Indigo is a scam. There, I said it.
What's your spicy take on colour?
Listen to our episode with Kory Stamper, author of "True Color"
becauselanguage.com/134-true-colou…
@AAKnopf
English
Because Language
12.9K posts
Because Language
@becauselangpod
A show about linguistics, the science of language. Your hosts (in order of coolness): Hedvig Skirgård, Daniel Midgley, and Ben Ainslie (tie for 2nd).
Perth, Australia Katılım Haziran 2014
998 Takip Edilen6.7K Takipçiler
Because Language retweetledi
Thinking about the 7th century Irish monks who invented the spaces between words....that was honestly so smart of them
English
Do you confuse puce and chartreuse? And what's vermilion? We have a new episode with Kory Stamper, author of True Color.
Get the book, watch the podcast! Wherever good books are sold and good podcasts are listened to.
@AAKnopf
becauselanguage.com/134-true-colou…
English
Coming soon: a chat with Kory Stamper about her new book True Color. How do you define what blue is? What even IS colour? Turns out, the quest to define colours was happening along with a standardisation crisis and a dictionary crisis. Kory tells us all about it.
@AAKnopf
English
Final hours for this Kickstarter! Tim is creating beautiful works of art, and presenting them as words of encouragement for communities that use endangered scripts. Check it out and support.
Tim Brookes@TBAlphabets
My Kickstarter campaign, ending on Sunday night, has suddenly picked up speed and is galloping toward its goal. Hop on and help it burst through the finishing tape! kickstarter.com/projects/endan…
English
Need some help spelling the word BUREAU?
It's easier than you think, but it's going to take a gross mnemonic. And Daniel's got one.
Full episode: becauselanguage.com/133-why-we-tal…
English
Seeing a lot of conscious/conscience convergence, as in “My conscious is clear.”
That’s interesting! Bet those two will grow together soon.
English
@JeffersRoad @AndreaAirlines @DoobLontonder @MerriamWebster Mate, people are trying to help you understand, but it sounds like you think you know better.
Language changes. Lexicographers are documenting what we language speakers are doing. This isn’t controversial.
English
@AndreaAirlines @DoobLontonder @MerriamWebster Got it. So, if I can get enough people to say that "AndreaAirlines" now means "condescending," then I will truly understand how language *literally* works.
English
The problem is that we try to defend you, @MerriamWebster, by correcting incorrect usage, but you eventually undermine our support by saying: "If people are wrong long enough, then we give in and make them right." (See, for example, how "literally" now also means "figuratively.")
English
Language helps with information transfer, and that includes a lot of information about ourselves.
With Valerie Fridland, author of "Why We Talk Funny".
Full episode:
becauselanguage.com/133-why-we-tal…
English
The US Southern accent is becoming a marker of ideology.
With Valerie Fridland, author of "Why We Talk Funny".
Full episode:
becauselanguage.com/133-why-we-tal…
English
How did the kids feel about 6-7 at the #WotY2025 vote? Kelly Wright is the data czar for @americandialect, and she tells us all about it.
Whole episode: becauselanguage.com/132-woty-2025-…
English
Listener Flo mentions "weeaboo", an enthusiast for Japanese culture.
But what about someone who's into French stuff?
With Kelly Wright!
Whole episode: becauselanguage.com/132-woty-2025-…
English
Cleanup on aisle 47
#WordOfTheWeek
John Collins@Logically_JC
The cleanup on aisle 47 is going to take forever.
English
Stop naming things after people
In the meantime, let's try taking a cue from the Jelliscope Welliscope Spaaaaaaaace Telescope
and call it
the Juniversity C
no wait I need to rethink this
Dr Gerald Roche@GJosephRoche
We will eventually get rid of all the Australian university names that celebrate colonizers and racists - it's really just a matter of which university gets the public recognition by acting first. jcu.edu.au/news/releases/…
English
It's true, and it's kind of sad that the enthusiasm we have for youth language trends ends up killing them
derek guy@dieworkwear
if you're an older person who finds words like mogg and maxxing annoying, just starting using them. people over the age of 30 have the superpower to end trends by simply adopting them
English