Sally Akins
@sallyakins.bsky.social
MA Applied Linguistics student @ University of Birmingham | Freelance writer | #Shropshire UK | All views my own, RT≠ endorsement, she/her
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Looking for #Shropshire people to meet on Bluesky?
I put together a starter pack for you. As more people from the county join, I’ll add them.
Hope you find it helpful 😊
go.bsky.app/8LCfsU6
I put together a starter pack for you. As more people from the county join, I’ll add them.
Hope you find it helpful 😊
go.bsky.app/8LCfsU6
Shropshire Starter Pack by jimallthetime
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December 27, 2024 at 4:19 PM
Looking for #Shropshire people to meet on Bluesky?
I put together a starter pack for you. As more people from the county join, I’ll add them.
Hope you find it helpful 😊
go.bsky.app/8LCfsU6
I put together a starter pack for you. As more people from the county join, I’ll add them.
Hope you find it helpful 😊
go.bsky.app/8LCfsU6
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December 3, 2024 at 10:31 AM
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I am very excited to share the news about the Government’s free Breakfast Club scheme, now open for early adopter applications!
I strongly encourage any state-funded schools in #Broxtowe to apply and become one of the 750 early adopters.
www.gov.uk/guidance/bre...
I strongly encourage any state-funded schools in #Broxtowe to apply and become one of the 750 early adopters.
www.gov.uk/guidance/bre...
Breakfast clubs early adopters scheme
Information for schools on what the breakfast clubs early adopters scheme is and how to apply.
www.gov.uk
December 2, 2024 at 5:27 PM
I am very excited to share the news about the Government’s free Breakfast Club scheme, now open for early adopter applications!
I strongly encourage any state-funded schools in #Broxtowe to apply and become one of the 750 early adopters.
www.gov.uk/guidance/bre...
I strongly encourage any state-funded schools in #Broxtowe to apply and become one of the 750 early adopters.
www.gov.uk/guidance/bre...
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Linguists, is there actually work on this kind of unconventionalized onomatopoeia? 🐦🐦
The weirdest thing about writing comics is having to sound out special effects so I can write them in the script. Sitting at my little laptop muttering “zzzzzzzhhhhhh-krk” to myself and wondering if that’ll read enough like Blast Of Electricity
December 1, 2024 at 4:39 AM
Linguists, is there actually work on this kind of unconventionalized onomatopoeia? 🐦🐦
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More amazing tree ornaments from December Diamonds (yes, I bought them all)
November 28, 2024 at 10:00 AM
More amazing tree ornaments from December Diamonds (yes, I bought them all)
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Share these great case studies with your GCSE students, wondering about taking an English A Level, and your A Level students weighing up whether to do an English degree: englishassociation.ac.uk/case-studies/
Case studies | The English Association
We support the teaching, learning, and enjoyment of English at all levels of education, from early years to further and higher education and beyond.
englishassociation.ac.uk
November 25, 2024 at 12:20 PM
Share these great case studies with your GCSE students, wondering about taking an English A Level, and your A Level students weighing up whether to do an English degree: englishassociation.ac.uk/case-studies/
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It didn't all start with Stonewall.
Discover Philadelphia’s Role in LGBTQ+ History During #LSA2025. While attending the 2025 LSA Annual Meeting, take time to visit historic sites that honor this legacy:
🏳️🌈 Gay Rights Demonstrations Plaque
🏳️🌈 Gloria Casarez Historical Marker
Start planning your visit & register: cvent.me/45va5K
🏳️🌈 Gay Rights Demonstrations Plaque
🏳️🌈 Gloria Casarez Historical Marker
Start planning your visit & register: cvent.me/45va5K
November 26, 2024 at 5:36 PM
It didn't all start with Stonewall.
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+++ Remembering Sophie Lancaster, who would have been 38 today - Born on this day 26th November 1986. +++
Memorial bench in #Whitby. #sophielancaster
Memorial bench in #Whitby. #sophielancaster
November 26, 2024 at 4:29 PM
+++ Remembering Sophie Lancaster, who would have been 38 today - Born on this day 26th November 1986. +++
Memorial bench in #Whitby. #sophielancaster
Memorial bench in #Whitby. #sophielancaster
November 26, 2024 at 8:58 AM
Finally got around to watching #Elementary (so late to the party, yet again...) and it's *brilliant*
My favourite Holmes? Possibly...
My favourite Watson? Absolutely!
My favourite Holmes? Possibly...
