Lucy Jones

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Good news indeed!

Just published: an article on pronoun specification in email signatures in German, using the University of Hamburg as an example. I examine how and which pronouns are specified and how participants comment on their rejection, non-usage, and usage.

'Das crazy' has been voted German Youth Word of the Year 2025 Every year, Germany’s youth select their annual "Youth Word of the Year", which is voted for by youngsters around the country.View on euronews

Oh my goodness, it gets earlier every year.
The Word of the Year thread starts here with the

2025 German Youth WotY: das crazy

uk.news.yahoo.com/das-crazy-vo...

Phil Gentry @pmgentry A professor of mine went to go hear Derrida speak once. The entire talk was about cows; everyone was flummoxed but listened carefully, and took notes about...cows. There was a short break, and when Derrida came back, he was like, "I'm told it is pronounced 'chaos. 11:28 AM • 4/5/21 from Philadelphia, PA • Twitter for iPhone

This path leads to chaos.

It's on Linguist List so I guess it's official....Language & LGBTQ+ Youth is out now!! 🎉 📚

UK set to limit refugees to temporary stays Shabana Mahmood is expected to say the era of permanent protection for refugees is over, in major changes to the UK's asylum and immigration system.

I came to this country as a child refugee. No English, no certainty, no idea what my life could become. Britain gave me refuge.

Not on a timer, not with conditions attached, but with a chance to grow roots.

A thread 🧵 1/8
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

No, I'd say it's racists and those pandering to them.

Oh that's great! Thanks again for your lovely endorsement 😀

Hardback book with a green cover and pink, stencilled writing, reading LANGUAGE AND LGBTQ+ YOUTH: ANALYSING MARGINALISED IDENTITIES THROUGH AN INTERNATIONAL LENS by Lucy Jones. The cover picture is an abstract image with shapes in various rainbow-like colours.

It feels really, really good to finally hold the hard copy of this in my hands! Years of work in one shiny new book 😊 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/language-...

Julia standing at a podium in front of a screen reading LANGUAGE DIVERSITY AND SOCIAL (IN) JUSTICE

So delighted to be in Leeds for Professor Julia Snell's @snelljulia.bsky.social inaugural lecture! 👏

Join us at @uonenglish.bsky.social on 9th December for a talk by @elenasemino.bsky.social on Metaphors and Narratives in Health Communication! Register here: www.nottingham.ac.uk/english/even...

University of Nottingham students fight 'insane' cull of courses Traitors composer Sam Watts is among those against plans to cut University of Nottingham courses.

Students fight 'insane' cull of University of Nottingham courses www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

(and as you say, @jrkasstan.bsky.social, we all assume 'suspended' means 'closing')

@christianilbury.bsky.social Yep, this has been confirmed. Around a third of Arts programmes suspended in total, and absolutely all modern languages provision. It's a very sad and frustrating day here in Nottingham.

Mexico’s President Presses Charges Against Man Who Groped Her on the Street

Brava: “If I don’t file a complaint, then what message does that send to all Mexican women?” Ms. Sheinbaum said at her daily news conference, noting sexual harassment was a crime… “If this can happen to the president, what’s going to happen to all the young women & women across our country?”

'On 29 October, Research England revealed that a shake-up in the purpose of HEIF will see the programme—which distributes £280 million annually towards knowledge exchange activities in universities—narrow its funding focus towards activities that can be proven to drive economic growth.' 1/3

The conference theme concerns queer (dis)belonging and the politics of inclusion and exclusion, and keynote speakers are: Nikki Lane, Kevin Guyan, Erez Levon, Stamatina Katsiveli and Eddie Ungless. What a line-up!

So good to see #LavLang32 being shared so widely! Join us for the annual Queer Linguistics conference, which in 2026 travels to Scotland for the first time thanks to @christianilbury.bsky.social and University of Edinburgh lavlang32.ppls.ed.ac.uk

Language, Gender and Pregnancy Loss Cambridge Core - Sociolinguistics - Language, Gender and Pregnancy Loss

Just published! Another fantastic new Element in the Cambridge Elements in Language, Gender and Sexuality series written by Beth Malory which explores an extremely timely and important topic. Freely available to access online for the next two weeks. www.cambridge.org/core/element...

Postdoctoral position in Sociolinguistics at TRANSITION – Center for Changing Urban and Rural Lives (Center of Excellence), University of Copenhagen

Postdoc in #sociolinguistics jobportal.ku.dk/videnskabeli...

They are saying they're sending me home, but Liverpool is my home Arteja loves Liverpool, supports Everton and has become a key member of the community - but now faces being sent back into the hands of those who exploited her

Yesterday I had an emotional conversation on the phone with Arteja. She was trafficked into this country and terrible exploited by gangs before finding safety and community in Liverpool.

Now she’s been detained and is set to be deported back into the hands of those who caused her so much trauma.

EHRC withdraws interim guidance encouraging trans exclusion After six months of confusion and delay, the EHRC has taken down interim guidance rushed out in April. But the damage has already been done.

"The EHRC’s exclusionary interim guidance has had a devastating impact on trans people’s lives"

“Now the guidance has been withdrawn, so should the exclusionary policies that organisations rashly implemented in its aftermath. If not, they could find themselves in hot water.”

This is utterly horrifying. At the same time, we've had a national GOP that has implied these things, without saying them outright, for decades. That has done every hateful thing possible to every minority group, to make us second class citizens. This is what happens next, in their worldview.

Accent bias as a barrier to social mobility | ABI

I gave a keynote on accent bias and social mobility at the ABI (Assoc. of British Insurers) last week. Alongside my keynote, they invited me to write a blog post on our work which you can now read below:

www.abi.org.uk/news/blog-ar...

“This is a movement…This is an achievement of a whole society…I am just one person.”

The beautiful humility of Venezuelan pro-democracy leader, Maria Corina Machado, the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize recipient.

Map of UK with five waiting times from around the UK listing, 224, 41, 18 31 and 12 years with title: How long will you wait? The waiting times of every NHS gender clinic in the UK listed alphabetically Alongside logos for: The Gender Clinic FIles, QueerAF and What The Trans?!

🏳️‍⚧️ Every UK GIC's waiting list times, based on painstaking FOIs and research, are now available as part of our new investigation.

Most Trans+ people in the UK will wait more than a third of their adult life, and some will never receive care. Understand why:

👉 www.wearequeeraf.com/gender-clini...