Spare a kind though for Émile Littré (1801–1881), a French lexicographer, who translated Dante into medieval French (1879).
Tony Thorne
@tonythorne007.bsky.social
Slang, new language, etymology, cultural history. Language Consultant at King's College London.
Sorry I can't resist... 🎵 Just one spaghetto, give it to meeee, It fell out of the packet, onto your kneee 🎵
Merriam-Webster@merriam-webster.com · 2d agoA single piece of confetti is called a ‘confetto.’ spaghetti = spaghetto graffiti = graffito
#India ’s First Immersive Language Museum Opens: Timings, Ticket Price, Location & Highlights www.indianeagle.com/traveldiary/... via indianeagle.com #museum #language #diversity #langsky
Museum of Word: India's First Immersive Language Museum
Visit the Museum of Word in Kolkata, India's first immersive language museum with interactive exhibits, timings, and entry details.
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This is a lovely, thoughtful piece about the experience of learning Ukrainian in wartime - full of insights into the process of learning a language and into how it opens new perspectives on the culture and lives of those who speak it. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
‘The war leaked into every lesson’: learning Ukrainian in a country under siege
The long read: Soon after my first visit to Ukraine four years ago, I began language lessons. It taught me more than I ever expected
theguardian.com
Have you had your say yet? What would make your community work better? Leave a quick voice note for the National Conversation, analysed by Nuffield College, University of Oxford to form a shared vision for how we live well together. www.national-conversation.ox.ac.uk/en/voicenote — closes 31 Aug.
Very pleased to have been asked to sound off in one of my favourite substacks: Mathew Lyons’ The writer's bookshelf open.substack.com/pub/mathewly...
The writer's bookshelf: Jonathon Green
Eight questions about writers, books, and reading…
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Cub hunting starts soon. Families will be torn apart, the cubs too young to escape. Wear the pin. Fund the fight. 🦊
Accidentally deleted my newsletter announcement post—once more with feeling, thanks @byagoda.bsky.social @ebrenner.bsky.social @michaelerard.bsky.social @mashedradish.bsky.social @wordorigins.bsky.social Nick Cave and Fernando Pessoa! lynneguist.substack.com/p/soccer-it-...
Soc(cer) it to me!
This time: football/soccer, the US's 250th, lotsa links, and Nick Cave distraction
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It cannot be said often enough that England and Wales in particular no longer possess many universities as governed from the c1960s to the c2000s. Many are now debt vehicles squeezed for remaining value by creditors and their proxy representatives. You have to see these things clearly.
Glen O'Hara@gsoh31.bsky.social · 4d agoA deeply destructive and inexpert management consultancy class has emerged whose sole purpose is to shrink Anglosphere universities and to undermine their future - all the better to secure more work. democracyforsale.substack.com/p/inside-bri...
Glad someone senior from the sector is pushing back. Labour MPs need to understand the serious real anger from graduates and the people who produce them. And the dangerous financial situation they have allowed to fester, or indeed worsened, in one of Britain’s leading sectors.
Labour has harmed universities as much as Trump, London School of Economics head says
LSE vice-chancellor Larry Kramer points to domestic student fees freeze, international student limits and rise in employers’ national insurance
ft.com
Lammas blessings from Glastonbury Tor. It was a beautiful morning and lovely sunrise. Lammas means "loaf-mass," and marks the very first grain harvest of the year. Lammas/Lughnasadh A few photographs from this morning.
Today is World Wide Web Day Lived half of my life with it & half without it. Life is easier but not always better Certainly without it we would not have this poem by Brian Bilston. The footnote explains how the poem was created Shakespeare sitting alongside Love Actually #poetry #poemoftheday
Our Submissions are open! Theme: 'Into the night'. Guest editors @annabeerauthor.bsky.social and @roguestrands.bsky.social All the details: open.substack.com/pub/themadri... Please send us your work and repost! #subsopen #submissions #poetry #prose #writing #writers #author #poet
Submissions for the October edition are open!
Please spread the message far and wide and we'd love to read your work from wherever you are in the world!
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😍 😍 😍 Hoy empieza AGOSTO, según el profesor DON PARDINO...
Are you aged 11-17? Have you entered the Foyle Young Poets of the Year Award? It is free to enter, poems can be on any theme and must be no longer than 40 lines. The competition closes for entries tonight (July 31st, midnight BST). Please visit foyleyoungpoets.org for more information!
🤣 Can speaking Welsh influence what we find funny? That’s a question academics from our Psychology Department are trying to answer. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/mrjcv46c
da tempo la locuzione “intelligenza artificiale” ha varie accezioni, in questo articolo AI = avatar In italiano sarebbe però preferibile l’acronimo IA ➜
il Post@ilpost.it · 6d agoL’AI di Bolsonaro sta partecipando alla campagna elettorale
Fascinating article by @bnerlich.bsky.social about "linguistic trends used by AI companies" theconversation.com/why-the-ai-i...
Why the AI industry is so fond of the prefix ‘co’ – by an expert in linguistics
Why AI companies are so fond of the prefix ‘co’.
theconversation.com
Never count this city out. London’s been ranked #1 once again - this time as the most intelligent city in the world.
These are the world’s most intelligent cities in 2026, according to a new Index
How did your city fare?
timeout.com
It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were pissing themselves laughing at these people
Futurism@futurism.com · 7d ago"I have no idea how to get around this."