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Dr Christopher Strelluf from Warwick Applied Linguistics comments on the news that 'plastic' has been declared 'children's word of the year' in today's i paper. inews.co.uk/news/uk/plasti…

Daughter asked me to find "Mummy Pig," and was very mad when I returned the Peppa Pig figurine instead of the figurine from her farm animal set. There's a lesson somewhere in that for the ling section on Reference...

1yr,3mos living in the UK: 8-year-old son calls <z> "zed"

2nd Thanksgiving in the UK: Son says, "I was sat down in my seat having a laugh."

Check out "Speaking from the Heartland: The Midland Vowel System of #KansasCity" by Christopher Strelluf, the newest Publication of the American Dialect Society Society! The first chapter is freely available: ow.ly/ipjG30nlOU6

Dr Chris Strelluf from Warwick Applied Linguistics is about to go live on BBC Birmingham & Black Country to discuss why we name inanimate things like our cars - and how we choose whether they are male or female!

Listen again - Has the Duchess of Sussex adopted a more British accent? Dr Chris Strelluf from Warwick Applied Linguistics discusses the linguistic evidence with Phil Upton on BBC Cov Warks. (interview starts at 2:51) bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/p0…

Is it time to recognise that linguistic and cultural diversity can drive civic participation and social well-being? Professor Jo Angouri of Warwick Applied Linguistics writes for The Conversation with Professor Loredana Polezzi and Professor Rita Wilson theconversation.com/language-has-b…

Did you 'rabbit' on #SpeakCockneyDay yesterday? Dr Chris Strelluf from Warwick Applied Linguistics explains how many of us are already speaking Cockney without realising in this piece for the #WarwickKnowledgeCentre. Read in full: warwick.ac.uk/newsandevents/…

1.5+ years living in the UK, and my son still sounds pretty much like an American. Except when an Usher song comes on the radio and he says, "Oh, I like [ʊʃə]."

From a family of Kansas Citians living in the UK, HOW ABOUT THOSE CHIEFS!!!! #BBCNFL

When I was in the army, people often thanked me for my service. I'm trying now to thank custodial, grocery, delivery, maintenance, and other essential workers for #KeepingUsTogether. blogs.warwick.ac.uk/cstrelluf/

"We enjoy linguistic continuity because we endure bad spelling." Dr Chris Strelluf from Warwick Applied Linguistics says we should not simplify #English #spelling - even though it is infuriating. In defence of bad spelling➡️ bit.ly/3kkSgq0 #WarwickKnowledgeCentre

Keep hearing radio ad ask, "Getting your nose done for prom?" It's *nails* but speaker merges /e/ to /ɛ/ before /l/ then backs /ɛ/ to my /o/

In goo.gl/v01Vnh Trump says "...who I have a very good relationship." No "with." Is this hypercorrection/dialect feature/other?

You know you're an academic when: The hardest part of moving to a new country is finding the quotation marks on a keyboard.

Day 28 in the UK: My daughter has switched to "ready, steady, go."

My daughter (2yrs,5mos) is rejecting intervocalic /t/ flapping by calling me [dæti].

My daughter (2yrs,6mos) uses /mok/ as the past tense of 'make'. Except when I'm making a video for a linguistics class. Then she says /med/.

I want Word's grammar-check to have another option besides ignoring its recommendations. Something like, "Nope, Word, you're wrong."