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Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 26/03/2026

I've been wanting to make a video like this for a while. It shows that [ʔn̩] in /tən/ is all over the place in mainstream media. I'll use this in a presentation to nonlinguists tomorrow about my recent paper on how Utahns say "mountain" and similar words.

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Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 25/03/2026

My latest knit scarf is turning out nicely. First fancy pants design for my first fancy pants yarn. 🧶

An knit scarf in progress, a little less than a foot long, with a rather complex cable and lace pattern.

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Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 12/02/2026

I finally get my purple scarf off the ground. My first time using actual wool! Pattern 179 from 250 Japanese Kitting Stitches.

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Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 02/01/2026

Ten years ago I was doing sociolinguistic interviews for my dissertation. One interviewee was a local historian and gave me some souvenirs, including this pristine 1998 calendar showing local historical places. Since calendars repeat every 28 years, I'm excited to be able to finally use it!

A calendar of January with a sketch of a timber arch in 1924 and cars from the period driving under it.

The front page of a 1998 calendar: Longview, Diamond Jubilee Anniversary year, Souvenir Sketchbook and Calendar.

Two pages from the beginning of the calendar explaining the significance of the sketchbook and the diamond jubilee year.

The back of the calendar, explaining more of the sketchbook and diamond jubilee year.

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Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 02/01/2026

Reminds me of this gem from Trudgill (1974:26)!

Reasons for refusal included… one gentleman who did not “believe in universities.”

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Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 06/12/2025

Oh yeah! I’ll likely be working with it at LSA too!

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Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 05/12/2025

Grading usually isn't fun, but sometimes it is.

Screenshot of a portion of a student's homework assignment: "*side note, Dr. Stanley I think this assignment may have cured my deep hatred for phonetics as I actually enjoyed this??? Thank you!!!!!"

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Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 04/12/2025

I'm basically the noise pollution Grinch.

Still of the cartoon Grinch with the caption "noise, noise noise!!"

Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 21/11/2025

Since moving to Utah, I’ve tried to pause and appreciate the mountains at least once a day. Days like today make that easy.

Photo from campus looking up at a nearby mountain. There is a large Y on the mountain. The foothills are in shade, the sun shines on the middle, and the mountaintop is shrouded in a cloud. A rainbow is visible on the cloud.

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Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 04/11/2025

As we approach #nwav53, my dictation is channeling its inner Labov. Here I said “copy” but my phone heard “coffee.”

Screenshot of “ running the meeting and will leave some food in the coffee room for you” with a dictation symbol

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Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 20/10/2025

After talking about density plots today, I moved on to violin plots and, in a genuine no-pun-intended moment, I said "plot twist: it's just a density plot turned on its side." It was hilarious. And then someone made this for me.

A basic histogram and density plot next to a violin plot of the same data, with the words "PLOT TWIST" on top.

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Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 18/10/2025

It was SUCH AN HONOR to speak in the Michigan State University Linguistics Colloquium Series and hang out with their awesome faculty and students! Beautiful weather and beautiful campus! I forgot to take a decent photo of so here's an awkward one of me with a scoop of the Spartan Swirl ice cream.

An awkward selfie of me holding an ice cream come in front of MSU's Dairy Store.

Me in front of Wells Hall, home of MSU's Department of Linguistics, Languages, and Cultures. If you look closely, I have ice cream on my nose.

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Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 26/09/2025

It’d be cool to have a Midwest grammar toggle and make this say “needs charged” instead.

An iPhone notification saying “Joey’s AirPods Pro” need charging.

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Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 18/08/2025

Thankfully, the #BuckleyDrawFire appears smaller than it was last night, but it’s still a bit concerning to see a natural disaster so close to my office.

A view from an office window overlooking BYU campus building. Some smoke coming off mountains in the background.

Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 06/08/2025

This is Penny Eckert's references section for her tribute to Bill Labov in Language in Society this month. It's not far off from the references sections in some of the stuff I write. 😆

A references section with nothing but works by Labov.

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Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 22/07/2025

Yes, this is true. Yes, pun intended. Yes, it’s whiter than I expected. And—for those of you aware of BYU’s dress and grooming standards—yes, I got a beard waiver because I’ve auditioned to be an extra in a small movie.

A selfie with a months worth of facial hair.

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Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 16/07/2025

I got an Airbnb with some colleagues to do a writing retreat and hopefully knock out a big chunk of our tenure portfolios. Here we go!

A laptop, external monitor, and iPad into a three-monitor setup. At a kitchen table at a nice Airbnb.

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Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 11/07/2025

And Andor and Rogue One–style prequel to the Incredibles. Gazerbeam couldn’t have been the only one involved in getting that computer’s password. He was probably the (second-to-last) in a long line of supers dying to get one step closer.

