Show notes for Episode 3

Here are the show notes for Episode 3, where Jacky, Dan, Lisa and Matthew talk about

- the language of subtitles: turning non-standard into Standard English?

- the changing meanings and interpretations of gestures: taking a knee and what it might mean

- and talk to Professor Devyani Sharma of QMUL about accents, identity and how to deal with accent bias… among other things!

You can find the links to the stories and research we’ve mentioned in this programme, below.

Accent Bias in Britain project (QMUL)

website: https://accentbiasbritain.org/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/accentbias

Teach Real English! (QMUL)

http://www.teachrealenglish.org/

Devyani Sharma’s staff page: Devyani Sharma - School of Languages, Linguistics and Film

A Level English numbers up for first time in 7 years:

Provisional Entries for GCSE, AS and A level: Summer 2020 exam series

Professor Dick Hudson’s site has mapped the trends in A Level English over the years:

https://dickhudson.com/trends-english/

Marcus Rashford interview with the BBC: Marcus Rashford talks food poverty, his childhood and campaigning for free school meals

A Twitter thread on the potential ‘linguicism’ of ‘correcting’ subtitles: https://twitter.com/DrVanjaK/status/1272603255932170245

BBC subtitling guidelines: https://bbc.github.io/subtitle-guidelines/

Dominic Raab on ‘taking a knee’: Dominic Raab's obliviousness to taking a knee feels eerily like a government ploy to enrage black people

Changing meaning of OK gesture

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48293817

Trolling, hoax or attempt to disguise hate symbol?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-48293817

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Contributors

Matthew Butler

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Matthewbutlerwy

Lisa Casey

blog: https://livingthroughlanguage.wordpress.com/ & Twitter: Language Debates (@LanguageDebates)

Dan Clayton

blog: EngLangBlog & Twitter: EngLangBlog (@EngLangBlog)

Jacky Glancey

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackyGlancey

Music: Freenotes