![]() Coding is for everyone-as long as you speak English (WIRED).The predictive text meme presents the best version of you (WIRED).Children are using emoji for digital-age language learning (WIRED).The widely-spoken languages we still can’t translate online (WIRED).Voldemorting: birdsite, cheeto, and other ways of hiding words in plain sight (WIRED).We Will Have Meme Folklorists (New York Magazine).How Can You Appreciate 23rd-Century English? Look Back 200 Years (New York Times Op-Eds From the Future).Notable internet linguistics topics I’ve written or spoken about include: Buzzfeed describes the show as “joyously nerdy” and others have said it’s “like I’m listening in on a conversation between two of my most interesting friends” - I’d suggest starting with our episode on When nothing means something. I’m the co-creator of Lingthusiasm, a podcast that’s enthusiastic about linguistics. ![]() Here’s a longer list of my short-form writing. ![]() I’m the Resident Linguist at WIRED, where I write a column about internet language, and I was formerly the Resident Linguist at The Toast. I’m the author of the New York Times bestselling Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language, a pop linguistics book about internet language which is now available in paperback! See reviews and other media about Because Internet here or a longer description and online ordering links here. If you want to make sure you don’t miss any places where I might be doing future Because Internet events, you can sign up for my monthly email newsletter. I’m an internet linguist: I analyze the language of the internet, for the people of the internet. ![]()
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