Cyanolyca

My name is Jay—probably deducible from the fact that my username comes from the genus of a number of American jays.

Languages

Spoken

enThis user is a native speaker of the English language.

yue-hk呢個用戶識香港廣東話。

cmn這個用戶的母語是官話。 这个用户的母语是官话。

fr-2Cet utilisateur peut contribuer avec un niveau intermédiaire en français.

de-1Dieser Benutzer hat grundlegende Deutschkenntnisse.

es-1Este usuario puede contribuir con un nivel básico de español.

Written

ipa-3 əThis user has an advanced understanding of the International Phonetic Alphabet.

Hrkt-3 あThis user has an advanced understanding of the Katakana or Hiragana.

한글This user can read Hangul.

這個用戶使用正體字。 This user uses Traditional Chinese characters.

Opinions on language

ain'tThis user believes that prescriptive grammar rules stem from linguistic ignorance and are used to enforce economic class distinctions.

a lot alotThis user recognizes that linguistic change is a natural and desirable aspect of human language.

theyThis user considers singular they standard English usage.

mankindThis user supports the use of gender-neutral language.

y'allThis user thinks y'all serves a useful purpose as a second-person plural pronoun, and would like to see y'all use it more often.

to¦<b>ly¦goThis user is proud to rightfully split infinitives.

A, B, and CThis user prefers the serial comma.

Musical instruments

pno-3This user is an advanced pianist.

gtr-2This user is an intermediate guitarist.

uke-1This user is a novice ukulele player.

acc-1This user is a novice accordionist.

Other biographical info

This user is a Hong Konger. 這位用戶是香港人。

This user lives in The District.

This user is for District of Columbia home rule.

agn + athThis user is an agnostic atheist and knows the two terms are not mutually exclusive.