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Berit Johannsen

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Linguistics at Freie Universität Berlin Football at Grün-Weiss Eimsbüttel

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Berit Johannsen @beestween.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Der Wechsel von Du zu Sie auch spannend
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Daniel Jones @narson.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Let’s be clear: the decision by the FA and others to bar trans women from sport is not a requirement on them by the Supreme Court ruling. It is a choice they have made to be exclusionary and intolerant. That’s a choice they are now free to make after the a ruling, but still a choice.
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TRUK United FC @trukunitedfc.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
🧵 TRUK United Statement on FA’s Ban on Transgender Women in Football from Age 13 Everyone at TRUK United is deeply disappointed and outraged by the decision announced today by the Football Association (FA) to ban Transgender Women from participating in women's football from the age of 13.
TRUK United Statement on FA’s Ban on Transgender Women in Football from Age 13
Everyone at TRUK United is deeply disappointed and outraged by the decision announced today by the Football Association (FA) to ban Transgender Women from participating in women's football from the age of 13.
For many years, the FA had stringent and carefully considered policies in place regarding the inclusion of trans women in the women’s game. These policies involved strict eligibility criteria, including hormone level monitoring, and we supported the processes that were implemented. Under those guidelines, trans women were able to play without incident. They were welcomed by teammates, coaches and supporters, becoming valued members of their clubs and making a positive contribution to the sport.
Importantly, there has been no football-specific evidence to suggest that, under the previous policies, trans women posed a risk to fairness or safety. Scientific research has shown that trans women who have undergone hormone therapy do not possess any significant performance advantage over cis women.
Being allowed to play football has had an overwhelmingly positive impact on the physical and mental health of many trans women. We know of numerous individuals who have found not only joy in the game but also friendship, community and purpose through their involvement in their clubs. To have that taken away so suddenly, without meaningful consultation or justification, is devastating.
The FA frequently promotes the idea of “Football for All”, but this decision stands in direct contradiction to that principle. By excluding an entire group based on their gender identity, the FA isolates itself from the growing number of football associations internationally that continue to welcome trans women in the game.
We are also seriously concerned about the wider repercussions of this decision. Already, we are seeing an increase in transphobic abuse across social media platforms. Decisions like this embolden…
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Berit Johannsen @beestween.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
😍 Count me in next time! Ich war zu der Zeit etwa auch am Südkreuz :)
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Berit Johannsen @beestween.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
Happy belated birthday! 💐
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Carl T. Bergstrom @carlbergstrom.com · 02/03/2025
I'm putting together a slide illustrating how generative AI is being forced on people even though they don't want it, and this is sort of funny. Here's are Google's autocomplete suggestions for "google gemini how to", and Bing's autocomplete suggestions for for "microsoft copilot how to".
Gemini: autocomplete suggestions include "how to turn off", "how to disable", and "how to remove".

