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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

TFW, you've had a slightly frustrating disrupted week jumping around between bitty bits of work & feeling unproductive, so you settle down to do some nice, straightforward #lexicography & the next word on your list is "waggle" 😊 #amcompiling

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

⌛2 weeks till the deadline for proposals for the 2025 AS Hornby Dictionary Research Awards (ASHDRA) on 30 April. You've still got time to get together a proposal for a research project related to #dictionaries in #ELT More details: tinyurl.com/565b4r25

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Honestly, I sometimes think #lexicography work should come with counselling. I just had to do a corpus search for the phrase "vomit sth up" ... it was pretty nasty ... #amcompiling

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Today, I'm joining @societyofauthors.bsky.social protesting against the use of pirated works by Meta to train their AI models. According to LibGen, 8 of my books have been stolen without permission or compensation. This is illegal - it's plain and simple theft. #BookThieves

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

A sunny #StetWalk to soak up some spring rays on a bench ☀️

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Graham Hall @ghinwhitleybay.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

I'm 'absolutely delighted' (i.e., really chuffed) that "Method and Postmethod in Language Teaching" by, erm, me, will be discussed and explored as part of this forthcoming ITDI course moderated by Scott Thornbury... www.linkedin.com/posts/intern...

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#elt #languageteaching #teacherdevelopment #postmethod #scottthornbury… | International Teacher Development Institute

🌟 Are you ready to rethink methods in language teaching? Join an international group of teachers, and Scott Thornbury, for an in-depth exploration of Graham…

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

TFW, you type "emphathize" and know it looks wrong, but can't quite work out why 🤣

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

💥6 weeks left to apply for 2025 AS Hornby Dictionary Research Awards (ASHDRA) - deadline 30 April If you've got a research idea strongly connected to dictionaries & ELT check the website for more info: tinyurl.com/3y58s7fy

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

A frustrating #StetWalk this morning, took my glass bottle to the deli to get a milk refill ... only to find they'd run out. Had to resort to plastic milk from the supermarket but then argued with the self-checkout about the empty glass bottle in my shopping bag! At least there were magnolias ...

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · 18/03/2025

Cold, but blue skies and waving daffs outside Bristol Cathedral on a morning #StetWalk to meet a pal for coffee

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EngLangBlog @englangblog.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

Lots here for discussion around language, identity, occupation and more. Swearing is a way of cutting though the noise, helping regulate emotion and part of a performance of identity, according to this piece. theconversation.com/banning-swea...

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Banning swearing in Formula One could be bad for drivers – a linguist explains

A swearing ban risks making team radio feel sanitised and staged, diminishing the very sense of access that made it compelling and exciting in the first place.

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Encyclopaedia Britannica @britannica.com · 04/03/2025

You only have to cross one country to get from Norway to North Korea.

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Graham Hall @ghinwhitleybay.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

Applications open for Hornby Trust MEd TESOL scholarship to support the teaching of English to refugees. For: experienced teachers who hold/have held refugee status, and currently teach English to refugees/asylum seekers in the UK Details: www.hornby-trust.org.uk/the-call-for...

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The call for applications for the 2025-26 Refugee MEd TESOL Scholarship is open! - Hornby Trust

The Hornby Trust is offering a MEd TESOL scholarship, in partnership with University of Exeter, to support the teaching of English to refugees. This is a full scholarship and provides living costs, tu...

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · 03/03/2025

TFW, you're writing something about usage labels in dictionaries and find yourself looking up examples of words in a whole bunch of dictionaries (on and offline) to see how they label them ... then realize your search history's going to look really dodgy #lexicographylife

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · 13/02/2025

Still grey and pain-aggravatingly cold out there, so just a short #StetWalk to admire the hellebores in Royal Fort Gardens

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Catkins against grey skies on a very short perfunctory #StetWalk

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Lexicographic catch of the day: I just very nearly uploaded a new entry with a typo in the headword ... 'pickled pink' instead of 'tickled pink' 🤣 #amcompiling

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Paweł Szudarski @pawelszudarski.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Call for papers: BAAL SIG Vocabulary Studies Annual Conference 2025 Teaching, Learning, and Assessing Vocabulary in Multilingual Contexts, 28-30 May 2025, University of Edinburgh, UK A title and a 300-word abstract should be submitted tinyurl.com/BAALVOCABSIG... by the 19th of February 2025.

