Lauren Hall-Lew
Professor of Sociolinguistics at the University of Edinburgh. Anti-racist, pro-trans, pro-housing, adoption-critical, Gàidhlig learner, BSL learner, musician, Trekkie, dysthymic, bleeding-heart cynic. She/her.
- minorityafrica.org/the-words-di... "Like many people who stutter, Oko never asks for pity. Still, he appreciates simple accommodations, such as a little extra time to speak, patient listening without finishing his sentences, and interactions that don’t make his stutter the center of focus."
- "Those who failed to correctly pronounce the trilled –r, as in the shibboleth perejil ‘parsley’, were deemed to be Haitian and, as a consequence, were murdered.” Bullock & Toribio. 2014. "From Trujillo to the terremoto." Int'l Jrl of the soc. of lng, 227: 83-100. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parsley...
