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There was an interesting talk at the last @americandialect.org meeting in Philadelphia presenting some research about just where the freeway arthrousness isogloss in California lies. IIRC it's south of Fresno.
July 9, 2025 at 1:20 AM
There was an interesting talk at the last @americandialect.org meeting in Philadelphia presenting some research about just where the freeway arthrousness isogloss in California lies. IIRC it's south of Fresno.
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It’s us, hi, we’re the problem, it’s we! And yes, we do know the meaning and etymology, and yes, people are really using it in a G-rated way across the internet. Press release here: americandialect.org/2024-word-of...
2024 Word of the Year Is “Rawdog” - American Dialect Society
Philadelphia Marriott Downtown–Jan. 10—The American Dialect Society, in its 35th annual words-of-the-year vote, selected rawdog as the Word of the Year for 2024. More than three hundred attendees took...
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January 12, 2025 at 11:23 PM
It’s us, hi, we’re the problem, it’s we! And yes, we do know the meaning and etymology, and yes, people are really using it in a G-rated way across the internet. Press release here: americandialect.org/2024-word-of...
