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George Bailey

@grbails

Lecturer in Sociolinguistics at @UoYLangLing • sociophonetics • language variation and change • phonological theory • dialectology/Twittalectology

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linkhttps://www.gbailey.uk/ calendar_today15-11-2009 10:54:41

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So it’s not enough to have the REF, TEF, NSS, annual reviews etc, we now have to impress cricket commentators as well. Academia is toxic!

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You know you’re a sociolinguist when the first punchline you think of is “Santa from an H-dropping region”. Merry Christmas all 🎄

You know you’re a sociolinguist when the first punchline you think of is “Santa from an H-dropping region”. Merry Christmas all 🎄
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Last week we hosted George Bailey Natalie Braber Dr Claire Hardaker Dr Amanda Cole for an online event introducing AL Language to Y10/11. Talks about accent, dialect, online language + forensic linguistics all here englishandmedia.co.uk/video-clips/lo…

Last week we hosted @grbails @NatalieBraber @DrClaireH @DrAmandaCole for an online event introducing AL Language to Y10/11. Talks about accent, dialect, online language + forensic linguistics all here englishandmedia.co.uk/video-clips/lo…
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Featuring a short presentation from yours truly on ‘online language style’ - it was nice to talk about the cool Twitter stuff again after so many weeks of Twitter dumpster fire discourse (🖕Elon)

Featuring a short presentation from yours truly on ‘online language style’ - it was nice to talk about the cool Twitter stuff again after so many weeks of Twitter dumpster fire discourse (🖕Elon)
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Join us in the sociophonetics session to hear about our project launch! If nothing else, you’ll get to see a fancy ‘envelope of variation’ animation I spent an hour making 🙈

Join us in the #NWAV50 sociophonetics session to hear about our project launch! If nothing else, you’ll get to see a fancy ‘envelope of variation’ animation I spent an hour making 🙈
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While watching last night I realised how much more enthusiastic I’d be about departmental meetings if they were called councils instead. Imagine being told “The Council of Examiners will reconvene at first light” 😍🧙‍♂️

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Do you say ‘ice lolly’ or ‘lolly ice’ where you live? An international group of researchers, including George Bailey from Language & Linguistics @ UoY, has found southern dialects are spreading across the UK - but the North is pushing back.
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