David Britain
@davidbritain.bsky.social
Sociolinguist. Dad, islomaniac, Kiwiphile, clubber, democrat, swimmer, dialectologist, Fenboy, East Anglian, European, immigrant.
Views are my own.
Views are my own.
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New paper out w @davidbritain.bsky.social & T. Blaxter: Using data from 50K speakers, we show that many once-distinctive English regional terms have sharply declined. Even the northern backend for ‘autumn’ now survives only at low rates, mostly among older, less mobile speakers. tinyurl.com/39uy4x5e
November 13, 2025 at 9:04 AM
New paper out w @davidbritain.bsky.social & T. Blaxter: Using data from 50K speakers, we show that many once-distinctive English regional terms have sharply declined. Even the northern backend for ‘autumn’ now survives only at low rates, mostly among older, less mobile speakers. tinyurl.com/39uy4x5e
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Counterpoint: new Public First research shows every UK resident working adult (on a full time equivalent basis) is £466 a year better off on average as a result of international students. So let’s just publicise that instead of levying them
www.publicfirst.co.uk/calculating-...
www.publicfirst.co.uk/calculating-...
June 24, 2025 at 4:55 PM
Counterpoint: new Public First research shows every UK resident working adult (on a full time equivalent basis) is £466 a year better off on average as a result of international students. So let’s just publicise that instead of levying them
www.publicfirst.co.uk/calculating-...
www.publicfirst.co.uk/calculating-...
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Harvard launches FREE, self-paced courses focused on democratic principles, understanding the constitution, and crafting your civic voice.
“We the People: Civic Engagement in a Constitutional Democracy”
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“We the People: Civic Engagement in a Constitutional Democracy”
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#MomSky
We the People: Civic Engagement in a Constitutional Democracy | Harvard University
Gain a foundational knowledge of American constitutional democracy while crafting your own civic voice and identity.
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May 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Harvard launches FREE, self-paced courses focused on democratic principles, understanding the constitution, and crafting your civic voice.
“We the People: Civic Engagement in a Constitutional Democracy”
#AcademicSky
#MomSky
“We the People: Civic Engagement in a Constitutional Democracy”
#AcademicSky
#MomSky
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Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.
Reporter: The president fired the Librarian of Congress. Why?
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
Leavitt: There were quite concerning things she had done at the Library of Congress in the pursuit of DEI and putting inappropriate books in the library for children.
May 9, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Every book published in the United States is sent to the Library of Congress. Also, if you are under 16 you cannot use the reading room or order books.
Well done Australia!
May 3, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Well done Australia!
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What is happening to US democracy is obviously very worrying and heartbreaking, but I’m concerned that the complacent attitude in the UK is that it wouldn’t happen here, when it very easily could. In some ways, from the “hostile environment” to limits on protest, it already has.
March 29, 2025 at 10:42 AM
What is happening to US democracy is obviously very worrying and heartbreaking, but I’m concerned that the complacent attitude in the UK is that it wouldn’t happen here, when it very easily could. In some ways, from the “hostile environment” to limits on protest, it already has.
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A 3-year full-time post-doc position in Prague! I'll be grateful for reposts. Feel free to get in touch if you have questions. linguistlist.org/issues/36/10...
LINGUIST List 36.1018 Jobs: Morphology, Pragmatics, Semantics, Syntax: Post-Doc in Empirical and Theoretical Linguistics, Faculty of Arts, Charles University
The LINGUIST List, International Linguistics Community Online.
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March 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
A 3-year full-time post-doc position in Prague! I'll be grateful for reposts. Feel free to get in touch if you have questions. linguistlist.org/issues/36/10...
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Europe must treat MAGA ideological imperialism as seriously as Soviet attempts to spread communism to the West.
They are funding and promoting extremist European parties & trying to destabilise democratically elected govts.
We cannot permit a malign foreign power to usurp our democracies & values.
They are funding and promoting extremist European parties & trying to destabilise democratically elected govts.
We cannot permit a malign foreign power to usurp our democracies & values.
February 16, 2025 at 11:20 AM
Europe must treat MAGA ideological imperialism as seriously as Soviet attempts to spread communism to the West.
They are funding and promoting extremist European parties & trying to destabilise democratically elected govts.
We cannot permit a malign foreign power to usurp our democracies & values.
They are funding and promoting extremist European parties & trying to destabilise democratically elected govts.
We cannot permit a malign foreign power to usurp our democracies & values.
I'm ignorant about the US constitution, but does nothing have to be approved by your parliamentary system, or can he make edicts about absolutely everything? Sounds, well, like a dictatorship....
February 28, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I'm ignorant about the US constitution, but does nothing have to be approved by your parliamentary system, or can he make edicts about absolutely everything? Sounds, well, like a dictatorship....
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If any other major sector of the UK economy was making mass redundancies on the scale that universities are, would the media and government be so silent?
February 18, 2025 at 1:28 PM
If any other major sector of the UK economy was making mass redundancies on the scale that universities are, would the media and government be so silent?
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Who has really sacrificed most to help Ukraine.
February 17, 2025 at 9:48 PM
Who has really sacrificed most to help Ukraine.
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US products are now no longer safe to procure for anyone.
From the other place but VERY IMPORTANT FACT:
From the other place but VERY IMPORTANT FACT:
February 3, 2025 at 4:15 AM
US products are now no longer safe to procure for anyone.
From the other place but VERY IMPORTANT FACT:
From the other place but VERY IMPORTANT FACT:
I've just been invited to review an article entitled "Early Detection of Failing Lead-Acid Automotive Batteries using
Detrended Cross-Correlation Analysis Coefficient". Apparently I'm an expert.
Detrended Cross-Correlation Analysis Coefficient". Apparently I'm an expert.
December 10, 2024 at 6:13 AM
I've just been invited to review an article entitled "Early Detection of Failing Lead-Acid Automotive Batteries using
Detrended Cross-Correlation Analysis Coefficient". Apparently I'm an expert.
Detrended Cross-Correlation Analysis Coefficient". Apparently I'm an expert.
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