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An excellent gift for anyone interested in (British English) speech, accents, voice quality and their link with identity and cultural stereotyping. Or so I’m told … 😉 #language #linguistics #EngLang

If you’d like to hear my musings on RP and creaky voice, you’ll enjoy this podcast! morejamtomorrow.com/episode/rp

If all goes to plan, I’ll be on Times Radio at 11:20pm GMT tonight (2 Nov) on the topic of “the increasing number of (British) children adopting American slang and accent as a result of the media they consume”.

Unboxing video! My copies of the Oxford Handbook of Language and Prejudice, co-edited with Sender Dovchin and Vijay Ramjattan, have finally arrived! Available at all good booksellers. 😊 global.oup.com/academic/produ…

Honoured to interview Prof David Crystal for the 60th Anniversary of Linguistics at Reading! View the entire conversation here. youtu.be/j63j2OjVgmI?si…

Out now! The Oxford Handbook of Language and Prejudice, co-edited with @SDovchin and @Vijay_Ramjattan, is available here and from all good booksellers: global.oup.com/academic/produ…

Turns out the youth of today refers to fashion as “drip”. This seems to derive from describing people who wear a lot of items from top fashion houses as “dripping with it”. Every day is a school day.

Owing to this morning’s sad news, this is not going ahead.

If all goes to plan, I’ll be on @bbc5live at around 10:30am tomorrow (21/04/2025) contributing to a discussion about names.

Another example of how the media - and a respected institution such as the BBC - perpetuates negative stereotypes about #English #accents. #englang theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/a…

I’m quoted here - and it was a long time ago I talked to the Guardian! huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/zee-vs-z… #English #pronunciation

Wishing all my followers who celebrate it health and happiness in the Year of the Snake! #LunarNewYear2025 #YearOfTheSnake

TODAY (Fri 17th Jan 2025)! I will be on BBC Radio 5 Live with Nicky Campbell talking about (what else?) how English accents are perceived from 10am UK time. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li…

Be quick! Catch me on BBC Radio Leicester just after 8am UK time this morning, talking again about accents in #TheTraitorsUK. bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li…

Time now moved earlier to 14:05.

TODAY (8th Jan)! I'll be on BBC Radio Berkshire talking about accents and #TheTraitorsUK from about 14.15 UK time. I'll be chatting with Katie Tyler. Follow this link to listen live: bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/li…

Very pleased to have taken on the role of the Secretary to the Association of National Teaching Fellows! You can find the committee members list here. @NTF_Tweet ntf-association.com/about/committe…

I was asked by @LDNdailynews to suggest how to pronounce some of London's most challenging place names, without using phonetic symbols. Here's the result! londondaily.news/londons-most-d… #English #pronunciation #EngLang #London #phoneticnames

@mncantarutti Very sorry to read this. Something often comes up for you, though, doesn’t it? I’ve got everything crossed that you’re able to continue.

My article about accent modification as a mechanism of workplace accentism is now placed in an issue of Career Development International: tinyurl.com/48jd3h9x It is part of a special issue on linguistic profiling and career development.

Congrats to @Eldin_Milak & @AnaTankosic for breaking the ground! From Chomsky, Labov to @sureshcanax, Pennycook … Pre-order below! A must read! @CurtinEducation @CurtinLibrary routledge.com/Becoming-a-Lin…