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Chaucer Doth Tweet @levostregc.bsky.social · 27/07/2025

"Ich askid Chat GPT." Well, Ich askid the secret soul of everye yeare that hath passid since the sunne appearid, yn the gorgeous panoplye of their tragedye and joye, and thei saide our fixatioun on our own litel technologyes ys an insult to the facte that we are made of stardust.

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

Good news! Our class got approved! Students can now take Honors Linguistics and Media Studies for an English 101 credit! Thank you to everyone who shared their resources with me.

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 17/06/2025

Happy to report that Ruthie is home as resting comfortably.

Close-up on a black dog with pointy ears, sleeping on a bed.

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

Please send good thoughts to Linguistipup (Ruthie), who got onto the dining table and ate a full pack of sugar-free gum. She’ll be staying at the hospital for at least 24 hours. I’d like to say I know she’ll be alright, but all I can say for sure is she is in the best hands.

Small black dog on a leash, sitting on a dog bed.

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

Never thought I’d say this but I really do love teaching Romeo and Juliet.

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Namwali @namwalien.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

On @collegeboard.org @ap-trevor.bsky.social using the "Look at me" passage from my book, Stranger Faces, for the AP Lang exam. The College Board did not ask me or my publishers for permission to use my work. That does not, in my view, fall under "fair use," as it was not being used to teach. 1/

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

That would be amazing! I would love to see your syllabus, or any other supporting documents you might be able to share. I can’t DM you, but maybe you could DM me and I’ll send you my email address?

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

about doing this in high school, but I need to show them that this can be done in college, and my syllabus is not convincing them. 🐦🐦

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

even though we are covering all the skills req’d of an ENG 101 class—reading and responding to a variety of genres, writing synthesis, rhetorical analysis, etc. Does anyone have an example of an intro college ENGLISH class that uses the lens/frame/theme of linguistics? I have a lot of stuff (2/3)

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Sending out a bat signal for linguists: I’m trying to get my high school Linguistics and Media Studies class approved as an ENG101 course for early college / dual enrollment. The English dept at this community college keeps sending up roadblocks because there’s “too much linguistics,” (1/3) 🐦🐦

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Listen, the teens are really teening right now.

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 16/05/2025

One of my former students came back to sub today. She just graduated from college. I taught her in three classes and she loved reading, linguistics, creative writing, and science. We worked for hours on her college application essay. In August she is moving to SWITZERLAND to start her PhD!

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Depends on the district, but the first ingredient is getting a teacher who wants to do it and feels confident in the subject matter. Some districts have very prescribed curricula and some allow for a lot of flexibility. My website (linked in my bio) has a lot of info!

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Hi there, linguistics in high school is what I do!

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Hot take as a long-time AP Lang and Comp teacher: AP Language and Composition isn’t really about language at all. If it was, kids would be learning about language change and variation, descriptivism, pragmatics, syntax—the actual study of language. #Collegeboard #APLang

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Rooting for you! You are super qualified and you deserve it!

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 05/04/2025

In a bit of bright news, I just found out that we’ll have FOUR sections of high school Linguistics & Media Studies next year! This might be a record!

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Gretchen McCulloch @gretchenmcculloch.com · 29/03/2025

Hey. The fragmentation of the social media landscape has been hard on indie #scicomm 🧪 projects So if you'd like to follow a podcast that's enthusiastic about #linguistics, could you check out @lingthusiasm.bsky.social? And if you think your followers might like to, could you give this a repost?

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

On this #PiDay, it’s incredibly necessary to remind everyone that the man who named 3.14… “pi,” Sir William Jones Sr, was the father of the man who theorized the existence of Proto-Indo-European, or PIE.

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

Depends. I wouldn’t get the fancy fine line ones. The sticks are pretty smooth and the .7mm are the smoothest.

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

I don’t use anything but Frixion erasable pens. Fully erasable and they come in great colors.

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

That’s what they named it after!

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

A laundry detergent called NEESH An energy-efficient car called the VIZSLA A medicine called SOLVEXIS A snack called KARVER KRACKERS

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 26/02/2025

Today, high school linguistics students had to use their knowledge of sound symbolism and semantic associations to create brand names for new products. Here’s what they came up with: A men’s cologne called DUNE. A kids’ toy called BAHVOOS BLOCKS A meal delivery service called FREAKY FRESH

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

Any linguists following Mr. Lindsay on TikTok / reels? He’s a middle school teacher who makes videos about new slang—what it means, where it comes from, why kids are saying it. www.facebook.com/share/r/168A... 🐦🐦

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

Oh man…is travel funded from the US? Jk. Kinda.

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Alexander Manshel @manshel.bsky.social · 22/01/2025

Did you read THE GREAT GATSBY in High School? Or have you taught it in HS? I’m writing a piece for the book’s 100th birthday and I need your help! What do you remember about how the book was taught? Specific assignments, discussions, exercises, essay prompts? The further back the better!

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

I offered one of my HS linguistics classes extra credit to look into their crystal balls and predict next year’s Word of the Year. Here are their guesses: 🔮 Gulf of America Lore GRWM MAGA TikTok(ing) Meta / metaverse N*zi salute

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Unfortunately not, but there are LOTS of resources out there if linguistics in the classroom is your thing!

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

As an American English teacher and lifelong Stratford Festival patron, I’m more than ever looking forward to our yearly visit for a temporary dose of sanity and also Timbits.

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

I’m glad to hear this! I think the teacher training has gotten a lot better in this area, and there’s been a lot of discourse among English teachers in the past 20 years. I have some issues with NCTE but it does a good job with this.

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

2024 WOTY: crash out What I’ve learned from this is that I’m not great at voting in line with the #ADS2025, but I am pretty good at predicting how the teens will vote. Another group coming tomorrow!

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

#WOTY2024 winners, according to my first group of high school linguists: Most likely to succeed: aura (see I told you guys) Political WOTY: weird Digital WOTY: brainrot Informal WOTY: yap Most creative: in da clerb, we all fam Fun while it lasted: hawk tuah Most useful: crash out

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

About to give my high school linguists the #WOTY2024 ballot. Let’s see how mad they get.

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 13/01/2025

The villain in that movie was inspired by none other than our incoming “president.”

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Made it home from #lsa2025 and did not get norovirus, so I count that as a win.

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Thanks to everyone who came to our #lsa2025 presentation today! Hope to see you at the LiSC mixer! 🐦🐦

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Amy Plackowski @linguistihawk.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

Note to self: if your kids suddenly start using a word that seems super “sophisticated” for their age, chances are it’s trending. Case in point: “nonchalant”

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