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How do you decolonise the English language? | Aeon Essays
nglish class at the primary school run alongside the Kitabi Tea Factory. English has recently replaced French as the language taught in all Rwandan schools. Photo by Tim Smith/Panos Pictures Is Earth’s most-spoken language a living ‘gift’ or a many-headed … Continue reading
Is English getting CHOPPIER? Hard Attack!
How English is increasingly using glottal stops–for Hard Attack. 0:00 Introduction 0:30 Laryngoscopy 1:02 Glottis and Glottal Stop 2:18 Hard Attack 3:28 German Glottisschlag 4:59 Smooth Old RP 6:16 Contemporary Hard Attack 8:16 ‘the’ and ‘to’ 9:35 Presentational Speech & … Continue reading
What People Get Wrong About African-American English | Otherwords
For more word-nerdery, subscribe to Storied!: http://bit.ly/pbsstoried_sub It’s one of the most studied — and most controversial — varieties of English. But many people still hold deep misconceptions about African-American English (AAE). Otherwords is a new PBS web series on … Continue reading
Is “R” a Vowel? | Otherwords
We all know that the vowels are A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y… But the way linguists define vowels may mean R qualifies as well! Otherwords is a PBS web series on Storied that digs deep into this … Continue reading
ANGLISH: English without the ‘foreign’ bits
Greetings onlooker! Get yourself over to https://nordvpn.com/robwords to get the two year plan with an exclusive deal PLUS 1 bonus month free. It’s risk free with NordVPN’s 30 day money back guarantee. What would English have been like if William … Continue reading
Do you know these weird words for groups?
Let’s explore English’s many weird collective nouns! And remember to head to https://squarespace.com/robwords to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using the code “robwords”. 🥚 A gaggle of geese 📊 A business of ferrets 🎓 … Continue reading
Why some say CHUBE and SHCHUPID (and why it’s RaSPEWtin, but POOtin)
An explanation of ‘Yod Coalescence’ and ‘Yod Dropping’! Fly telepod https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/telep… Rod Stewart Costume https://escapade.co.uk/products/rod-s…
Why Some People Say SHTRONG! (the CHRUTH)
Native speakers! Please take my pronunciation survey https://www.englishspeechservices.com… THANK YOU! A discussion of why English speakers in various countries pronounce ‘sh’ at the start of words like ‘street’ and ‘strong’. MRI videos from University of Glasgow: https://www.seeingspeech.arts.gla.ac…. Josh at English … Continue reading
OLD NORSE IN ENGLISH: The words the Vikings left behind
[…] The Vikings raided, pillaged… and changed our language. Their Old Norse words invaded English and many remain to this day (I used one right there – watch to find out which!). In this video, discover: ⚔️ The everyday words … Continue reading
Accent Expert Gives a Tour of U.S. Accents – (Part One) | WIRED
Dialect coach Erik Singer takes us on a tour of different accents across English-speaking North America. Erik and a host of other linguists and language experts (Nicole Holliday, Megan Figueroa, Sunn m’Cheaux, and Kalina Newmark), take a look at some … Continue reading
How the DUTCH Changed the English Language
[…] In this video you’ll discover the extraordinary influence of the Dutch and Flemish on the English Language. Well delve into the history, which includes a look Dutch and Flemish immigration, the economic and trading rivalry between England and the … Continue reading
