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Showing posts with label Language. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Language. Show all posts
Monday, August 07, 2017

Language, evolution and social class

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It’s interesting how social stratification encourages people lower down in the scale not only to mock the accents of their superiors but to...
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Saturday, April 09, 2011

In the paper shop

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The newsagent was reaching under the shelves with a litter picker, searching for plastic ties and brown paper from the morning's news bu...
Saturday, March 12, 2011

Linguistic survival

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In Hereford today, I told the tea shop owner it was the best cup of tea I'd had from a cafe in years. Delighted, he burst out, "Goo...
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