Tag: language

• I’d like to hear you say your name (November 26, 2021)

  Consider sharing the pronunciation of your name as part of your online profile.

• Why I don’t prescribe any preferred pronoun️s (February 3, 2019)

  It's OK to let people make contextual assumptions about pronouns applicable to you, if you'd rather not pin any to your sleeve.

• An anecdote on the different contexts of noninclusive language (October 5, 2016)

  Last night, as the spouse of a civilian employee of the U.S. Naval War College, I attended an evening of lectures covering topics of interest to the college. This included a summary of USNWC’s role with America’s military allies, a history lesson about the foundational naval strategist Alfred Thayer Mahan, and a summary of unclassified U.S. military intelligence regarding China (particular, naturally, to China’s burgeoning navy and increasing sea-borne interests ).

• Ey, bee, see, dee (May 13, 2016)

  Some lists I made in my head at 4 AM this morning.