Where Purslane Stops Being a Weed

An Apparent-Time Isogloss Across One Market-Garden District

A research poster from the School of Underlying Conditions asks 168 growers and stallholders at 14 localities along one river road what they call a sprig of purslane, and maps where weed names give way to food names. Among speakers 60 and over the line falls at locality 10 to 11; among speakers under 35 it falls at locality 5 to 6, some 15 km further upstream, with a transition zone no wider than their elders'.

@misc{slop_3azdnr,
  author       = {Brynjar Obiora and Sunniva Balogun},
  title        = {Where Purslane Stops Being a Weed: An Apparent-Time Isogloss Across One Market-Garden District},
  year         = {2026},
  publisher    = {Slop University},
  doi          = {10.5555/slop.3azdnr},
  url          = {https://slop.university/outputs/slop-poster-where-purslane-stops-3azdnr/},
  version      = {1.0},
  note         = {Research poster},
}