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James Chetwood

@chegchenko.bsky.social
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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 02/10/2026
It's 5 pages.
Adobe Acrobat telling me that I shouldn't read the 5-page document and let its AI assistant summarise it for me because it's too 'long'.
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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
Sorry, I think you've just photoshopped Scarborough there.
Scarborough Castle looking really nice in the sunshine from the sea.
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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Just 15 days left till the deadline for this CfP for the Autumn Meeting of the Society of Name Studies in Britain and Ireland. It's in Sheffield and online on the 14th November, and it's about Names and Power. Feel free to ask for more details! @snsbi.bsky.social www.snsbi.org.uk/meeting/2026...
The Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland invites proposals for papers for a one-day meeting on the theme of ‘Names and Power’ – a hybrid event held at the University of Sheffield on 14th November.
Names are not neutral. Whether attached to people, places, streets, institutions, objects, events, texts or literary worlds, names are deeply implicated in relations of power. They may express authority, ownership, affection, belonging, memory, hierarchy or resistance. They may also become sites of contestation, where competing interpretations of the past, present and future are negotiated. This conference invites papers that explore the many ways in which names and naming practices intersect with power. 
We welcome contributions from across the broad field of name studies and from related disciplines, including linguistics, history, geography, literary studies, digital humanities and heritage studies. We are interested in papers on all kinds of names, including place-names, personal names, street names, institutional names, literary names, names of things, and names in digital or virtual spaces. Contributions may address historical or contemporary material, theoretical or methodological questions, specific case studies, or comparative approaches.
Proposals are invited for 20-minute papers (with 5–10 minutes for questions). 
If you are interested in presenting, please email a title and abstract (of up to 250 words) to confsec@snsbi.org.uk by the 4th September 2026. There is no registration fee for speakers.
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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 10/08/2026
In all fairness this has been a option on LinkedIn for a long time...
My languages section on LinkedIn with English, Old English, French, German and Latin.
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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Or...
Nicholas Lyndhurst in 'Goodnight Sweetheart', about to time travel through a brick wall.
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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Thought I might try using ChatGPT to extract and collate some test data today:
ChatGPT interaction:

Me: so that was all just bullshit? nice one.

It: Yes. I claimed I had produced populated CSVs when I had not. That was false, and you were right to call it out.
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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 18/06/2026
Pleased to announce that @snsbi.bsky.social will be holding a one-day meeting in Sheffield and online on the 14th November. The theme is 'Names and Power' and anyone interested in presenting their is warmly invited to submit a proposal. More details at: www.snsbi.org.uk/meeting/2026... (or ask me!)
SNSBI: Autumn Meeting: Names and Power.

Saturday 14 November 2026, University of Sheffield and online (10am to 4.30pm).

Call for Papers.

The Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland invites proposals for papers for a one-day meeting on the theme of ‘Names and Power’ – a hybrid event held at the University of Sheffield on 14th November.
Names are not neutral. Whether attached to people, places, streets, institutions, objects, events, texts or literary worlds, names are deeply implicated in relations of power. They may express authority, ownership, affection, belonging, memory, hierarchy or resistance. They may also become sites of contestation, where competing interpretations of the past, present and future are negotiated. This conference invites papers that explore the many ways in which names and naming practices intersect with power. 

We welcome contributions from across the broad field of name studies and from related disciplines, including linguistics, history, geography, literary studies, digital humanities and heritage studies. We are interested in papers on all kinds of names, including place-names, personal names, street names, institutional names, literary names, names of things, and names in digital or virtual spaces. Contributions may address historical or contemporary material, theoretical or methodological questions, specific case studies, or comparative approaches.

Proposals are invited for 20-minute papers (with 5–10 minutes for questions). 

If you are interested in presenting, please email a title and abstract (of up to 250 words) to confsec@snsbi.org.uk by the 4th September 2026. There no registration fee for speakers.

Further details about the programme, registration, travel and accessibility will be circulated in due course.
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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 26/03/2026
Ghost of Christmas Present in Muppets Christmas Carol. He has a big head. That's the joke.
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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
Question from my actual lecture last semester
Interactive question slide: 'When did the Roman Empire REALLY end?' Options: 476, 565, 698, 750, 1204, 1453.
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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
Eggsistential crisis
A poached egg on the floor after having committed suicide. It's a terrible scene.
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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Me daydreaming in seminars...
Blackboard VLE AI helper button labelled 'Auto-generate discussion'.
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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
Asked it the question:
chatgpt prompt. 'so you've got a phd now. congrats. what are you going to do with it?'
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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
🫤
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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 27/02/2025
His wife, Bertha, was Frankish, the daughter of Charibert, King of Paris. His son, Eadbald, married Imma, was Frankish. She may have been the daughter of Erchinoald, Mayor of the Palace of Neustria, and there are two descendants of Eadbald and Imma that bear the name element Eorcon-.
Genealogical tree of the Kentish royal family c.550-c.750.
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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 27/01/2025
Just a quick thanks to @englishplacenames.bsky.social for letting me publish an article with a silly title.
Article first page. Title: Where’s Walh-y? Searching for ‘invisible Britons’ in early medieval England’, by James Chetwood.Cover of the Journal of the English Place-Name Society, volume 55.
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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 04/06/2024
I think he was actually from Prostějov, which is even closer to London (but he did play for Ostrava). Pavel Srníček (RIP) was from actually Ostrava (and played for them). I don't think he had a song though. ('He's big, he's Czech, he's Pavel Srníček', would have been a good option.)
Pavel Srníček.
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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 19/04/2024
Evidence from the archive.
Me, vibing at Godshill Model Village in my best red shoes with buckles on c.1985.
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James Chetwood @chegchenko.bsky.social · 12/02/2024
Sorry to butt it in, but it is a truth universally acknowledged that the best adaptation of P&P is Lost in Austen.
Cover image of the TV series Lost in Austen.
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