<html><body><div dir="ltr"><font face="ui-sans-serif, sans-serif">The schedule has been released for the annual American Dialect Society conference to be held in conjunction with the Linguistic Society of America Thursday, January 8, through Sunday, January 11, 2026, in New Orleans, Louisiana. The meeting will be held at the New Orleans Marriott. The conference includes information on the popular words-of-the-year vote.<br></font></div><div><font face="ui-sans-serif, sans-serif"><br></font></div><font face="ui-sans-serif, sans-serif"><b>2026 conference schedule</b>: <a href="https://americandialect.org/2026-sked/">https://americandialect.org/2026-sked/
</a></font><div><font face="ui-sans-serif, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="ui-sans-serif, sans-serif"><b>Conference information</b>: <a href="https://web.cvent.com/event/d453188a-a321-46d4-b57e-79d5067e6521/summary">https://web.cvent.com/event/d453188a-a321-46d4-b57e-79d5067e6521/summary</a></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="ui-sans-serif, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="ui-sans-serif, sans-serif"><b>Hotel information</b>: <a href="https://web.cvent.com/event/d453188a-a321-46d4-b57e-79d5067e6521/websitePage:86e454b7-320f-40db-8b9d-480c1b4250d3">https://web.cvent.com/event/d453188a-a321-46d4-b57e-79d5067e6521/websitePage:86e454b7-320f-40db-8b9d-480c1b4250d3</a></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="ui-sans-serif, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="ui-sans-serif, sans-serif">The American Dialect Society's popular 2025 <b>words-of-the-year vote</b> will be held during the society's 2026 annual meeting. Nominations will be taken Thursday, January 8, 2026, at 6:30 p.m., and the final vote will be held Friday, January 9, 2026, at 6:45 p.m.</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="ui-sans-serif, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="ui-sans-serif, sans-serif">You can make words-of-the-year nominations whether you are present or not! <b>Go here to give your best words-of-the-year submissions. <a href="https://bit.ly/2025WOTYNOMS">https://bit.ly/2025WOTYNOMS</a>. </b>You can also use the attached QR code on social media to encourage others to nominate.</font></div></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="ui-sans-serif, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="ui-sans-serif, sans-serif">Best wishes,</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="ui-sans-serif, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="ui-sans-serif, sans-serif">Grant Barrett</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="ui-sans-serif, sans-serif">American Dialect Society</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="ui-sans-serif, sans-serif">Vice President of Communications and Technology</font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="ui-sans-serif, sans-serif"><a href="https://americandialect.org">https://americandialect.org</a></font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="ui-sans-serif, sans-serif"><a href="mailto:grant@grantbarrett.com">grant@grantbarrett.com</a> </font></div><div dir="ltr"><font face="ui-sans-serif, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div dir="ltr"><img src="cid:88D99165-6741-42CC-9CAC-6E21436D16EE" style="max-width: 100%; width: 400px;"><font face="ui-sans-serif, sans-serif"><br></font></div></div></body></html>