The Glottal Stop
Sophia Smith GalerA newsletter about language and languages, from journalist Sophia Smith Galer.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 26 | Founded | 4 years ago | Last Issue | 3 months ago |
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The Languages That Made Len Pennie
I’ve always wanted to make a podcast about language.
As part of my wider work championing multilingualism and language diversity, I wanted to make a show where we could hear about the language journeys of some of our favourite storytellers...
The dark origins of International Mother Language Day
Today, organisations around the world are celebrating UNESCO’s International Mother Language Day - but did you know that its origins lie in a state that killed protesters who were demanding their language rights?
It was Bangladesh who...
TikTok's prolific accent detective
“There is a guy who can tell you where you’re from just from hearing you talk,” Lizzo asks, mid hair roll, in a TikTok video. She has done so with the quiet hope that the algorithm gods will take it to her intended creator, like a message i...
Britain's accidental massive week for language rights
It’s been a bumper time for language rights in Britain - something I rarely get a chance to say - so I had to write to you to let you know what has happened with Scottish, Gaelic and Cornish this month. But I’ve also got some other exciting...
Becoming a dual pilgrim: walking the Kumano & Camino
The Camino and the Kumano sound so similar to each other that the words’ shared sounds probably sparked the idea in someone’s head, at some point in the 1990s, to begin an arrangement between the two of them. But the words are entirely unre...
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Journalist who writes about language, and who pioneered TikTok journalism in the UK. My next book, How To Kill A Language, is out May 7th.
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