A fantastical wug-themed blog about languages, linguistics, and other whimsical things
My blog
Welcome to my blog! I’m glad that you’ve found one of the only wug-themed blogs on the internet. Here, you’ll find posts about books, languages, linguistics, teaching English online, and other whimsical things that happen in my life.
Scroll past this page to find my blog posts at the bottom.
Thanks for visiting!
Cheers, and stay whimsical!
Steph
What’s a Wug?
I’m so glad you asked! A wug is a little bird-like creature that represents the linguistics community – wugs are our mascot. Wugs aren’t birds since they don’t have wings – they’re a unique species in their own right! The wug can be seen in the picture below. Some wugs are small, others tall, some blue, and some can be any hue! The wug was created by psycholinguist Jean Berko-Gleason for her Wug Test. The Wug Test was given to children to see how they could form plurals for words and creatures they have never seen before. There are other creatures that make appearances in The Wug Test, also: the Gutch and the Kazh.
But in my opinion, the wugs are
the cutest creature in The Wug Test. Welcome to the world of wugs – they’re glad to see you, and so am I!
Blog posts
My blog posts can be viewed here:
Post 19: I went to CoLang 2024: The full review
Post 18: Conference recap: UB DSSN 2023
Post 17: Wugs, Depop, and more
Post 16: I got a custom wug bangle
Post 15: My best friend gave me a cool shirt
Post 14: I went to CoLang 2022: The full conference review
Post 13: If you like Wordle, try Semantle and Absurdle
Post 12: I named more of my wugs
Post 11: I found a bag that says “I speak fluent Italian”
Post 10: I got a wug red envelope
Post 9: Someone misspelled “Poland” in a store
Post 8: My friend painted me a wug
Post 7: My uncle tried to draw a wug
Post 6: Book review: “The Martian” is out of this world – literally
Post 5: “What is CLIL?”: An innovative teaching method to lookout for
Post 4: “Your ESL Students and You”: How to help English-learning students
Post 3: “Oops, They Did It Again!”: Ways to help English Language Learners correct mistakes
Post 2: IATEFL and TESOL professionals discuss lessons learned from the pandemic
Post 1: How will China’s ESL crackdown affect online education?