When we’re taught writing, we learn about pronouns: “he,” “she,” “you”, and “they.”
And when I was growing up in school, “you” and “they” were the pronouns we used when we didn’t want to refer to a specific gender.
“You” was used to refer to one person, “they” referred to more than one person.
But that’s changed recently, as “they” is slowly becoming the accepted word to refer to someone in a gender-neutral way.
Continue reading Improving Your Writing: What Is Singular They?
When Stéphanie Walter asked on Twitter if anyone knew how to change the live captions language of Twitter Spaces from English to another language, I was curious.
I knew Twitter Spaces announced live captions in 2021 and I knew it supported captions in multiple languages.
But I didn’t remember anything about how to change live captions to a different language.
Continue reading How to Change Language of Live Captions in Twitter Spaces
While I was watching the WordCamp Miami 2017 livestream and sharing highlights on Twitter, I watched a slew of tweets go by about language and texting.
The tweets caught my attention because they used the same hashtag.
And because the tweets reminded me of my conversation about language and words with Anne Curzan after her TEDxUofM talk a few years ago. Continue reading Anne Curzan on the English Language, Texting, and Going Grammando