We've been away for a while but episode 75 is finally here. We talk about accent discrimination, attitudes to teachers' accents and about what accent prejudice tells us about wider social attitudes. #Linguistics open.spotify.com/episode/5wnC...

New episode (number 75!) coming very soon and it's a bumper episode featuring 3 linguists, 1 teacher, 4 podders and a Lang in the News segment.

No sooner had we finished recording a Lang in the News segment than the Telegraph runs the same kind of story again. It's uncanny...

We've been having a bit of a break since June but we'll be back soon with some episodes about attitudes to accents, especially teachers' accents, and some Lang in the News! Watch this space 👀

My learned friends, how long until The Telegraph covers this as part of its 'woke nonsense' agenda? www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/goodbye...

Longer words and real reflection: the science behind a convincing apology

Interesting read, with so much detail. Made me think of the rise of "y'all" nationwide (as the country becomes more southern) and the decline of the southern drawl in places like Atlanta (as the south becomes more like the rest of the country).

It's nearly the end of term, so thanks to all the linguists who have appeared on the show this academic year. We've had some great interviews and met some lovely people. And thanks to all of you for listening. We'll be back in the Autumn term and are getting a few things lined up for then.

EMC CPD Face-to-Face: Language Diversity and Discourses for AQA – Manchester Exploring language variation, diversity and language discourses for AQA English Language. Book by: 8am on 9th July buff.ly/ihKC9cZ

At least one reason why I mostly don't write accents in my comics is basically this. Who gets written with an accent and who doesn't is always a tell.

We're having a bit of a break from new episodes at the moment but if anyone has requests for topics (or linguists) for future shows, give us a shout.

This was such an interesting conversation! @robdrummond.bsky.social. If you're interested in what makes up an accent, how favored accents get that way, why people adopt fake accents, and more — check it out!

Episode 74 is here. We talk to @lauraskh.bsky.social about the language of law and lots more. creators.spotify.com/pod/show/lex...

In the latest episode of the Language-on-the-Move podcast @newbooksnetwork.bsky.social, our host @brynnquick.bsky.social chats with @mixedlinguist.bsky.social about language and accent in US politics, with a focus on the speech of @kamalaharris.com www.languageonthemove.com/accents-comp...

New episode out. It's a preview of the @yorktoolkit.bsky.social workshops for 2025. We hear about: child-directed speech, forensic linguistics, gender, sexuality & language in a women's football team, and an update of research into media representations of MLE. creators.spotify.com/pod/show/lex...

We've just got a new episode in the can which will come out very soon. It's our annual preview of the @yorktoolkit.bsky.social teacher CPD event. Coming soon! Get signed up here if you haven't already: englishlanguagetoolkit.york.ac.uk/workshops

Revising for Paper 2? I’ve gone back through a few dozen Lexis episodes to pick out the ones that I think could help you most. Here is a thread... 🧵

Would a quick roundup of relevant episodes for A-Level revision be any use over the next week or so?

New paper out on my London Talks (www.londontalksresearch.co.uk) research! #Cockney #London www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Gender, politics and power are all under discussion in our latest episode, in which we talk to Professor Karrin Vasby Anderson. We talk about Trump, toxic masculinity and the threat of demagoguery to democracy, through the lens of communication studies. creators.spotify.com/pod/show/lex...

This is on its way and it's a good one.

There's a new episode on its way over the Easter break featuring an interview with Prof Karrin Vasby Anderson and we cover a lot: political debates, the double-bind for female politicians and the importance of communication study to a healthy democracy. Coming soon.

Welsh English is the focus of Episode 71 which features an interview with @drswissmiss.bsky.social Listen here/ear/yerr: creators.spotify.com/pod/show/lex... #Linguistics

We've got a new episode coming soon and it's an interview with @drswissmiss.bsky.social about Welsh English, variety in Welsh Englishes and how they might be changing.

Wrote this about some recent research into accents and dialects. Ties in to some interviews we've been doing over on the @lexispodcast.bsky.social

Last week I spoke to the lovely Raj and Dan from @lexispodcast.bsky.social about Your Wrong and all things prescriptivism. Link to listen below!

It's here! Episode 70 is all about prescriptivism and we have a great chat with @emhumps.bsky.social about it all, from the French academy to pedantry in popular culture and through to how to persuade the pedants in your life that they're just wrong. #Linguistics creators.spotify.com/pod/show/lex...

