#accentism

Some of you may remember the 1996 scandal over New York accents in prerecorded messages in taxis ("Please be sure you remove all your belongings").

Possible evidence of how far we've come is this 2012 profile of Dennis Ferrara, who has used his New York accent in prerecorded messages telling pedestrians which street they are currently allowed to cross.

#linguistics #sociolinguistics #Accentism #NewYorkAccent

https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/07/nyregion/a-new-york-voice-at-new-york-intersections.html

Cuando explico que el acento "neutro" no existe y que las personas que hablan sin acento tampoco existen. Que es como si quisieras escribir algo sin un tipo de letra o fuente y que además pretendieras que esa no-fuente fuera "neutra".
#memesLingüísticos
#lingüística
#linguistics
#accentism

Just a quick toot to recommend the #newsletter published by the team of the Subtitle #podcast - lots of interesting stuff from the world of #languages - such as a story on #accentism in the UK (sigh) and on how slips of the tongue occur. /cc @translators
https://mailchi.mp/c60d3611392b/how-the-udi-language-came-to-georgia?e=4de0e0d237

Job alert!

Two postdoc positions on the QMUL/York Generations of London English project: https://www.qmul.ac.uk/jobs/vacancies/items/7788.html

The posts are based in London starting in March 2023. The closing date is Dec 1st.

Please pass the word on!

#sociolinguistics
#languagechange
#sociophonetics
#MulticulturalLondonEnglish
#accentism
#academicjobs
#linguistics
#london
#hiring
#academic