Mysterious Bitcoin inventor is 'unmasked' as British nerd Its creator has the mysterious pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, but no individual has so far been decisively identified as Satoshi, now undoubtly one of the world's richest people.

The #ForensicLinguistics evidence isn't convincing. The similarities are jargon which may be shared by others in the industry. Many people confuse it's and its also. Without knowing how unique these features are among the community of bitcoin/crypto speakers, they cannot be considered authorial.

Typo Traps Bala: How The "Chiarman" Error Proves The ADC Resignation Letter Is No Forgery 247 Ureports Typo Traps Bala: How The "Chiarman" Error Proves The ADC Resignation Letter Is No Forgery

Interesting case apparently resting on a single consistent misspelling and the misconceived theory of the "linguistic fingerprint".
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I personally do not find the phrasal similarities distinctive of a shared linguistic style. Without finding out how unique these features are among the community of judges writing such orders, these phrases could be characteristic of a genre rather than idiosyncratic style.
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Potential Judicial Impropriety, Bias in Jim Troupis Electors Case Judicial impropriety undermines the credibility of the courts and risks shaking the public's faith in the justice system. This is especially true in highly political cases.

Troupis’s legal team questioned whether Judge Hyland had even written the order. The claim was substantiated by a forensic linguist who concluded that “large parts” of the August 22 order were written by the father of a county clerk who works for Hyland––not Hyland himself.
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Aston Institute for Forensic Linguistics Events

The first 2 recorded seminars this year from Aston Institute for #ForensicLinguistics
Dr David Griffin - Magical Legal Pragmatics
Dr Mashael Alamr - Discourse in the Amber Heard Trial
Fascinating insights into the intersection of #Language, #Law & real-world cases. 👇

A great resource for anyone interested in #ForensicLinguistics and #Language & #Law 👇

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The key takeaway is that understanding political language requires more than taking words at face value.

#langsky #linguistics #forensiclinguistics #farright #extremeright #extremismstudies

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Importantly, Professor Jackson also highlights that dog whistles are not only verbal. Symbols & flags can carry layered meanings, evoking belonging & pride for some audiences while signalling threat & exclusion to others.

#langsky #forensiclinguistics #extremeright #extremismstudies

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It also shows that these tactics are not confined to political fringes; elements of far-right framing & dog-whistle rhetoric have at times entered mainstream political discourse too.

#langsky #linguistics #forensiclinguistics #farright #extremeright #extremismstudies

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The article traces how this works historically & today — from antisemitic euphemisms & coded numbers like “88”, to contemporary phrases around migration such as “bogus asylum seekers” or “illegals”.

#langsky #linguistics #forensiclinguistics #farright #extremeright #extremismstudies

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In this sense, language becomes a strategic tool: one message for supporters, another for everyone else.

#langsky #linguistics #forensiclinguistics #farright #extremeright #extremismstudies

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The central argument is that these forms of communication allow hateful or exclusionary ideas to be expressed in ways that remain deniable to wider audiences while still being clearly legible to those already attuned to them.

#langsky #forensiclinguistics #extremismstudies

Extreme Right Explainer: What is an extreme right ‘dog whistle’? | UON Use of coded and ambiguous language, hidden messages and multiple layers of meaning are common features of far and extreme right politics, past and...

This article by @pnjackson.bsky.social explores the role of dog whistles, coded language & symbolism in far-right and extreme-right politics.

🔗 tinyurl.com/49ptzate

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#langsky #linguistics #forensiclinguistics #farright #extremeright #extremismstudies

Been to Romblon in Southwestern Luzon to present in a non-linguistics conference. Such a proud moment for FL in the Philippines to be acknowledged and recognised in other fields!

Plus, they’ve got a breathtaking sunset too! 🌅

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AIFL BOOK LAUNCH: Chiang & Morton, Picornell, Tayebi Please join us for the launch of 3 new exciting monographs from AIFL

Join us on May 21st for the launch event of 3 newly published monographs by members of our Institute: Emily Chiang, Ralph Morton, Isabel Picornell and Tahmineh Tayebi. Agenda and details of the event will follow closer to the date.
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www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/aifl-book-...

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At the same time, it does not present a simple story of progress. Deaf people were often required to prove their intellectual capacity & conform to restricted, “approved” forms of signing.

#langsky #linguistics #signlanguage #language #forensiclinguistics

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Through a series of historical cases, the piece also reveals how deaf individuals used sign language to defend their autonomy, even in the face of family opposition & social prejudice.

#langsky #linguistics #signlanguage #language #forensiclinguistics

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This recognition had profound consequences: it enabled deaf people to marry, inherit property, participate in court cases & assert legal agency, challenging long-standing assumptions that speech was necessary for intelligence or consent.

#langsky #signlanguage #language #forensiclinguistics

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Crucially, the article highlights how the medieval Church & legal systems came to recognise sign language as equivalent to spoken language.

#langsky #linguistics #signlanguage #language #forensiclinguistics

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While recently celebrated as an early example of inclusive worship, Oates shows that deaf people had been marrying using sign for centuries before this & that these practices were more widespread & legally significant than many realise.

#langsky #signlanguage #forensiclinguistics

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The article begins with a 1576 marriage at Leicester Cathedral, where a deaf man, Thomas Tilsey, made his vows in sign language.

#langsky #linguistics #signlanguage #language #forensiclinguistics

The deaf blacksmith who married in 1576 – and the history of sign as a legal language The medieval church’s acknowledgement that signs were equivalent to a spoken language was transformative for deaf people.

A fascinating piece by Rosamund Oates offers a powerful historical perspective on inclusion, language & the long struggle for recognition of deaf communities.

🔗 tinyurl.com/m22yhbfb

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#langsky #linguistics #signlanguage #language #forensiclinguistics

Heres the write up from 2021 on the stylometric study on the authorship of 'On Liberty'.
#ForensicLinguistics #AuthorshipAnalysis

Process, Procedure and Professional Practice in the Creation of Police Interview Evidence (Chapter 5) - Language and Justice Language and Justice - March 2026

Process, Procedure and Professional Practice in the Creation of Police Interview Evidence.
By Kate Howarth
Practitioners 👋 if you want to read it but don't have access, get in touch with Kate.
#ForensicLinguistics

Speech Recognition in Policing policy brief.pdf

Essential reading 👇 on appropriate evidence-based use of AI in policing, especially around automatic speech recognition.
Thanks to Kate Howarth (AIFL) for this.
#ForensicLinguistics
#ForensicSpeechScience

Constructing Idiolect: Cognitive Linguistics and the challenges of cross-genre authorship By Lucia Busso

How do we identify a writer's linguistic style when the samples we are comparing belong to different genres?
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Look what's just arrived! It looks gorgeous in real life.
#ForensicLinguistics #Ethics

Ethics and Publishing in Forensic Linguistics | 35 | Policing Credibil This chapter examines how linguistic bias in academic publishing can harm knowledge and understanding. Anglophone institutions centered around Eurocentric norms

Our chapter, Ethics and Publishing in Forensic Linguistics: Policing Credibility (with Bernardo Turnbull), is out in The Routledge Handbook of Ethics in Forensic Linguistics (ed. I. M. Nick & Kirsty E. Blewitt, 2026).

doi.org/10.4324/9781...

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The defense was that the parties were indeed discussing cockfighting.
Perhaps #ForensicLinguistics analysis can help? ☺️

Advanced notice 👇
The 18th Biennial Conference of the International Association for Forensic and Legal Linguistics (IAFLL 2027) will be held in Porto, Portugal, 12-16 July 2027 hosted by the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto.
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