Reposted by broadsgirl.bsky.socialMichael Rosen @michaelrosenyes.bsky.social · 03/01/2026Coming up this Thursday BBC Radio 4 15314
Reposted by broadsgirl.bsky.socialLinguistic Discovery @linguisticdiscovery.com · 01/12/2025Here’s an article with 9 fun Christmas etymologies from @dannybate.bsky.social The etymologies are: Carol Hark Reindeer Icicle Sleigh Tinsel Mistletoe Antler Snow dannybate.com/2024/12/23/a... #Christmas #etymology #linguistics #language #history #winterdannybate.comA CHRISTMAS Full of EtymologyReading time: 5 minutes It’s December now, the month when the calendar helpfully provides me with a topic for the monthly article. So, here’s a short and sweet linguistic post with a fe… 2216
Reposted by broadsgirl.bsky.socialDr Danny Bate @dannybate.com · 31/10/2025Remember today that some ghosts may just be trying to speak to you in Latin. 313925
Reposted by broadsgirl.bsky.socialmagistrah @magistrah.bsky.social · 31/10/2025What did you think we meant by the phrase "dead language?" 1286
Reposted by broadsgirl.bsky.socialDr Danny Bate @dannybate.com · 01/10/2025Two Dr Dannys (Dannies?) unite, as @linguisticdiscovery.com is hosting an exclusive sneak-peak from my book on this excellent platform – I highly recommend subscribing to the newsletter, which turns up in my inbox to offer a smorgasbord of linguistic content. 0194
Reposted by broadsgirl.bsky.socialDr Danny Bate @dannybate.com · 28/09/2025Four days now, and fourth in the alphabet is D. I took Chapter D as my chance to explore lower-case letters – why we even have the upper/lower-case split, and why equivalent letters can look a bit different with it. After all, a capital D and a d bulge out in opposite directions! geni.us/WhyQNeedsU 0174
Reposted by broadsgirl.bsky.socialDr Danny Bate @dannybate.com · 14/09/2025A great step forward in Anglo-Czech relations. 543143
Reposted by broadsgirl.bsky.socialDr Florence H R Scott @florencehrscott.bsky.social · 31/07/2025You should all definitely pre-order Danny’s book Why Q Needs U using the Waterstones SUMMER25 discount code today xxx 0135
Reposted by broadsgirl.bsky.socialDr Danny Bate @dannybate.com · 28/07/2025Now, if you'd like to read the book yourself, and find out why indeed Q needs U, Waterstones does currently have a discount off upcoming books like mine... The code SUMMER25 gets you 25% off a 4000-year story, which is like getting 1000 years for free. www.waterstones.com/book/why-q-n... 3295
Reposted by broadsgirl.bsky.socialDr Danny Bate @dannybate.com · 28/07/2025With pride, joy and a great deal of nerves, I'd like to reveal the cover for my book 'Why Q Needs U'!, published by @bonnierbooksuk.bsky.social! I love the cover, with the endorsement from its first reviewer, who also called it "a wonderful achievement" and "just couldn't recommend it more highly". 2625453
Reposted by broadsgirl.bsky.socialwomensartbluesky.bsky.social @womensartbluesky.bsky.social · 07/07/2025Roceira,1930 by Georgina de Albuquerque, Brazilian Impressionist known for her female subjects #womensart 059373
