The LinguaCelta Language Blog

My blog posts will usually touch on aspects of language and/or technology that have caught my attention. I'm pretty fascinated by just about anything linguistic, so you can expect a mish-mash of subjects to appear here, alongside thoughts and ideas on language, technology, and the communities we build around our shared interests.

I want to make my content as accessible as possible. My learning about online accessibility is a slow process, ironically made even slower since I developed a mystery autoimmune condition affecting my mobility, dexterity, eyesight, and cognitive stamina! I’ve experimented with creating alternative formats, such as audio versions of written posts, and I’d like to improve on that aspect of the content here. If there are any specific changes that would make LinguaCelta more accessible to you, or if my current accessibility measures aren't working in any way, please let me know via email, or on Mastodon and I'll do what I can to fix things.

Latest posts

Thanks, Tim Berners-Lee!, 08 July 2026

How being online changed my life.

The Community is the Achievement; the Achievement is the Community, 18 May 2026

An ethical love-letter to distributed technology communities.

Working in the Nazi Bar, 3 Sep 2025

Linguistics, markup languages, and ethical myopia.

An Uncivil Woman, 27 Aug 2025

On hearing the truth spoken to power.

The Meaning is Clear, 08 Oct 2023

A bit of found poetry about linguistic prescriptivism

Swear like a sailor?: the surprising Welsh refashioning of ‘Navy Blue’, 22 Mar 2021

Beadwork, minced oaths, and a syntactic interlude.

‘Bratwaith’: the beauty of loanwords, 07 Sep 2020

A fabric art and beadwork project for the lockdown days.

Leaving Humanist, 10 Aug 2020

Sometimes, avoiding debate is the same as condoning bigotry.

Languaging in Hospital, 09 Jul 2020

Bilingual experiences of a hospital ward.

On Not Saying the N-word, 14 Aug 2018

Sticks and stones may break my bones, but words...

Boring Rotters and the Vowelless Slander, 09 Jul 2018

Does Welsh really have too few vowels?

A Nice Chint for your Curtains and a Juicy Quin on your Tree, 21 Jul 2018

A listicle of ten words that used to be plurals. (Depending on what you mean by "used to be". Or by "plurals".)