Zagorath@aussie.zone to Linguistics@mander.xyzEnglish · 8 days agoResearchers fear the British spoken 'r' is ready to roll away from the last bastion of rhoticityphys.orgexternal-linkmessage-square11linkfedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down12cross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
arrow-up144arrow-down1external-linkResearchers fear the British spoken 'r' is ready to roll away from the last bastion of rhoticityphys.orgZagorath@aussie.zone to Linguistics@mander.xyzEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square11linkfedilinkcross-posted to: [email protected][email protected]
minus-squarebgainorlinkfedilinkarrow-up13·8 days agoSensationalist headline-writer: “These researchers are neutrally investigating language change? Let’s throw ‘fear’ in there to get up the prescriptivists’ hackles!”
Sensationalist headline-writer: “These researchers are neutrally investigating language change? Let’s throw ‘fear’ in there to get up the prescriptivists’ hackles!”