Philip Seargeant - E7

<p><strong>Show notes for Episode 7</strong></p> <p>H<strong>ere are the show notes for Episode 7 where Jacky, Dan, Lisa and Matthew talk about:</strong></p> <ul> <li><strong>‘Irregardless’ and why this word causes prescriptivists such angst.<br> </strong></li> <li><strong>The Daily Mail going overboard on ‘man overboard’ and why challenging sexist language gets such a bad press.<br> </strong></li> </ul> <p>And we talk to Dr Philip Seargeant of the Open University about emoji and political storytelling.</p> <p>Philip Seargeant’s university page: <a href="http://www.open.ac.uk/people/ps4549"><u>http://www.open.ac.uk/people/ps4549</u></a></p> <p>Philip Seargeant’s website: <a href="https://philipseargeant.com/"><u>Philip Seargeant</u></a></p> <p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/philipseargeant"><u>https://twitter.com/philipseargeant</u></a></p> <p>Philip Seargeant on emoji: <a href="https://www.digitaltrends.com/features/emoji-digital-language-of-emotion-phillip-seargeant/"><u>https://www.digitaltrends.com/features/emoji-digital-language-of-emotion-phillip-seargeant/</u></a></p> <p>Philip Seargeant on political storytelling: <a href="https://www.ft.com/content/d0d0f4ec-a4d2-11ea-92e2-cbd9b7e28ee6"><u>https://www.ft.com/content/d0d0f4ec-a4d2-11ea-92e2-cbd9b7e28ee6</u></a> (paywalled)</p> <p><a href="http://www.cambridgeblog.org/2020/06/the-special-advisers-tale-or-political-storytelling-in-the-time-of-covid/"><u>The Special Adviser's Tale, or Political Storytelling in the Time of Covid</u></a></p> <p><strong>Irregardless</strong></p> <p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/06/is-irregardless-a-real-word-dictionary?CMP=share_btn_tw"><u>https://www.theguardian.com/books/2020/jul/06/is-irregardless-a-real-word-dictionary</u></a></p> <p>Peter Sokolowski of Merriam Webster Dictionaries discusses ‘irregardless’ in a Twitter thread: <a href="https://twitter.com/PeterSokolowski/status/1280585356908388352"><u>https://twitter.com/PeterSokolowski/status/1280585356908388352</u></a></p> <p><strong>‘Man over