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Here's a thread about it.

Still hoping to interview some of the people behind this!

Language on immigration in UK news and politics found to have ‘shaped backlash against antiracism’ Pattern of ‘hostile language’ in media and debates likely to describe people of colour with less sympathy, report says

The second part of the @runnymedetrust.bsky.social report will make very interesting reading for A-Level Eng Lang students.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

⚠️Contains references to Joey Barton⚠️

The Victorian sportswomen who had to fight misogynistic abuse, just like the Lionesses Victorian women were supposed to be demure, uncompetitive creatures – but that didn’t stop many from playing and enjoying sport.

Some great resources here for studying language change, changing social attitudes and the representation of women's sport.
theconversation.com/the-victoria...

Anti-immigrant language is rising—even on the left Data shows Trump's dehumanizing rhetoric spreading beyond just his supporters.

A thoughtful piece from @motherjones.com on the politics of the language used to describe migration and people who migrate.
www.motherjones.com/media/2025/0...

I think it's worth noting that the GB News correspondent named here did A Level English Language so really should know better (although the terrible article he wrote for The Sun about his A levels was probably a good indication that the rest of his 'journalistic' career would be about as honest).

The new racism of the British right As seen in a recent GB News interview, conservatives have developed a new way to pathologise black people.

This article looks at how language style maps to wider perceptions of identity (so a form of enregisterment, I suppose). It's also pretty depressing about the news and culture landscape we find ourselves in in 2025.
www.newstatesman.com/politics/202...

Top definition is the only one for me.
www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?t...

That's great to hear - best of luck!

EMC CPD Online: Starting to Teach A Level English Language

"Gave me confidence for teaching A Level Language for the first time and lots of ideas for lessons and resources."

Book by: 8am on 5th September
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NewFADS - what a band!

Welcome!

Why the flip is an English council trying to ban swearing? Thanet wants to use a public spaces protection order to fine people £100 for ‘foul or abusive language’. And it’s not the first to try it …

WTAF?!
www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...

Or just add a swearword.

Screen grab of The Times article: Social media 'reshaping language' with words fading from use

More on Algospeak by @etymologynerd.bsky.social
archive.today/1ZbB5
Great stuff for language change and language diversity.

Such a great song! Managed to see them twice last year and they were amazing.

Was late to this lot (early 90s 👴🏻) but they're one of my favourite bands in the world now. Managed to drunkenly accost Reg last year and thank him for his guitar sounds 😂

EMC CPD Face-to Face: Language Change, Digital Communication & Social Media – an EMC Teacher Conference-with-CPD

A day of lectures, workshops and discussion to help you teach language change with a focus on digital texts and the latest research.

Book by: 8am on 26th September
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New AI voice tool trained to copy British regional accents A UK company says it is better at reproducing a range of accents compared with US or Chinese rivals.

www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
End times 😬

A great course and a lot of fun to lead. Don't just take my word for it though!

Have any sociolinguistics chimed in on this yet, because I feel like there could be a lot said about the claims made by those sharing these survey results

Looking ahead to next year's EMC CPD offer, it's thrilling to see @englangblog.bsky.social finding new areas of AL Language to explore. This teacher conference promises to be a 25/26 highlight!

Gaming expert breaks down 8 gaming slang terms kids use that leave parents completely lost - TyN Magazine If you’ve ever listened to your gamer teenager talking to friends or commenting on their day and felt like they were speaking a foreign language, you’re not alone. Between complaining about getting “n...

Nice short one for a bit of language and social groups: tynmagazine.com/gaming-exper...

Apols, but I love browsing new additions to the OED. The latest batch includes bee dance, brain rot, Bulgarianize, daffiness, ditziness, femtech, gloopiness, grim-faced, solar storm, and shoogly:
www.oed.com/information/... #words

Review | ‘Algospeak’ says we’re living through a linguistic revolution Adam Aleksic, known to his many online followers as Etymology Nerd, writes about the ways social media is changing language.

A review of Algospeak - looks like an interesting language & technology/lang change/lang & social groups read for Paper 2
www.washingtonpost.com/books/2025/0...

Not sure there's much here that's new, linguistically speaking, but sections of this could make a decent P2Q3 analysis task.
archive.today/fm6ft

Amanda and I are running this course again. It went down really well last time and we've got some even newer material to share since then.

@robdrummond.bsky.social is always good at these events and it's nice to see his pedantry/language knowledge graph expanding into new territory.