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🍓 In Babel No53, Simon Horobin looks at the etymology of fruits
January 5, 2026 at 8:50 AM
🍓 In Babel No53, Simon Horobin looks at the etymology of fruits
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January 2, 2026 at 9:24 AM
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🎄 Time to dust off the old Christmas syntax tree...
December 18, 2025 at 1:15 PM
🎄 Time to dust off the old Christmas syntax tree...
👀 Inside the brand new Babel...
❓ How good is your grasp of graphemic symbolism? Answers in Babel No53!
🧑🏫 Quiz courtesy of @logological.bsky.social
❓ How good is your grasp of graphemic symbolism? Answers in Babel No53!
🧑🏫 Quiz courtesy of @logological.bsky.social
December 16, 2025 at 1:56 PM
👀 Inside the brand new Babel...
❓ How good is your grasp of graphemic symbolism? Answers in Babel No53!
🧑🏫 Quiz courtesy of @logological.bsky.social
❓ How good is your grasp of graphemic symbolism? Answers in Babel No53!
🧑🏫 Quiz courtesy of @logological.bsky.social
📯 Babel No53 is online now! Trinidadian English Creole, Estonian humour, the roots of fruits, and much more
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December 15, 2025 at 9:09 AM
📯 Babel No53 is online now! Trinidadian English Creole, Estonian humour, the roots of fruits, and much more
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✉️ Print copies will be posted out through December
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December 13, 2025 at 1:44 PM
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👀 Coming very soon in Babel...
🎤 @janesetter.bsky.social looks at Taylor Swift's accent
🎤 @janesetter.bsky.social looks at Taylor Swift's accent
December 12, 2025 at 7:01 AM
👀 Coming very soon in Babel...
🎤 @janesetter.bsky.social looks at Taylor Swift's accent
🎤 @janesetter.bsky.social looks at Taylor Swift's accent
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December 9, 2025 at 7:06 AM
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December 3, 2025 at 6:15 AM
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December 1, 2025 at 7:17 AM
✍️ TODAY IS DEADLINE DAY! Babel Young Writers' Competition! The winner will receive...
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📚 A classic Babel poster: How voice quality works
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November 29, 2025 at 11:58 AM
📚 A classic Babel poster: How voice quality works
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🌏 The British have lost their American colonies... whereto next for English?
📚 Coming up in Babel No53!
Cartoon by @mjcartoons.bsky.social
📚 Coming up in Babel No53!
Cartoon by @mjcartoons.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 7:09 AM
🌏 The British have lost their American colonies... whereto next for English?
📚 Coming up in Babel No53!
Cartoon by @mjcartoons.bsky.social
📚 Coming up in Babel No53!
Cartoon by @mjcartoons.bsky.social
✍️ 1 week to go! Babel Young Writers' Competition! Write on your specialist linguistic topic to win...
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November 24, 2025 at 6:52 AM
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📚 A Babel classic from our Best Of issue - what kind of linguist are YOU?
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November 22, 2025 at 11:50 AM
📚 A Babel classic from our Best Of issue - what kind of linguist are YOU?
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✍️ Babel Young Writers' Competition - deadline soon (1 December)
🏆 Previous winner Abhishak Dedhe looks at what it's like to be bilingual in America: babelzine.co.uk/ArticlePDFs/...
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🏆 Previous winner Abhishak Dedhe looks at what it's like to be bilingual in America: babelzine.co.uk/ArticlePDFs/...
📜 Guidelines at babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Advert-Young-Writers-Competition-No54.pdf
November 18, 2025 at 6:38 AM
✍️ Babel Young Writers' Competition - deadline soon (1 December)
🏆 Previous winner Abhishak Dedhe looks at what it's like to be bilingual in America: babelzine.co.uk/ArticlePDFs/...
📜 Guidelines at babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Advert-Young-Writers-Competition-No54.pdf
🏆 Previous winner Abhishak Dedhe looks at what it's like to be bilingual in America: babelzine.co.uk/ArticlePDFs/...
📜 Guidelines at babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/Advert-Young-Writers-Competition-No54.pdf
✍️ Babel Young Writers' Competition! You could win publication in Babel (Spring 2026)!
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🏆 Previous winner Dong Hyun Kang looks at wars on language: babelzine.co.uk/ArticlePDFs/...
November 10, 2025 at 7:03 AM
✍️ Babel Young Writers' Competition! You could win publication in Babel (Spring 2026)!
