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Sam Freney

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Nerd. Also: translation consultant at BSA, NT PhD, frisbee player, musician, and that coffee guy. Interested in many languages.

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PhD in theological studies: quotation technique and linguistic analysis of verb-form changes in New Testament quotations of the Septuagint. Now working for the Bible Society of Australia as a translation consultant for local vernacular Bible translation projects around Oceania.

11.03.2026 18:13 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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How far back in time can you understand English? An experiment in language change

If you liked this experiment, I published a full piece today in the same vein: a text that gets 100 years older with every section, from a modern blog post to a medieval chronicle.

It's a single story spanning 1000 years of English. See how far you get.

www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...

18.02.2026 18:40 πŸ‘ 3579 πŸ” 1304 πŸ’¬ 195 πŸ“Œ 486

Run them at the same time, opposite hemispheres.

22.02.2026 07:06 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Oh man, I hΜΆeΜΆaΜΆrΜΆ ΜΆyΜΆoΜΆuΜΆ read you.

I can read many languages, understand a fraction of them, speak basically just one.

13.02.2026 09:20 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Kayo, ESPN

09.02.2026 01:34 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Other than that, how was the play?

29.01.2026 20:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

It’s definitely evocative!

26.01.2026 11:52 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

β€˜Farage of deceit’ is quite the phrase

26.01.2026 11:43 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Now I want to hear the talk

26.01.2026 09:08 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Do one, then go to a bunch of others. It's an abstract with an interesting title. Make it a PhD (sub)chapter, or otherwise you've got 5 months to write something new. If you have something already find a section to do it in; if something new do it in a section you'd like to contribute to.

18.12.2025 10:35 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Also 19. No AOL because I didn’t live in the States till 2014, but I get the checkbook only because I lived in the States in 2014. 2014!

16.12.2025 05:53 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

This is 100% what I came here to write

09.12.2025 04:03 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

The Nobel Prize committee should announce the World Cup winner tomorrow

06.12.2025 04:29 πŸ‘ 38705 πŸ” 7478 πŸ’¬ 508 πŸ“Œ 300

One Pluribus under God

05.12.2025 00:12 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I love the forward planning for multi-use spaces.

01.12.2025 23:21 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Bedroom 4 is also pretty great.

01.12.2025 22:12 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

I’ve had this a lot, but one time:

β€œI’m a minister”
β€œOh really? Which political party?”

01.12.2025 21:12 πŸ‘ 68 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Could have spiced up the main table conversation by arguing that she's got double the sacrament of marriage

27.11.2025 03:48 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

What? How?

Did you get on a plane going the wrong direction and were too embarrassed to say something and took the long way round the globe?

20.11.2025 14:31 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

β€œChristian? I prefer to describe myself as a β€˜Christ-followee’”

06.11.2025 20:46 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Many don't realize that when Jesus talks about the evil spirit leaving and then returning with seven more (Mt. 12:43-45), he was actually referring to answering emails with multiple people copied.

05.11.2025 13:35 πŸ‘ 20 πŸ” 9 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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These are the conditions that produce liberation theology

28.10.2025 11:43 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I am not a runner, much less a marathon runner, because I am a Protestant and do not believe in purgatory.

26.10.2025 21:26 πŸ‘ 0 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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It’s the Itchy and Scratchy Tornado Show

24.10.2025 23:23 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

But I was reliably informed they moved in packs of 30-50

19.10.2025 21:24 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I pleased the Lord nevertheless.

12.10.2025 00:33 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

Melbourne, Canberra, Brisbane.

09.10.2025 01:51 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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