Richard West-Soley
@richardwestsoley.bsky.social
Dialect researcher, PhD Linguistics Edinburgh, polyglot, programmer, Eurovision, general geek. #langsky 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇦🇹🇳🇴🇸🇪🇮🇸🏴🇬🇷🇵🇱🇹🇿
Eurovision's done and dusted - and it was another good one for language diversity! 🌍🎤💬
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Eurovison 2025 is done and dusted, and it's another good one for songs sung in national languages. Here's how they fared!
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May 18, 2025 at 1:14 PM
Eurovision's done and dusted - and it was another good one for language diversity! 🌍🎤💬
www.polyglossic.com/eurovision-2...
www.polyglossic.com/eurovision-2...
Reposted by Richard West-Soley
Word of the Day is ‘hunch-weather’ (19th century): weather so cold it makes you hunch your shoulders when you walk outside.
January 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Word of the Day is ‘hunch-weather’ (19th century): weather so cold it makes you hunch your shoulders when you walk outside.
In a world of alarming news, you can still turn the negative into a #LanguageLearning positive! This week, I take a look at Preparedness Booklets from target language countries, and how these make for great free reading material. www.polyglossic.com/preparedness... #langsky #languages #mfl
Dystopia warning: Reading Preparedness Booklets for Language Learning - Polyglossic
Prepping is all the rage these days, with alarming news at every turn. The free reading materials it generates are gold for your languages!
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December 22, 2024 at 10:59 AM
In a world of alarming news, you can still turn the negative into a #LanguageLearning positive! This week, I take a look at Preparedness Booklets from target language countries, and how these make for great free reading material. www.polyglossic.com/preparedness... #langsky #languages #mfl
Some 1890 jokes from the Staffordshire Chronicle. I don't think they've aged very well. Still, keeps the research amusing! Stand-up comics, feel free to repurpose them 😅
November 21, 2024 at 6:46 PM
Some 1890 jokes from the Staffordshire Chronicle. I don't think they've aged very well. Still, keeps the research amusing! Stand-up comics, feel free to repurpose them 😅
As if on cue, some more research showing how enriching a range of linguistic varieties is in early years. Engaging with diversity in the classroom isn’t just fascinating - it’s good for the kids. #mfl #language #mfltwitterati
I am thrilled to share our new paper which investigates the role of continuous measures in linguistic diversity research. We found that children who are exposed to more linguistic diversity (e.g., language, dialect, accent) are perceptually more flexible. www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Linguistic diversity shapes flexible speech perception in school age children - Scientific Reports
Scientific Reports - Linguistic diversity shapes flexible speech perception in school age children
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November 21, 2024 at 12:44 PM
As if on cue, some more research showing how enriching a range of linguistic varieties is in early years. Engaging with diversity in the classroom isn’t just fascinating - it’s good for the kids. #mfl #language #mfltwitterati
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Déjà Blue - the act of putting out your best tweets all over again on Bluesky
November 18, 2024 at 12:29 PM
Déjà Blue - the act of putting out your best tweets all over again on Bluesky
Reposted by Richard West-Soley
The first known use of singular “they” is so old that not only does it pre-date singular “you,” it wasn’t even spelled with a “th”
When William and the Werewolf, in 1375 CE, used singular “they,” it was spelled with a Thorn
When William and the Werewolf, in 1375 CE, used singular “they,” it was spelled with a Thorn
November 17, 2024 at 3:28 PM
The first known use of singular “they” is so old that not only does it pre-date singular “you,” it wasn’t even spelled with a “th”
When William and the Werewolf, in 1375 CE, used singular “they,” it was spelled with a Thorn
When William and the Werewolf, in 1375 CE, used singular “they,” it was spelled with a Thorn
I usually give #JuniorEurovision a miss, but Ireland has a cracker of a song this year. Go n-éiri leat i Maidrid Enya! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zenh...
Enya Cox Dempsey - Le Chéile (LIVE) | Ireland 🇮🇪 | Junior Eurovision 2024 | #JESC2024
YouTube video by Eurovision National Finals (2)
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November 11, 2024 at 3:03 PM
I usually give #JuniorEurovision a miss, but Ireland has a cracker of a song this year. Go n-éiri leat i Maidrid Enya! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zenh...