Sophia Smith Galer @sophiasgaler.bsky.social Author of The Sunday Times' book of the week How To Kill A Language, all about language loss and linguicide. I have won and lost a bunch of journalism awards too but more importantly I won Xmas University Challenge twice and Rosalía follows me on TikTok
Cambridge University Press - Linguistics @cambup-linguistics.cambridge.org The latest research in Language and Linguistics from @universitypress.cambridge.org
cambridge.org/linguistics
Robyn Vinter @robynvinter.bsky.social North of England correspondent at the Guardian. Mostly here to make bad jokes
Supriya Kaur Dhaliwal @supriyadhaliwal.bsky.social NWCDTP-funded PhD student at Centre for Place Writing, MMU. Author of The Yak Dilemma, out now with Makina Books.
https://linktr.ee/supriyakaurdhaliwal
Matt Chorley @mattchorley.bsky.social 📻BBC Radio 5 Live weekdays 2pm-4pm
🇺🇸Americanswers Mondays BBC Sounds
🎤Stand-up shows coming in 2025
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Nina Markl 🏳️⚧️🏳️🌈 @ninamarkl.bsky.social perennial killjoy, academic & aspiring poster | language, computers & power at work and bikes, twin peaks & cats at home | she/they | 🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️ | based in the uk |views (and errors) mine, for more of those see: https://languagemechanics.neocities.org/
Simon Kővesi @kovesi.bsky.social Professor of English & Scottish Literature, Head of School, Critical Studies, University of Glasgow.
Research working-class literature & Romantic-period cultures.
Editor, John Clare Society Journal.
Marcello Giovanelli @mmgiovanelli.bsky.social Professor of Stylistics at Aston University, UK. I research and teach cognitive stylistics, empirical literary studies, poetry, applied English. 34
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Holly Wimbush @hwimbushenglish.bsky.social Head of English📚NW Regional Lead @LitDriveUK 📚 Author 📚NPQLTD #TeamEnglish 🏒Hockey fan of @SeattleKraken 🦑
Zara Shah @zarashah.bsky.social Author | KS4 Coordinator | Governor | Examiner | MA Teaching | @TLLeedsConf | @LitdriveUk RL | Learning Teaching Specialist for English | Lover of Brunches | Mum of 4 boys | Themed Party Planner by weekends | Chasing rainbows | Serial chai drinker ☕️
Sarah Kirk-Browne @sarah-kb.bsky.social PhD student (corpus linguistics / English dialects) at Queen Mary University London. Spoken English cataloguer at British Library's Sound Archive. She/her. https://join.greenparty.org.uk/
Salina Cuddy @salinacuddy.bsky.social Sociolinguist - part-time teacher at the University of York. I'm interested in gender, sexuality, sport, and language. she/her
https://sites.google.com/view/salinacuddy
Claire Hélie @clairehelie.cpesr.fr Senior lecturer (CECILLE). I work on dialect in contemporary British poetry and theatre and I teach at the Arts Department at @univlille. Mum of 3, lover of 1.
Skeet pour @cecille-ULille.bsky.social
Bernard Cros @bernardjcros.cpesr.fr Professor of South African studies @ Paris 8 Vincennes Saint-Denis Université
Research interests include sport, culture and politics.
Essentials include rugby, food, and cats. And rock 'n roll. And wine. And if you like non-alcoholic beer, get help.
dr. caitlin m. green @caitlinmoriah.bsky.social linguist, discourse/pragmatics
podcaster @halftheanswer.bsky.social
author & associate editor at liberalcurrents.com
singer with the Wild Lilacs
https://www.instagram.com/thewildlilacs?igsh=MXJqOXZ6NHpoOXRrYg==
she/they
substantively unserious
Florent Moncomble @fmoncomble.tract-linguistes.org Senior Lecturer in English linguistics, Université d'Artois | morphosyntax, pragmatics, corpus linguistics | Linguiste atterré @tract-linguistes.org | VP & webmaster @saesfrance.org | disability, autism | 🚴 | ☘️
🔗 https://linktr.ee/f_moncomble
Manchester Centre for Research in Linguistics @mcrlinguistics.bsky.social Researchers in Linguistics at Manchester Metropolitan University
https://mcrl.mmu.ac.uk/
Daisy Dixon @daisydixon.bsky.social Philosopher of Aesthetics at Cardiff University
FORUM Books / the bound / The Accidental Bookshop @forumbooks.bsky.social Three lovely, friendly, award-winning independent bookshops in Corbridge, Whitley Bay + Alnwick
https://www.forumbooksshop.com
Events: https://www.ticketsource.co.uk/forumbooks
Christopher Hart @chrishartlinguist.bsky.social Professor of Linguistics at Lancaster University, UK. Research: political communication, cognition, multimodality. Hobbies: hill/fell walking. Views my own.
