The rhotic R is disappearing from the north of England - and its disappearance has also been documented in other English accents like those in the South West. Do you still have a cheeky rhotic R? #linguistics #language #englishaccent
#ad Less than a quarter of statues in the UK are of women. So this #WomensHistoryMonth I’m visiting named women statues around the country with @TikTok UK to find out more about them. Today I learned about Betty Campbell in Cardiff. Who else do you think should have a statue made of them? #WomenOfTikTok
Language GCSEs in England have historically been marked more harshly than other subjects. If you didn’t do as well as you expected, this is why - and should never put you off learning as an adult ❤️ #languages #languagelearning
Donald Trump’s been chatting about languages lately so…I wanted to point out that the United States is built by linguistic diversity - whether it was from the continent of North America before the Europeans arrived, or whether it’s now in a country full of multilingual homes. Here are some facts about linguistic diversity across widely and lesser-spoken languages. #languages #unitedstates
Why do we call egg ‘egg’? Because a northern English dialect armed with Old Norse hunger gamesed it and beat all the other words. I really did try to chop up all the hazelnuts by hand I promise…this is the first eatymology that I’d say makes a perfect breakfast!!! it was delicious with all that honey drenched over it, also good with maple syrup or Nutella #eatymology #language #linguistics #eggrecipes
Imagine if your native language wasn’t on Google Translate? Learn about AI innovations in Ghana in my latest documentary! Commissioned by the Lloyd’s Register Foundation 😊 #languages #ai #ghana
What can polyglots tell us about how we process our native language? Turns out it has revealed we are extremely efficient at processing our first languages - and that our brain activity when we speak other languages is ✨ illuminating ✨ #languages #linguistics #polyglots
#ad Less than a quarter of statues in the UK are of women - and most of them are royals and mythological figures. So this #WomensHistoryMonth I’m visiting named women statues around the country with @TikTok UK to find out more about them. Here’s Amy Johnson in Hull! Who else do you think should have a statue made of them? #WomenOfTikTok
What happened in this special city helped to popularise the word ‘bank’ across Europe ✨ plus it helped spread a bunch of banking innovations too! #language #italy #florence #firenze