wordwatching

At the crossroads of language and culture

Dedicated to the study of language variation and change in American English, with special regard to the West, pop lyrics, and social media.

"Hotter than &%$#!"

August 01, 2016 by Lamont Antieau in corpus dialectology

A post looking at variation expressions for "the weather is hotter than" in the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle Rockies.

August 01, 2016 /Lamont Antieau

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November 23, 2015 by Lamont Antieau

An analysis of eggcorns found in a collection of tweets from 2013

November 23, 2015 /Lamont Antieau

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November 21, 2015 by Lamont Antieau in linguistic essay

An introduction to eggcorns using examples from the Eggcorn Database, NPR, and other sources

November 21, 2015 /Lamont Antieau

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My first post for this blog, which will look at linguistic variation and change in American dialects, popular music, and social media.

November 07, 2015 /Lamont Antieau

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