Tony Thorne

Just one more view from here…

Just the usual scene outside…

Zero pages. Namaste… best place to hide a $100 bill from Donald or Pete Hagueseth. khit.org @kaitlancollins.bsky.social @joycewhitevance.bsky.social @byjacobward.bsky.social @karaswisher.bsky.social

Super happy to see our paper (w/ @riannawalcott.bsky.social) in Journal of Sociolinguistics: "‘Gen Z Language? Y'all Mean AAVE’: The Appropriation of African American Vernacular English as ‘TikTok Language’ 🧵

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Guernésiais translations generated by AI 'could be wrong' A Guernsey native language expert shares concerns if artificial intelligence translates reliably.

No way!!! 😲 (/s obviously) - Guernésiais AI translations 'could be wrong'

3 Big Reasons Software Companies Need English Majors — Dear English Major I’m not the only English major working in tech at HubSpot. I could see a lot of English majors taking the same path as me. The tech industry needs people who can fulfill three important business needs...

This is such a great site. Mainly US based but not exclusively so. Send your English students there for lots of reasons shy doing an English degree can be a very wise career move! www.dearenglishmajor.com/blog/3-big-r...

New entries for the Historical #Dictionary of #ScienceFiction: "stim", for a (chemical) stimulant, and its derivatives "stim pill" and "stimtab". 1950s onwards, famous authors.

sfdictionary.com/view/1427/stim
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With friends like these, etc...

📚🔎 The Adam Kilgarriff Prize is open for applications. If you created a dictionary, corpus, or language tool, consider applying or sharing the opportunity.
#lexicography #NLP
kilgarriff.co.uk/prize/

First 'V-levels' revealed as gov vows to 'end snobbery' in education The first new V-level courses have been revealed, as the government vows to 'end snobbery' in education and broaden options after GCSEs.

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Nazir Afzal: ‘Class Discrimination Isn’t a Complex Mystery – It’s a Structural Issue Quietly Enforced, Politely Denied, Endlessly Deferred’  – Byline Times Digital / Print Edition The Chancellor of Manchester University has co-authored a new report, ‘Class Ceiling’, examining working-class participation in the creative industries across Greater Manchester. He spoke to Hardeep Matharu and Peter Jukes about how opportunities for people from poorer backgrounds has declined since the 1960s, and why his work prosecuting the grooming gangs perpetrators as the former Chief Crown Prosecutor for the North West informed his insights on class

🟨 Print Edition — Nazir Afzal: ‘Class Discrimination Isn’t a Complex Mystery – It’s a Structural Issue Quietly Enforced, Politely Denied, Endlessly Deferred’

The Chancellor of Manchester University has co-authored a new report, ‘Class Ceiling…

And Mimi her drum machine

Not only the enshittification of hardware, software and services, but the horrendously deficient design of official and providers' websites.

Why do AI company logos look like buttholes? A humorous exploration of the uncanny resemblance between AI company logos and human anatomy. Discover why circular, gradient-based designs dominate the AI industry, and what this design convergence tells us about branding in tech.

If you ever thought that AI company logos look like buttholes, you're not alone.

Not sure quite how to respond...........but glad you're OK

A week left to reply for this fantastic role. Closes 15 March

Telegraph says pets abandoned

Dubai tax dodgers abandon pups and pussycats. True British values.

Stay strong! good luck!

Similar. Dropped out of A-levels after two months. Dossed around for a couple of years before getting a place at my local uni (UEA). Always exceedingly grateful for the system that allowed non-traditional entry and to the admissions tutor who interviewed me and gave me a chance.

It’s interesting that there isn’t more certainty. Could reflect the lack of interest in and lack of respect for the Irish on the part of their colonisers and neighbours.

"Academic #writing is a form of thinking. It’s not the transcription of thoughts already completed, but a process of #thinking itself."

#HigherEd #PhDsky #Academicsky @academic-chatter.bsky.social #teaching #EAP

Brogue - Etymology, Origin & Meaning "rough, stout shoe" (made of rawhide and tied with thongs), of the type worn by rural… See origin and meaning of brogue.

This is always the most reliable source …https://www.etymonline.com/word/brogue

Wishing you all well, despite everything…

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Last chance to sign the petition to #SaveTeddingtonAllotments 💚

@londongreenparty.bsky.social #Richmond #Twickenham #Teddington

Today I am taking time to remember the hundreds of thousands of people in Britain who lost their lives in the pandemic, and to pay tribute to all those in the NHS and public health fields who worked tirelessly to manage the disease and save lives. #CovidDayofReflection

For more on intergenerational labelling, a (long) post with numerous links is here...https://language-and-innovation.com/2020/01/15/talkin-bout-my-generation/

Did baby boomers eat all the pies? John Lanchester on the truth about the generation gap It’s a grim time to be in your 20s, no doubt, but don’t blame it all on older people: being chopped up into ever smaller rivalries only serves the market

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Katagorri, lovely word in Basque for squirrel. (Also Urtxintx)
Ardilla in Spanish, Esquirol in Catalan. Esquío in Galicia
📷Fischer.H (Wikipedia)