Brían Hanrahan @hanrahanistan.bsky.social 2 hypooneiric 2 curiolatrous
Dr. Johanna Gerwin @johannagerwin.bsky.social Sociolinguistics. Kiel/Germany. London/UK.
London Talks project: https://londontalksresearch.co.uk/
Enregisterment - Metalinguistics Discourses - London English - Pop Culture
Robin Ince @robinince.bsky.social Patreon.com/robinince for blog posts and podcasts
Anne • アン 🇵🇭 @version3point1.co.uk 🚂 ᴛʀᴀɪɴ ᴡʜɪꜱᴘᴇʀᴇʀ
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⚠️ ᴏᴡɴ ᴠɪᴇᴡs, &ᴄ.
#RailwayFamily
https://version3point1.co.uk
Luke Pearce @lpearcelearning.bsky.social English teacher and writer.
Formerly @engliciousucl.bsky.social
From Sheffield, now in South London.
linktr.ee/lpearcelearning
lpearcelearning.com
Elle Cordova @ellecordova.bsky.social A nerd at large. Writer of stuff.
Join my sci-fi book club:
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nerd humor • space & sci fi • books
Lucy Strike @lucystrike7.bsky.social English teacher - School Development Leader Teaching and Learning
@clarefeeneyuk.bsky.social @clarefeeneyuk.bsky.social Teaching and Learning Lead /
English teacher. NE England.
MAT SP Literacy.
Associate Consultant: National Literacy Trust.
Sometimes blogs: Reading, Writing, Oracy.
https://clarefeeneyuk.com/
Wil Hardman @wilhardman.bsky.social Disrupting language hierarchies & standard language ideologies in academia at Liverpool Uni. Critical EAP, language ideologies & raciolinguistics. Building confidence & academic identity, not conformity. Chair UCU Liverpool. Convenor EAP4SJ SIG.
The Portico Library @porticolibrary.bsky.social The Portico Library is Manchester’s original 19th-century home of literature and learning. Uncovering, imagining, and sharing new histories together.
Kathryn Sidaway @kathrynsidaway.bsky.social PhD in English Language Teaching from the University of Warwick. Research Fellow at University of Bedfordshire. Mainly writing about ESOL, language learning motivation and adult education, and organising events that connect teachers with research.
fesshole 🧻 @fesshole.bsky.social Confess your sins anonymously - will the internet absolve you?
Buy show tickets 2025/6: sites.google.com/view/fesshole
Add confession b3ta.com/addfess
Buy book amazon.co.uk/s?k=very+best+of+fesshole&tag=b3ta-21
Run @robmanuel.b3ta.com
Voice 21 @voice21oracy.bsky.social The UK's national oracy education charity.
Become a Voice 21 Oracy School: https://membership-hub.voice21.org/membership-hub
Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social Linguistic diversity in social life
By Ingrid Piller, author of "Linguistic Diversity and Social Justice" "Intercultural Communication" and "Life in a New Language"
https://www.languageonthemove.org/
Dr Keighley Perkins @perkinskeighley.bsky.social Research Associate in the School of Journalism, Media & Culture at Cardiff University / Researcher for DRAGON at Swansea University.
Research interests: #radicalright, #politicaldiscourse & #onlineharms.
https://allmylinks.com/keighleyperkins
Dr Danny Bate @dannybate.com Linguist, writer, broadcaster, language fanatic. Author of 'Why Q Needs U', bestseller and Economist book of 2025. Host of 'ALILI...' podcast. ČR/UK.
Website: dannybate.com
Inquiries: jaime@jpmarshall.co.uk
Pic: J. Kovalík
(Dr) Debbie Challis @poisonchallis.bsky.social The ancient world in the modern, in so many ways. Cultural historian and creative producer FRHistS: https://www.debbiechallis.com.
Catherine Laliberté 🍂 @catlaliberte.bsky.social Dr. 🎓 LMU Munich 👩🏫 Sociolinguistics, (post) colonial varieties of English 🌎 stylistics, historical fiction 📺 Québécoise ⚜ she/her
Ellen Jovin is at the Grammar Table @grammartable.bsky.social Roving grammarian hooking up words and phrases and clauses, now in rollicking grammar road trip movie! https://www.rebelwithaclause.com/
Paul Kaye @paulkaye.bsky.social Translator with the EU (into 🇬🇧 from 🇸🇰🇨🇿🇵🇱🇭🇺🇪🇪🇫🇷🇺🇦, learning 🇬🇷). Runner, climber, cyclist, cross-country skier. Ex-hack. Lancastrian, Notlobber in Brussels. FRGS, BWFC.
