Laurel MacKenzie
@laurelmack.bsky.social
Linguist & bird enthusiast. Associate Professor at NYU.
March 12, 2025 at 3:28 PM
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I never thought it would happen to me! The Etymology Nerd did a video on my work with Laurel MacKenzie on how more and more people are saying "based off" instead of "based on"! Watch the video for a great summary, or look out for our forthcoming paper in English Language and Linguistics!
This post is based #linguistics #language #etymology #grammar
YouTube video by Etymology Nerd
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February 1, 2025 at 5:21 PM
I never thought it would happen to me! The Etymology Nerd did a video on my work with Laurel MacKenzie on how more and more people are saying "based off" instead of "based on"! Watch the video for a great summary, or look out for our forthcoming paper in English Language and Linguistics!
I have to focus on the lighthearted moments in my six years studying with Bill to keep from feeling too sad. Here we are in 2009 at a ceremony at the Penn Museum where I received a teaching award. When I invited him: "I wouldn't miss it! I've already got it on my calendar." Classic Bill.
December 18, 2024 at 5:31 PM
I have to focus on the lighthearted moments in my six years studying with Bill to keep from feeling too sad. Here we are in 2009 at a ceremony at the Penn Museum where I received a teaching award. When I invited him: "I wouldn't miss it! I've already got it on my calendar." Classic Bill.
Sometimes I miss British English noun pileups and then I get an email with a subject line like this
October 9, 2024 at 5:34 PM
Sometimes I miss British English noun pileups and then I get an email with a subject line like this
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The NYT has an article on pirate speech, featuring actual linguist @laurelmack.bsky.social, the star of a fun NYU-produced video discussing a bunch of terms
Unclear why they use the spelling "aargh" to represent the _arr_ interjection, though.
www.nytimes.com/2024/09/19/n...
Unclear why they use the spelling "aargh" to represent the _arr_ interjection, though.
www.nytimes.com/2024/09/19/n...
Aargh, It’s Talk Like a Pirate Day
www.nytimes.com
September 19, 2024 at 2:17 PM
The NYT has an article on pirate speech, featuring actual linguist @laurelmack.bsky.social, the star of a fun NYU-produced video discussing a bunch of terms
Unclear why they use the spelling "aargh" to represent the _arr_ interjection, though.
www.nytimes.com/2024/09/19/n...
Unclear why they use the spelling "aargh" to represent the _arr_ interjection, though.
www.nytimes.com/2024/09/19/n...
Love seeing a counterexample to Labov 2012 (image 1) in today’s NYT (image 2)!
June 25, 2024 at 1:58 PM
Love seeing a counterexample to Labov 2012 (image 1) in today’s NYT (image 2)!
Very basic math q! See screenshot: we teach that the y-axis is at x=0, but in Fig. 4.2b, what I'd call "the y-axis" (the vertical line labeled "Response") is at x = -2. So like... what do we call that line at x = -2? Is the line at x=0 the true y-axis, and the one at x = -2 just a cosmetic one?
March 27, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Very basic math q! See screenshot: we teach that the y-axis is at x=0, but in Fig. 4.2b, what I'd call "the y-axis" (the vertical line labeled "Response") is at x = -2. So like... what do we call that line at x = -2? Is the line at x=0 the true y-axis, and the one at x = -2 just a cosmetic one?
Today he referred to the [tr] pronunciation as “the weird way” 💀
“I say it CHRAY, with a CH. Not TRAY. That would be funny.” -5;10. I have been waiting for this day!
January 31, 2024 at 11:18 PM
Today he referred to the [tr] pronunciation as “the weird way” 💀
January 31, 2024 at 1:09 PM
Doing a study of academics and Linguistics wasn't listed among the possible fields to choose from. Finally found it, as a subfield of Philosophy 😑
January 26, 2024 at 1:31 AM
Doing a study of academics and Linguistics wasn't listed among the possible fields to choose from. Finally found it, as a subfield of Philosophy 😑
“I say it CHRAY, with a CH. Not TRAY. That would be funny.” -5;10. I have been waiting for this day!
January 20, 2024 at 8:17 PM
“I say it CHRAY, with a CH. Not TRAY. That would be funny.” -5;10. I have been waiting for this day!
Who will fund me to do the corpus study of all the different ways @dasharez0ne.bsky.social spells “skeleton” in their alt text
January 6, 2024 at 12:22 AM
Who will fund me to do the corpus study of all the different ways @dasharez0ne.bsky.social spells “skeleton” in their alt text
If anyone at #lsa2024 today wants to try this proustian ideal of a ham sandwich with me, lmk. This place is around the corner from the conference hotel and I’ve been dying to go since this article came out 🥖
www.nytimes.com/2022/11/25/d...
www.nytimes.com/2022/11/25/d...
The Proustian Ideal of a Ham Sandwich (Published 2022)
For French sandwich shops in New York, jambon beurre — ham on a buttered baguette — is one of the most difficult, yet satisfying feats.
www.nytimes.com
January 5, 2024 at 12:33 PM
If anyone at #lsa2024 today wants to try this proustian ideal of a ham sandwich with me, lmk. This place is around the corner from the conference hotel and I’ve been dying to go since this article came out 🥖
www.nytimes.com/2022/11/25/d...
www.nytimes.com/2022/11/25/d...
the English language is based just enough on Dutch that everything you might say in Dutch sounds like someone making fun of Dutch
January 3, 2024 at 6:03 PM
ChatGPT seems to think "rhoticity" can be parsed as "r-hot-icity" 🤣
November 17, 2023 at 3:43 PM
ChatGPT seems to think "rhoticity" can be parsed as "r-hot-icity" 🤣
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We watched Nightmare Before Christmas recently, and now that the baby is mobile, he's reminding us of Jack Skellington in Christmasland.
"What's this?
What's this?
They've got a little bin
How neat!
It's filled with tiny toys
Can I eat?"
etc.
"What's this?
What's this?
They've got a little bin
How neat!
It's filled with tiny toys
Can I eat?"
etc.
November 8, 2023 at 8:12 PM
We watched Nightmare Before Christmas recently, and now that the baby is mobile, he's reminding us of Jack Skellington in Christmasland.
"What's this?
What's this?
They've got a little bin
How neat!
It's filled with tiny toys
Can I eat?"
etc.
"What's this?
What's this?
They've got a little bin
How neat!
It's filled with tiny toys
Can I eat?"
etc.
We watched Nightmare Before Christmas recently, and now that the baby is mobile, he's reminding us of Jack Skellington in Christmasland.
"What's this?
What's this?
They've got a little bin
How neat!
It's filled with tiny toys
Can I eat?"
etc.
"What's this?
What's this?
They've got a little bin
How neat!
It's filled with tiny toys
Can I eat?"
etc.
November 8, 2023 at 8:12 PM
We watched Nightmare Before Christmas recently, and now that the baby is mobile, he's reminding us of Jack Skellington in Christmasland.
"What's this?
What's this?
They've got a little bin
How neat!
It's filled with tiny toys
Can I eat?"
etc.
"What's this?
What's this?
They've got a little bin
How neat!
It's filled with tiny toys
Can I eat?"
etc.