Beyond Words is a selection of great stories about language from all over the internet, written by journalists Aisling O’Leary and Julia Webster Ayuso. From new coinages to multilingualism, slang and glottophobia, Beyond Words is a must-read for anyone fascinated by the intersection between language and society.


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Aisling O’Leary is an Irish freelance journalist based in London. Her writing has appeared in VogueThe Times, The Irish Independent and The Irish Times. You can follow her on Instagram @itspronouncedashling and see her work here.

Julia Webster Ayuso is a Spanish-British journalist based in Paris. Her writing has appeared in Time, The Guardian, The New York Times and Monocle. You can follow her on Instagram @jwebsterayuso and check out her work here.

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A selection of great stories about language from all over the internet, written by journalists Aisling O’Leary and Julia Webster Ayuso.

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Julia Webster Ayuso is a Spanish-British journalist based in Paris. Her writing has appeared in Time, The Guardian, The New York Times and Monocle.