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The Greeks had a word for it … until now, as language is deluged by English terms theguardian.com/world/2021/jan…
History proves young women are the true linguistic innovators of the English language inews.co.uk/opinion/intern…
Alex Scott felt 'blessed' after being mocked for her East London accent metro.co.uk/2022/05/03/ale… via @MetroUK
Often, the linguistic discrimination we discuss takes a bit of digging to uncover. Then there’s cases like this:
The roots of accent bias in Britain go way back. 'those at a considerable distance from the capital do not only mispronounce many words taken separately, but they scarcely pronounce with purity a single word, syllable, or letter'. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary. Walker (1791)
Just in case you thought the blatant accent prejudice displayed by @Digbylj about @AlexScott recently was restricted only to him, here are a selection of comments from @thetimes readers following a story covering the issue…
Strictly's AJ Odudu opens up about abuse she received because of race and her accent - Mirror Online mirror.co.uk/3am/celebrity-…
Remember, we're speaking to @MichaelRosenYes on Word of Mouth (@BBCRadio4) today at 4pm! Link: bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00…
'Your accent makes you sound so stupid.' Welsh presenter Alex Jones reveals worst ever comment nation.cymru/culture/your-a…
Just reading a dissertation which shows that female L2 #English speakers rated as having weak foreign accents experienced more #accent prejudice (based on self-reports) than male speakers rated as having strong foreign accents. Intersectionality at work.
Our eagle-eyed English Dept noticed this and were struck by the implications of a ‘neutral’ accent in this job advert. Something for A Level Eng Lang students to discuss and maybe something for @RobDrummond ‘Is a Macclesfield accent neutral? Discuss’
Been talking to a family member who was taken in by a telephone fraudster: "He was so convincing, he had a posh accent" #Accentism @RobDrummond
A good style model for opinion writing yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/opinion/c…
Primark’s outfits tell girls to be kind and boys to be winners thetimes.co.uk/article/67900c…
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