Jyoti Mishra · @Jyoti
1223 followers · 7232 posts · Server mas.to@mdm @LinuxAndYarn @amy @doot @dan
I find this sooooo weird!
I can't believe 'moist' is a taboo word in the US.
I'm fully waiting for someone to confess they're pulling my plums.
#SocioLinguistics #AmericanEnglish #UKEnglish #Swearing #Taboos
#taboos #swearing #ukenglish #americanenglish #sociolinguistics
Rupert · @rupertcutler
32 followers · 340 posts · Server mindly.social@RustyBertrand oh yes, folk separated by a common language. Oh and while I'm here it's not #ukenglish, it's #english. We invented it, well the #Romans etc., but it's ours!
Lauren Hall-Lew · @dialect
346 followers · 46 posts · Server mastodon.scotPlaying hangman with my 10yo last night, my word was “strictly”. She guessed A, E, I, O, U and was puzzled that only one of those was in the word. I said, “What’s sometimes like a vowel and sometimes not?” She guessed R! #proud
#linguistics #variation #sociolinguistics #English #UKEnglish #rhoticity #Edinburgh #linguistbabyphotos
#linguistbabyphotos #edinburgh #rhoticity #ukenglish #english #sociolinguistics #variation #linguistics #proud
James Dempster · @Cocktaillion
63 followers · 83 posts · Server mastodon.social
One for English language experts. When the the pronunciations change? I'm assuming this is WW1 era, can anyone confirm? #UKEnglish #Pronunciation #WW1
#ukenglish #pronunciation #ww1