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

Funding opportunities for #ELT dictionary research: 📢 Receive up to £15,000 from the A. S. Hornby Educational Trust for ELT-related dictionary research projects. 🔎 Details: tinyurl.com/565b4r25 ✒️ Apply by April 30, 2025. #Dictionaries #Research #ASHornbyEducationalTrust #ASHDRA

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

Truly discombobulated by pain today, but a short #StetWalk with blue skies and crocuses helped fleetingly

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

Crocuses about to unfurl under a tree and glorious tulips in a shop on this morning's #StetWalk

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Deborah Tomkins @tomkinsdeb.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

A wonderful #booklaunch last week for my prizewinning novella #Aerth, at @stanfordsbristol.bsky.social - thank you to all!

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Graham Hall @ghinwhitleybay.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

And here's the online application form(s) for the Hornby Scholarships scheme 2025/6... www.hornby-trust.org.uk/ma-tesol-sch...

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MEd TESOL Scholarships - Hornby Trust

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Graham Hall @ghinwhitleybay.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

*Webinar Recording - Hornby Trust: Master’s Degree UK Scholarships (TESOL)*: further detail and Q&As for those interested in applying If you were not able to attend the Hornby Educational Trust Scholarship Webinar today, the recording can be found here www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEQq...

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Hornby Educational Trust Scholarship Webinar 28.01.2025

YouTube video by Harry Kuchah Kuchah

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · 28/01/2025

A rather sad sight on today's #StetWalk - a dictionary randomly wedged between a wall and a lamppost 🤷🏼

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

A lovely evening listening to @tomkinsdeb.bsky.social talk about her new book "Aerth" - looking forward to get started on it #amreading

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Graham Hall @ghinwhitleybay.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

A.S. Hornby Trust: The Trust is pleased to be offering 10 Hornby Scholarships to study for the Master’s degree in TESOL at the University of Exeter, UK, for the 2025-26 academic year. (deadline 26th Feb) www.hornby-trust.org.uk/ma-tesol-sch...

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MEd TESOL Scholarships - Hornby Trust

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

An afternoon #StetWalk to meet up with a fellow #ELT writer pal for coffee & a natter. A grey damp kinda day, but I came back down a different street & spotted this burst of colour on the outside of a house:

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

New #ASHDRA dictionary research reports now up on Hornby Trust website 2 projects developed & trialled new resources in very different ELT contexts - for Physics students in Oman & primary schools in South Africa Scroll down to download full reports or single-page summaries: tinyurl.com/3y58s7fy

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

A gloriously bright, frosty morning #StetWalk ... I planned to go out for maybe an hour & stayed out all morning. What's the point in being #freelance if you can't make the most of a beautiful day?!

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Lynne Murphy @lynneguist.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

The Separated by a Common Language UK-to-US Word of the Year 2024 is: FORTNIGHT. With thanks to @helenzaltzman.bsky.social, @byagoda.bsky.social, Taylor Swift & Jack Antonoff separatedbyacommonlanguage.blogspot.com/2024/12/uk-t...

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UK-to-US Word of the Year 2024: fortnight

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · 30/12/2024

My cold's on its way out & I didn't want to provoke renewed snifffles by trudging around in the drizzle, so just a mini #StetWalk to & from a bit of cafe-working:

The view from a table in a cafe with a cup of coffee, a pastry on a plate and a tablet on the table. A bar and waitress on the background.

