Anna Jespersen

Sociophonetician @koebenhavns_uni. Curious about Irish and Australian Englishes. Learning about the effects of biological and social age on speech.

[Things you must watch once @Hilaritopia]

@notgwendalupe What have you named your pet....

[derek guy @dieworkwear]

Good morning!

Who dresses better? Alpha males or little dogs? Let's explore. 🧵

[Anna Jespersen @AnnaBothe]

If you work on Language on the Internet, here's the call for a fun-sounding small conference organised by my colleagues at KU: https://t.co/Ct0z2zsHIk

[Anna Jespersen @AnnaBothe]

Skive (various outskirts)
Copenhagen
London
Copenhagen
Melbourne
Cambridge
Århus
Fredensborg

[Gareth Roberts @garicgymro]

In order, where have you lived?

Dolgellau
Nottingham
Jena
Voronezh
Nottingham
Moscow
Edinburgh
New York City
Philadelphia

[Anna Jespersen @AnnaBothe]

@dejliglejlighed Fabulous topic! :D

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#dkmedier #dkpol Come on, help out a friend :D

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Ahoy *danskere*! Jeg har en akademisk "pet peeve" som jeg gerne vil undersøge nærmere. Derfor har jeg lavet dette lille spørgskema, der tar 5 minutter og indeholder 10 små lydklip. Hvis du har lyst til at hjælpe, så klik på her. Jeg takker mange gange!
https://t.co/iH8usQEIti

[Anna Jespersen @AnnaBothe]

Ahoy *danskere*! Jeg har en akademisk "pet peeve" som jeg gerne vil undersøge nærmere. Derfor har jeg lavet dette lille spørgskema, der tar 5 minutter og indeholder 10 små lydklip. Hvis du har lyst til at hjælpe, så klik på her. Jeg takker mange gange!
https://t.co/iH8usQEIti

[Gareth Roberts @garicgymro]

Fun fact: William Jones, the Welsh farm boy from Llanfihangel Tre'r Beirdd who introduced the symbol π for 3.14159..., was the father of the William Jones who realised that Sanskrit, Latin, and Greek might all be related to each other, and to the Germanic and Celtic languages.

[Anna Jespersen @AnnaBothe]

Hello phon-Twitter. Does anyone have any fave chapter/article length intros to sociophonetics?

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@Katharina_Pabst @JRKASSTAN @Lg_on_the_Move @DrKatCarm @garicgymro @dialectdemon Yes! Me too 😊

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A reminder for myself: https://t.co/W3y9sTbItI seems to be a fab resource for teaching accents around the world 🥰 (april mcmahon, @warren_maguire and paul heggarty)

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@Non_standard_IO I’m gonna use that from now on ♥️

[Anna Jespersen @AnnaBothe]

Hello phon-Twitter. Does anyone have any fave chapter/article length intros to sociophonetics?

[Anna Jespersen @AnnaBothe]

@RPuggaardRode This is fab, Rasmus :D

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@HadasKotek Put your last name in the GIF search and post the first one that pops up 😁

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@garicgymro For me, it’s fun. But I’m also quite enjoying the things their pronunciations get “right” - if exaggerated - about Danish.