A Dictionary of Victorian Slang and Phrase: Selections from *Passing English* – Product Choice selections from J. R. Ware’s irresistible _Passing English of the Victorian Era_ (1909), distilled here for pure delight — including such gems as “Got the Morbs” (temporary melancholia), “Doing...

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Ianto Gruffydd and Mercedes Durham's #BAAP2026 talk is on pre-/l/ breaking (e.g. "Wales" as "Way-uhls") in South East Wales English. Exploring how to operationalize a 'breaking onset point' as the acoustic measure to differentiate between tokens perceived as having breaking and those without.

New book for word nerds everywhere. Anatoly Liberman reviews Unabridged by Stefan Fatsis
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Looking forward to three days of phonetic nerdery at #BAAP2026 @warwickuni.bsky.social

Happy European Speech and Language Therapy Day…

/hapi jʊəɹəpiən spit͡ʃ ən laŋgwɪd͡ʒ θɛɹəpi deɪ/

#EuropeanSLTDay #RCSLT #Healthcare #AHP #Linguistics #Phonetics

head and shoulders of tom

Llongyfarchiadau i Thomas Starr-Marshall, y derbyniwyd ei grynodeb ar gyfer cyflwyniad llwyfan yng Ngholocwiwm BAAP (Cymdeithas Brydeinig Seinegwyr Academaidd) yn Warwig.

Teitl Thomas yw “Vowel articulations in Welsh: A public engagement study using ultrasound tongue imaging”

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Congratulations to Thomas Starr-Marshall, whose abstract was accepted for a stage presentation at the BAAP Colloquium (British Association of Academic Phoneticians) in Warwick.

Thomas’ title is “Vowel articulations in Welsh: A public engagement study using ultrasound tongue imaging”

How are people feeling about Duolingo, now it’s mostly AI? 🤖

Really interesting read!

🎉 NEW PAPER with @gsakr.bsky.social

"Multivariate Analyses of Tongue Contours from Ultrasound Tongue Imaging"

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I wonder if this might indicate that older adults rely more on the visual aspects of speech than younger people?

A Systematic Review and Multilevel Meta-Analysis of the McGurk Effect in Older and Younger Adults Purpose: The McGurk effect is a well-established phenomenon to evaluate audiovisual integration. However, research on susceptibility to the McGur...

Studying the McGurk Effect can help clinicians measure how much of an individual's auditory perception is shaped by visual influence. However, studies on this effect in aging adults have proven inconclusive. Learn more in this review! https://pubs.asha.org/doi/10.1044/2025_JSLHR-25-00026

Atypical Phonological Errors: A Guide for Speech-Language Pathologists Purpose: The purpose of this tutorial was to describe why identifying error type is important to clinical practice and to help clinicians identif...

TUTORIAL 🔐💰 in @ashajournals.bsky.social Roepke, E., & Brosseau-Lapré, F. (2026). Atypical Phonological Errors: A Guide for SLPs. LSHSS, 1–20. 🆕 doi.org/10.1044/2025...
🧒 #childSPEECHdis 🦋 #bskySPEECHIES

I have to know…. Has anyone ever actually wanted “sticky keys” turned on? And why?

discovr: Interactive Tutorials and Data for "Discovering Statistics Using R and RStudio" Interactive 'R' tutorials and datasets for the textbook Field (2026), "Discovering Statistics Using R and RStudio", &lt;<a href="https://www.discovr.rocks/" target="_top">https://www.discovr.rocks/</a...

In preparation for the imminent publication of the new edition of my R textbook, the updated interactive tutorials are now available on CRAN. I did a massive re-write last summer, road tested them in my teaching last term, and I’m pretty happy with them. For now. cran.r-project.org/web/packages...

It was wild!

Thanks for the nominations and kind words

from left to right: chris bellis, dmitrii iarovoi, thomas starr marshall, and alec shepley standing in front of a banner

Did you miss our last Open House for Research? 🏠

Catch up here ⬇️

🏃‍♂️ Chris Bellis - preparedness of physiotherapy graduates in Wales.

🏰 Dmitrii Iarovoi – regional variation in AI-generated responses

👅 Thomas Starr-Marshall – ultrasound tongue imaging of Welsh vowels

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A wnaethoch chi golli ein Digwyddiad Agored Ymchwil diwethaf? 🏠

Gallwch ddal fyny yma ⬇️

🏃‍♂️ Chris Bellis - parodrwydd graddedigion ffisiotherapi

🏰 Dmitrii Iarovoi - ymatebion wedi’u creu gan AI

👅 Thomas Starr Marshall - delweddu uwchsain y tafod

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Oxford Word of the Year 2025 - Oxford University Press Voting is now open for Oxford Word of the Year 2025! Discover our shortlist and have your say by Thursday 27 November.

This is your chance to vote for Oxford’s Word of the Year.

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Developmental Language Disorder as a Multidimensional Neurodevelopmental Spectrum: Implications for Diagnosis Purpose: We aimed to create a comprehensive understanding of the dilemmas involved in the diagnosis of developmental language disorder (DLD) and ...

#JSLHR researchers explore the often-complex dilemmas of diagnosing developmental language disorder (DLD), noting the potential of #DLD as a neurodevelopmental, multidimensional spectrum. https://on.asha.org/47NwCGu

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Hopefully the likes of Catrin and colleagues will continue their vital work in that direction. My adult SLT colleagues at Wrexham are well placed to supervise if they do. 🤞🏻

This is definitely something I’ve discovered moving to Wales. There is a real dearth of Welsh language resources. I think the starting point is getting normative data. Luckily in paediatrics we have Prosiect Pengwin happening. Hopefully there’ll be more adult resources soon too

In short… no… but it appears that therapists in North Wales tend to assess informally in Welsh.
The development of Welsh Language assessments appears to be high on the agenda given that other minority languages e.g. Basque have translated versions of standardised assessments.

Proud lecturer moment… One of our first cohort of Speech and Language Therapy graduates from @wrexhamuni.bsky.social Catrin Khalili, talking about Welsh Language Aphasia Assessment.
#NWSLE

#OnThisDay 2007, the launch of the first Kindle ebook readers. They sold out in 6 hours.
Kindle entered English around 1200 spelled as cundel (to set fire to) probably either from Old Norse kynda (to light a fire), Old Norse kyndill (candle), or Swedish quindla (kindle). 1/2 🧵#etymology

Fiona Lloyd now talking about identifying research priorities in barriers to school readiness
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Absolutely fascinating talk on “The Neurochemistry of Speech Motor Control” by Nia-Wyn Williams who is a PhD student at Bangor University @bangoruniversity.bsky.social

One of my lecturers at City back in the mid 2000s, Prof. Madeleine Cruice talking about their Aphasia Partnership training

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