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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 7h

Interesting to see an earthquake warning signs in a subway station in Seoul. Seems like proactive government efforts to help people prepare for an earthquake, and these efforts are of course part of the #LinguisticLandscape.

An earthquake warning signs seen in a subway in Seoul

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 7h

121. LH
More English letters in the apartment #LinguisticLandscape of Seoul here . . . .

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Dr Laura Smith-Khan @lauraskh.bsky.social · 12h

I'll be speaking at this in December! Come along if you can!

Language on the Move @languageonthemove.bsky.social · 8d

If you are in Sydney on Dec 8, join us for a 1-day research symposium to explore new technologies in intercultural communication: how do migrants and international students use AI to manage life in a new country? how do language learners use social media?
www.languageonthemove.com/event-new-te...

Event: New Technologies in Intercultural Communication

You are invited to join us on Monday, December 08, at Macquarie University for a workshop to explore New Technologies in Intercultural Communication. Description: Digital technologies are in the pr…

www.languageonthemove.com

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 11h

‘Sauna Is My Nest!’: Sense of Community Among Korean Middle-Aged Women Enjoying Sauna Bathing

This looks like a fascinating article and I am very happy more researchers are examining the experiences and understandings of jjimjilbang and Korean sauna visitors!
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1...

‘Sauna Is My Nest!’: Sense of Community Among Korean Middle-Aged Women Enjoying Sauna Bathing

Leisure provides a space to build a sense of community (SOC), which can motivate middle-aged women’s leisure engagement. A popular social leisure activity for Korean middle-aged women is sauna bath...

www.tandfonline.com

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 11h

More changes in the transit #LinguisticLandscape as the Seoul subway system sells the naming rights of various stations as a means of increasing revenue.
www.koreatimes.co.kr/business/ban...

Euljiro 4-ga Station becomes Kbank Station: Internet bank secures subway naming rights - The Korea Times

Kbank has become the first internet-only bank in Korea to secure naming rights for a subway station in Seoul, the company said Tuesday. Euljiro 4-g...

www.koreatimes.co.kr

Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 15h

I think it might be Mongolian, although I am not sure, and is likely for the Mongolian residents who live and work in and around Seoul, often in manufacturing and industrial work, I think. All just guesses from me here, though. Someone else likely knows much more!

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 15h

Oh, some interesting multilingualism in this emergency shelter sign. I have definitely seen different combinations of languages on other very similar signs, so looks like something interesting is happening here in the emergency #LinguisticLandscape!

A emergency shelter sign with four languages on it

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 16h

The fancy cafeteria on campus went a bit wild today! Hotdogs!!!

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 17h

Nice article on a Korean language teacher's journey from studying Korean in Kyiv to teaching Korean in Seoul, among other duties
koreajoongangdaily.joins.com/news/2025-10...

From Kyiv to Seoul: The language professional helping int'l students become fluent in Korean

Before becoming the general manager of Korean education at the Seoul Global Center, Krystyna Zheludkova began her career as a language instructor at the Korean Education Center in Ukraine after earnin...

koreajoongangdaily.joins.com

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 1d

So the trend of clothing companies in Korea branding themselves off older American companies extends even to the manufacturer of the F-35, with Lockheed Martin Apparel Korea. Anywho, something for fan studies scholars among others to look at, perhaps . . . .

Screenshot from Lockheed Martin Apparel Instagram

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 1d

9. More in chicken, chicken burgers, and men in this poster, with another contribution to this 'burger masculinity' series, and also a contribution to the burger #LinguisticLandscape!

A picture of a chef with a graying beard and chicken and chicken burgers

Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 1d

4. DO THE GOOD AI

Recruiting for an AI activity with this banner mixing English and Korean, part of the AI #LinguisticLandscape . . . .

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 2d

Fantastic article! Thanks for sharing! Did not know there were still steam powered ships on the great lakes, and yeah, just great writing about a week spent on this ship-absolutely fascinating!

