<p><br /></p><p><strong>* Warning: Today’s episode contains descriptions of murder, gang violence, and knife crime. * </strong></p><p> </p><p> STOP! This episode is the final part of a special two-part episode. Make sure to listen to part one before enjoying this episode. </p><p> </p><p>In part two of this special on Urban British English (UBE), Dr Nicci MacLeod and Professor Tim Grant discuss Nicci’s role in a 2021 murder case involving the suspect’s use of the term ‘killy’. Despite the prosecution’s expert defining the term as “the feeling of wanting to kill,” Nicci’s deep dive revealed a more common meaning of the term: ‘close friend’.  </p><p>  </p><p>  </p><p>For a list of our sources and more information about this case, please visit <a href="https://www.aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.aston.ac.uk/writing-wrongs</a>   </p><p>  </p><p>Have a question for Nicci or Tim? Email us at <a href="mailto:[email protected]" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">[email protected]</a> and we may answer it during an upcoming episode!  </p><p>  </p><p>Check out the official AIFL blog for more forensic linguistic goodies here: <a href="https://medium.com/@AIFLblog" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://medium.com/@AIFLblog</a>   </p><p>  </p><p>If you have been affected by any of the themes in this week’s episode, please contact one of these free sources:  </p><p>  </p><p><a href="https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.samaritans.org/how-we-can-help/contact-samaritan/</a>   </p><p><a href="https://www.helpguide.org/find-help" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.helpguide.org/find-help</a>   </p><p>  </p><p>Production Team: Mark Round, Jordan Robertson, Neus Alberich Buera, Karolina Placzynta  </p><p>Sound: Mark Round, Sam Cook  </p><p>Visual design: George Grant  </p><p>Additional Voices: <a href="https://frankievu.com/home" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Frankie Vu</a>, Aston Students </p><p>  </p><p>  </p><p>Resources  </p><p>  </p><p>Professor Tim Grant’s home page: <a href="https://research.aston.ac.uk/en/persons/tim-grant" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Tim Grant - Aston Research Explorer</a>  </p><p>  </p><p>Dr Nicci MacLeod’s home page: <a href="https://research.aston.ac.uk/en/persons/nicci-macleod" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">Nicci MacLeod - Aston Research Explorer</a>  </p><p>  </p><p>Johnathon Green’s Dictionary of Slang: <a href="https://greensdictofslang.com/" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://greensdictofslang.com/</a>   </p><p>  </p><p>Linguistic experts as semantic tour guides by Dr Larry Solan: <a href="https://www.researchgate.net/publication/250014956_Linguistic_experts_as_semantic_tour_guides" target="_blank" rel="ugc noopener noreferrer">https://www.researchgate.net/publication/250014956_Linguistic_experts_as_semantic_tour_guides</a>   </p><p>  </p><p></p>