Ogham was historically an alphabet for early Irish writing - this week it was used as a protest code during Eurovision. What is Ogham and how did Bambie Thug use it? #ogham #bambiethug #eurovision #language
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
British insults are changing. A new survey out today suggests young people decreasingly recognise insults like ‘plonker’. Thing is…what are we saying instead? How much of this is regional rather than generational? And will Del Boy ever call Rodney a simp? #language #insults #british #english
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
#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
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
Do you know the history of this important garment? Maybe you didn’t - now you do, along with why cobija has a totally different word journey. #kuffiyeh #keffiyeh #language #spanish #arabic
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