{"id":261,"date":"2021-05-19T20:22:42","date_gmt":"2021-05-19T20:22:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimclarke.net\/?p=261"},"modified":"2021-05-19T20:22:45","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T20:22:45","slug":"tiktoking-about-invented-languages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimclarke.net\/index.php\/2021\/05\/19\/tiktoking-about-invented-languages\/","title":{"rendered":"Tiktoking about invented languages"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Our <a href=\"https:\/\/ponyingtheslovos.coventry.domains\">invented languages blog\/project<\/a> got a shout out today from Grammar Girl on Tiktok, which I have to say is new for us.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-tiktok wp-block-embed-tiktok\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"tiktok-embed\" cite=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@therealgrammargirl\/video\/6960847598714424582\" data-video-id=\"6960847598714424582\" data-embed-from=\"oembed\" style=\"max-width:605px; min-width:325px;\"> <section> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"@therealgrammargirl\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/@therealgrammargirl?refer=embed\">@therealgrammargirl<\/a> <p>Clockwork Orange. <a title=\"edutok\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/edutok?refer=embed\">#edutok<\/a> <a title=\"literature\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/literature?refer=embed\">#literature<\/a> <a title=\"language\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/language?refer=embed\">#language<\/a> <a title=\"fyp\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/fyp?refer=embed\">#fyp<\/a> <a title=\"foryou\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/foryou?refer=embed\">#foryou<\/a> <a title=\"learnontiktok\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/learnontiktok?refer=embed\">#learnontiktok<\/a> <a title=\"wotd\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/wotd?refer=embed\">#wotd<\/a> <a title=\"learntoday\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/learntoday?refer=embed\">#learntoday<\/a> <a title=\"wordoftheday\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/wordoftheday?refer=embed\">#wordoftheday<\/a> <a title=\"nadsat\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/nadsat?refer=embed\">#nadsat<\/a> <a title=\"ela\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/tag\/ela?refer=embed\">#ela<\/a><\/p> <a target=\"_blank\" title=\"\u266c original sound - Grammar Girl: English Is Fun\" href=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/music\/original-sound-6960847433630862085?refer=embed\">\u266c original sound &#8211; Grammar Girl: English Is Fun<\/a> <\/section> <\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/www.tiktok.com\/embed.js\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Such is the proliferation of social media platforms nowadays that I kind of gave up some time ago trying to keep up. I don&#8217;t do Twitter, or Insta or Tiktok. I&#8217;m on Facebook largely out of habit and because it&#8217;s where I can find a lot of the people I often need to find relatively quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I&#8217;d love to say I got burnt by Bebo or something, but really it&#8217;s just a combination of laziness, and a desire for order. It&#8217;s also one of the reasons why I&#8217;ve finally (after a decade of owning the domain) launched this site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I can tell by the stats that having one&#8217;s own webpage, especially as an academic, is probably not the most effective outreach methodology. But it suits me, as it gives me a degree of control, and allows me to archive things.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Am I a luddite? Perhaps (definitely in many ways, only perhaps in this though.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Therefore I have great respect for those, like Grammar Girl, who have embraced the changes and the platforms and found successful ways to communicate with new audiences.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And I have great gratitude when such people share the love with those of us who don&#8217;t have their magical powers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our invented languages blog\/project got a shout out today from Grammar Girl on Tiktok, which I have to say is new for us. Such is the proliferation of social media platforms nowadays that I kind of gave up some time ago trying to keep up. I don&#8217;t do Twitter, or Insta or Tiktok. 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