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Tony Thorne

@tonythorne007.bsky.social
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Slang, new language, etymology, cultural history. Language Consultant at King's College London.

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Tony Thorne @tonythorne007.bsky.social · 2h
#October
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Jimothy the Raccoon @jimothythe-raccoon.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
If Jimothy was a 2011 Ford Fiesta #jimothy #seattle #jimothyraccoon
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Heather Paterson @heatherpaterson.co.uk · 20h
ILGA World @ilgaworld.bsky.social is inviting submissions from organisations, advocates and others with relevant evidence, experience or expertise. Send contributions to sp@ilga.org by 10 November 2026.
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Tony Thorne @tonythorne007.bsky.social · 22h
hmmm
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Tony Thorne @tonythorne007.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Edinburgh joins UK universities heading for strikes as cuts spread through entire sector www.theguardian.com/education/20...
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Edinburgh joins UK universities heading for strikes as cuts spread through entire sector
Students at Edinburgh, Dundee and Nottingham face a term without any teaching as sector struggles with rising financial uncertainty
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Pie Thagoram @piethagoram.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
#RejoinEU
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DanC @danc.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
Anyone know if there will be screenings of NAZA? I know it's going to be online soon but was interested in cinema screenings.
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Philipp Krämer @phkraemer.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Article fort bien écrit, paroles fort bien choisies parmi les voix anonymes qui expriment leur indignation légitime. Le prochain colloque du Comité International d'Études Créoles se tiendra dans trois semaines en Martinique. Il sera inévitable qu'on réagisse à cette affaire.
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« Me parler en créole, c’est un manque de respect » : la phrase du préfet qui enflamme la Guadeloupe
Une vidéo montrant Thierry Devimeux, préfet de la Guadeloupe, demandant à un pêcheur de ne pas lui parler créole, évoquant un “manque de respect”, suscite une vive polémique dans l'archipel. Mais derr...
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Peter Sokolowski @petersokolowski.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
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Tony Thorne @tonythorne007.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Kurt Schlichtler
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Charlotte Lydia Riley @lottelydia.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
I'm having to read this story in little snippets, as it's so distressing -- more incredible reporting by @samirashackle.bsky.social who is doing the best work exploring the treatment of international pupils and students in the UK at the moment.
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Jimothy the Raccoon @jimothythe-raccoon.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Hydrate, Paw, and Bounce #jimothy #seattle #jimothyraccoon
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kenofseattle @kenofseattle.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
The Chehalis tribe of Washington State just south of Olympia have retaken possession of land along the I-5 corridor. This is how they repurposed the billboard facing the freeway.
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Neil Mackay @neilmackay.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
This is what’s going to replace all those degrees in literature, languages, and philosophy. We don’t need to wait for war or weather or even AI to destroy us. Our own stupidity seals our fate.
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Tony Thorne @tonythorne007.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
‘Moderated’
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Imogen Forster @imogenforster.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
@billherbert.bsky.social This just in. Poems by an old friend and workmate, in the surrealist vein, from Broken Sleep. And a curious thing to find unattended in Great King Street, Edinburgh. I hadn't the heart to take it from its presumed absent owner.
The front cover of Remora, a book of poems by Stuart Inman, published by Broken Sleep. The design is an image of the fish called 'remora'.A toy pram made of mauve wicker work, standing on a pavement in the New Town, Edinburgh.
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Grace Tierney @wordfoolery.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
#onthisday 935, death of Good King Wenceslas. #etymology / #history 🧵 Wenceslas is a boys’ name which came to English from Medieval Latin Venceslaus and Old Czech Veceslavü which translates as “having greater glory”.
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Alt: good king wenceslas handwriting animation
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alexjungle.bsky.social @alexjungle.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
BBC interview with kids in 1966 predicting the year 2000. Quite accurate is it? Also do you observe the fluency of the children? Nowdays they would speak with ah, oh, okay, whateva.
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Tony Thorne @tonythorne007.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Good night everyone…
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Sylvia Foolproof Suddes @bossproofreader.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
If you’re into history and if you’re into words, here’s your golden key.🔑
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Jimothy the Raccoon @jimothythe-raccoon.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
Good Morning❤️❤️ #jimothy #seattle #jimothyraccoon
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Jim Waterson @jim.londoncentric.media · 27/09/2026
Does anyone know any Kurdish freelance journalists based in the UK?
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Tony Thorne @tonythorne007.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
I raced home, to make you a Kir…
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Jimothy the Raccoon @jimothy-raccoon.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
Lovely ❤️ #jimothy #seattle #jimothyraccoon #JimothyForever
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Met Office - weather and climate @metoffice.gov.uk · 25/09/2026
While the autumn equinox has now passed, today brings something a little different, the equilux. 🌖 That's when day and night are as close to equal length as they get, with sunrise and sunset around 12 hours apart.
