leemurray.bsky.social
After [mumble] years of teaching linguistics, writing "ɐpdɔg" in the corner of the board has finally paid off
October 3, 2025 at 6:23 AM
leemurray.bsky.social
I have been informed that I and my lap are expected in the loungeroom, post-haste
Photo is an extreme close-up of a tuxedo cat who has his face inches away from the camera. He is so close to the camera that only one eye, one ear, and his nose are in frame. Behind the cat is a computer screen with multiple windows/programs open.
September 22, 2025 at 10:43 AM
leemurray.bsky.social
Today's #syntaxtreeoftheweek

(with thanks to @lauraskh.bsky.social)
pbsnews.org PBS News @pbsnews.org · Aug 27
Are you a mother of young children who recently left the workforce?

We want to hear from you for an upcoming story: https://bit.ly/4lNu0MD
September 5, 2025 at 1:47 AM
leemurray.bsky.social
#syntaxtreeoftheweek
Road sign reading: HITCHHIKERS MAY BE ESCAPING INMATES
August 21, 2025 at 3:31 AM
leemurray.bsky.social
syntax tree of the week
Trump Demands Murdoch is Deposed in Epstein Suit
August 7, 2025 at 5:55 AM
leemurray.bsky.social
July 25, 2025 at 3:36 AM
leemurray.bsky.social
Post by @gayeddietruther reads "they call me the information withholder for reasons i won't get into"
July 11, 2025 at 3:06 AM
leemurray.bsky.social
I can't even be mad
Headline reads "Gland Larceny: testicle theft a real problem in 1922 Chicago". Author is Dale M. Brumfield, dated Dec 13th 2020.
July 9, 2025 at 2:16 AM
leemurray.bsky.social
fly, you fools
A black and white cat draped over the far edge of a rectangular cat bed. Most of his body sits below the edge of the bed and can not be seen. His face rests on the edge of the bed and one paw is stretched out on the bed with claws visible, resembling Gandalf in the Balrog scene of LOTR. He is looking directly into the camera.
July 8, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Reposted by Lee Murray
protik.bsky.social
14 years ago in med school we got this unforgettable lesson in the dangers of using both English and Swedish in the same PowerPoint presentation
Thank you for your attention SLUT ("the end" in Swedish)
May 25, 2025 at 12:15 AM
leemurray.bsky.social
syntax tree of the week
Post by @SallyStrange@eldritch.cafe reads: Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords starting to look like a reasonable basis for a system of government
April 12, 2025 at 3:10 AM
leemurray.bsky.social
This tissue box contains one _____.
A Kleenex tissue box photographed from above, opened by tearing away the perforated section of the box top. The cut-out section is shaped like the body of a wug. Two wug legs have been drawn on the box, at the bottom of the cut-out section.
April 12, 2025 at 3:05 AM
Reposted by Lee Murray
jessicacalarco.com
This is the literal destruction of knowledge.

Mississippi libraries are being ordered to remove academic research on race and gender from library databases.
mississippitoday.org/2025/04/08/m...
Mississippi libraries ordered to delete academic research in response to state laws - Mississippi Today
The two research collections state officials ordered for deletion included material from professional journals, conference papers, books, student dissertations, periodicals and newspaper articles.
mississippitoday.org
April 9, 2025 at 1:36 AM
Reposted by Lee Murray
krissychula.bsky.social
This is high art
April 6, 2025 at 9:37 PM
Reposted by Lee Murray
gretchenmcc.bsky.social
"One thing that we've found out in our impact surveys is that sometimes people find our enthusiasm for science/linguistics overwhelming and too much to handle at the time, which we'd never have known without surveys"

(eep!)

-Charlotte Vaughn @charlottevaughn.bsky.social
#LingComm25
April 8, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Reposted by Lee Murray
lingcomm.bsky.social
Laura Wagner, on measuring impact in lingcomm:
“Not that any of us would ever have wrong ideas… but itš useful to have data to back up that we’re doing things the right way.”
#LingComm25
April 8, 2025 at 3:47 PM
leemurray.bsky.social
This book was not at all what the title led me to expect. 0/5 stars.
April 7, 2025 at 2:01 PM