Matt Gordon (not that one though)
@anotherlinguist.bsky.social
Sociolinguist, dialectologist, person who has uttered the phrase "chain shift" too many times.
Copilot introduces the long (& displaced) 13th cen. BCE.
September 15, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Copilot introduces the long (& displaced) 13th cen. BCE.
These epithets for the teams are mostly innocuous & vacuous in a very genAI way but Maryland's stands out.
September 11, 2025 at 9:51 PM
These epithets for the teams are mostly innocuous & vacuous in a very genAI way but Maryland's stands out.
New dating/authorship info drops! Thanks Co-Pilot!
July 26, 2025 at 6:04 PM
New dating/authorship info drops! Thanks Co-Pilot!
How many of my students could explain this architectural "feature" in the hallway outside our classroom? Only 1, a 60-something retiree. Best guess: "a voting booth??"
April 22, 2025 at 4:03 PM
How many of my students could explain this architectural "feature" in the hallway outside our classroom? Only 1, a 60-something retiree. Best guess: "a voting booth??"
Per a rumor i'm starting, the speech pathology dept. spent $1.2M on this machine in an effort to combat the LOT/THOUGHT merger by implanting rounded low/mid back vowels in the phonologies of young Midwesterners.
February 4, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Per a rumor i'm starting, the speech pathology dept. spent $1.2M on this machine in an effort to combat the LOT/THOUGHT merger by implanting rounded low/mid back vowels in the phonologies of young Midwesterners.
An AI error or have I accessed the internet of the future???
February 2, 2025 at 4:29 PM
An AI error or have I accessed the internet of the future???
Reminds me of one of my favorites examples of such ambiguity. "unscented dog poop bags"
October 31, 2024 at 1:20 PM
Reminds me of one of my favorites examples of such ambiguity. "unscented dog poop bags"
It's been a while since I read Lakoff's Language & Woman's Place and I had forgotten this fun bit about academic men.
October 28, 2024 at 9:43 PM
It's been a while since I read Lakoff's Language & Woman's Place and I had forgotten this fun bit about academic men.
Bouba v. Kiki, 19th cen. grammar edition! #linguistics
October 28, 2024 at 3:52 PM
Bouba v. Kiki, 19th cen. grammar edition! #linguistics
I use this to help my US students appreciate the class coding.
October 24, 2024 at 1:11 PM
I use this to help my US students appreciate the class coding.
Any guesses as to the political affiliation of most of the subjects of sentences with the phrase "alleges without evidence"?
October 20, 2024 at 8:35 PM
Any guesses as to the political affiliation of most of the subjects of sentences with the phrase "alleges without evidence"?
It's parts of speech time in my Structure of English class!!
September 16, 2024 at 7:29 PM
It's parts of speech time in my Structure of English class!!
Super niche sociolinguistic/botanical joke I attempted to make 10 yrs ago (according to FB)
September 7, 2024 at 8:32 PM
Super niche sociolinguistic/botanical joke I attempted to make 10 yrs ago (according to FB)
One of my favorite memes submitted by students in my History of English class this semester
May 14, 2024 at 6:02 PM
One of my favorite memes submitted by students in my History of English class this semester
My fave slide from an upcoming lecture on Middle English in my HEL class
March 11, 2024 at 2:49 PM
My fave slide from an upcoming lecture on Middle English in my HEL class
Interesting to discover that the OED now classifies Georgian as an Indo-European language 😮
February 29, 2024 at 8:41 PM
Interesting to discover that the OED now classifies Georgian as an Indo-European language 😮
Nextdoor is a lot more fun if you assume people are using euphemisms to post about sex
February 19, 2024 at 12:46 AM
Nextdoor is a lot more fun if you assume people are using euphemisms to post about sex
New art for the office courtesy of a colleague's 5-yr-old.
February 9, 2024 at 5:50 PM
New art for the office courtesy of a colleague's 5-yr-old.
Um, it's Iowa; that's a paper SACK
January 16, 2024 at 6:52 PM
Um, it's Iowa; that's a paper SACK
Looking forward to having this be officially out sometime in the next couple of months.
November 1, 2023 at 11:52 PM
Looking forward to having this be officially out sometime in the next couple of months.