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Dialect researcher, PhD Linguistics Edinburgh, polyglot, programmer, Eurovision, general geek. #langsky 🇪🇺🇩🇪🇦🇹🇳🇴🇸🇪🇮🇸🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇬🇷🇵🇱🇹🇿
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Eurovision's done and dusted - and it was another good one for language diversity! 🌍🎤💬 www.polyglossic.com/eurovision-2...

submitted 21 days ago • 1 comment

Word of the Day is ‘hunch-weather’ (19th century): weather so cold it makes you hunch your shoulders when you walk outside.

submitted 155 days ago • 77 comments

In a world of alarming news, you can still turn the negative into a #LanguageLearning positive! This week, I take a look at Preparedness Booklets from target language countries, and how these make for great free reading material. www.polyglossic.com/preparedness... #langsky #languages #mfl

submitted 168 days ago • 1 comment

Some 1890 jokes from the Staffordshire Chronicle. I don't think they've aged very well. Still, keeps the research amusing! Stand-up comics, feel free to repurpose them 😅

submitted 199 days ago • 2 comments

As if on cue, some more research showing how enriching a range of linguistic varieties is in early years. Engaging with diversity in the classroom isn’t just fascinating - it’s good for the kids. #mfl #language #mfltwitterati

submitted 199 days ago • 0 comments

Very proud of our little Linguascope family for taking a stand. Let’s make Bluesky feel like home! 🏡

submitted 199 days ago • 0 comments

Déjà Blue - the act of putting out your best tweets all over again on Bluesky

submitted 202 days ago • 0 comments

The first known use of singular “they” is so old that not only does it pre-date singular “you,” it wasn’t even spelled with a “th” When William and the Werewolf, in 1375 CE, used singular “they,” it was spelled with a Thorn

submitted 203 days ago • 133 comments

Just settling down ready to enjoy the weekly cure to all the world’s ills #Strictly 💃🕺🏾

submitted 204 days ago • 0 comments

I usually give #JuniorEurovision a miss, but Ireland has a cracker of a song this year. Go n-éiri leat i Maidrid Enya! www.youtube.com/watch?v=zenh...

submitted 209 days ago • 0 comments