Copilot: autocomplete suggestions include "how to disable", "how to delete", "how to uninstall", "how to turn off", and "how to remove."
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Berit Johannsen @beestween.bsky.social · 02/03/2025
Heute vorm Wahllokal wurden vom NDR O-Töne fürs Radio gesammelt. "Haben sie gerade gewählt und wie fühlen sie sich" "Ja, gut" 🤷
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Berit Johannsen @beestween.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
*vorletztes Jahr/letzte Saison
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Berit Johannsen @beestween.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Das Spiel im Millerntor letztes Jahr fand ich da in der Hinsicht noch angenehm, zumindest was ich so mitbekommen habe. Mal sehen wie es jetzt wird.
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Berit Johannsen @beestween.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Ich hab da ehrlich gesagt auch große Bedenken, trotzdem wäre ich gerne dabei. Viertelfinale fand ich auch super!
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Berit Johannsen @beestween.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
Historisches für den deutschen Frauenfußball passiert in der Stadt und wir spielen leider zeitgleich (nur 3,5km Luftlinie entfernt, aber was hilft's 😭) www.hsv.de/news/nordder...
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Nordderby im Volksparkstadion: HSV-Frauen brechen nationalen Rekord
Knapp einen Monat vor Anpfiff des Nordderbys im Pokal-Halbfinale ist klar: Mit mehr als 48.000 verkauften Tickets wird im März ein neuer Rekord für ein Frauen-Fußballspiel auf Vereinsebene in Deutschl...
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Berit Johannsen @beestween.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
Oh no 😨 fingers crossed that you can get out very soon (and into a warm train)!
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Berit Johannsen @beestween.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
😱 are you still stuck in the cold?
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ACLU @aclu.org · 14/02/2025
Erasing our history won't erase us. Transgender people have always been here — and we always will be.
nytimes.com
U.S. Park Service Strikes Transgender References From Stonewall Website
The “T” was removed in references to L.G.B.T.Q.+ on the official site for the Greenwich Village monument, which marks a milestone in the fight for gay rights. Later, the Q+ also disappeared.
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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 11/02/2025
Yesterday, World Athletics announced new recommended rules that would ban all DSD athletes from competition and require EVERY woman who wanted to compete to undergo a chromosome test. I covered the main bits here:
buttondown.com
World Athletics wants to go back to mandatory sex testing
This is not the news I was hoping to share with you all, but here we are. Yesterday, World Athletics released a new set of recommendations surrounding the...
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Berit Johannsen @beestween.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Ich bin inzwischen in Hamburg angekommen. Gute Reise dir noch 🤞
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Berit Johannsen @beestween.bsky.social · 11/02/2025
Ah, du auch vom gesperrten Hamburger Hauptbahnhof betroffen? 👋
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Berit Johannsen @beestween.bsky.social · 07/02/2025
Die von Studierenden herausgegebene Literaturzeitschrift FU Review (www.fureviewberlin.com) braucht Geld, um die nächsten Ausgaben zu finanzieren. Wer kann und mag, kann über dieses Crowdfunding unterstützen: gofund.me/3c966286
fureviewberlin.com
HOME | FU Review Berlin
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Berit Johannsen @beestween.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
und es ist "actively feminist, anti-racist, anti-classist, anti-ableist, LGBTQIA+ friendly and represents a spectrum of experience"
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Berit Johannsen @beestween.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Ich habe auf einem Workshop mal von @maureenogallagher.bsky.social über geschlechtsneutrale Sprache in diesem kostenlosen Onlinelehrwek gehört: grenzenlos-deutsch.com Habe keine Erfahrung damit, aber sieht gut aus und richtet sich an englischsprachige Lerner*innen
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Grenzenlos Deutsch – an open-access curriculum for beginning German
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Natalie Washington @transsomething.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
This is no surprise, but worth a reminder that the next Olympics and next World Cup are both in the US
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Emma Humphries (she/her) @emhumps.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Introducing my new project… Your Wrong (yourwrong.co.uk). It’s all about the language rules and judgements that appear in different forms of popular culture. Films, series, podcasts, music, books, even graffiti! I’d love your help to find examples!
yourwrong.co.uk
Your Wrong
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Steffen @steffenlinguist.bsky.social · 05/02/2025
Studienunordnung
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Berit Johannsen @beestween.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Notify the train crew of any usual events
Text auf einem Schild:
General safety information, escape and rescue routes

■ Notify the train crew of any usual events and follow their instructions.

■ Luggage or other objects must not obstruct passageways, doors, emergency exits or fire extinguisher locations. Place your luggage on the luggage racks or between/under the seats.

In an emergency

Stay calm!
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Berit Johannsen @beestween.bsky.social · 23/01/2025
🫶
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Berit Johannsen @beestween.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Oh ich hab was wichtiges abgeschnitten, es kommt unten zumindest noch einmal was. Aber wär echt mehr drin gewesen
Pinke Kosmetikflasche mit Text "Hi! Ich bin dein Durchkämm-Spray & so pflege ich dein Haar:

Kein Ziepen! Keine Tränen! Einfach aufsprühen für sofortige Kämmbarkeit und entwirrte Knoten, auch bei langem Haar.

schauma

Pflege, was dir wichtig ist.