My favourite Watson? Absolutely!
November 25, 2024 at 9:53 PM
Finally got around to watching #Elementary (so late to the party, yet again...) and it's *brilliant*
My favourite Holmes? Possibly...
My favourite Watson? Absolutely!
My favourite Holmes? Possibly...
My favourite Watson? Absolutely!
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Optimist: glass half full
Pessimist: glass half empty
Corpus Linguist: Which word most frequently appears in the phrase "glass half *"?
Pessimist: glass half empty
Corpus Linguist: Which word most frequently appears in the phrase "glass half *"?
November 25, 2024 at 6:45 PM
Optimist: glass half full
Pessimist: glass half empty
Corpus Linguist: Which word most frequently appears in the phrase "glass half *"?
Pessimist: glass half empty
Corpus Linguist: Which word most frequently appears in the phrase "glass half *"?
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There’s a pot of gold in Church Stretton #shropshire
November 25, 2024 at 9:07 AM
There’s a pot of gold in Church Stretton #shropshire
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All week this week on Guardian Seascape we are going to be looking at the real cost of cruise ship holidays with a series of reports from around the world. We kicked off this morning with this news story www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Carnival cruise line emitted more CO2 in 2023 than Scotland’s biggest city – report
World’s largest cruise line named Europe’s most climate-polluting, despite investing millions in cleaner technologies
www.theguardian.com
November 25, 2024 at 6:42 AM
All week this week on Guardian Seascape we are going to be looking at the real cost of cruise ship holidays with a series of reports from around the world. We kicked off this morning with this news story www.theguardian.com/environment/...
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Whilst searching Morris dancing on here and already finding some good friends We came across some posts discussing 'blackface' makeup in Morris.
Whilst Wild Moon do wear black 'mask' makeup we have never used full blackface makeup and never will. This tells you why.
www.efdss.org/about-us/wha...
Whilst Wild Moon do wear black 'mask' makeup we have never used full blackface makeup and never will. This tells you why.
www.efdss.org/about-us/wha...
Time’s up for ‘blacking up’
English Dance and Song Autumn 2020
This article was published in English Dance and Song, the magazine of the English Folk Dance and Song Society. The world’s oldest magazine for folk music and dance, ...
www.efdss.org
November 23, 2024 at 8:31 PM
Whilst searching Morris dancing on here and already finding some good friends We came across some posts discussing 'blackface' makeup in Morris.
Whilst Wild Moon do wear black 'mask' makeup we have never used full blackface makeup and never will. This tells you why.
www.efdss.org/about-us/wha...
Whilst Wild Moon do wear black 'mask' makeup we have never used full blackface makeup and never will. This tells you why.
www.efdss.org/about-us/wha...
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🚨 My #corpus collection app for social media, Social Corpus Scraper, is now in version 0.4.7. to fix a Bluesky pagination glitch. If you haven't tried it yet, please send feedback!
#linguistics
fmoncomble.github.io/SocialCorpus...
#linguistics
fmoncomble.github.io/SocialCorpus...
SocialCorpusScraper
fmoncomble.github.io
November 24, 2024 at 10:50 AM
🚨 My #corpus collection app for social media, Social Corpus Scraper, is now in version 0.4.7. to fix a Bluesky pagination glitch. If you haven't tried it yet, please send feedback!
#linguistics
fmoncomble.github.io/SocialCorpus...
#linguistics
fmoncomble.github.io/SocialCorpus...
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Trans bathroom bans are bad for all of us, for MANY reasons. Aside from their obvious discrimination against trans people—what they say, at heart, is “You body, especially what’s in your pants, decides what rights you get.” I hope cis folks, especially my fellow cis women, see the dangers here.
okay, we're starting with this
Step 1. call your own rep if you haven't already!
Step 2. sign this (cis women only please! cis guys, you can help by boosting)
Step 3. much depends on the success and reach of step 2; lots of options if this blows up
actionnetwork.org/petitions/no...
Step 1. call your own rep if you haven't already!
Step 2. sign this (cis women only please! cis guys, you can help by boosting)
Step 3. much depends on the success and reach of step 2; lots of options if this blows up
actionnetwork.org/petitions/no...
November 22, 2024 at 2:00 PM
Trans bathroom bans are bad for all of us, for MANY reasons. Aside from their obvious discrimination against trans people—what they say, at heart, is “You body, especially what’s in your pants, decides what rights you get.” I hope cis folks, especially my fellow cis women, see the dangers here.
