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    1. Gretchen McCulloch‏Verified account @GretchenAMcC 24 Nov 2019
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      This is your monthly PSA on behalf of all linguists that: 1. You can't just assert etymological links based on two words kinda resembling each other ❌ 2. You CAN, however, really easily google any etymologies you're wondering about! ✅

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    2. Gretchen McCulloch‏Verified account @GretchenAMcC 24 Nov 2019
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      Google licenses their etymologies from Oxford, so they're legit! Another legit etymology website (which compiles several reputable sources) is etymonline http://etymonline.com  Or you can often get an OED subscription through your public library!

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    3. Gretchen McCulloch‏Verified account @GretchenAMcC 24 Nov 2019
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      When a linguist knows an etymology, it's because: a) they already looked it up some other time b) they've studied the other language(s) in question c) they looked it up right now very fast and you didn't notice

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    4. Gretchen McCulloch‏Verified account @GretchenAMcC 24 Nov 2019
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      Often words that look or sound similar are actually etymologically unrelated! Sometimes words that sound very different are actually etymologically related due to systematic sound change!pic.twitter.com/CHh1ZDqHqg

      Drake "no" face: making up etymologies
Drake "yes" face: looking up etymologies
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    5. Gretchen McCulloch‏Verified account @GretchenAMcC 24 Nov 2019
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      Also: do not trust other people or random posts on the internet when it comes to etymologies! If an etymology sounds too good to be true, it probably is! You google the weather every day, for goodness sake just re-google etymologies before you share them!

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    6. Gretchen McCulloch‏Verified account @GretchenAMcC 24 Nov 2019
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      Just because someone is an expert in their domain DOES NOT MEAN that they aren't still passing around false etymologies that spread within their area Journalists: if an "expert source" gives you an etymology, ask them where it comes from! If they can't tell you, double check it!

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    7. Gretchen McCulloch‏Verified account @GretchenAMcC 24 Nov 2019
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      I do not know why journalists are so keen on calling me up just so I can read etymologies out loud to them that they could have googled, but at least I DO LOOK THEM UP Many experts on things other than language never look up their etymologies, they just pass along myths

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    8. Gretchen McCulloch‏Verified account @GretchenAMcC 24 Nov 2019
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      If you vaguely heard of an etymology and now you're not sure if you quite remember it exactly, don't repeat it anyway, just look it up again! Some days I look up the weather five times because I've forgotten it, this is fine!

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    9. Gretchen McCulloch‏Verified account @GretchenAMcC 24 Nov 2019
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      Gretchen McCulloch Retweeted Emma Manning

      You should treat all unsourced etymologies with approximately the level of trust that you treat random "facts" in memes or random quotes attributed to Mark Twain If it's a real etymology, it will be easy to find a legit source saying the same thinghttps://twitter.com/EmmaSManning/status/1198762391309312000 …

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      Emma Manning @EmmaSManning
      And just because a post on the internet is asserting an etymology doesn't make it true! https://twitter.com/GretchenAMcC/status/1198761538972205057 …
      3 replies 8 retweets 52 likes
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    10. Gretchen McCulloch‏Verified account @GretchenAMcC 24 Nov 2019
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      Gretchen McCulloch Retweeted charlotte geater

      Look I don't want to name and shame because this is incredibly pernicious, but the number of podcasts I've had to stop listening to because they credulously repeat bad etymologies... Pause recording, go look it up, edit in the right etymology, it's easy!https://twitter.com/tambourine/status/1198768072603185153 …

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      charlotte geater @tambourine
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      i'm still angry bc a BBC RADIO SHOW gave an etymology months and months ago that etymonline & then the OED had nothing about at all. and they gave no source!
      3 replies 3 retweets 47 likes
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      rich lafferty, contributing factor‏ @mendel 24 Nov 2019
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      Replying to @GretchenAMcC

      Seriously, fornication-under-consent-of-the-king those people, right?

      5:04 PM - 24 Nov 2019
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