Zagorath@aussie.zone to Linguistics@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 days agoResearchers fear the British spoken 'r' is ready to roll away from the last bastion of rhoticityphys.orgexternal-linkmessage-square11fedilinkarrow-up11
arrow-up11external-linkResearchers fear the British spoken 'r' is ready to roll away from the last bastion of rhoticityphys.orgZagorath@aussie.zone to Linguistics@mander.xyzEnglish · 4 days agomessage-square11fedilink
minus-squarebgainor@thelemmy.clublinkfedilinkarrow-up0·4 days 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!”