Joe McVeigh
@eviljoemcveigh.bsky.social
I'm a linguist & sr lecturer at Metropolia Uni. PhD in linguistics and marketing. I like #language & #linguistics, hockey, baseball and comic books - but maybe not in that order :)
https://eviljoemcveigh.com
https://eviljoemcveigh.com
I did it! I graduated (again)! Thank you so much to my supervisor Dr. Minna Nevala and my opponent Dr. Erika Darics! It was a wonderful discussion.
November 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
I did it! I graduated (again)! Thank you so much to my supervisor Dr. Minna Nevala and my opponent Dr. Erika Darics! It was a wonderful discussion.
Merriam-Webster is heckling me lol
November 21, 2025 at 10:47 AM
Merriam-Webster is heckling me lol
Hot off the presses, it's my dissertation! I can't believe this is real. I'm defending in a month. Wish me luck! 🤞
October 25, 2025 at 1:03 PM
Hot off the presses, it's my dissertation! I can't believe this is real. I'm defending in a month. Wish me luck! 🤞
Meet our dog, the Baroness of Woof-woof-adelphia, or Fia for short. She is the goodest dog there ever was.
October 11, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Meet our dog, the Baroness of Woof-woof-adelphia, or Fia for short. She is the goodest dog there ever was.
You can't say "happiness" without "peen"?
September 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
You can't say "happiness" without "peen"?
But wait, there's more Bat-guistics in this issue, chum! The Dark Knight is in York and recognizes that the villain's Estuary English accent is from London. That's why he's the world's greatest detective, folks. Good job, Bats!
#linguistics #comics
#linguistics #comics
September 14, 2025 at 11:12 AM
But wait, there's more Bat-guistics in this issue, chum! The Dark Knight is in York and recognizes that the villain's Estuary English accent is from London. That's why he's the world's greatest detective, folks. Good job, Bats!
#linguistics #comics
#linguistics #comics
September 14, 2025 at 11:08 AM
George Will recently wrote a screed complaining about language (which is nothing new). But in it he equates language peeving with homophobia. This is dangerous. By linking these two things together, he is saying that it is fine to dislike words and to dislike queer people. This will harm people.
August 11, 2025 at 9:22 AM
George Will recently wrote a screed complaining about language (which is nothing new). But in it he equates language peeving with homophobia. This is dangerous. By linking these two things together, he is saying that it is fine to dislike words and to dislike queer people. This will harm people.
Superman: Man of Tomorrow... Speaker of Yesterday!
Here's Supes saying "yon". For what it's worth, this was published 50 years after the OED most recent citation.
(Sunday strip #81 from 1941)
Here's Supes saying "yon". For what it's worth, this was published 50 years after the OED most recent citation.
(Sunday strip #81 from 1941)
July 29, 2025 at 7:25 AM
Superman: Man of Tomorrow... Speaker of Yesterday!
Here's Supes saying "yon". For what it's worth, this was published 50 years after the OED most recent citation.
(Sunday strip #81 from 1941)
Here's Supes saying "yon". For what it's worth, this was published 50 years after the OED most recent citation.
(Sunday strip #81 from 1941)
I've never seen a curse word censored like this before. Why not use actual asterisks? Maybe this happened in transferring the article from one format to another? Like it's some sort of autocorrect that turned * into "(asterisk)" .
July 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
I've never seen a curse word censored like this before. Why not use actual asterisks? Maybe this happened in transferring the article from one format to another? Like it's some sort of autocorrect that turned * into "(asterisk)" .
Gotta add "dialect" in there 🤓
July 17, 2025 at 1:22 PM
Gotta add "dialect" in there 🤓
You did make it up, Kate Bishop. But I think most people would consider the true etymology of "family" troubling.
I love when linguistics shows up in comics.
From HAWKEYE #13 by Kelly Thompson and Leonardo Romero
I love when linguistics shows up in comics.
From HAWKEYE #13 by Kelly Thompson and Leonardo Romero
July 17, 2025 at 12:50 PM
You did make it up, Kate Bishop. But I think most people would consider the true etymology of "family" troubling.
I love when linguistics shows up in comics.
From HAWKEYE #13 by Kelly Thompson and Leonardo Romero
I love when linguistics shows up in comics.
From HAWKEYE #13 by Kelly Thompson and Leonardo Romero
What do you mean being a linguist doesn't make me a competent reviewer of research on (checks email...) affective disorders?
I have been ~*SELECTED*~
Sheesh. You scholars and your regulations. The Journal of Affective Disorders is about to get a lot more interesting.
#academic #spam
I have been ~*SELECTED*~
Sheesh. You scholars and your regulations. The Journal of Affective Disorders is about to get a lot more interesting.
#academic #spam
July 16, 2025 at 10:16 AM
This discussion about Wawa though? Yeah, I've had this one about a hundred times 😁
May 24, 2025 at 1:41 PM
This discussion about Wawa though? Yeah, I've had this one about a hundred times 😁
Comic books are just so unbelievable. A university administrator caring about the teachers being overwhelmed and understaffed? How am I supposed to relate?
