Queer Linguistics

[@dimitrovajunkie]

I applaud you for putting yourself out there like this. I'm both gay and a linguist too but I did my thesis on a relatively tame topic related to second language acquisition.

[@marcosilvafonseca]

Omg, this is so awesome in so many levels I had to pause it several times just to sink it in. Alaska and Umbrella Corporation killed me.

[@myowncomputerstuff]

I certainly believe it's an environmental thing that's developed over time after a gay man has found a tight-knit homogenous (no pun intended) community to associate with, whether it's a clique of girls in high school or a group of gay male friends. It exists in the same way that AAVE exists. They may not be "accents" that are derived from another language, but rather lingual idiosyncrasies that easily spread within a subculture like bacteria in a petri dish until they become a dominating standard that new members of the subculture will inadvertently attempt to mimic in order to better conform with their social clique.

[@litlos1994]

I remember that particular comic strip. :)

[@genevamccoy4477]

You Rock! Prof. Bigham!

[@townrumor]

Good shit‼️👍

[@kylenoe2234]

Arnold zwicki, have had my eye on you for a longass time. Chose Stanford over Harvard for profs like yourself.

[@morthim]

paris france, texas or illinois... fuck... paris is allot larger than i remember. bodytype... welp- that is something i didn't think i'd have to represent. in similar manner to gender dialects, are there actual bodytype-lects?