Gretchen McCulloch
Gretchen McCulloch is a linguist and polyglot. She has a master's in linguistics from McGill University and blogs daily at All Things Linguistic.
Latest articles by Gretchen McCulloch
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Why do we say 'probly' and 'libry' instead of probably and library?
feature A simple slip of the tongue can change the way we pronounce certain words
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What grocery stores can teach us about linguistics
feature Sometimes ambiguity is more efficient than specific labeling
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The problem with positive answers to negative questions
feature Don't blame yourself — blame the English language
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The linguistic lessons of Pig Latin
feature There's a reason this language game just makes a certain kind of intuitive sense
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