MetroPolis @mcrmetropolis.bsky.social A research-led think tank, based at Manchester Metropolitan University that brings together policymakers, practitioners and researchers to share thinking and strengthen policy-making
@nataliebraber.bsky.social @nataliebraber.bsky.social Professor of Linguistics at Nottingham Trent University
Claudia Hammond @claudiahammond.bsky.social Presenter, All in the Mind, BBC Radio 4 & Health Check, BBC World Service. Visiting Professor at University of Sussex. Author of The Keys to Kindness, The Art of Rest, Mind over Money, Time Warped & Emotional Rollercoaster.
Shiv Ramdas Mens Rice Activist @nameshiv.bsky.social Writer, storyteller. Nebula, Hugo, Ignyte finalist. Work in
@strangehorizons, @Slate, @LightspeedMag etc. http://shivramdas.net. 2006 Time Magazine Person of the Year
Dr Chloe Castle @drchloecastle.bsky.social Psycholinguist + sociolinguist interested in multilingualism, L3/Ln acquisition and heritage and community languages
Cohost of @whenlanguagesmeet.bsky.social
🧠👄🎙💻🔍
www.chloecastle.com
Jasmine Andersson @the-chez.bsky.social Senior news reporter for Yahoo News, covering the U.S. Sheffield dweller, accent enthusiast and unofficial Mr Blobby correspondent.
Philip Seargeant @philipseargeant.bsky.social Language / Politics / Dystopian narratives
Professor of Language & Communication, Open University
Recent books:
The Future of Language
Political Activism in the Linguistic Landscape
The Art of Political Storytelling
Peter Sokolowski @petersokolowski.bsky.social Dictionary ambassador, Merriam-Webster.
Forthcoming book:
"By Definition: The Surprising History of the English Dictionary"
https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250347589/bydefinition/
Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social ~Public Historian 📜🤓
~Host & creator BBC YOU’RE DEAD TO ME podcast😆🧐🎙️📻📜🏛️
~ Author of 8 funny books for kids & adults ✍️📚
~ BBC HORRIBLE HISTORIES (2008-19)
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~Hon. Dr & Fellow, University of York IPUP 🧑🎓
~Spurs fan #COYS ⚽️
www.gregjenner.com 🧑💻
Ludovica Serratrice @ludoserratrice.bsky.social Linguist, professor at the University of Reading and at UiT The Arctic University of Norway. Interested in language development, multilingualism, pragmatics, speech and language therapy, and dogs.
https://www.reading.ac.uk/pcls/staff/ludovica-serratrice
Nancy Friedman @fritinancy.bsky.social Name developer, writer, lapsed journalist, bay swimmer. Born in Los Angeles, semi-rooted in Oakland, California. “Queen of retail rabbit holes.” https://fritinancy.substack.com/
Strong Language @stronglang.bsky.social Sweary stuff about swearing from a group of linguists, lexicographers, and language lovers. Strong Language blog: https://stronglang.wordpress.com
Skeets by @sesquiotic.bsky.social & @stancarey.bsky.social & @fritinancy.bsky.social
James Harbeck @sesquiotic.bsky.social Louche left-wing nerd. Words, food, music, beverage alcohol. MA linguistics, PhD theatre. jamesharbeck.com, sesquiotic.com
Vijay Ramjattan @vijayramjattan.bsky.social Assistant Professor, Teaching Stream @ OISE, University of Toronto / Mainly examining the intersections of language, race, and work within the context of education / he, him
https://www.vijay-ramjattan.com/
Pauliina Peltonen @pauliinapeltonen.com Academy Research Fellow | Lecturer (on leave) | Dept of English, University of Turku @utu.fi | applied linguistics, second language learning, L2 speech, fluency, interaction, multimodality, mixed methods | #FlowLangGroup
➡️ https://pauliinapeltonen.com
Emily Myers @emilymyers.bsky.social Speech perception & brain nerd, University of Connecticut. Opinions my own, not my employer's.
John Williams, Linguist @lexicoj0hn.bsky.social Retired lexicographer and academic, most recently at the University of Portsmouth. Committed trade unionist. I mostly post about things I know about or am good at. If I stray into other areas, it's usually because there's a language angle.
