Joe McVeigh

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I'm a linguist and teacher at the University of Jyväskylä. I'm a PhD student at the University of Helsinki. I like #language & #linguistics, hockey, baseball and comic books - but maybe not in that order :)
Websitehttps://eviljoemcveigh.com/
Joe McVeighFeb 13, 2025
Lesley Carhart Feb 13, 2025

If you are an American married woman (or any gender person who has changed their surname legally) you need to be aware of this NOW. You may lose your right to vote if you don’t prepare. https://www.glamour.com/story/save-act-could-stop-millions-women-voting

Not an exaggeration, not hyperbole. Millions of people, mostly women, turned away to vote.

The SAVE Act, Which Could Stop Millions of Women From Voting, Just Passed in the House

The SAVE Act in Congress and its potential impact on women and other marginalized groups—a detailed explainer.

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Show threadJoe McVeighJul 21, 2024
Maybe Lobo has also said "basticha". I haven't seen it, but I haven't read all the Lobo stuff. Apparently the word is simultaneously a combo of two curses words, a way for the character to curse without actually cursing, and the name of Lobo's previous employer. It literally has a comic book origin story!
Joe McVeighJul 21, 2024

It looks like the Czarnian language is gendered. The DC Comics character Lobo usually says "bastich". But in this case, a female character is being addressed and the word changes to "basticha".

(From Power Girl #9 by Leah Williams, Eduardo Pansica, and Julio Ferreira)

Joe McVeighJun 20, 2024

So the plural of Sabertooth is Saberteeth and not Sabertooths for the character in Marvel comics. I think I like the latter over the former but I can't say why.

(From Wolverine #46 and 47 by Victor LaValle and Benjamin Percy)

Show threadJoe McVeighApr 12, 2024
Just kidding. Love you, Batman 😘
Joe McVeighApr 12, 2024
I cannot believe we've had 14 Spider-Man movies and eleventy-seven Batman movies, but not a single movie starring FERO: PLANET DETECTIVE. Lookit this story! Scientist of the occult? Vampires AND werewolves? From Pluto? Sign me up! #Comics (story and art by Al Bryant, 1940)
Joe McVeighApr 10, 2024

The recording is online! Dr. Megan Figueroa gave us an amazing talk and you should go check it out! It's called "Racism in the Field of Language Development: Evidence from the US". The slides and subtitles are available too!

https://sites.google.com/jyu.fi/jyuengseminars/2023-24

JYU English seminars - 2023-24

Guest seminars in the 2023-24 academic year. Scroll down the page for abstracts. Series convenor: Dave Sayers. Please send any queries to [email protected]. Shareable short link for this page: https://r.jyu.fi/engseminars23-24

Joe McVeighMar 31, 2024
There's a window on a busy street in Helsinki where someone has written an apparent quote from Jesus. The Finnish is "Usko minua" which translates to "Believe me" not "Believe *in* me". This always makes me smile because I imagine a Bible passage that reads "And lo, Jesus said unto them, 'Trust me, bro'."