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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
To start getting psyched up, please tell me about some of your favourite backchannels! https://twitter.com/lingthusiasm/status/1386022355433140225
Here's a few backchannels to start us off...
oh really?
wow
tsk-tsk
yikes
gotcha
yup, yup
mh-mhm
that's great
oh my god I know right
oh really?
wow
tsk-tsk
yikes
gotcha
yup, yup
mh-mhm
that'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
should I make the pun "same back time, same back channel" on the #lingthusiasm liveshow
(Lauren is asleep in Australia rn so she's not gonna know)
(Lauren is asleep in Australia rn so she's not gonna know)
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's your favourite reaction emoji:
what's your favourite reaction emoji:
the difficult to write backchannels are *chef's kiss* https://twitter.com/VirPopularis/status/1386027069423902721?s=19
Yes indeed! We are shamelessly conflating the two and having a liveshow ABOUT the one while encouraging people to DO the other 
https://twitter.com/eichin/status/1386027597591715846?s=19
https://twitter.com/eichin/status/1386027597591715846?s=19
[LIVESHOW SPOILER]
We're going to have a whole section talking about the ingressive backchannels, there's lots more there! https://twitter.com/Emma_Marris/status/1386027228698484736?s=19
We're going to have a whole section talking about the ingressive backchannels, there's lots more there! https://twitter.com/Emma_Marris/status/1386027228698484736?s=19
I support this person and their commitment to emoji reaction anarchy https://twitter.com/dryersheetiero/status/1386027766869491718?s=19
Shrimply amazing https://twitter.com/noneuclideangrl/status/1386028969699553280?s=19
Hey Gretchen, would I enjoy the liveshow even if I've never listened to @lingthusiasm and/or don'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
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
After our second liveshow, someone's non-ling friend that they dragged out to the show came up to us and said, you know, I wasn't sure what to expect but your show was actually interesting! https://twitter.com/GretchenAMcC/status/1067936917457530880?s=19
Extremely legit researcher move to be into the super common backchannels that most people wouldn't look twice at https://twitter.com/scientific_al/status/1386029488677343232?s=19
Yes! I think of it as like the written equivalent of picking out a topical word from what someone's saying
"What if we got pizza?"
"Pizza!" https://twitter.com/EmmaSManning/status/1386035397264879619?s=19
"What if we got pizza?"
"Pizza!" https://twitter.com/EmmaSManning/status/1386035397264879619?s=19
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
I love the emoji in-joke backchannels https://twitter.com/tale_of_the_fox/status/1386037578407636997?s=19
I now say "aw yeah?" occasionally in normal conversation and it's all @superlinguo's fault https://twitter.com/Janey_Mac/status/1386032506080739333?s=19
Big fan of "as one does" https://twitter.com/somniloquizing/status/1386029115380228099?s=19
Backchannels may seem tiny but they help shape the direction of the conversation! https://twitter.com/scientific_al/status/1386037396593025025?s=19
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
@superlinguo provides a backchannel track that you can put on alongside the BECAUSE INTERNET audiobook to make it feel like a Lingthusiasm
episode
This cat totally responding to question intonation 
https://twitter.com/Laogeodritt/status/1386042072394776578?s=19
https://twitter.com/Laogeodritt/status/1386042072394776578?s=19
Yes! Love that one https://twitter.com/EmmaSManning/status/1386055467361869829?s=19
Liveshow starting in just under an hour! https://twitter.com/lingthusiasm/status/1386062474223538179?s=19
