Rob Drummond
@robdrummond.bsky.social
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Sociolinguistics.
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Rob Drummond
@robdrummond.bsky.social
· Apr 10
Officially out today! The paperback edition of 'You're All Talk: Why we are what we speak'. Available in all the usual places.
scribepublications.co.uk/books-author...
With some kind words from @susiedent.com, @simonmayo.bsky.social, David Crystal, Chris Mason, Ian McMillan, and Gyles Brandreth😁
scribepublications.co.uk/books-author...
With some kind words from @susiedent.com, @simonmayo.bsky.social, David Crystal, Chris Mason, Ian McMillan, and Gyles Brandreth😁
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It feels really, really good to finally hold the hard copy of this in my hands! Years of work in one shiny new book 😊 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/language-...
November 13, 2025 at 8:37 AM
It feels really, really good to finally hold the hard copy of this in my hands! Years of work in one shiny new book 😊 www.bloomsbury.com/uk/language-...
November 8, 2025 at 12:29 PM
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Don’t worry. I spoke to BBC Newsround and said everything was fine 😁
November 5, 2025 at 7:46 AM
Don’t worry. I spoke to BBC Newsround and said everything was fine 😁
Huge improvement to the 100ml rule
November 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
Huge improvement to the 100ml rule
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"Holliday...was running a marathon recently, some kids were holding a sign at 6.7-miles...she yelled “six, seven” to their delight. “For a brief moment” she says, “in our lonely, isolated, algorithm-driven world, I connected with those kids on something we shared" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Slang terms like ‘six-seven’ have no definition. But they’re loaded with meaning | Matthew Cantor
Older generations are demanding explanations of the viral phrase – but slang doesn’t have to make logical sense
www.theguardian.com
October 30, 2025 at 6:23 PM
"Holliday...was running a marathon recently, some kids were holding a sign at 6.7-miles...she yelled “six, seven” to their delight. “For a brief moment” she says, “in our lonely, isolated, algorithm-driven world, I connected with those kids on something we shared" www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
A good thing, surely?
Nonce will always remain an awkward example of UK English homonymy
Nonce will always remain an awkward example of UK English homonymy
October 30, 2025 at 12:28 PM
A good thing, surely?
Nonce will always remain an awkward example of UK English homonymy
Nonce will always remain an awkward example of UK English homonymy
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In my latest blog post I delve into the implication of Trump's Compact on the field of educational linguistics--and it is not pretty.
Why Trump’s Compact Poses an Existential Threat to Educational Linguistics educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/w...
Why Trump’s Compact Poses an Existential Threat to Educational Linguistics educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/w...
Why Trump’s Compact Poses an Existential Threat to Educational Linguistics
Donald Trump’s so-called Compact for Academic Excellence in Higher Education is his latest attempt to impose a partisan political vision on the nation’s universities. Framed as a push for rigor and…
educationallinguist.wordpress.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:05 PM
In my latest blog post I delve into the implication of Trump's Compact on the field of educational linguistics--and it is not pretty.
Why Trump’s Compact Poses an Existential Threat to Educational Linguistics educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/w...
Why Trump’s Compact Poses an Existential Threat to Educational Linguistics educationallinguist.wordpress.com/2025/10/27/w...
Manchester, from Bolton.
October 26, 2025 at 7:55 AM
Manchester, from Bolton.
Meet Patty, today’s editorial assistant
October 20, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Meet Patty, today’s editorial assistant
Italian blasphemy and German ingenuity: how swear words differ around the world
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
Italian blasphemy and German ingenuity: how swear words differ around the world
Once dismissed as a sign of low intelligence, researchers now argue the ‘power’ of taboo words has been overlooked
www.theguardian.com
October 19, 2025 at 8:39 AM
Italian blasphemy and German ingenuity: how swear words differ around the world
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
www.theguardian.com/science/2025...
1998. Before singular 'they' came bursting onto the scene in.... oh... 14th C.
October 17, 2025 at 11:12 AM
1998. Before singular 'they' came bursting onto the scene in.... oh... 14th C.
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📖 Happy World Novel Week 2025!
👀 Butteries and wagger-pagger-baggers - read Katie Wales on Charles Dickens and university cant: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
👀 Butteries and wagger-pagger-baggers - read Katie Wales on Charles Dickens and university cant: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
October 14, 2025 at 5:43 AM
📖 Happy World Novel Week 2025!
👀 Butteries and wagger-pagger-baggers - read Katie Wales on Charles Dickens and university cant: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
👀 Butteries and wagger-pagger-baggers - read Katie Wales on Charles Dickens and university cant: babelzine.co.uk/wp-content/u...
So interesting! I’ve always wanted to look into the visual aspect of accents.
‘Different accents look different' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
‘Different accents look different' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
'Why I speak with a Yorkshire accent despite being born deaf'
Gladiators star Jodie Ounsley says it is one of the questions she gets asked the most.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 11, 2025 at 9:19 AM
So interesting! I’ve always wanted to look into the visual aspect of accents.
