Zagorath@aussie.zone to Linguistics@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 month agoResearchers fear the British spoken 'r' is ready to roll away from the last bastion of rhoticityphys.orgexternal-linkmessage-square10linkfedilinkarrow-up146arrow-down12cross-posted to: linguistics@sh.itjust.worksunitedkingdom@feddit.uk
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 · 1 month agomessage-square10linkfedilinkcross-posted to: linguistics@sh.itjust.worksunitedkingdom@feddit.uk
minus-squarebgainor@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up13·1 month 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!”