Matthew Hunt
mchlinguistics.bsky.social
Matthew Hunt
@mchlinguistics.bsky.social
Lecturer in Sociolinguistics in Southampton, with special interests in perception, accent bias, socio-semantics, language and the police.
...(Vol 2 of principles of linguistic change) I came across the footnote in the book's conclusion that said exactly that!

I can't tell if I'm just primed to expect chatgpt-generated hallucinations now after some recent experience with it, but I was happy to be proven wrong today!
February 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
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December 5, 2024 at 1:33 PM
Completely agree and have never understood the logic of being asked to do this!
November 20, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Completely agree and have never understood the logic of being asked to do this!
November 20, 2024 at 7:17 PM
'sick' can mean 'good' too
November 20, 2024 at 7:17 PM
'sick' can mean 'good' too
November 20, 2024 at 7:17 PM
If it's any consolation, it happens in the UK too - also creates a situation where people are now working alongside their former supervisors, meaning they feel very little agency to change anything about the culture. We're turning the tide where I am now, but the effects are long lasting.
November 20, 2024 at 7:17 PM