Who am I?
Good question. Here’s the nearest I can figure it: I am…
- an American currently living in Sweden
- a teacher, mostly of undergrads, mostly in linguistics, English, and Spanish
- a linguist, eternally working towards my PhD
- a computer programmer, working primarily on projects related to linguistics
- a writer, translator, and editor, working on all kinds of stuff
- a great lover of languages, particularly Romance and Germanic languages
- a photographer of little renown
- a man with a near-perfect wife; if you know her, you’ll know what I mean1
- a generally fun-loving fellow
In case that’s not enough, here are some more facts:
A Random Selection of Bad Habits I Have
- Using swearwords, even in front of my mother
- Confusing the words “restaurant” and “hotel” in my own mother tongue
- Getting toothpaste on everything
And, to be balanced:
A Random Selection of Good Habits I Have
- Conserving resources semi-fanatically
- Promoting free stuff, like my own software
- Flossing regularly
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A Japanese person recently asked me whether this means my wife is rich. No, I said, sorry, it doesn’t. ↩
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Dexter
I'm the creator of Dexter, a suite of software tools for the analysis of linguistic data. It's free software that helps you do detailed analyses of spoken or written texts. Feel free to try it out!
A random pic for you:
Gregory’s Writing Site
I have created a new website dedicated to improving learners’ writing in English: Gregory’s Writing Site. Feel free to take a look.
Reference Checker
If you write academic papers, feel free to try out my Reference Checker. It's an online tool for cross-checking all the references in a paper with the bibliography. It's very useful, and it's free!