(From "Blackwood" by Dorkin, Fish and Fish, and McKenna)
(From "Blackwood" by Dorkin, Fish and Fish, and McKenna)
May 24, 2025 at 1:08 PM
Comic books are just so unbelievable. A university administrator caring about the teachers being overwhelmed and understaffed? How am I supposed to relate?
(From "Blackwood" by Dorkin, Fish and Fish, and McKenna)
(From "Blackwood" by Dorkin, Fish and Fish, and McKenna)
This book was great!
Bonus: the protagonist is a linguist 🐦🐦
("The Ministry of Time" by Kaliane Bradley)
Bonus: the protagonist is a linguist 🐦🐦
("The Ministry of Time" by Kaliane Bradley)
May 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
This book was great!
Bonus: the protagonist is a linguist 🐦🐦
("The Ministry of Time" by Kaliane Bradley)
Bonus: the protagonist is a linguist 🐦🐦
("The Ministry of Time" by Kaliane Bradley)
The online MW has it as a synonym for the noun. But as others have also pointed out, this probably isn't AI. Just a synonym that I'm not familiar with and maybe a restricted one. The thesaurus entry shows it for the meaning "pile" like in "haycock"
April 30, 2025 at 11:17 AM
The online MW has it as a synonym for the noun. But as others have also pointed out, this probably isn't AI. Just a synonym that I'm not familiar with and maybe a restricted one. The thesaurus entry shows it for the meaning "pile" like in "haycock"
April 30, 2025 at 5:45 AM
Found this over on reddit. The Finnish linguistics iceberg. Some of these are really funny. Like, I used to talk to my Finnish students about the development of articles and hoo boy... some tempers did flare, my friends 😀
February 23, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Found this over on reddit. The Finnish linguistics iceberg. Some of these are really funny. Like, I used to talk to my Finnish students about the development of articles and hoo boy... some tempers did flare, my friends 😀
Not that I'm surprised, but Sen. McCormick (PA) sent me 15 emails of the exact same text as replies to my letters to him. What an embarrassment. A month into his term and already a lame ass yes man. No matter what you contact McCormick about, you're getting the same reply in return.
February 11, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Not that I'm surprised, but Sen. McCormick (PA) sent me 15 emails of the exact same text as replies to my letters to him. What an embarrassment. A month into his term and already a lame ass yes man. No matter what you contact McCormick about, you're getting the same reply in return.
What the heck. "Grift" is totally a word. Get with the program... Firefox? ...Bluesky? Who's to blame here?
"Betterly" is also a word. Because I said so.
"Betterly" is also a word. Because I said so.
February 8, 2025 at 2:46 PM
What the heck. "Grift" is totally a word. Get with the program... Firefox? ...Bluesky? Who's to blame here?
"Betterly" is also a word. Because I said so.
"Betterly" is also a word. Because I said so.
Next up! Detective Chimp - doing his best Columbo - apologizes to the bad guy because "talking" isn't his first language. 😀 I mean... he's not wrong.
(from Wonder Woman #16 by Tom King (w), Bruno Redondo (p), Caio Filipe (i), Roriano Lucas (c), Clayton Cowles (l))
(from Wonder Woman #16 by Tom King (w), Bruno Redondo (p), Caio Filipe (i), Roriano Lucas (c), Clayton Cowles (l))
February 7, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Next up! Detective Chimp - doing his best Columbo - apologizes to the bad guy because "talking" isn't his first language. 😀 I mean... he's not wrong.
(from Wonder Woman #16 by Tom King (w), Bruno Redondo (p), Caio Filipe (i), Roriano Lucas (c), Clayton Cowles (l))
(from Wonder Woman #16 by Tom King (w), Bruno Redondo (p), Caio Filipe (i), Roriano Lucas (c), Clayton Cowles (l))
Here's a little timeline cleanse for your Friday. #Language in #comics!
First up, Harvey tells Sabrina that language is always changing and adapting. That *is* surprisingly insightful, Harvey!
(from Sabrina the Teenage Witch by Kelly Thompson (w), Veronica Fish and Andy Fish (a))
First up, Harvey tells Sabrina that language is always changing and adapting. That *is* surprisingly insightful, Harvey!
(from Sabrina the Teenage Witch by Kelly Thompson (w), Veronica Fish and Andy Fish (a))
February 7, 2025 at 10:55 AM
Here's an email I got from PA Rep. Scanlon. It's not great, but it's something. The emails from Fetterman on the other hand are infuriating. Just boilerplate bullshit about healthcare and civil rights (???). Freaking do something, John!
February 4, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Here's an email I got from PA Rep. Scanlon. It's not great, but it's something. The emails from Fetterman on the other hand are infuriating. Just boilerplate bullshit about healthcare and civil rights (???). Freaking do something, John!