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Watching a discussion (https://lgbtqia.space/@alice/114741495804033479) about the usage of the word "guy" and I have pointed out that language change can be... rapid nowadays.
So this got me curious:
LGBTQIA.Space🅰🅻🅸🅲🅴 (🌈🦄) (@alice@lgbtqia.space)I have been guysplained to more times for this one post than in my whole previous history on Fedi.
If you're mad about "y'all", you missed the point of the post.
If you're looking up the etymology of "guy", you missed the point of the post.
If you're telling me that *you* don't think "guys" is a gendered term, you missed the point of the post.
If you're saying "dude, it's just a word", you're kind of a dick.
If you're thinking that "maybe `cisheteronormative white man` shouldn't be the default assumption just because they hold a disproportionate share of power and oppressors often influence language so as to make it seem like their way is the only sane way", then...damn, you *were* paying attention!
If you're like "omg, so much this", omg, ikr?? 🫂🫂
If you're typing out "I'll try to do better", thank you, that's all we ask 💝
https://lgbtqia.space/@alice/114736690113006188
#DoBetter #ReplyGuys #WordsMatter
New eggcorn spotted in the wild: "sure up" instead of "shore up"
Shopping websites translating item titles and descriptions automatically could be a new vector of language change as I now see "booster" (a small pack of trading card games) translated into Polish as "dopalacz" (that I have only ever seen used with the meaning "designer drug"). I'm curious if people will catch on.
Continued thread
A retro verbing from Torrey Peters:
"The car travels slowly, block by block through traffic. Tourists and a few groups of teenagers Frogger their way across the streets."
Spotted in a #CaptainAmerica story in #TalesofSuspense c1966: "he dived" rather than "he dove" to describe the actions of #RedSkull. As far as their use in literature, the latter only became more common in the 1980s (https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=he+dived%2Che+dove&year_start=1800&year_end=2019&corpus=en-US-2019&smoothing=3). As someone born in the 1980s, "dived" does sound really strange.
Excellent song by #WillHaven, Finest Our, but the title's play on words only works for those who pronounce "our" as [aʊəɹ] rather than [aɹ]. I use the latter even in stressed positions, which my students tell me is weird now, but this album was recorded over 20 years ago, at which time I assume this was not as weird.
Music on TIDALWill Haven - Finest OurListen to Finest Our on your streaming service
The realisation that language change is real is really struck home when one looks up what the word "silly" used to mean.
Spotted a (exaggerated?) representation of the #Southernvowelshift in a #HauntofFear issue c1950s: "can't" as [keɪnt] rather than [kænt].
A brief history (and critique) of English spelling reform that I once wrote for @HistoryToday:
https://www.historytoday.com/brief-history-english-spelling-reform
Supplementary notes on the history of English spelling reform:
https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/the-history-of-english-spelling-reform/
"Every" was originally a compound of two words in Old English: æfre (ever) + ælc (each), the former added for emphasis. You'll find "euerich" and the like in Chaucer.
A thing about language that a lot of people don't know is that you can dislike a usage intensely – a pronunciation, a piece of grammar, etc. – without presuming to reject it on behalf of all people, in all places, for all time
Merriam-Webster has started a slang dictionary, if you've been wondering what on earth "skibidi", "cheugy", or "high-key" means:
https://www.merriam-webster.com/slang
www.merriam-webster.comSlang Dictionary - Merriam-WebsterFind definitions for popular slang and trending words, phrases and emojis.
TIL that #Kenner, #Louisiana was originally called Cannes Brûlées, meaning burnt sugarcane. The French pronunciation is /kan bɾyle/ whereas Kenner is /kɛn əɹ/. It's hard to say what happened to the adjective as it was anglicized, but the sugarcane was preserved pretty well in there.
(Got this from the list of #colonial censuses in Zitomersky (1974) that has one for "Cannes Bruslees" in 1722.)
Strange to not have any #Labov quotes to share that I find poignant despite being the giant of #sociolinguistics and despite how much of his work I've read. He always struck me as a workhorse with a lot of interesting method ideas but not someone terribly concerned with #socialtheory where one's writing might become more touching. His legacy and influence will undoubtedly persist for a very long time still.