#prodrop
My Great Great Great Grandma Malcolm totally prodropping the first person singular at the beginning of her letter to husband (she quickly begins using pronouns and pronoun-ish when clarity seemed necessary). He was at the Chicago World's Columbia Exposition of 1893.
#linguistics 🐦🐦 #prodrop
June 11, 2025 at 8:36 PM
4yo: Abba, I’m soaping myself! Look at!
Me:
4yo: look at!!

#linguistics #syntax #prodrop #parenting
November 29, 2024 at 12:12 AM
Also wish people would help push English to become a prodrop language. #linguistics #notajoke
I find it satisfying to call Instagram "Instantaneous Gram". Wish this would catch on.
November 25, 2024 at 7:19 PM