Prof Kirsty Fairclough @profkirsty.bsky.social Prof of Screen Studies, SODA at Manchester Metropolitan University.
Music Commissioner GMCA
Series Editor-British Pop Archive
https://linktr.ee/kirstyfairclough
Warda Farah @wardasworld.bsky.social Interested in all things Race, Disability & Language
I write what I like, whenever I feel like it...
COFOUNDER ROUNDED
farahconsulting.my.canva.site
https://vizzy.com/@wardafarah
Michael Erard @michaelerard.bsky.social Writer, linguist. Slips of the tongue, uh & um (amzn.to/40GCOM3); hyperpolyglots (bit.ly/3AXLtAe); first & last words (bit.ly/4kN0PKa). NEW: An anthology, THE LANGUAGE BEAT (Apple: https://apple.co/4fK71SA; Google: https://bit.ly/4wARdY2)
Aoife @aoinifh.bsky.social 📍Rent-free in your head 😘
Irish linguist, mostly Aotearoa, she/her/sí/ia/ella 💚
I talk about #linguistics, quite often #tereo Māori, also general Irish things 🤓
Happy, free, not “stuck” 😂💅🏻
No personal or life information on here, please don’t ask 🚫
Tris Faulkner, PhD - is currently writing your new fave book 🤓✍🏾📖 @trisfaulkner.bsky.social Assistant Professor of Linguistics Kalamazoo College | @NSF DDRI | @Georgetown PhD | Semanticist researching the semanto-pragmatics of non-standard grammars | mom 💙 | 🇯🇲 | she/her | 👩🏾💻🖤 currently ✍🏾 a book on stigmatized language use 📚📖 | www.trisfaulkner.com
Bas Aarts @englishgrammar.bsky.social Professor of English Linguistics, UCL
Here, I post on (English) language topics.
On Substack, I post on English Grammar: https://basaarts.substack.com/
#grammar #syntax #parsing
Benjamin Dreyer @bcdreyer.social America's Copy Editor®
author of the New York Times/IndieBound bestseller Dreyer's English and Stet! (the game!) • Random House copy chief/managing editor (ret.) • he/him/his
benjamindreyer.com
Jessica Stoya @stoya.bsky.social Writer. Raconteur. Sex Icon. Intimacy coach through BestSelfPsych (but not a psychotherapist).
Regular column at Slate, occasional bylines elsewhere.
USA born. Living in Serbia.
Management: Info@lovermanagement.com
The Chartered Institute of Editing and Proofreading (CIEP) @the-ciep.bsky.social The UK’s only chartered body for the editorial profession. Championing excellence. Supporting growth. Connecting professionals. Shaping the future. https://www.ciep.uk/directory.html
Daria Dayter @coocho.bsky.social Assoc/prof in linguistics in Tampere • interested in digital language and new communicative environments, persuasion • owner of a malamute •
Editor-in-Chief for Pragmatics & Society
Jen Hay @jbhay.bsky.social
Linguist person, NZILBB, UC, NZ. Pākehā. She/her.
Eleanor Chodroff @echodroff.bsky.social Cognitive scientist, linguist, phonetician at the University of Zurich Dept. of Computational Linguistics
Erika Darics @linguadigitalis.bsky.social Learn ∘ Unlearn ∘ Relearn
I am an advocate of transformative education. I think about language, leadership, human and systemic change - a lot. I work with lovely people @ Words&Actions, in the CLADES project @the University of Groningen and with the #IDGs.
Sophy Ridge @sophyridge.bsky.social Lead Politics Presenter, Sky News
Emma Richardson @emma-richardson.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Language & Social Interaction, Lboro Uni. Researching how reports of #VAWG (DA & RASSO) are made and progress though the Criminal Justice System using Ethnomethodology and conversation analysis #EMCA
https://tinyurl.com/yc885pyf
Private Eye Magazine @privateeyenews.bsky.social Britain's best-selling news and current affairs magazine with a unique mix of jokes and investigative journalism.
Website: https://private-eye.co.uk
Subscribe: http://subsonline.co.uk
Brian Bilston @brianbilston.bsky.social I write poems.
Shows: https://brianbilston.com/events/
Books: https://brianbilston.com/books/
Prof Claire Hardaker @drclaireh.bsky.social Forensic linguist | corpus linguist | @factor-lu.bsky.social director | @en-clair.bsky.social podcaster-at-large | supervillain
Alexandra Heminsley @alexheminsley.bsky.social Secondary school teacher + author, broadcaster, journalist.