Wie du mich anwendest? Vor Gebrauch schütteln. Auf das Haar aufsprühen und durchkämmen. Nicht ausspülen.
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Berit Johannsen @beestween.bsky.social · 22/01/2025
Talking object für @theresaheyd.bsky.social und @janapithan.bsky.social
Rückseite einer pinken Kosmetikflasche mit weißer Sprechblase, in der steht "Hi! Ich bin dein Durchkämm-Spray & so pflege ich dein Haar."
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Berit Johannsen @beestween.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
Juhuu! Habe euch sehr doll vermisst 💌
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Lauren Gawne @superlinguo.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
These days, my personal stance on this is: absolutely believe people are showing you who they are, but don't waste your breath trying to pin them on this one thing. ymmv
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Lauren Gawne @superlinguo.bsky.social · 20/01/2025
Look, I don't really want to wade into American politics, but since emblem gestures are my jam, a reminder: gestures are treated in communication as more deniable than words and bad-faith actors can easily exploit this feature.
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Berit Johannsen @beestween.bsky.social · 14/01/2025
I recently had glitter beer ✨
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Berit Johannsen @beestween.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
(alles Infos aus dem OED, bin über Landmann, Julia. 2023. The dynamic lexicon of English. drauf gestoßen)
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Berit Johannsen @beestween.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Ja genau, das hat mich auch so fasziniert! Hatte noch nie drüber nachgedacht, woher das Wort im Englischen kommt, aber wäre ohne Recherche einfach davon ausgegangen, dass das common Germanic heritage ist
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Berit Johannsen @beestween.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Btw was sagt ihr zu 'den Kopf von jmd. im Schwimmbad etc. "zum Spaß" unter Wasser tauchen'? 🤽 (Hatte gerade letztens im Schwimmbad mit jemandem aus Süddeutschland das Thema)
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Berit Johannsen @beestween.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Die Basketballverwendung folgt dann übrigens ziemlich schnell (erster Beleg 1934), parallell zu allgemeiner Bedeutung 'in Wasser oder Flüssigkeit (oder Puder) tauchen' (1935), 'Kopf von jmd. unter Wasser tauchen, insbes. als joke oder prank' (1936), und 'sich in eine Sache stürzen' (1937)
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Berit Johannsen @beestween.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
Die ersten Verwendungen beziehen sich auf Tunken von Keksen etc. in Tee etc. und ich frage mich jetzt, ob das eine deutsche kulturelle Praxis war bzw. als solche gesehen wurde. Der erste Beleg suggeriert das ja auch irgendwie.
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Berit Johannsen @beestween.bsky.social · 10/01/2025
TIL dass engl. "dunk" vom Pennsylvania German "dunke" (verwandt mit dt. "tunken") übernommen wurde, und das erst zu Beginn des 20. Jh. (Erster Beleg im OED ist von 1917)
Screenshot aus dem OED:
I.1.
To dip a biscuit, pastry, piece of bread, etc., into tea, coffee, milk, soup, etc., to moisten it before eating it. Also: to dip a piece of food into a sauce, dressing, or dip.
I.1.a. intransitive.
1917 The first person we see dunking we shall apprehend as a German spy.
New York Tribune 26 September 9/1
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Berit Johannsen @beestween.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
I know 😭 but there's a chance they know about some things that happened before they were born. I vividly remember cycling to school and talking to my friends about it
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Berit Johannsen @beestween.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
I mean I probably wouldn't notice such references in texts from the 60s or 70s
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Berit Johannsen @beestween.bsky.social · 08/01/2025
I wonder whether my students will notice this implicit reference to recent events in the example (text is from 1999)
Abschnitt aus linguistischem Aufsatz:
"When it comes to a tabooed topic, succesful communication does not totally but largely depends on the context of the speech act. One can address a taboo directly, e.g. by saying "the princess died in a car accident", but often this is not the recommended strategy, as
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Alejandra Caraballo @esqueer.net · 08/01/2025
Meta literally created a LGBTQ exception for calling someone mentally ill as an insult. You can't do it for any other group except LGBTQ people.
The image is from a "Transparency Center" document and lists guidelines regarding acceptable and prohibited content for insults. It mentions:

1. Insults about:

Character, such as cowardice, dishonesty, criminality, and sexual promiscuity or immorality.

Mental characteristics, including but not limited to accusations of stupidity, intellectual capacity, and mental illness, as well as unsupported comparisons among politically correct (PC) groups based on inherent intellectual traits.

2. Highlighted section:

The document allows allegations of mental illness or abnormality when tied to gender or sexual orientation, referencing political and religious discourse about transgenderism and homosexuality. It also acknowledges the non-serious use of terms like "weird."
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Berit Johannsen @beestween.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
(tbh bin ich mir nicht sicher ob man Coercion bei etablierten Konstrukten mit z.B. chicken überhaupt noch annehmen muss; aber erklärt auf jeden Fall deine orc Interpretation)
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Berit Johannsen @beestween.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
Wiese, Heike & Joan Maling. 2005. Beers, Kaffi, and Schnaps: Different grammatical options for restaurant talk coercions in three Germanic languages. Journal of Germanic Linguistics 17(1). 1–38. doi.org/10.1017/S147....
doi.org
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Berit Johannsen @beestween.bsky.social · 31/12/2024
It's not just you. Wiese & Maling 2005 nennen sowas Grinder constructions mit mass coercion, z.b. There is chicken in the soup
Grafik aus linguistischem Aufsatz von Wiese und Maling 2005
Grinder constructions von object zu substance
Sorter und packer constructions von substance zu objects
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Reo Eveleth @reveleth.com · 30/12/2024
I was just trying to look up a rule in volleyball and the whole first page of results are websites that are full of AI generated incorrect information about the rules of volleyball. Absolutely wild.
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Because Language (becauselangpod) @becauselanguage.com · 26/12/2024
HEDVIG: So we heard that he enjoys this. DANIEL: Yeah, he likes it. NICOLE: Yeah, he'll never disambiguate, because he wants to perpetuate the variation. DANIEL: That's why I didn't ask what he says. That's why I asked what y'all say, in the department.
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Because Language (becauselangpod) @becauselanguage.com · 26/12/2024
DANIEL: I want to know: How do y'all say his surname over there? NICOLE: Labov [la bʌv] [rhymes with above]. DANIEL: Okay! NICOLE: I have, in the department I have heard LaBOVE [lə ˈboʊv]. DANIEL: In the department?
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Because Language (becauselangpod) @becauselanguage.com · 26/12/2024
look @nytimes.com you don't know this no one does
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Kirby Conrod @kirbyconrod.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
sighing and tapping the sign kconrod.medium.com/the-right-do...
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The right doesn’t care what a pronoun is.
Stop trying to have arguments about grammar when fascists are trying to have arguments about trans people.
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Kirby Conrod @kirbyconrod.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
eventually i will write a paper about it but ugh. anyways people are often not talking about the grammatical category when they talk about "pronouns"
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