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I write the monthly newsletter English in Progress. English as it is evolving and as it is spoken around the world

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I have updated my podcast list, I now have 52 podcasts about the English language, and I've listened to every one! https://t.co/f12TnWSvjL

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@BBCMoreOrLess About the interview with Josias Lang-Ritter: wouldn't the inhabitant count in dam areas be inflated by people lying about where they lived to gain some financial benefit? I could not find the study to check this.

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@Dan_Jeffries1 Your definition of "easy" is not my definition of "easy".

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@NationCymru @cardiffuni I was planning to feature this article in my popular newsletter about language and accents, but it seems to have disappeared?

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@jenniferlcroft So happy to have been able to recommend your book to the readers of my newsletter about language! https://t.co/JMqriGlB9Y

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Hi @simondangerday, loved your appeal to preserve "buzzy" and gave it a place in my newsletter on World Englishes: https://t.co/JMqriGlB9Y

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@rebexxxxa Your "trendbait" article was a headliner in the latest issue of English in Progress, just wanted to let you know! https://t.co/JMqriGlB9Y

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@EngLangBlog Aw, thanks!

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@HannahPosted This is so cute! Is there a trick to making little books like that?

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Link: https://t.co/34QHAgtBx3

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babygirl - a man with energy that’s vulnerable, submissive, and somewhat cutesy (On Urban Dictionary with this definition since 2022)

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@TimHarford I was recently asked by my local library which English children's books they should add to their collection. (The library is in Germany, so there are just a few shelves for English, and the staff are a bit lost as to which books are best.) This list is a great start!

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@iamangusmack @thekununurrakid @cathieschnitz @sciencebelinda @nbaker_au Great article! It will be featured in the newsletter "English in Progress" about English language change :-)

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I looked into language-learning chatbots for my students. (I teach English as a second language.)
They are not as good as the imagined ideal, but I could feel my Spanish improving substantially while using them.
https://t.co/LL3HxA5oMG

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Kids today!

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These terms are not from the aughts, but very much from the current internet era, but the examples in the responses are really interesting.

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I will never forgive tiktok for making it common place for ppl to censor themselves so much that I'm seeing ppl use aughts era internet phrases/letter and number combinations as fill ins. i cannot believe i'm seeing seggs and s3x in 2023

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Season's greetings and a big thank you to all my followers and subscribers 🎄🙏 (link below)

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@owen_jermy Did they turn up in the end?

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Copy and taste this into a quote sweet, clanging one letter each time until the original meaning is unintelligible.

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Copy and taste this into a quote tweet, clanging one letter each time until the original meaning is unintelligible.

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@HannahPosted And the person replying to you isn't even right... (For the record, I found your tweet via this screenshot, too, but looked up the original to share in my newsletter. It can be done!)