Lexis Podcast
@lexispodcast.bsky.social
A podcast about English Language and Linguistics aimed at students in the UK.
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Merry Christmas to all our followers & listeners who celebrate it or just use the holiday to have a good time. We'll be back in the new year with some new episodes including some student takeovers where we'll hand the mics over to A-level students to do the talking & interviewing.
December 24, 2025 at 9:40 AM
Merry Christmas to all our followers & listeners who celebrate it or just use the holiday to have a good time. We'll be back in the new year with some new episodes including some student takeovers where we'll hand the mics over to A-level students to do the talking & interviewing.
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And the BL Word of the Week of the Year, as voted by listeners:
temu (derog.): a cheap or knock-off version
We think it reflects a complicated relationship with companies we do business with. Even as we use them, we feel the shadiness.
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temu (derog.): a cheap or knock-off version
We think it reflects a complicated relationship with companies we do business with. Even as we use them, we feel the shadiness.
See or hear this episode
becauselanguage.com/131-wotwoty-...
December 20, 2025 at 2:10 PM
And the BL Word of the Week of the Year, as voted by listeners:
temu (derog.): a cheap or knock-off version
We think it reflects a complicated relationship with companies we do business with. Even as we use them, we feel the shadiness.
See or hear this episode
becauselanguage.com/131-wotwoty-...
temu (derog.): a cheap or knock-off version
We think it reflects a complicated relationship with companies we do business with. Even as we use them, we feel the shadiness.
See or hear this episode
becauselanguage.com/131-wotwoty-...
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Nice overview of recent WOTYs and the worlds & times they reflect. Decent style model for P2Q4 as well!
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Each year, word of the year gets darker. ‘Six-seven’ may be annoying – but it’s bucked that trend | Coco Khan
Some might regard this slang as ‘brain rot’, but the first word of the year just for tweens and teenagers could be the most hopeful development of 2025, says writer and podcaster Coco Khan
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December 20, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Nice overview of recent WOTYs and the worlds & times they reflect. Decent style model for P2Q4 as well!
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Seems sensible.
Merriam-Webster’s human editors have chosen ‘slop’ as the 2025 Word of the Year.
December 15, 2025 at 5:59 PM
Seems sensible.
New episode just out! It features an interview with John Kelly aka @mashedradish.bsky.social on #WOTY2025 and the whole Word of the Year phenomenon. Word nerd heaven or cynical marketing ploy from BiG dIcTiOnArY? spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/pnwYbTXR3Yb
Episode 78 - John Kelly and the 2025 Words of the Year by Lexis
Welcome to episode 78 of Lexis in which Raj & Dan talk to John Kelly, former head of content at Dictionary.com, previous contributor to Merriam-Webster and Oxford Dictionaries, emoji lexicographer for...
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December 13, 2025 at 9:35 AM
New episode just out! It features an interview with John Kelly aka @mashedradish.bsky.social on #WOTY2025 and the whole Word of the Year phenomenon. Word nerd heaven or cynical marketing ploy from BiG dIcTiOnArY? spotifycreators-web.app.link/e/pnwYbTXR3Yb
We'll be talking about this iconic moment in the death of a slang term in our next episode.
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December 10, 2025 at 8:07 PM
We'll be talking about this iconic moment in the death of a slang term in our next episode.
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Quick peek at our next episode and what we're talking about with @mashedradish.bsky.social
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Preview Lexis John Kelly WOTY2025 - Descript
Uh, but what's really interesting to me is just the shift, as I was talking about before, from the kind of techno optimism of the early earlier parts of the century and now where it is very critical.
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December 10, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Quick peek at our next episode and what we're talking about with @mashedradish.bsky.social
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A little preview of what our next episode, with @lynneguist.bsky.social, will be covering.
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Lynne Murphy interview clip - Descript
In Britain, people tend to assume it's an Americanism if it's something new that they don't like. So when you read those articles in The Telegraph for The Times, or other newspapers with lists of, yo
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November 23, 2025 at 9:05 AM
A little preview of what our next episode, with @lynneguist.bsky.social, will be covering.
