Maybe the antidote to getting preached at on a plane is to start speaking in tongues
Профиль
Michael Erard
Writer, linguist. Books about speech errors & disfluencies (amzn.to/40GCOM3); hyperpolyglots (bit.ly/3AXLtAe); first & last words (bit.ly/4kN0PKa). NEW: A collection, THE LANGUAGE BEAT (Apple: https://apple.co/4fK71SA; Google: https://bit.ly/4wARdY2)
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Публикации
⟳ Репост от Michael Erard
It‘s quite possible that with this move, @harvard.edu could become the only Ivy League university without a writing center. www.thecrimson.com/article/2026...
Harvard College Lays Off Writing Center Director, Consolidates Center | News | The Harvard CrimsonThe Harvard College Writing Center will no longer operate as a standalone unit after its director was laid off and its functions were consolidated as part of a restructuring in the Faculty of Arts and...www.thecrimson.com
⟳ Репост от Michael Erard
New project! Two influential word lists made by language researchers define an "essential English vocabulary" for learners: one from 1953 and another from 2023. In this essay, Jasmine Nackash examines the differences between them and what that says about us. link: pudding.cool/2026/07/esse...
⟳ Репост от Michael Erard
Surveys like this always alarm people Fortunately, recent research from cognitive psychology shows that the reason people are so wildly wrong when estimating the size of minority groups is largely NOT because of prejudice — but rather how humans think about unknown proportions of any kind
Joel S.This actually explains something about how people talk about the Jewish community.
⟳ Репост от Michael Erard
Reading this after the @gregorynorminton.bsky.social piece it quotes and it is searing. For any of us there won't just be one moment of realisation, that we've passed from one state into another. Find ways to help each other through these times. This is one.
Patrick GaleyWith the great burning upon us, I wrote about what it means to raise the next generation, the one who will not let us be their teachers. I hope it hits with some people. medium.com/@patchgaley/...
