Gretchen McCulloch
Canadian internet linguist; wrote Because Internet; co-hosts the Lingthusiasm podcast.
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- Gretchen McCulloch is a Canadian linguist who studies the language of the internet: memes, emoji and messaging.
- Her book Because Internet came out in 2019 and was a New York Times bestseller.
- She co-hosts the podcast Lingthusiasm with Lauren Gawne and writes the blog All Things Linguistic.
- She was resident linguist at Wired and at The Toast.
Key facts
- Book
- Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language (Riverhead Books, 2019)1
- Podcast
- Lingthusiasm, with Lauren Gawne1
- Columns
- Resident linguist at Wired; earlier at The Toast2
- Education
- Master's degree in linguistics, McGill University1
- Award
- Linguistics, Language and the Public Award, Linguistic Society of America (2021)1
- Also
- Wrote scripts for Crash Course Linguistics and Tom Scott's Language Files2
Links
- gretchenmcculloch.com (opens gretchenmcculloch.com)
- All Things Linguistic (opens allthingslinguistic.com)
- Bluesky (opens bsky.app)
- X (opens x.com)
- Wikipedia (opens en.wikipedia.org)
- Where they publish (ppll) (opens ppll.app)
- What they believe (korrents) (opens korrents.com)
- What they recommend (rcmnd) (opens rcmnd.app)
Sources
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