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We've just recorded a new episode with @lynneguist.bsky.social on the recent flurry of articles about young people and the supposed Americanisation of their language. And how we've been here before. Coming soon!
November 21, 2025 at 5:03 PM
We've just recorded a new episode with @lynneguist.bsky.social on the recent flurry of articles about young people and the supposed Americanisation of their language. And how we've been here before. Coming soon!
We've got a new episode out! It features an interview with Dani Yin and Cheryl Wakslak about their recent paper on gendered use of exclamation marks in digital communication and it's a really good conversation: open.spotify.com/episode/5KzP...
#linguistics
#linguistics
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November 20, 2025 at 9:45 AM
We've got a new episode out! It features an interview with Dani Yin and Cheryl Wakslak about their recent paper on gendered use of exclamation marks in digital communication and it's a really good conversation: open.spotify.com/episode/5KzP...
#linguistics
#linguistics
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This new LOTM Starter Pack is slowly starting to grow. It takes some time and searching, but today, the latest additions are people who have been interviewed for the @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast.
Key takeaways: there are quite a few episodes and only some are on Bluesky, but they include:
Key takeaways: there are quite a few episodes and only some are on Bluesky, but they include:
November 12, 2025 at 2:56 AM
This new LOTM Starter Pack is slowly starting to grow. It takes some time and searching, but today, the latest additions are people who have been interviewed for the @languageonthemove.bsky.social podcast.
Key takeaways: there are quite a few episodes and only some are on Bluesky, but they include:
Key takeaways: there are quite a few episodes and only some are on Bluesky, but they include:
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@christianilbury.bsky.social is another recent addition to the Starter Pack, and joined @brynnquick.bsky.social for an interview earlier this year to discuss his new book, Researching Language and Digital Communication: A Student Guide. A great discussion!
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Researching Language and Digital Communication
Brynn Quick speaks with Dr Christian Ilbury about his new book, Researching Language and Digital Communication: A Student Guide, published by Routledge. The book is an introduction to research on l…
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November 12, 2025 at 3:12 AM
@christianilbury.bsky.social is another recent addition to the Starter Pack, and joined @brynnquick.bsky.social for an interview earlier this year to discuss his new book, Researching Language and Digital Communication: A Student Guide. A great discussion!
www.languageonthemove.com/researching-...
www.languageonthemove.com/researching-...
Advice welcome - I'm moving as much as I can off Spotify (for various reasons) so where's a good place to link to for the pod? Where do other people use that's not Spotify-related? And any good alternatives to what used to be Anchor (now Spotify) for uploading pods?
November 10, 2025 at 11:36 AM
Advice welcome - I'm moving as much as I can off Spotify (for various reasons) so where's a good place to link to for the pod? Where do other people use that's not Spotify-related? And any good alternatives to what used to be Anchor (now Spotify) for uploading pods?
We've been away for a while but episode 75 is finally here. We talk about accent discrimination, attitudes to teachers' accents and about what accent prejudice tells us about wider social attitudes. #Linguistics open.spotify.com/episode/5wnC...
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October 27, 2025 at 9:48 AM
We've been away for a while but episode 75 is finally here. We talk about accent discrimination, attitudes to teachers' accents and about what accent prejudice tells us about wider social attitudes. #Linguistics open.spotify.com/episode/5wnC...
New episode (number 75!) coming very soon and it's a bumper episode featuring 3 linguists, 1 teacher, 4 podders and a Lang in the News segment.
October 24, 2025 at 11:46 AM
New episode (number 75!) coming very soon and it's a bumper episode featuring 3 linguists, 1 teacher, 4 podders and a Lang in the News segment.
No sooner had we finished recording a Lang in the News segment than the Telegraph runs the same kind of story again. It's uncanny...
