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That was fun. Especially nice to see @clrnance.bsky.social on screen while I was waiting to start 😁

I’ll be on BBC Breakfast in a bit, talking about accents!

partial drop-down menu of options including Dutch (middle), Dutch (flemish), Dyula, Erik, Egyptian (ancient), English, English (middle), English (old), Esperanto, Estonian, Ewe

filling out check-in forms online before an appointment and impressed by the inclusivity of this urgent care's "preferred language" options #linguistics

‘That’s someone who knows how to use a thesaurus but not a dictionary’. Lovely comment from @mikewozniak.bsky.social on @threebeansaladpod.bsky.social about some marketing language

19/5: @sophiasgaler.bsky.social in conversation with @robdrummond.bsky.social on language, linguicide, power and resistance.

www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/how-to-kil...

@mcrlinguistics.bsky.social

A view from Bolton this morning

‘A fire that’s burning again’: Welsh language resurges thanks to adult learners The number of people on Dysgu Cymraeg courses has risen by 61% since 2017, as people in Wales rediscover the ‘poetry’ of the language

www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...

That was such an intriguing sentence before the question mark arrived 😂

Online Student Revision Conference for AQA A Level English Language (Paper 2) emagazine 90-minute online revision conference for AQA A Level Language

We have a new event (the first of its kind) coming up in April. It's an online revision conference for AQA A Level Eng Lang Paper 2 and it will feature three excellent guest speakers, along with top tips to approach questions about change & diversity.
www.englishandmedia.co.uk/conferences/...

Deborah Cameron obituary Linguist, feminist activist and author of influential books on how language can shape gendered experiences

www.theguardian.com/education/20...

Also, are the rules made by the same people who decide what random item you may or may not need to remove on any given day at UK airports?

How do publisher style guides get made/decided? I'm writing something in which all the '%' symbols need to be changed to 'per cent'. I'm not complaining, I'm just intrigued as to how that choice was discussed and decided. Genuine question.

New eggcorn alert!

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eggcorn

Incredibly sad news. Debbie was such a huge inspiration to so many of us. A brilliantly clever and supportive academic colleague, and just a fun person to spend time with

It’s not easy being an English northerner surrounded by southerners. Here’s how we survive | Robyn Vinter University undergraduates are forming northern societies, but in other circumstances we find different ways to be ourselves, says Guardian north of England correspondent Robyn Vinter

“each time my university friends jokingly echoed my Leeds-accented “no” with a noise that is perhaps best approximated as “nerhhh”, I found myself undergoing elocution conditioning.”

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre... by @robynvinter.bsky.social

Good morning Manchester

An unnecessarily tricky consonant cluster

A view of Manchester from Bolton on this morning’s dog walk

Survey of teachers and accents EMC's Dan Clayton explores the implications of a survey looking at teachers and accents

I’ve written a long blog here that comes out of various things that I’ve worked on with other people this term. It’s about accents... again! Sorry, not sorry.
englishandmedia.co.uk/blog/pride-a...

I think she would, yes 😁

Quick walk between meetings*

(*my meetings, not Patty’s)

You’re All Talk: Why We Are What We Speak Why We Are What We Speak

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What’s that? You’re stuck for gift ideas for a friend or relative who:
a) is intrigued by accents;
b) thinks some ways of speaking are better than others;
d) thinks Susie Dent, David Crystal, Ian McMillan, Chris Mason, and Simon Mayo know a good book when they see it?!

I’m listening

Century-old voices reveal evolution of New Zealand accent Postdoctoral fellow Dr Brooke Ross from the University of Auckland joins Emile Donovan.

www.rnz.co.nz/national/pro...

Liking the updated announcement on my train from London to Manchester:
“If you see anything suspicious or dodgy looking…”

A agree, it’s so good!

A fascinating book. Totally engaging #KillingThatcher

Promotional graphic for the Grammar Girl podcast bonus episode titled ‘Languaging and our fluid speaking identities.’ The image shows Mignon Fogarty and guest Rob Drummond smiling against a green background with a fingerprint pattern. The top includes a red label reading ‘BONUS’ and icons for Spotify, Apple Podcasts, and QDT.

Did you know people who stammer can often sing without any difficulty?

Or that bilingual friends might use English when being funny but use their native language when discussing politics?

@robdrummond.bsky.social delights us with stories of "languaging" today!

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