The remains of Gazerbeam from the Incredibles

Kronos carved into the cave wall by Gazerbeam

Screenshot of an earlier version of the omnidroid and the super that it terminated.

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Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 10/07/2025

Box, when I try to open a file I closed five minutes ago:

Old Captain America, saying, "No, I don't think I will."

Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 18/06/2025

These three dads just being dads together.

Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 17/06/2025

At the very bottom of that post, I have a delightful recording of someone who says "both" with l-intrusion and with LTH-affrication. So it's [boɫt̪͡θ] and it's amazing.

A spectrogram of "bolth" with LTH-affrication.

Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 10/06/2025

So, it ended up taking about 5 days, but it's done!

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Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 04/06/2025

MFAing. A million words down and about three million to go.

Shelves with hundreds of cassette tapes lined up.

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Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 17/05/2025

Makes me think of this line by C-3PO. (But also this is super awesome and thanks for going above and beyond.)

Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 14/05/2025

Found this in my kid's room. Looks like she's gathering "evidence" to make a case for staying up later.

A hand drawn line graph with a general upward trajectory. As bedtime gets later, the number of "points" goes up. The "points" are explained in a legend below, but they're basically a proxy for bedtime.

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Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 21/04/2025

No one is allowed to coin any new terms.

Screenshot of a Microsoft Word error message: The custom dictionary is full. The word was not added.

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Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 18/04/2025

And this is why we call it *Winter* Semester. Today’s the first day of finals.

A picture looking outside with a little bit of snow on the ground with moderate snowfall.

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Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 01/04/2025

Me after taking over some new departmental service assignment.

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Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 29/03/2025

I didn’t realize my elected officials are taking moves from Parks and Rec. 🤡

Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 21/03/2025

I also had some fun and tried some things like adding triple-color cardAs and removing candy cards entirely to see what happens.

A data visualization showing that the typical number of turns required to finish a solo game of Candyland. Two distributions are shown and when triple color cards are added, the over number is slightly lower.

A data visualization showing that the typical number of turns required to finish a solo game of Candyland without candy cards. One distribution centered around 13 is when the Peppermint Pass is taken, while the other distribution is centered around 21 when the peppermint pass is not taken.

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Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 21/03/2025

Here are plots showing some highlights: number of turns a typical game has, how many shortcuts are taken, how many candy cards are taken, and how many tiles you move forward/ahead when you get candy cards.

A data visualization showing that the typical number of turns required to finish a solo game of Candyland is between 10 and 25 or so, with a long tail extending to over 100 turns.

A data visualization showing that the typical number of shortcuts taken in a solo game of Candyland is zero, with about 25% of games seeing 1, and a sliver of games seeing 2.

A data visualization showing that the typical number of candy cards drawn in a solo game of Candyland. 31% draw 1. 22% draw 2, and the numbers decrease from there until about 8.

A data visualization showing that the number of tiles advanced in when a candy card is drawn. The distribution is centered at zero and ranges from -120 to 120, with some spikes on the positive side.

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Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 10/03/2025

Almost four years ago, I picked up a leaf off the ground at Lowe’s and called it “Goff” when it started to push out roots and baby leaves. Not sure why, but it has always been super lopsided and grows slowly in haphazard ways. But this year it flowered for the first time and they are gorgeous.

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Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 23/02/2025

I guess some snow geese stop at a reservoir in Delta, Utah during their migration. And I guess they all decide to leave and settle in a nearby field all at once. So we went down there and saw them do that and it was kinda cool.

Picture of a reservoir with 20K white geese in the distance starting to fly.

Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 22/02/2025

Every time I teach about standard language ideology in my Sociolinguistics course, I make it a point to stand on the table and bellow, "YOU HAVE AN ACCENT," to everyone. If they remember nothing else from my course, I sure hope they remember this.

Me standing on a table at the front of a classroom mid-lecture with the caption, “You have an accent!”

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Joey Stanley @joeystanley.com · 17/02/2025

I made a scarf! I started knitting in October and this is my first finished project!

Me wearing a scarf in a French knot style.

Detail on the scarf. It is gray and has decorative twists and a braid.

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A “You’ve Got Mail” type story of Helen and Bob meeting.

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Woody’s training on what if you or part of you is swallowed.

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Zurg toys realizing they’re toys.

Bob and Helen finding out that Violet and Dash have powers. (Also, what a nightmare. A baby that can turn invisible and one that can run super fast but can’t control it!)

Mr Spell’s plastic corrosion awareness meeting on Tuesday night.

An ongoing list of Pixar vignettes I want to see. Recon plan alpha and bravo. (Perhaps the Christmas tree is one of those.)