Stan Carey<p>A brief history (and critique) of English spelling reform that I once wrote for <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@HistoryToday" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>HistoryToday</span></a></span>: <br><a href="https://www.historytoday.com/brief-history-english-spelling-reform" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">historytoday.com/brief-history</span><span class="invisible">-english-spelling-reform</span></a> </p><p>Supplementary notes on the history of English spelling reform: <br><a href="https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2016/02/08/the-history-of-english-spelling-reform/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stancarey.wordpress.com/2016/0</span><span class="invisible">2/08/the-history-of-english-spelling-reform/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spelling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EnglishUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishUsage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/LanguageChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LanguageChange</span></a></p>
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Stan Carey<p>A thing about language that a lot of people don't know is that you can dislike a usage intensely – a pronunciation, a piece of grammar, etc. – without presuming to reject it on behalf of all people, in all places, for all time</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EnglishUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishUsage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grammar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/prescriptivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prescriptivism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/LanguageChange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>LanguageChange</span></a></p>
Stan Carey<p>Sometimes I wish the past tense of "read" was spelt differently so that a subjectless report like "Read such-and-such a book" wouldn't look like a command</p><p>Can't think of a viable alternative, though, and even if I could, it wouldn't catch on</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spelling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grammar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EnglishUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishUsage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ambiguity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ambiguity</span></a></p>
Stan Carey<p>The people most likely to complain about grammar are the people least likely to distinguish it from style, register, spelling, and usage.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grammar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/prescriptivism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>prescriptivism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EnglishUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishUsage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/fallacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fallacy</span></a></p>
Stan Carey<p>Great video on attitudes to language use and why linguists defend "mistakes" (25 min.) <br><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I6duEGj04Mg" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">youtube.com/watch?v=I6duEGj04M</span><span class="invisible">g</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grammar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/spelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>spelling</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/pronunciation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>pronunciation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EnglishUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishUsage</span></a></p>
Stan Carey<p>Has 'greenlit' been greenlighted? New post on a verb we haven't made up our minds about:</p><p><a href="https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2023/08/15/has-greenlit-been-greenlighted/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">stancarey.wordpress.com/2023/0</span><span class="invisible">8/15/has-greenlit-been-greenlighted/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>language</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>words</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/linguistics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>linguistics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/grammar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>grammar</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EnglishUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishUsage</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>etymology</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/editing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>editing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/blogging" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>blogging</span></a></p>
Stan Carey<p>Curious about a style item I saw in a book this week. Would you prefer "Me Too" or "<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/MeToo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MeToo</span></a>" in reference to the movement?</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingCommunity</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>reading</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/editing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>editing</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/copyediting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>copyediting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/editor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>editor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/WritingStyle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WritingStyle</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/EnglishUsage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EnglishUsage</span></a></p>
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