@carolinavonkampen.comI live posted from #ACESVCON26 last week.
Here's my roundup of Bsky threads. Scroll through to see insights the speakers shared about editorial checklists, #plainlanguage, tropes in #developmentalediting, dictionaries, and more!
carolinavonkampen.com/live-from-ac... #amediting #vcon26 #edibuddies
@carolinavonkampen.comUpcoming ACES conferences to put on your calendars:
📅 #ACES2027 in Puerto Rico: September 26–29, 2027
📅 #ACESVCON27 (virtual): September 15–17, 2027
📅 #ACESVCON28 (virtual): September 13–15, 2028
@carolinavonkampen.comI live posted from #ACESVCON26 this week!
Here's my roundup of Bsky threads. Scroll through to see insights the speakers shared about editorial checklists, plain language, tropes in developmental editing, dictionaries, and more!
carolinavonkampen.com/live-from-ac... #amediting #vcon26 #edibuddies
@carolinavonkampen.comUpcoming @acesediting.bsky.social conferences to put on your calendars:
📅 #ACES2027 in Puerto Rico: September 26–29, 2027
📅 #ACESVCON27 (virtual): September 15–17, 2027
📅 #ACESVCON28 (virtual): September 13–15, 2028
@editrix-rachel.bsky.socialTonight on my post-ACES panel walk with my husband, I mentioned how that whenever you see a presenter's dog or cat, you must type into the chat: cat! (or dog, etc.)
Me: That's become the etiquette.
Him: Don't you mean the "ed"-iquette?
@tanyagold.bsky.socialWant to dig deeper and learn a bit more about comics? We put together some resources for you all!
@stetchat.comDuring today's #StetSprint, @carolinavonkampen.com, @editrix-rachel.bsky.social, and @raqueledits.bsky.social are presenting their #VCON26 panel "Red Flag Roulette Live!" at @acesediting.bsky.social's virtual conference in 15 min at 3:15 p.m. ET.
If you're attending #ACESVCON26, come to our panel!
@raqueledits.bsky.socialExcited to be speaking at #ACESVCON26!! Hope to see some #edibuddies there!
#VCON26
@editrix-rachel.bsky.socialI'll be doing this shortly! We hope to see you there! #ACESVCON26 #VCON26
@stetchat.comOUR #ACESVCON26 PANEL IS SOON ‼️
Join @carolinavonkampen.com, @raqueledits.bsky.social, & @editrix-rachel.bsky.social at 3:15 p.m. ET today (Sept. 18) for our #VCON26 panel “Red Flag Roulette Live! Navigating Difficult Conversations With Authors and Clients.”
@carolinavonkampen.comLinguistics who research African American English:
✅ Lisa Green
✅ Tracy L. Weldon
✅ Sonja Lanehart
✅ Nicole Holliday
@carolinavonkampen.comBooks Diana Jones recommends about African American English:
📚 African American English: A Linguistic Introduction by Lisa Green
📚 Black Talk by Geneva Smitherman
📚 Middle-Class African American English by Tracey L. Weldon
📚 The Oxford Handbook of African American Language
@carolinavonkampen.comEditors! Knowing about African American English can help you:
✔️ Recognize African American English as a legitimate language variety
✔️ Be aware of linguistic biases and prejudices
✔️ Preserve author/character identity
✔️ Prevent misinformation
@carolinavonkampen.comAfrican American English has a social cache that's associated with being cool even though it isn't outwardly prestigious.
@carolinavonkampen.comMany words were originally African American English and have become mainstream, like:
✅ Cool (one of the first documented uses is Zora
Neale Hurston)
✅ Cancel (originated on Black Twitter)
@carolinavonkampen.comSome examples of AAE words:
✅ finna: www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/f...
✅ kitchen: the hair that grows at the nape of the neck and that can be especially kinky www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/k...
✅ saditty: www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/s...
@carolinavonkampen.comAfrican American English has a Wh- question inversion feature.
Why I can't play?
What they was doing?
@carolinavonkampen.comMore African American English features:
✅ are/were ⟶ is/was ("We was just talkin’ about that yesterday.")
✅ double negatives ("ain't never," "didn't do nothing")
✅ negative inversions ("Can't nobody," "Don't nobody")