January, February, & March 2026: Abridged sonnets and legible arrangements In the first quarter of the year, I attended the Linguistic Society of America 2026 annual meeting online and admired how linguists are really great at pronouncing people's names (phonetic transcription is a practical skill!). I narrated the audiobook for Shakespeare's Sonnets Abridged Beyond the Point of Usefulness by Zach Weinersmith, featuring sonnets turned into couplets like "When in… http://gretchenmcculloch.com/2026/05/12/january-february-march-2026-abridged-sonnets-and-legible-arrangements/