My podcast #lingthusiasm is doing a liveshow about backchannelling in a few hours!

To start getting psyched up, please tell me about some of your favourite backchannels! https://twitter.com/lingthusiasm/status/1386022355433140225">https://twitter.com/lingthusi...
Here& #39;s a few backchannels to start us off...

oh really?
wow
tsk-tsk
yikes
gotcha
yup, yup
mh-mhm
that& #39;s great
oh my god I know right
(the meta part is that you get to backchannel in the chat during the #lingthusiasm liveshow, did we do this on purpose UM YES)
one of my FAVES https://twitter.com/LaFraise22/status/1386025493598724097?s=19">https://twitter.com/LaFraise2...
should I make the pun "same back time, same back channel" on the #lingthusiasm liveshow

(Lauren is asleep in Australia rn so she& #39;s not gonna know)
I MEAN https://twitter.com/SparklySnarkery/status/1386025829868527616?s=19">https://twitter.com/SparklySn...
also a big fan of the text-based backchannels like "hearting a tweet to end a conversation" and all of the custom emoji reacts/reactji that people use on Discord and Slack

what& #39;s your favourite reaction emoji:
https://twitter.com/sargsyanz/status/1386027194091151360?s=19">https://twitter.com/sargsyanz...
the difficult to write backchannels are *chef& #39;s kiss* https://twitter.com/VirPopularis/status/1386027069423902721?s=19">https://twitter.com/VirPopula...
Yes indeed! We are shamelessly conflating the two and having a liveshow ABOUT the one while encouraging people to DO the other https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🎉" title="Partyknaller" aria-label="Emoji: Partyknaller"> https://twitter.com/eichin/status/1386027597591715846?s=19">https://twitter.com/eichin/st...
[LIVESHOW SPOILER]

We& #39;re going to have a whole section talking about the ingressive backchannels, there& #39;s lots more there! https://twitter.com/Emma_Marris/status/1386027228698484736?s=19">https://twitter.com/Emma_Marr...
I support this person and their commitment to emoji reaction anarchy https://twitter.com/dryersheetiero/status/1386027766869491718?s=19">https://twitter.com/dryershee...
Shrimply amazing https://twitter.com/noneuclideangrl/status/1386028969699553280?s=19">https://twitter.com/noneuclid...
Hey Gretchen, would I enjoy the liveshow even if I& #39;ve never listened to @lingthusiasm and/or don& #39;t know anything about linguistics?

ABSOLUTELY

Our first liveshow, a teen convinced their dad to drive like an hour to come and the dad had a great time https://twitter.com/GretchenAMcC/status/941514276170235904?s=19">https://twitter.com/GretchenA...
After our second liveshow, someone& #39;s non-ling friend that they dragged out to the show came up to us and said, you know, I wasn& #39;t sure what to expect but your show was actually interesting! https://twitter.com/GretchenAMcC/status/1067936917457530880?s=19">https://twitter.com/GretchenA...
Extremely legit researcher move to be into the super common backchannels that most people wouldn& #39;t look twice at https://twitter.com/scientific_al/status/1386029488677343232?s=19">https://twitter.com/scientifi...
IT SURE DOES https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="😅" title="LĂ€chelndes Gesicht mit offenem Mund und Angstschweiß" aria-label="Emoji: LĂ€chelndes Gesicht mit offenem Mund und Angstschweiß"> https://twitter.com/SusanDebraBlum/status/1386032502465302531?s=19">https://twitter.com/SusanDebr...
Yes! I think of it as like the written equivalent of picking out a topical word from what someone& #39;s saying

"What if we got pizza?"
"Pizza!" https://twitter.com/EmmaSManning/status/1386035397264879619?s=19">https://twitter.com/EmmaSMann...
Backchannels are very much under-taught in language classes and so key to staying in a particular language for a longer period of time! https://twitter.com/Juan_LunaDD/status/1386036846006661123?s=19">https://twitter.com/Juan_Luna...
I love the emoji in-joke backchannels https://twitter.com/tale_of_the_fox/status/1386037578407636997?s=19">https://twitter.com/tale_of_t...
I now say "aw yeah?" occasionally in normal conversation and it& #39;s all @superlinguo& #39;s fault https://twitter.com/Janey_Mac/status/1386032506080739333?s=19">https://twitter.com/Janey_Mac...
Big fan of "as one does" https://twitter.com/somniloquizing/status/1386029115380228099?s=19">https://twitter.com/somniloqu...
Backchannels may seem tiny but they help shape the direction of the conversation! https://twitter.com/scientific_al/status/1386037396593025025?s=19">https://twitter.com/scientifi...
Previous @lingthusiasm backchannelling content:

@superlinguo provides a backchannel track that you can put on alongside the BECAUSE INTERNET audiobook to make it feel like a Lingthusiasm
episode https://youtu.be/jBAgmKtH_LM ">https://youtu.be/jBAgmKtH_...
This cat totally responding to question intonation https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="đŸ˜»" title="Grinsendes Katzengesicht mit herzförmigen Augen" aria-label="Emoji: Grinsendes Katzengesicht mit herzförmigen Augen"> https://twitter.com/Laogeodritt/status/1386042072394776578?s=19">https://twitter.com/Laogeodri...
Yes! Love that one https://twitter.com/EmmaSManning/status/1386055467361869829?s=19">https://twitter.com/EmmaSMann...
Liveshow starting in just under an hour! https://twitter.com/lingthusiasm/status/1386062474223538179?s=19">https://twitter.com/lingthusi...
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