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

A grey, drizzly Saturday #StetWalk along the harbour

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

An eerie, foggy #StetWalk - well worth getting out despite a streaming cold:

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

It's been a grey, damp week, but unusually mild (13-14°C) & going out in woolly hats & scarves, I've overheated. Today, there were blue skies so I headed out hatless for a post-lunch #StetWalk ... turned out to be just 6°C & felt more like 3°C in the cold wind ... brrrr!!

A photo from this afternoon's walk across the Downs in Bristol. It's an open patch of grass with leafless trees silhouetted on the horizon casting long shadows and beautiful blue skies. The low sun can just be seen shining through one of the trees.

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Canadian English Dictionary @canadiandictionary.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

How many words can you make that start with "qua"? Comment below (hint: checking past #CEDWordOfTheWeeks may help)! Check back on Wednesday for the definition of qua, this week's #CEDWordOfTheWeek

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

My new article in the latest edition of Modern English Teacher proposes an alternative (or rather complementary) vocab syllabus for ELT that goes beyond lists of words & delves more into how words actually work. If you subscribe, it's available here: www.modernenglishteacher.com/met-current-...

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Merriam-Webster @merriam-webster.com · 09/12/2024

The Merriam-Webster Word of the Year for 2024 is ‘polarization.’ About half of you might take issue with this. www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/wor...

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2024 Word of the Year: Polarization

Plus 'demure,' 'totality,' 'allision,' and other words that defined the year

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · 07/12/2024

Very blowy on a short Saturday-morning #StetWalk & hard to stand up at points, but super-snug inside my woolly hat + double hood combo #StormDarragh

A selfie taken on the Downs in Bristol this morning during Storm Darragh, for which this area had a red weather alert. I'm wearing a multicoloured scarf wrapped up to just below my nose inside a black hoodie with the hood up and a black waterproof over the top also with the hood up that I'm having to hang onto with one hand because it's billowing in the strong winds. You can see dark grey sky in the background and a smudge of green grass.

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

A slight struggle of a #StetWalk on a gloomy winter morning. I made it across the river though which, with a high tide, was a muddy, churning flow:

A photo taken on this morning's walk on the banks of the river Avon as it flows out along the Avon Gorge. I'm standing on a grassy bank, next to a heavily graffitied concrete structure taking up the right third of the picture. The river is full and high with brown muddy water. In the distance you can see the Clifton Suspension Bridge high above the river and on the right-hand bank, below the bridge the brightly-coloured terraced houses of Clifton. The sky is a uniform pale grey.

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

A crappy pain day & I'm not sure a cold #StetWalk helped much physically, but definitely mentally better than moping around at home:

A photo of an old blocky, brick warehouse, some trees and a building with a tall chimney on the edge of a stretch of Bristol harbourside, all silhouetted against a grey cloudy sky with a small patch of brightness trying to break through, and reflected in the very still water of the inland, manmade harbour

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

What this #lexicographer gets up to on a wet weekend, inspired by an Aardman workshop at #EUKSW a couple of weeks ago:

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Dominic @dmncschmtz.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

My colleague at @hhu.bsky.social and go-to-phonologist Christian Uffmann just released a special music video to introduce himself. He truly puts the fun back in phonology, the antics in semantics, and makes you scream for more more more morphology 🎶🎵 #linguistics www.instagram.com/reel/DDHUNSB...

A picture of ten or so people dressed in black with their arms pointing upwards in a typical disco dancing pose.

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Sue Archer 🍁 @suearcher.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

It's December already, wow. Now comes the tough wintery times for keeping up with #StetWalk. Glad we have StetWalkers here to motivate me! New followers, if you haven't heard of it, please join in on the fun (and the hashtag) and take that break from your desk :) www.youtube.com/watch?v=gga9...

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The #StetWalk Story

YouTube video by Kristen Tatroe

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

My working day started with "strength" and ended with "struggle" 🤣 #lexicography #amcompiling

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