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Show notes for Episode 7

Here are the show notes for Episode 7 where Jacky, Dan, Lisa and Matthew talk about:

  • ‘Irregardless’ and why this word causes prescriptivists such angst.
  • The Daily Mail going overboard on ‘man overboard’ and why challenging sexist language gets such a bad press.
  • And we talk to Dr Philip Seargeant of the Open University about emoji and political storytelling.

    Philip Seargeant’s university page: http://www.open.ac.uk/people/ps4549

    Philip Seargeant’s website: Philip Seargeant

    Twitter: https://twitter.com/philipseargeant

    Philip Seargeant on emoji: https://www.digitaltrends.com/features/emoji-digital-language-of-emotion-phillip-seargeant/

    Philip Seargeant on political storytelling: https://www.ft.com/content/d0d0f4ec-a4d2-11ea-92e2-cbd9b7e28ee6 (paywalled)

    The Special Adviser's Tale, or Political Storytelling in the Time of Covid

    Irregardless

    https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/06/is-irregardless-a-real-word-dictionary

    Peter Sokolowski of Merriam Webster Dictionaries discusses ‘irregardless’ in a Twitter thread: https://twitter.com/PeterSokolowski/status/1280585356908388352

    ‘Man overboard’

    Sailors told to stop using Navy terms like 'unmanned' and 'man power'

    Royal Navy bans terms 'unmanned' and 'manpower' because it's 'sexist'

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    Matthew Butler

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    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

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