Tag: Language

Total Results: 12


Ow yer doin’, mate? Tom Stoddart/Getty Images
14 Apr 2025 - 1:00am

Is Standard English dying out? Etonians are dropping their accents

Terry Eagleton

Thursday, 1 August

01.08

The rise of the posh roadman London's trust-fund babies are fooling nobody

Poppy Sowerby

Thursday, 13 June

13.06

Elite privilege isn’t a product of wealth Class shame is woven into the fabric of society

Clive Hamilton

Thursday, 4 January

04.01

The perversion of the English language Pointing out linguistic abuses is a perilous business

Terry Eagleton

Monday, 26 June

26.06

Welcome to Fahrenheit 2023 Censors cut out writers’ tongues and obliterate worlds

Jacob Howland

Friday, 14 April

14.04

How the trans census fooled Britain Tribal speech codes breed linguistic compliance

Kathleen Stock

Wednesday, 8 February

08.02

What authors hide about sensitivity readers Fake authenticity doesn't guarantee a good book

Kat Rosenfield

Wednesday, 2 March

02.03

The liberal case against pronouns There's nothing progressive about compelled speech

Andrew Doyle

Tuesday, 7 December

07.12

Trans counselling is not conversion therapy Stifling reasonable discussion will only harm children

Tom Chivers

Saturday, 9 October

09.10

How to survive our tragedy Covid has receded — but will pride and hubris doom humanity?

Terry Eagleton

Monday, 1 March

01.03

Why political language matters When politicians talk in abstractions, politics itself begins to lose coherence

Zachary Hardman

Wednesday, 30 January

30.01

What makes languages legitimate?

Peter Franklin