‘Different accents look different' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
‘Different accents look different' www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Worker sacked for mocking Irish accent unfairly dismissed
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Irish accent mocking worker was unfairly sacked, tribunal finds
Karl Davies greeted a manager with,
www.bbc.co.uk
October 10, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Worker sacked for mocking Irish accent unfairly dismissed
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Good to see a classic Traitors ‘yourself’ last night. First of the series I believe.
October 10, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Good to see a classic Traitors ‘yourself’ last night. First of the series I believe.
A brilliant night in Manchester with @threebeansaladpod.bsky.social!
October 3, 2025 at 9:25 AM
A brilliant night in Manchester with @threebeansaladpod.bsky.social!
As a new dog owner, I have to say that nothing prepared me for how committed dog-related businesses are to dog-related puns. They really commit.
October 1, 2025 at 5:13 PM
As a new dog owner, I have to say that nothing prepared me for how committed dog-related businesses are to dog-related puns. They really commit.
A very narrow view of the English language! www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
September 26, 2025 at 7:03 AM
A very narrow view of the English language! www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...
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EMC CPD Face to Face: Starting to Teach A Level English Language
"I would strongly recommend it to all teachers of A Level English Language whether new to teaching the course or experienced teachers in need of new ideas and prompts."
Book by: 8am on 2nd October
buff.ly/fLPFvtl
"I would strongly recommend it to all teachers of A Level English Language whether new to teaching the course or experienced teachers in need of new ideas and prompts."
Book by: 8am on 2nd October
buff.ly/fLPFvtl
September 24, 2025 at 6:30 AM
EMC CPD Face to Face: Starting to Teach A Level English Language
"I would strongly recommend it to all teachers of A Level English Language whether new to teaching the course or experienced teachers in need of new ideas and prompts."
Book by: 8am on 2nd October
buff.ly/fLPFvtl
"I would strongly recommend it to all teachers of A Level English Language whether new to teaching the course or experienced teachers in need of new ideas and prompts."
Book by: 8am on 2nd October
buff.ly/fLPFvtl
Manchester, from Bolton
September 21, 2025 at 5:13 PM
Manchester, from Bolton
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Exciting news: I've got a 3-page article on the Grasmere Dialect Plays in the Oct 2025 issue of 'Cumbria Life' magazine! Really hoping this will bring them to a wider audience @drpennybradshaw.bsky.social @countrystride.bsky.social
For more on the Plays, head over to @grasdialectplays.bsky.social
For more on the Plays, head over to @grasdialectplays.bsky.social
September 19, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Exciting news: I've got a 3-page article on the Grasmere Dialect Plays in the Oct 2025 issue of 'Cumbria Life' magazine! Really hoping this will bring them to a wider audience @drpennybradshaw.bsky.social @countrystride.bsky.social
For more on the Plays, head over to @grasdialectplays.bsky.social
For more on the Plays, head over to @grasdialectplays.bsky.social
The start of a new academic year. Seems like a good time to remind students and teachers who are looking at spoken language and identity for the first time that this is available and very accessible! In all the usual places. Please leave a review if you can😁
Officially out today! The paperback edition of 'You're All Talk: Why we are what we speak'. Available in all the usual places.
scribepublications.co.uk/books-author...
With some kind words from @susiedent.com, @simonmayo.bsky.social, David Crystal, Chris Mason, Ian McMillan, and Gyles Brandreth😁
scribepublications.co.uk/books-author...
With some kind words from @susiedent.com, @simonmayo.bsky.social, David Crystal, Chris Mason, Ian McMillan, and Gyles Brandreth😁
September 19, 2025 at 10:00 AM
The start of a new academic year. Seems like a good time to remind students and teachers who are looking at spoken language and identity for the first time that this is available and very accessible! In all the usual places. Please leave a review if you can😁
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Sometimes it depresses me how little impact decades of the study of sociolinguistic variation and change has had on other areas of the language sciences (I get the same feeling about gesture studies), but I didn't even realise that this idea was prevalent in some areas of my own field!
For decades, linguists assumed kids drive language change through ‘imperfect’ learning. New research by Raviv, Blasi & Kempe (Psychological Review) show that instead, adolescents and young adults are more likely to spread, normalize, and cement linguistic shifts. www.mpi.nl/news/young-c...
September 10, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Sometimes it depresses me how little impact decades of the study of sociolinguistic variation and change has had on other areas of the language sciences (I get the same feeling about gesture studies), but I didn't even realise that this idea was prevalent in some areas of my own field!
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1/4 Another recent language favourite comes from the really quite wonderful Dr. Rob Drummond. The book is focused on, well, how we 'talk'. Do you have an accent? Does it make you sound educated, powerful, or perhaps a bit dim and poor.
September 8, 2025 at 8:49 AM
1/4 Another recent language favourite comes from the really quite wonderful Dr. Rob Drummond. The book is focused on, well, how we 'talk'. Do you have an accent? Does it make you sound educated, powerful, or perhaps a bit dim and poor.