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If everyone can share the ticket link for my two shows at Dundee if for nothing else but to upset our Tory friend Dorothy and sell it out, imagine how wonderful it would be that she actually made this happen dundeebox.co.uk/online/default…

The new owners of Dictonary.com (IXL Learning) have terminated the positions of all the staff lexicographers. So angry about this.

Great read here on the ways in which MLE has spread via popular culture and technology. theguardian.com/music/2024/apr…

Anyone wondered why #BBC current affairs programs only have people on who are middle class and/or from London its because they wont pay ordinary people for their time/expertise. After negotiating my expenses for 2 things (I travelled from Notts) I'm waiting for £80 2 months +

Caroline’s research is fascinating and brilliant! Please support if you can! Could you RT please? Jennifer Webb Haili Hughes Chris Curtis Kat Howard Gwenders 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿🧙 Miriam Hussain

We now have 46 books left when they are gone they are gone. Donate £10 for the book &£6 for post & dm your details jobs a good un.
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Would any publications out there like me to write about mining communities today & the deindustrialisation of men & women & the devastation left behind? Or are you going to let middle class Southerners do it or allow politicians on both sides to blame each other?

Registration is now open for our next Free Schools' Broadcast. Our production of Macbeth (2023) will be available to UK schools to watch between 18 and 22 March 🗡️

Register now ➡️rsc.org.uk/learn/schools-…

@MorgsEd Frank Norris Ian Cushing Not sure I can enlighten you but anyway, his work really unpacks the notion that through insisting on certain language we can embed deficit ideologies about class, race and gender. Great critical thinker mmu.ac.uk/staff/profile/…

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More of me -I'm sick of me but its important to support local journalists on local papers who stay & tell the stories for little money & little thanks - Thanks Phoebe

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Competition alert! (Sadly I'm not allowed to enter, but you are!)

The animal instinct that drives workers to adopt corporate jargon bbc.com/worklife/artic… via BBC Worklife

London Bridge to Brighton, off-peak return. £34.10 from the machine, £14.10 from the nice man in the ticket office. Just as well there was one, and that I had time to queue.

Some things to think about here, especially around gendered language and what it means.
theconversation.com/according-to-i…

Swearing is becoming more widely acceptable, linguistics experts claim

Swearwords increasingly used for emphasis and to build social bonds, rather than to insult, say academics

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#swearing #linguistics #language @Guardian Mishal Husain

Temporary traffic lights on the westbound lane at Doctors Gate, due to significant movement in the slope supporting the retaining wall, resulting in a loss of support to the carriageway!

Full information ➡️ one.network/?GB137352092

You may have heard of Up Helly Aa, Shetland’s viking fire festival. What you might not know is that for decades, people have campaigned to allow women and girls to be participate in the main festival. This year, for the first time, women and girls participated. Just wonderful.

Linguist: young women have traditionally been found to lead language change.
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So, it is 4 days until #Newborn publishes. A book motherhood after trauma, marriage & doing both with an invisible illness. I know January is the skintest month but pre-orders do really matter *for reasons* so if you think you'll be buying it anyway...hive.co.uk/Product/Kerry-…