Still taking commissions where time allows 🤓
📞Sophie Lambert @cwagencyuk
Kate Pahl @katepahl.bsky.social Professor of Arts and Literacy at Manchester Met. In the Voices of the Future project funded by NERC- a transdisciplinary collaboration exploring children and young people’s relationship to Treescapes. Member of the Centre for Place Writing at Man Met.
Dr Zoe Handley @zlhandley.bsky.social Senior Lecturer in Language Education and Programme Leader MA Artificial Intelligence and Technology-Enhanced Learning in Department of Education, The University of York
Dr Ally Louks @drallylouks.bsky.social ✍🏻 Author 📚Literary Scholar 👩🏻🏫 Public Academic👃🏻Smell Expert 📖 UNDER YOUR NOSE: Spring 2027
Fazana @fazanaf.bsky.social Senior Lecturer: Teacher Education (Secondary English & EAL/Multilingualism). NALDIC ITE Lead & ‘EAL Journal’ Conference Editor.
*Increasingly informed; increasingly rebellious.*
All views my own.
Kirith Entwistle @kirithentwistle.bsky.social 🌹Labour MP for Bolton North East
✉️ Kirith.entwistle.mp@parliament.uk
👩💻www.kirithentwistlemp.com
Sascha O'Sullivan @saschaosullivan.bsky.social Host, Westminster Insider, POLITICO Europe
sosullivan@politico.co.uk
Zoë Crowther @zoecrowther.bsky.social • political reporter @politicshome.bsky.social • “internet shepherd” of Bluesky • covering Westminster and where politics meets social media and tech
IG: http://instagram.com/zoe.crowther/ • X: @zoenora6
📍 London via Notts, Newcastle & Bristol
Bettina Beinhoff @linguistika.bsky.social Linguist of many interests, esp. sociolinguistics, second language acquisition, phonetics & phonology and intercultural communication in natural languages and constructed languages.
@andyburnham.bsky.social @andyburnham.bsky.social Mayor of Greater Manchester
Richard Ogden @richardogden.bsky.social University of York, UK, Linguist, Phonetician, Conversation Analyst Occasional other stuff. Own views.
#EMCA #ConversationAnalysis #phonetics #linguistics
Lewis Goodall @lewisgoodall.com Journalist, Reporter, Writer, Presenter @ Britain's biggest news podcast The News Agents (Mon-Fri) and Sunday with Lewis Goodall on LBC 10-12.
Website: lewisgoodall.com
Email: lewis.goodall@global.com
Substack: https://goodallandgoodluck.substack.com
Richard Smith @richardsmithelt.bsky.social Professor of ELT & Applied Linguistics, University of Warwick
http://warwick.ac.uk/richardcsmith
History of language learning & teaching; Decentring ELT; Research by teachers for teachers (and their students); English language teacher education
Stephen Lucek @stephenlucek.bsky.social Assistant Professor in Linguistics and Head of Linguistics at UCD. Main research interests include: Sociolinguistics, Language Regard, Irish English, Mediatised Representations, Multilingualism and many more! Brewer of "drinkable" beers.
Lars Hinrichs @larshinrichs.site UT Austin sociolinguist, anglicist, creolist | German, American, son, husband, father, violinist, guitarist, swimmer, humorist
Sylvia Sierra 🏔️ @sociolinguista.bsky.social Interactional sociolinguist. Author of Millennials Talking Media. Interested in language, culture, identity, media, music, art, literature, history.
sylviasierra.com
Onondaga land
Lauren Gawne @superlinguo.bsky.social Linguist
Senior Lecturer, La Trobe University
gesture/grammar/✨emoji/#lingcomm
Podcast: @lingthusiasm
Masto: superlinguo@scicomm.xyz
Blog: superlinguo.com
She/her(/they)
Ian Dunt @iandunt.bsky.social Journalist. Author. Podcaster. Liberal extremist.
Bob Mortimer @bobmort.bsky.social 
Jon Ronson @jonronson.bsky.social THE CASTLE! Things Fell Apart, Debutante, 🦋 Effect, Okja, Shamed, Frank, Psychopath📋, Kubricks 📦, Lost at 🌊, 🧔🏼😶🐐, Them Jonronson.com
Mark Kermode @kermodemovie.bsky.social LAST aisle seat on the left.
Emphasis on the FIRST syllable.
Little Alex Horne @alexhorne.bsky.social from Taskmaster, The Horne Section and Chesham United, mainly.
UMassLinguistics @umasslinguistics.bsky.social The University Of Massachusetts Boston Applied Linguistics Department. Account managed by @koutropoulos.bsky.social