Katie Carmichael

Chilling 😰

What a great headline

What happened, @nytimes.com? Why not stand by your original headline? Because it’s absolutely an accurate representation of this trash conversation.

To publish this at all should be a fireable offense - but to publish it as women’s rights are being decimated is deeply immoral, bordering on evil

In her #NWAV53 plenary, King discusses an example of a juror being dismissed from the pool due to forestressing in the word police (so PO-lice), because the prosecutor claimed that the pronunciation showed animus towards law enforcement. And this is exactly why I study prosody!

Attention #linguistics nerds, the #NWAV53 live feed has begun!

Uhhhh so apparently this is the AI summary of the Southern Vowel Shift when you google it? Submitted without comment 🤡

We hypothesize about both historical sources (e.g. French 'pass by' for 'by [residence]') and semantic extension as part of the development of these notable phrasal expressions within New Orleans English.

In a nutshell: all three phrasal constructions in NOE seem more stable across gens than phonological features, and only one ('on tomorrow') was stratified by ethnicity, with more Black and Creole participants self-reporting use. This feature also seems to have wider distribution across the US South.

New open access article! Collaborative work with the wonderful Dana Serditova examining patterning & potential sources of certain local phrasal constructions in New Orleans English - 'by [residence]', 'for [time]', & 'on [temporal deixis]' authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S...

Image of labubu doll labeled labubu next to image of spiky labubu doll labeled lakiki

::slowly stands while clapping::

Apparently 'Chronic Stress' is a journal name. But also: this e-mail subject represents an accurate statement 🤣

NOLA vs. New Orleans: Why it hits a nerve with residents Whatever you do, don't say N'awlins.

Why does the acronym ‘NOLA’ hit such a nerve in post-Katrina New Orleans? Answers touch on the relationship between language, place, identity, authenticity, gentrification, appropriation…all the things I spend most of my time thinking about!

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My 8 year old while watching a cartoon today: "What is that noise?"
Me, tuning in to figure out what he's talking about: "oh. That's a phone ringing. Phones used to ring and sound like that..."

👵⚰️🪦☠️

The absolute jumpscare that occurs when listening to 'Hozier radio' on spotify and that one song he did with Noah Kahan comes on 😭

Hm it wasn’t yesterday and I know it’s meant to be open access, but you’re right when I click on it today the paywall is up. @jrkasstan.bsky.social @lhlew.bsky.social @betsysneller.bsky.social any idea what’s up with that?

I really recommend reading this one closely, as there are some incredible theoretical insights therein, & contentful clarifications of Labovian concepts and stances. It's a real testament to the intellectual tradition Labov inspired, very much embodying the refrain: "linguists are smart people."

Bill Labov: Looking Back, Looking Forward Bill Labov passed away peacefully at home on December 17, 2024, with his wife and fellow Penn linguist Gillian Sankoff by his side. He leaves behind a legacy so large that it is hard to put into word....

Another lovely Labov obit by @betsysneller.bsky.social @laurelmack.bsky.social and Meredith Tamminga. This one takes a birds eye view of how Labov has contributed to where the field is going, which is a nice forward-looking complement to Eckert's obit onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Ridiculously Interesting World of American Accents Podcast Episode · Culture Study Podcast · 08/06/2025 · 1h 18m

Newest ep of Culture Study is a must-listen: it mobilizes the collective brilliance & pure rizz of 2 of the smartest, coolest women out there (@mixedlinguist.bsky.social + @annehelen.bsky.social) & is JAMPACKED w/ accessible info about sociolinguistic variation 😍🤗

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"But I'm sure your little 25 page article it took you 4 years to get out the door is *just great*" 😌

RIGHT?? Like wow. Just confirm the rest of us are absolute losers whydon'tcha 🤣

Absolutely beautiful obituary for Bill Labov, describing a life rich in insights and in humanity www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

language change in the news! h/t all our @americandialect.org PADS contributors... apnews.com/article/migr... @joeystanley.com @drkatcarm.bsky.social @lhlew.bsky.social... 😊

My linguist brain always tingles when I pass this place 🙇🏽‍♀️

I have never seen anything like this in NYC. 5th Ave covered from 42nd St well to the 20s. Nobody prepared for this volume. Volunteers are holding the traffic on all the side streets. No police in sight. #handsoff

YouTube video by Senator Cory Booker Live: Speaking on Trump, Musk, and America’s Moral Moment on the Senate Floor | Senator Cory Booker

In 1957, Strom Thurmond held the Senate for 24 hours and 18 minutes to block the passage of a Civil Rights bill.

In 2025, Cory Booker held the Senate for 24 hours and >19+ minutes to defend freedom & democracy.

Courage over fear; liberty over tyranny. #goodtrouble www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2ut...

‘One of the darkest days’: NIH purges agency leadership amid mass layoffs In shock move, four institute directors at the US biomedical agency are removed from their posts.

"This will go down as one of the darkest days in modern scientific history." Story on the decimation of NIH by @maxkozlov.bsky.social www.nature.com/articles/d41...?

"There's a room here in the Senate named after Strom Thurmond... I'm here despite his speech, I'm here because as powerful as he was, the people were more powerful." -Cory Booker as he eclipses Thurmond's record for the longest filibuster in US history.

ICE Makes Another Student Disappear—and No One Knows Why Federal immigration officials have abducted another international student.

The Trump administration has detained another international student—this time from the University of Alabama and without providing any justification.

All are assaults on free speech and are blatant violations of immigration law.

Bill Gates: Within 10 years, AI will replace many doctors and teachers—humans won't be needed ‘for most things' Over the next decade, advances in artificial intelligence will mean that humans will no longer be needed "for most things" in the world, says Bill Gates.

It’s patently false, but notice that “humans won’t be needed” to these people is identified as the desired future rather than the deeply dystopian vision that it actually is.

Well over a hundred years of friendship, history, and cooperation blown to bits in a few months by an incompetent, simple-minded buffoon who doesn't understand tariffs and never had any real friends so doesn't know how to keep allies.