Show notes for Episode 9Welcome to Episode 9 of the Lexis podcast in which Jacky, Dan, Lisa and Matthew talk about:Good and bad articles about language, featuring an absolute peeve-fest from James Innes-Smith in The Spectator and a much better one from Stan Carey on emoji panics on the MacMillan Dictionary blog.We also talk to author, lexicographer, slang expert and visiting language consultant at King’s College, London, Tony Thorne about new words and lots more!Tony’s Twitter page: https://twitter.com/tonythorne007Tony Thorne’s King’s College page: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/study/foundations/tony-thorne/who-is-tony-thorneLanguage and Innovation: Tony’s blog which chronicles much of his recent work on new words: https://language-and-innovation.com/ Coronaspeak: #CORONASPEAK – the language of Covid-19 goes viralKate Burridge and Howard Manns onn pandemic vocabulary: 'Iso', 'boomer remover' and 'quarantini': how coronavirus is changing our languageLanguage in the NewsHere’s the article from The Spectator that we analysed: War of the words: have we stopped making sense?(Hat Tip to Havant and South Downs College for the link to the Spectator article: https://twitter.com/HSDCEngLang)We also made reference to this article by Lindsay Johns: Ghetto grammar robs the young of a proper voiceIf you want to see some responses to the Lindsay Johns article, many of which are relevant to the Spectator one too, try here: EngLangBlog: Ghetto grammar and here: Thoughts on Lindsay Johns and 'Ghetto Grammar'We liked this article by Stan Carey, though: Will emojis ruin English?Find more of Stan’s writing through here: https://www.macmillandictionaryblog.com/author/stan-carey and here: https://twitter.com/StanCareyContact us @LexisPodcast. Subscribe: Lexis Podcast | Podcast on SpotifyContributorsMatthew Butler Twitter: https://twitter.com/MatthewbutlerwyLisa Casey blog: https://livingthroughlanguage.wordpress.com/ & Twitter: Language Debates (@LanguageDebates)Dan Clayton blog: EngLangBlog & Twitter: EngLangBlog (@EngLangBlog)Jacky Glancey Twitter: https://twitter.com/JackyGlanceyMusic: Freenotes