Gretchen McCulloch

Gretchen McCulloch writes about linguistics, especially internet language. She writes the Resident Linguist column at Wired.

Advertisement

Recently by Gretchen McCulloch

Showing 1–20 of 38
The Real Communication Void Emoji Filled

Gretchen McCulloch

July 24, 2019 5:45 AM

Is a Hashtag a Word? The Case of #BlackLivesMatter.

Jan 29, 2015 2:19 PM

Why We Should Declare an Emoticon of the Year

Jan 07, 2015 11:56 AM

Did You Miss Any Great Language Writing This Year? Top Lexicon Valley Posts of 2014.

Dec 30, 2014 11:55 AM

Why Do Hawaiians Say “Mele Kalikimaka” on Christmas?

Dec 04, 2014 1:49 PM

What’s the Word for Turkey in Turkish?

Nov 25, 2014 12:57 PM

Five Poems With Fantastic Wordplay

Nov 10, 2014 2:15 PM

Advertisement
A Better-Phrased Sentence Could Have Saved This Woman “From Her Marriage to Her Dog”

Nov 06, 2014 1:26 PM

What Do You Call the Night Before Halloween?

Oct 28, 2014 1:38 PM

4 Features From Other Languages That We Wish English Had

Oct 24, 2014 11:09 AM

A Course on Understanding People in Ipswich: Is the Course in Ipswich, or the People?

Oct 16, 2014 1:20 PM

They Helped the Pilgrims—and Regretted It. How the Wampanoag Brought Their Language Back.

Oct 13, 2014 2:37 PM

What Can Linguistics Tell Us About Writing Better? An Interview with Steven Pinker.

Sept 30, 2014 1:23 PM

Advertisement
Free “Tudoring” and a Moist Owlet: The 5 Different T Sounds in English

Sept 29, 2014 1:34 PM

Why Do Pirates Talk Like That?

Sept 19, 2014 11:32 AM

Why Does English Use “Iambic Pentameter” and Other Greek Poetic Terms?

Sept 15, 2014 1:34 PM

Ikea’s “Bookbook,’ Soy Milk vs. Milk-Milk, and Like-Liking. What’s Going On?

Sept 10, 2014 1:13 PM

How Do You Rhyme in a Sign Language?

Sept 05, 2014 11:35 AM

7 Ways to Fake-Pronounce Any Foreign Language

Sept 02, 2014 10:39 AM

Do All Languages Derive from a Single Common Ancestor?

Aug 21, 2014 1:11 PM

Advertisement
Advertisement