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November 7, 2025 at 6:54 AM
✍️ Babel's Young Writers' Competition! Win publication and a year's subscription!
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October 31, 2025 at 9:37 AM
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Good times and surprisingly many good laughs at last night's @babelzine.bsky.social lecture by John Vice OBE, richly illustrated with video excerpts from all your favourite Parliaments (including French, German, Swiss, Australian alongside good old Commons and Lords). Thank you Babel and Kent uni!
October 31, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Good times and surprisingly many good laughs at last night's @babelzine.bsky.social lecture by John Vice OBE, richly illustrated with video excerpts from all your favourite Parliaments (including French, German, Swiss, Australian alongside good old Commons and Lords). Thank you Babel and Kent uni!
📣 Tonight! The Babel Lecture 2025!
🧑🏫 John Vice - The work of Hansard, and why it matters
🗓️ @unikentlive, Thursday 30 October, 6.30pm
🎟️ Book your free seat at www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
🎥 We hope to share a recording online soon...
🧑🏫 John Vice - The work of Hansard, and why it matters
🗓️ @unikentlive, Thursday 30 October, 6.30pm
🎟️ Book your free seat at www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
🎥 We hope to share a recording online soon...
October 30, 2025 at 9:36 AM
📣 Tonight! The Babel Lecture 2025!
🧑🏫 John Vice - The work of Hansard, and why it matters
🗓️ @unikentlive, Thursday 30 October, 6.30pm
🎟️ Book your free seat at www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
🎥 We hope to share a recording online soon...
🧑🏫 John Vice - The work of Hansard, and why it matters
🗓️ @unikentlive, Thursday 30 October, 6.30pm
🎟️ Book your free seat at www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
🎥 We hope to share a recording online soon...
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If you're in Kent: this is tomorrow! It's free, open to all, and will be really interesting. Lots of stories from the editor of the House of Lords Hansard. You need to book your free ticket at the link. @babelzine.bsky.social #linguistics
www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
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The Babel Lecture 2025 - John Vice
Booking page for the Babel Lecture 2025, with John Vice.
www.kent.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 9:17 AM
If you're in Kent: this is tomorrow! It's free, open to all, and will be really interesting. Lots of stories from the editor of the House of Lords Hansard. You need to book your free ticket at the link. @babelzine.bsky.social #linguistics
www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
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October 28, 2025 at 7:01 AM
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✍️ Babel Young Writers' Competition! Write on your specialist linguistic topic and you could win...
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📖 Read previous winner Benjamin Hong on whistled languages at babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
📖 Publication in Babel (Spring 2026)!
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📘 Babel's Linguistic Lexicon book!
📖 Read previous winner Benjamin Hong on whistled languages at babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
October 27, 2025 at 6:53 AM
✍️ Babel Young Writers' Competition! Write on your specialist linguistic topic and you could win...
📖 Publication in Babel (Spring 2026)!
📚 A year's subscription!
📘 Babel's Linguistic Lexicon book!
📖 Read previous winner Benjamin Hong on whistled languages at babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
📖 Publication in Babel (Spring 2026)!
📚 A year's subscription!
📘 Babel's Linguistic Lexicon book!
📖 Read previous winner Benjamin Hong on whistled languages at babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
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October 26, 2025 at 12:36 PM
✍️ Write a book review for Babel!
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Review opportunities:
📗 Danny Bate - Why Q Needs U
📕 Rupert Gavin - Amorous or Loving?
📘 Vered Shwartz - Lost in Automatic Translation
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📣 The Babel Lecture 2025 - 1 week to go!
🧑🏫 John Vice - The work of Hansard, and why it matters
🗓️ @unikent.bsky.social, Thursday 30 October, 6.30pm
🎟️ Book your free seats at www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
🧑🏫 John Vice - The work of Hansard, and why it matters
🗓️ @unikent.bsky.social, Thursday 30 October, 6.30pm
🎟️ Book your free seats at www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
October 24, 2025 at 6:07 AM
📣 The Babel Lecture 2025 - 1 week to go!
🧑🏫 John Vice - The work of Hansard, and why it matters
🗓️ @unikent.bsky.social, Thursday 30 October, 6.30pm
🎟️ Book your free seats at www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...
🧑🏫 John Vice - The work of Hansard, and why it matters
🗓️ @unikent.bsky.social, Thursday 30 October, 6.30pm
🎟️ Book your free seats at www.kent.ac.uk/whats-on/bab...