Wear your linguistics fandom on your sleeve (Sneak peek!) (Patreon)

By popular demand, we now have Lingthusiasm merch! We're soft-launching the merch here on Patreon because we wanted you all to be the first to know, and it'll be released to the internet at large in time for the next episode on Thursday (but please keep it under wraps until then). 

Lingthusiasm the podcast transforms your boring commute or chores into a lively, nerdy conversation, and now you can wear your linguistics fandom on your sleeve, around your neck, and surrounding your coffee or books!

Here are the three designs: 

Lingthusiasm logo 

Bring your podcast listening off your phone and into the world, show off your Lingthusiasm support, and spot other Lingthusiasm listeners in the wild with Lingthusiasm logo items! Available in Lingthusiasm bright green on white, as a sticker, mug, tote bag, zippered pouch, notebook, and t-shirt. 

Not judging your grammar, just analyzing it

Some things, you explain so often, that you might as well just carry them around. Now you can!

Push back against language peevery, promote the idea that language can be analyzed scientifically, and amuse the heck out of your fellow linguists. Available as a mug, tote bag, zippered pouch, notebook, and t-shirt. 

IPA scarves 

Stylish enough to wear to conferences, subtle enough to wear to the grocery store, and sure to amaze and delight your colleagues when they realize this isn’t your typical alphabet motif, this IPA scarf wraps you in a soft, vibrant hug of stealth nerdery.

Hang out with all your favourite characters from the International Phonetic Alphabet (2015 edition) in white text on a navy blue, red, or olive background. Symbols are arranged artistically, rather than by meaning, so it’s safe to wear in an exam room. But if you can come up with any inadvertent natural classes no one else has spotted yet, let us know and we’ll send you a sticker!

This semi-translucent scarf doubles as simply a large square of fabric, and can be repurposed as a nerdy patterned wall hanging, curtain, or tablecloth for your office. Or cut it up and resew it into whatever your imagination desires! (Pocket squares?)

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We're also introducing a new Patreon perk for all patrons! If you like the looks of something in the store but want it in a different colour or on a different object, we'll make a custom version for you at no extra charge! (Subject to what's possible on Redbubble.) Want an IPA scarf in purple instead of the existing red, navy, or olive? Want the NOT JUDGING text on a tank top instead of a t-shirt? Just let us know! (For best results, you can send us the exact hex code of the colour you want using a tool like http://htmlcolorcodes.com/color-picker/ )

We're already enjoying our soft scarves and shiny stickers that we ordered as a test run, and we're excited that we now get to share them with you too!

Thanks for keeping this merch link secret until Thursday, and because this is a soft launch, feel free to let us know if you notice any rough edges!

Stay Lingthusiastic!