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exaggerated , 3 months ago to linguistics

Hello, dusty Mastodon account! I have a new newsletter out today! I talk about the difference between an accent and a dialect, and you can learn why ordering a pancake in some parts of #Germany will get you a jelly donut.

Boosting appreciated!

https://buttondown.email/cdcovington/archive/accents-and-dialects/

#linguistics #language @linguistics

exaggerated , 4 months ago to linguistics

New newsletter! In which I don't answer the question of what language is. (Boosting appreciated!)

#linguistics @linguistics

https://buttondown.email/cdcovington/archive/what-is-language-anyway/

exaggerated , 9 months ago to bookstodon

Augh, so close to 6k -- still only 61€ away -- but just 10 minutes left D: Will we make it?
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cdcovington/a-writers-guide-to-linguistic-worldbuilding?ref=87vczr
@bookstodon

exaggerated , 9 months ago to bookstodon

11h50m left, and I'm going to be heading to bed soon. We're at 5480€, just over 500 away from that last stretch goal -- can we make it in time???
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cdcovington/a-writers-guide-to-linguistic-worldbuilding?ref=87vczr
#writing @bookstodon

exaggerated , 9 months ago to bookstodon

Less than 24 hours to go! And just over 700 € to unlock the last stretch goal -- a never-before-published short story from me!
Boosting appreciated :D

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cdcovington/a-writers-guide-to-linguistic-worldbuilding?ref=87vczr
#writing #kickstarter #ScienceFiction #fantasy
@bookstodon
@linguistics

exaggerated , 10 months ago to bookstodon

Only 81€ from unlocking the next essay, and if we do it in the next 45 minutes, we'll unlock a bonus essay!
Can we get there?
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/931069802/a-writers-guide-to-linguistic-worldbuilding?ref=87vczr
#writing #linguistics #linguistodon @bookstodon @linguistics

exaggerated , 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago) to bookstodon

Now that my #kickstarter has funded (on the first day!), and I have 28 days to go, it's time to reveal some stretch goals!
Physical backers will get a bookplate if we reach 3,000 €, and everyone will get my unpublished short story "On the Origins of Station Worker Speech" if we reach 6,000!
Tell all your friends!
https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/931069802/a-writers-guide-to-linguistic-worldbuilding?ref=87vczr
#writing @linguistics @bookstodon