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#Shropshire really is exceptionally beautiful in every way isn’t it! Even in #blackandwhite
Sometimes I’ve taken pics and they just don’t work but they come alive once desaturated. This was one of them #photographer #shrewsbury
Sometimes I’ve taken pics and they just don’t work but they come alive once desaturated. This was one of them #photographer #shrewsbury
November 23, 2024 at 4:46 PM
#Shropshire really is exceptionally beautiful in every way isn’t it! Even in #blackandwhite
Sometimes I’ve taken pics and they just don’t work but they come alive once desaturated. This was one of them #photographer #shrewsbury
Sometimes I’ve taken pics and they just don’t work but they come alive once desaturated. This was one of them #photographer #shrewsbury
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Tonight please say hello to Dr Russ Jackson who's written just 4 articles for us ... with each one a gem!
Russ is a parent, activist, sociologist and (until recently) senior lecturer in communication & public relations at Sheffield Hallam University.
Follow him ➡️ @docrussjackson.bsky.social
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Russ is a parent, activist, sociologist and (until recently) senior lecturer in communication & public relations at Sheffield Hallam University.
Follow him ➡️ @docrussjackson.bsky.social
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November 23, 2024 at 7:34 PM
Tonight please say hello to Dr Russ Jackson who's written just 4 articles for us ... with each one a gem!
Russ is a parent, activist, sociologist and (until recently) senior lecturer in communication & public relations at Sheffield Hallam University.
Follow him ➡️ @docrussjackson.bsky.social
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Russ is a parent, activist, sociologist and (until recently) senior lecturer in communication & public relations at Sheffield Hallam University.
Follow him ➡️ @docrussjackson.bsky.social
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Move over bouba-kiki!
New study on crossmodal iconicity shows [r] = rough and [l] = smooth, even in langs that conflate them.
The results show "that speech sounds are not just acoustic objects, but they also have a texture and a shape to them".
#iconicity 🐦🐦
New study on crossmodal iconicity shows [r] = rough and [l] = smooth, even in langs that conflate them.
The results show "that speech sounds are not just acoustic objects, but they also have a texture and a shape to them".
#iconicity 🐦🐦
The alveolar trill is perceived as jagged/rough by speakers of different languages
Typological research shows that across languages, trilled [r] sounds are more common in adjectives describing rough as opposed to smooth surfaces. In this study
pubs.aip.org
November 23, 2024 at 8:57 AM
Move over bouba-kiki!
New study on crossmodal iconicity shows [r] = rough and [l] = smooth, even in langs that conflate them.
The results show "that speech sounds are not just acoustic objects, but they also have a texture and a shape to them".
#iconicity 🐦🐦
New study on crossmodal iconicity shows [r] = rough and [l] = smooth, even in langs that conflate them.
The results show "that speech sounds are not just acoustic objects, but they also have a texture and a shape to them".
#iconicity 🐦🐦
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Winding at Huddlesford Junction, and looking forward to a time when we can carry on up here @lhcrt.bsky.social ! 😀
November 23, 2024 at 9:23 AM
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If you like to saturate yourself in all things Christmas, here's a guide to some of my favourite festive food-themed books.
topographickitchens.substack.com/p/christmas-...
topographickitchens.substack.com/p/christmas-...
Christmas-Themed Food and Drink Books
I love a Christmas-themed cookbook, no matter how idealised or rarified the writer’s Christmas appears.
topographickitchens.substack.com
November 22, 2024 at 8:49 AM
If you like to saturate yourself in all things Christmas, here's a guide to some of my favourite festive food-themed books.
topographickitchens.substack.com/p/christmas-...
topographickitchens.substack.com/p/christmas-...
Seriously, you enjoy your breakfast, I'll go round you 😂
I managed to get out for a quick walk along Newport Canal, #Shropshire, before #StormBert really sets in.
Stay safe and warm today, everyone!
I managed to get out for a quick walk along Newport Canal, #Shropshire, before #StormBert really sets in.
Stay safe and warm today, everyone!
November 23, 2024 at 9:05 AM
Seriously, you enjoy your breakfast, I'll go round you 😂
I managed to get out for a quick walk along Newport Canal, #Shropshire, before #StormBert really sets in.
Stay safe and warm today, everyone!
I managed to get out for a quick walk along Newport Canal, #Shropshire, before #StormBert really sets in.
Stay safe and warm today, everyone!