Researchers fear the British spoken 'r' is ready to roll away from the last bastion of rhoticity
The study is timely because Northern rhoticity is predicted to disappear in the next few generations, a process which is now complete in many areas of the South West," they added.
Ewan Gawne, BBC News • 'Strong R' in Danger of Disappearing Across North of England, Study Finds
It’s also pretty likely that, even if linguists come up with a more precise name for the phenomenon, it will be forever referred to in academic literature and conferences as “known in the wider population as the ‘crispy R.’” All from some TikToks.
Dan Nosowitz • The ‘Crispy R’ and Why R Is the Weirdest Letter
You can learn an awful lot about people, culture, and politics by studying R, it turns out. Also, it’s really weird, and linguists love that.
Dan Nosowitz • The ‘Crispy R’ and Why R Is the Weirdest Letter
The acrid views expressed about colloquial speech in online comments sections today is a relatively new view of language, fostered by a combination of bourgeois sensibility and the dominance of unchanging documents such as dictionaries, both of which subtly but powerfully distract us from the dynamic reality of language’s essential mechanisms.
John McWhorter • Words on the Move: Why English Won't - and Can't - Sit Still (Like, Literally)
With TikTok coming into the equation, these usages of the word “rizz” were spread more widely outside their natural habitat. What was once a piece of slang only accessible by certain communities became a word that could appear on anyone’s For You page on Tiktok. Once a term is exposed to the massive Tiktok user base by the algorithm, its popularity... See more