Sophia Smith Galer – Journalist, author and creator

Sophia Smith Galer is an award-winning journalist, author and broadcaster

“Smith Galer is at the forefront of a changing journalism landscape.” – British Vogue

“Consistently engaging and witty whilst always rigorously fact-based and fresh” – British Journalism Awards

“I’m here for this type of content” – Casey Neistat

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British insults are changing. A new survey out tod

British insults are changing. A new survey out today suggests young people decreasingly recognise insults like ‘plonker’. Thing is…what are we saying instead? How much of this is regional rather than generational? And will Del Boy ever call Rodney a simp? #language #insults #british #english

Do you know the history of this important garment?

Do you know the history of this important garment? Maybe you didn’t - now you do, along with why cobija has a totally different word journey. #kuffiyeh #keffiyeh #language #spanish #arabic

How we use pronouns isn’t only influenced by wha

How we use pronouns isn’t only influenced by what we believe in - it’s also influenced by the language we speak! #language #linguistics #pronouns

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Why do we call Poland ‘Poland’? Basically…it

Why do we call Poland ‘Poland’? Basically…it depends on the tribe you’re talking about! #poland #language #countrynames

Two weeks. Two international conferences. One busi

Two weeks. Two international conferences. One business pitch. Some much needed downtime. Lost count of both ragù and restorative forehead kisses. And many emails to now reply to. The last video is the queue to get into one of my talks recently. Wild. Also I have a new favourite pasta (chianina with anything) and a new discovery pasta that I never thought I’d say I liked (perugia’s distinctive tomato sauce with chicken livers!!!!!!) #perugia #warsaw #florence

Where do we get our word for bank from? Well turns

Where do we get our word for bank from? Well turns out the word AND banking innovations still used today come from the same place… 🇮🇹 #languages #bank #italian #florence #firenze

Linguistic homogeneity is complicated and Poland i

Linguistic homogeneity is complicated and Poland is often described as the most linguistically homogenous in Europe. But is it? Countries do censuses at different times, populations can change quickly at a time of war, and when you get granular what does it mean for 98% of Hungarians to speak Hungarian, as I’ve also read, but their population is just 9 million? Or Germany’s population of over 80 million? Perhaps Poland gets described this way because it’s not just about language variety; even dialectal variation is slim compared to other countries, and a long and rich writing tradition has also long standardised the language. A comparatively homogenous language, homogenously spoken…it might or might not be ‘the most’ linguistically homogenous by strict percentage points but it is certainly very high up there! #language #poland