Cool bonus finding that lower frequency items show more convergence (even though ppl aren’t actually hearing the words—or even vowel—they are imitating). Implications for the mechanism behind frequency effects in convergence more generally?

escholarship.org/uc/item/2h3118…
New paper out in @glossapsycholx.bsky.social w/ Dave Embick and Meredith Tamminga showing that experience with a given dialect modulates which cues participants use when converging toward a speaker of that dialect.

My favorite mug is my “JJJ” mug because every time I use it I think about the person printing the mug designs taking the initiative to turn the design upside down because “JJJ” with upside down birds obvs makes more sense than the alternative.