I hate to say it but The Telegraph is running its regular 'woke nonsense' story again. It's *literally* the same story every week, even down to the same cast of talking heads describing it as Marxist thought policing or leftist linguistic gatekeeping.
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October 18, 2025 at 5:15 PM
No sooner had we finished recording a Lang in the News segment than the Telegraph runs the same kind of story again. It's uncanny...
We've been having a bit of a break since June but we'll be back soon with some episodes about attitudes to accents, especially teachers' accents, and some Lang in the News! Watch this space 👀
October 17, 2025 at 6:23 PM
We've been having a bit of a break since June but we'll be back soon with some episodes about attitudes to accents, especially teachers' accents, and some Lang in the News! Watch this space 👀
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My learned friends, how long until The Telegraph covers this as part of its 'woke nonsense' agenda?
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October 11, 2025 at 10:55 AM
My learned friends, how long until The Telegraph covers this as part of its 'woke nonsense' agenda?
www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/goodbye...
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Longer words and real reflection: the science behind a convincing apology
Longer words and real reflection: the science behind a convincing apology
People expect effort, not a token ‘I’m sorry’, but be careful not to over-script your acknowledgment of mistakes
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September 21, 2025 at 12:16 PM
Longer words and real reflection: the science behind a convincing apology
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Interesting read, with so much detail. Made me think of the rise of "y'all" nationwide (as the country becomes more southern) and the decline of the southern drawl in places like Atlanta (as the south becomes more like the rest of the country).
Got a story out today about something I’ve been fascinated by for years: From Atlanta hip hop to Bama RushTok, here’s how and why the South has taken such a firm grip on modern American culture. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...
The United States Is Southern Now
From booming metros to culture-defining exports, the South has quietly become a demographic powerhouse and a battleground for the country’s identity.
www.bloomberg.com
August 15, 2025 at 4:52 PM
Interesting read, with so much detail. Made me think of the rise of "y'all" nationwide (as the country becomes more southern) and the decline of the southern drawl in places like Atlanta (as the south becomes more like the rest of the country).
It's nearly the end of term, so thanks to all the linguists who have appeared on the show this academic year. We've had some great interviews and met some lovely people.
And thanks to all of you for listening. We'll be back in the Autumn term and are getting a few things lined up for then.
And thanks to all of you for listening. We'll be back in the Autumn term and are getting a few things lined up for then.
July 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
It's nearly the end of term, so thanks to all the linguists who have appeared on the show this academic year. We've had some great interviews and met some lovely people.
And thanks to all of you for listening. We'll be back in the Autumn term and are getting a few things lined up for then.
And thanks to all of you for listening. We'll be back in the Autumn term and are getting a few things lined up for then.
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EMC CPD Face-to-Face: Language Diversity and Discourses for AQA – Manchester
Exploring language variation, diversity and language discourses for AQA English Language.
Book by: 8am on 9th July
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Exploring language variation, diversity and language discourses for AQA English Language.
Book by: 8am on 9th July
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July 4, 2025 at 6:30 PM
EMC CPD Face-to-Face: Language Diversity and Discourses for AQA – Manchester
Exploring language variation, diversity and language discourses for AQA English Language.
Book by: 8am on 9th July
buff.ly/ihKC9cZ
Exploring language variation, diversity and language discourses for AQA English Language.
Book by: 8am on 9th July
buff.ly/ihKC9cZ
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At least one reason why I mostly don't write accents in my comics is basically this. Who gets written with an accent and who doesn't is always a tell.
This. It's like how Southerners used to transcribe Oasis as saying "fookin'". No. They said "fuckin'". Southerners say "fahrkin".
Wet blanket here. These stupid things never fucking work because *obviously* people in Manchester already read Aldi as Aldeh. They'll read Aldeh as a different word. You London-centric pricks. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
July 4, 2025 at 9:57 AM
At least one reason why I mostly don't write accents in my comics is basically this. Who gets written with an accent and who doesn't is always a tell.