Cheese consumer, sociolinguist, immigrant 🇬🇧 👉 đŸ‡«đŸ‡ź

Joined January 2010
🌍 How can Wales promote the Welsh language without unintended consequences like inequality and social division? @DaveJSayers proposes a "Doughnut Language Policy" to balance linguistic vitality with broader social wellbeing. đŸ§”đŸ‘‡lspjournal.com/post/doughnut

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I have worked in Marketing for a long time & I just want to say the new Morrisons TV advert, the sung tag line 'more reasons to shop at Morrisons' DOESN'T FIT THE MELODY. I've been at home all week and it is driving me bananas How did that get approved?!
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Language Problems & Language Planning launches a series of webinars! 19/12/2024 15:30 UTC “History of language policy and planning, and current and emerging trends” with David C. Johnson and J Darquennes. Free registration: tinyurl.com/mw8anzey, #languagepolicy, #weareUU
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New publication out in @JournalofSocio1: Language isn't just a data set. We explore why and suggest new directions for sociolinguistic research in the AI era #OpenAccess onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/
 Check out the full issue.
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New volume: Minority Language Learning for Adult Migrants in Europe. Grateful for the opportunity to discuss migrants learning Welsh! Thanks @jebsim & Sari Pöyhönen @routledgebooks #wsol #multilingualism #cymraeg
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I use a tie just because it restricts oxygen flow to the brain by up to 7 %, and I feel it would't be sporting for all the rest otherwise
Men look better with some kind of neckwear. Let's run through some examples. đŸ§”
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Today I learnt the Baltic Sea is a crocodile eating Finland.
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Writing a real out of office email would be: “I will be out of the office until Monday, November 29, but I will be constantly checking email on my phone and additionally will have my work computer nearby”
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NEWSFLASH: It's ok to do research with normative goals, actually. Everyone who says otherwise is supporting status quo power imbalances and inequality, which is, drum-roll, also a normative position, just a terrible one. đŸ€·â€â™€ïž Paper under question here: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.

Guilty as charged. We believe: * Planetary stability is good. * Economic equality is good. * Democracy is good. * Extraction and exploitation are bad. * Lack of ability to make core decision's about one's life conditions are bad. And our research is in support of these goals.
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Dave Sayers retweeted
Being "able bodied" is temporary, you will age, you will get injured, you will get sick and you will wish you fought more for the system to protect the vulnerable.
Tell me your most radical position that cannot be placed on the left-right political spectrum
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The USA with Between 3 and 500 Edges
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People’s common reaction when you start speaking their language
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check out this crazy chart from a paper titled "object use in insects"
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The world's smallest ocean island* with shared borders, MĂ€rket, between Sweden and Finland. The border was originally a straight line, but in the mid-1800s, Russia built a lighthouse on the Swedish side. After Finland gained independence from Russia, Sweden asked if they wanted the lighthouse. Finland agreed, and the border was adjusted to what it is today. Now, you can easily take a sauna on the Finnish side and then go for a skinny-dip on the Swedish side. *Smaller islands with shared borders exist, but they’re all located in lakes or rivers.
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"Autottomuus oli tuonut pĂ€iviin paljon lisÀÀ arkiliikuntaa ja askelia. Muuta muutosta Taivassalo ei ollut pĂ€ivittĂ€iseen elĂ€mÀÀnsĂ€ tehnyt" Kaupungissa voi elÀÀ tĂ€yttĂ€ ja terveellistĂ€ elĂ€mÀÀ ilman ettĂ€ omistaa autoa, jota vuokrataan vain kun sille on tarve. helsinginuutiset.fi/paikalli

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Arjen sÀÀstövinkki jokaiselle. Second hand -kesÀvaatteita saa nyt erittÀin edullisesti, kun sesonki on ohi. Loistava aika ostaa ensi kesÀn vaatteet ja kestÀvöittÀÀ omaa kulutusta tuotteiden elinkaaria pidentÀmÀllÀ. Samalla sÀÀstyy rahaa. Kuumin muoti ei kuumemma maapalloa.
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No other mode of transportation rivals bicycles in minimizing our impact on the biosphere. The fact that a machine allows you to effortlessly travel 20 kilometers in an hour without needing an external power source is simply incredible.
"The bicycle is the most efficient machine ever created. Converting calories into gas, a bicycle gets the equivalent of three thousand miles per gallon." — Bill Strickland @TrueBS (Chart: Scientific American) đŸšČđŸ§”
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Still can't quite believe that when a boat carrying people seeking a better life sinks and kills 90, it registers as barely a blip on the news cycle Yet when a yacht carrying billionaires sinks, it's 3-day front page, rolling live ticker news theguardian.com/world/live/2

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French bakers hate me. I feel their pain.
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Olen ehkÀ outo, mutta minulle ei henkilökohtaisesti ole ihan hirveÀsti vÀliÀ sillÀ, saako suomalainen mitalin. Mieluusti seuraan eri lajeja ja muidenkin huippusuorituksia. Siis hauskaa jos suomalainen menestyy mutta ei vÀlttÀmÀtöntÀ.
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