Lingthusiasm

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A podcast that's enthusiastic about linguistics! By @gretchenmcc.bsky.social and @superlinguo.bsky.social

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Not sure where to start? You can do a very silly Which Lingthusiasm Episode Are You? personality quiz: bit.ly/lingthusiasmquiz

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Lingthusiasm is in Lauren Passell's Podcast the Newsletter this week! podcastthenewsletter.substack.com/p/bat-volcan...

This month we get enthusiastic about what visualizing our vowels tells us about who we are. We commissioned Dr Bethany Gardner to make custom vowel plots for us, like this stylized version of our Wells Lexical Set results. Check out the episode and see more vowel plots: lingthusiasm.com/pos...

Lingthusiasm is brought to you in part by Megan S and the advanced nasalised near-open front unrounded vowel lingthusiasm.com/sup... Become a patron to take our quiz and sponsor a character - join during vowel month and get a FREE bonus diacritic! patreon.com/lingthus...

Lingthusiasm is brought to you in part by Aidan and the midrising glottalised schwa [ə̂ˀ] http://lingthusiasm.... Become a patron to take our quiz and sponsor a character - join during vowel month and you'll get a FREE bonus diacritic! http://patreon.com/l...

We sometimes make assumptions about people based on their voices, but what information are we actually paying attention to in there? In this episode, we looked at visuals of our own vowels to talk about regional accents, gender and sexuality, and more! soundcloud.com/lingthusiasm...

Lingthusiasm is brought to you in part by Anastasia and the falling rhoticised schwa [ɚ̀] lingthusiasm.com/sup... Become a patron to take our 'Which Character of the IPA are you?' quiz and sponsor an IPA character - join during vowel month and you'll get a FREE diacritic! patreon.com/lingthus...

It's VOWELS MONTH!!! Keep an eye, ear, and vocal tract out for special vowel content+ here all month long But first! Tell us about your favourite vowel! are you an /i/ enthusiast? an ash fan? a schwaficionado?

wait. I'm sorry. what. does this mean at some point in 2023 we were the 16th most listened-to podcast in like, The World? surely the charts are broken down by country or category or something, right?

At any rate, I believe that lots of people enjoyed Where language names come from and why they change this year, that sounds reasonable! Here's a link to listen to it if you haven't yet! lingthusiasm.com/post/7069261...

The Lingthusiasm merch store has lots of sales running today! Get a classic favourite like linguistics themed t-shirt or poster, or our less common silky scarf with a linguistics print on it or a baby onesie to amuse your ling nerd friends who are having a kid! www.redbubble.com/people/Lingt...

Attn Lingthusiasm listeners who use Spotify! You can now listen to bonus episodes in Spotify as well, just follow the banner on the Lingthusiasm episode page to link your Patreon account or sign up! spotify.link/tjSOhI5V5Cb

People who use other podcast apps can also listen to bonus episodes by copy-pasting the private RSS feed link that you get as a patron into your podcast app of choice

🚨 New Lingthusiasm merch! 🚨 "Etymology isn't destiny" in a sparkly, witchy script in black, white, blue, green, and (our personal favourite) rainbow gradient! PLUS: our aesthetic IPA chart is now on posters, shirts, and more! https://www.redbubble.com/people/lingthusiasm/shop

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