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Matthew J Kuiper @matthewjkuiper.bsky.social · 2d

This is terrific. A great profile of Great Lakes shipping (and mandatory reminiscence on the Edmund Fitzgerald) featuring my all time favorite freighter, one I’ve seen dozens of times, the still hardworking “antique” steamship Wilfred Sykes. Gift article.

In the Wake of the Edmund Fitzgerald

www.nytimes.com

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 2d

Almost done.

It is very difficult to convey the incredible transformation that can happen when a neighborhood is redeveloped in Seoul; every structure for blocks -except for churches- knocked down, and then tower after tower built in just a couple of years. Stunning, transformative, more.

A great Grey and Brown Tower rising into a cloudy sky

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 2d

NO 트럼프 (Trump, transliterated)
A big 'NO' and a cartoon president adding more to the political #LinguisticLandscape in Seoul . . . .

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 3d

Actually there's been a bit of coverage of the shirtless running trend (harhar) and the signs prohibiting it. Interesting . . . .
www.chosun.com/english/nati....

Seoul park lists four running crew prohibitions

Seoul park lists four running crew prohibitions Sign bans shirt removal, loud noises, large groups, and move shouts amid public debate over running etiquette

www.chosun.com

Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 3d

"A banner, posted along the walkway, outlines the four guidelines which prohibit: 1) shirtless running, 2) clapping or cheering, 3) running in large groups and 4) shouting 'make way' at other pedestrians."

Good #LinguisticLandscape note in this article on running

m.koreaherald.com/article/1057...

'Keep it on': Shirtless joggers are frowned upon in Korea, but some push back

At Seoul’s Yeouido Hangang Park, the mecca for the city's running crews, four new taboos are shifting the vibe of the jogging trail. A banner, posted alon

m.koreaherald.com

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 3d

Des Champs, Das Original, cake transliterated into Korean and more all adding more to the baking #LinguisticLandscape of Korea!
Interesting and tasty things here!

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 3d

"With Koreans’ strong interest in appearance and the easy access to both clinic treatments and skincare products, medical tourism in the country has advanced at a faster pace, she added."

Interesting framing of this issue here.

m.koreaherald.com/article/1058...

‘Korea Glow Up’: How beauty, antiaging industry is powering South Korea’s medical tourism

On her first trip to Seoul in 2023, Heidi Mae couldn’t take her eyes off the walls inside a Gangnam subway station lit up with glossy billboards for cosmetic s

m.koreaherald.com

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 4d

Reading this book again(?) as I go back to look at some literature on ethnography and ethnographic methods

Cover of Drawn to See Drawing as an Ethnographic Method

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Sharon @sharonk.bsky.social · Jan 9

here is the current tactical map of where feral swine populations have consolidated

the major worry is if the Canadian superhogs end up making their way down south and breeding with the American hogs

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 4d

This looks very very cool. Great to see more scholarly research on Games Workshop, Warhammer, and the grim darkness of the 40th millennium

Jordan Sorcery @jordansorcery.bsky.social · 4d

On my way to the Games Workshop Research Day in Manchester to hear a load of seminars on fascinating topics!

manchestergamecentre.org/events/2025/...

Games Workshop Research Day 2025 — Manchester Game Centre

We are pleased to announce that the Manchester Game Centre's second annual Games Workshop Research Day is taking place on Saturday 11th October 2025!

manchestergamecentre.org

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 4d

Worth reading, even if I am a lot more skeptical towards Bluesky than before and the general decentralization movement in technology, but yeah, as highlighted in the article, Twitter is genuinely monstrous and the effects it can have on users is awful

Jonn Elledge @jonnelledge.bsky.social · 4d

The platform formerly known as Twitter may be horrible, but it is still shaping policy. So were we all wrong to leave?

Was the left wrong to leave X for BlueSky?

The platform formerly known as Twitter may be horrible, but it's still shaping policy

www.newstatesman.com

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Michael Chesnut @michaelchesnut.bsky.social · 4d

120. 신성
More Korean text in the apartment #LinguisticLandscape!

An apartment block in write and green along a river

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