Zagorath@aussie.zone to Linguistics@mander.xyzEnglish · 2 months agoResearchers fear the British spoken 'r' is ready to roll away from the last bastion of rhoticityphys.orgexternal-linkmessage-square10fedilinkarrow-up144arrow-down12
arrow-up142arrow-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 · 2 months agomessage-square10fedilink
minus-squarebgainor@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up13·2 months 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!”