We've got a great new episode lined up. It's all about prescriptivism and we talk to @emhumps.bsky.social about her Your Wrong project and lots more. Coming soooooon 👀

Just a quick reminder that the new episode is up. If you're revising Lang Diversity for Paper 2 or just want some extra content on accent attitudes, this episode will help you out.

Episode 69 is out and it features @nataliebraber.bsky.social & @alicepaver.bsky.social talking about accent stereotypes and their recent paper on accent attitudes in forensic contexts. #Linguistics creators.spotify.com/pod/show/lex...

We've got a new episode coming up soon featuring 3 linguists - yes, three! And one of them is doing the interviewing: Amanda Cole joins us as a guest interviewer as we talk to @nataliebraber.bsky.social & @alicepaver.bsky.social about their paper on Stereotyped Accent Judgements in Forensic Contexts

In ep 1 we chat with linguist Paul Kerswill about the migration of Yiddish into Cockney English and listen to a Yiddish music hall song from 1900 about the immigrant experience of language & culture being turned upside down @lexispodcast.bsky.social @davidadger.bsky.social @stancarey.bsky.social

We talked about the weaponisation of 'DEI' in the US in the latest pod and here we are... bsky.app/profile/davi...

Music hall mashups! The Cockney Yiddish Podcast, launching on 17 Feb, explores the linguistic and cultural hybrids that Jewish immigrants created in East End music hall songs. cockneyyiddish.org Listen out for our Cockney-Yiddish Word of the Week @davidadger.bsky.social @youngalison.bsky.social

Send me your new words and expressions for 2025. Contributors will be credited in upcoming articles.

In case you missed it over the weekend, we published our first episode of 2025, a chat with @tonythorne007.bsky.social about lexical developments in 2024 and 2025 and what they tell us (or don't) about the world we're in now. #linguistics spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/Q3Mg21ROOQb

Episode 68 is here. We talk to @tonythorne007.bsky.social about the words of 2024 and early 2025, what new words can can (and can't...or won't) tell us about the world and the forces behind recent lexical changes. creators.spotify.com/pod/show/lex...

Merriam-Webster has started a slang dictionary, if you've been wondering what on earth "skibidi", "cheugy", or "high-key" means www.merriam-webster.com/slang #slang #langsky

New episode featuring @tonythorne007.bsky.social will be up soon. But here's a taster. share.descript.com/view/7pnNmEd...

We've just recorded our first episode of 2025, an interview with @tonythorne007.bsky.social looking back at the key words of 2024 and forwards to the ones that are defining 2025 so far. We go from frivolous to gloomy and being brat to #darkwoke in the space of just under an hour. Coming soon!

Great piece on UK (mostly English) accent discrimination here featuring lots of our favourite linguists. If you're looking for an accessible overview for A level, here it is. BBC News - UK's hierarchy of accents: 'I thought mine made me sound stupid' www.bbc.com/news/article...

“There is no reason to believe that any nonstandard vernacular is in itself an obstacle to learning. The chief problem is ignorance of language on the part of all concerned. Our job as linguists is to remedy this ignorance.”-Labov, in 1972. www.nytimes.com/2024/12/24/u...

A lovely obituary for Bill Labov in the Inquirer.

🎄🧑‍🎄A Merry Lexmas to all those who celebrate. See you in 2025 🎅🎄

Here's Episode 67 with @eviljoemcveigh.bsky.social on how to spot (and critique) a bad #linguistics article: open.spotify.com/episode/4AgN...

Final pod of the year will be out soon. We had a good chat with @eviljoemcveigh.bsky.social about how to analyse and critique some bad articles about language and how students can bring what they know about language to the party.

Spot the cheeky reference to the pod 😉

'Brain rot' is Oxford's #WOTY2024 (and their 20th WOTY...ish...if you don't count all the different interactional ones they used to name). We talked to Fiona McPherson from the OED/OUP WOTY team in this episode about 20 years of WOTY: spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/P4TMdWTHZOb

Episode 66 is now out and it features a great discussion with Dr Andreea Calude from University of Waikato in New Zealand about the language of social media. #linguistics creators.spotify.com/pod/show/lex...

We've got a great interview about the language of social media with Andreea Calude in the can. Coming soon!