Friday, May 17, 2013

Arsetrumpets

It's unlikely that swearing will turn up as a topic on ENGA3, but it's an interesting area of language change to have a look at, all the same. The Boston Globe features a piece on the history of swearing here, while Four Thought also covered the same topic on Radio 4 this week.
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As I posted a day or two back, accent attitudes have been back in the news. Following a report from The Sutton Trust , using research from t...

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