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Tony Thorne @tonythorne007.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
'Expressive politics'
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Jimothy The Raccoon @jimothytharaccoon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Good morning ❤ #jimothy #seattle #jimothyraccoon #JimothyForever
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Jimothy the Raccoon @jimothy-raccoon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Love is the message ❤️ #jimothy #seattle #jimothyraccoon #JimothyTheRaccoon
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Jimothy The Raccoon @jimothytharaccoon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Jimothy’s Family Never Gave Up on Him. #jimothy #seattle #jimothyraccoon #JimothyForever
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Jimothy The Raccoon @jimothytharaccoon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I want to give Jimothy's mom a hug for treating him just as equally as her other babies 🥺 #jimothy #seattle #jimothyraccoon #JimothyForever
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Jimothy the Raccoon @jimothythe-raccoon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Golden ratio Jimothy #jimothy #seattle #jimothyraccoon
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Jimothy the Raccoon @jimothythe-raccoon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
I thought my artwork would be appreciated here. Source :: iitly.com/uWg #jimothy #seattle #jimothyraccoon
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Jimothy the Raccoon @jimothy-raccoon.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Meet the Remarkable Raccoon Who Refuses to Slow Down. #jimothy #seattle #jimothyraccoon #JimothyTheRaccoon
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Licia Corbolante (@terminologia) @terminologiaetc.it · 24/09/2026
nelle redazioni esteri di parecchi media italiani si ignorano i casi in cui ▪︎ cat ≠ gatto ▪︎ czar ≠ zar ▪︎ ban ≠ bando www.terminologiaetc.it/2026/09/24/f...
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Cosa accomuna gatti, zar e bandi
Certezze della vita: nei media italiani non mancano mai i falsi amici. Tre esempi recenti in notizie tradotte dall’inglese: le parole cat, czar e ban.
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Tony Thorne @tonythorne007.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
‘That’s so AI!’ What gen Alpha’s biggest insult tells us www.theguardian.com/society/2026...
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‘That’s so AI!’ What gen Alpha’s biggest insult tells us
The year’s most popular slang reveals what young people think about artificial intelligence – and it’s not positive
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Sylvia Foolproof Suddes @bossproofreader.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
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Tony Thorne @tonythorne007.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
www.standard.co.uk/news/uk/worc...
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Signs in rudely named street fixed with concrete to stop tourists stealing them
Residents have said they are ‘very proud’ to live on some of the rudest named streets.
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Steve Peers @stevepeers.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Another thing the BBC forgot to mention. This is far right propaganda territory.
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English and Media Centre @engmediacentre.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
EMC CPD Online: Starting to Teach A Level English Language "Really informative and helpful. Lots of useful ideas and resources - I feel a lot more confident as a result of attending the course." - Charlotte Durham, Lord Grey Academy Book by: 8am on 28th September buff.ly/qLvOn5y
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EMC CPD Online: Starting to Teach A Level English Language
What you need to know to start teaching AL English Language for the first time. <em>NB. This is a repeat course.</em>
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S.E.MacRae @semacrae.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
I vividly remember when a girl in the year below me stood up to tell a joke in assembly when the school inspectors were in. She stood up and said with actions. 'How did Tommy Cooper die? Just like that.' It was the week after it happened. I'll never forget it and doubt my teachers did either.
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Tony Thorne @tonythorne007.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
Today is the equinox/solstice....https://language-and-innovation.com/2018/09/22/autumn-falls-today/
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AUTUMN FALLS TODAY
Know’st thou not at the fall of the leafHow the soul feels like a dried sheafBound up at length for harvesting, Today, the 22nd day of September (beginning, strictly speaking, at 11.44 am), i…
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Prof. Nicole Holliday @mixedlinguist.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
We watched this scene from Clueless in my undergrad sociolinguistics class today, and I still recommend it for anyone teaching perceptual dialectology of California (a la Bucholtz et al 2007). www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUyj...
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High School Boys | Clueless
YouTube video by NOW PLAYING
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Tony Thorne @tonythorne007.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
At 1.04am London time tomorrow, the Autumn Equinox
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Jim Hawkins @jimallthetime.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
Artist on artist: Jasmin Kent Rodgman on the ‘genius’ of Steve Reich The co-artistic director of Manchester Collective shares her fandom for the pioneering New York composer www.southbankcentre.co.uk/magazine/art...
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Artist on artist: Jasmin Kent Rodgman on the 'genius' of Steve Reich | Southbank Centre
The co-artistic director of Manchester Collective shares her fandom for the pioneering New York composer and father of musical minimalism.
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Emma Jacobs @emmavj.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
as.ft.com/r/9add0841-0... AI staff complain of mental toll over fears of threat to society
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AI staff complain of mental toll over fears of threat to society
Top researchers at Aisi, OpenAI, Anthropic and Google DeepMind report burnout and stress over developing powerful AI
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Tony Thorne @tonythorne007.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Step back and get some rest…
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Grace Tierney @wordfoolery.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This week on the Wordfoolery blog I explore the word history of being drenched and I reveal the cover for "Words the Weather Gave Us" - coming in November and available for ebook pre-order now. Hope you like the bright sunny cover? wordfoolery.wordpress.com/2026/09/21/w... #etymology #Weather ☀️📚🌧️🌪️❄️
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Weather Book Cover and the History of Being Drenched
Hello, I’m pleased to announce that “Words the Weather Gave Us”, the fourth book in my Words series, is now available for pre-order (the ebook edition) and hence the cover is out …
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Nancy Friedman @fritinancy.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
On "vig," "vigorish," and, inevitably, Novig and that Sydney Sweeney ad. | ht @misterslang.bsky.social @monicahesse.bsky.social fritinancy.substack.com/p/word-of-th...
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Word of the week: Vig
And its flip side, Novig. Just sports? Sure. You bet.
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Thomas I-G @thomasig.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Higher education is good, actually.
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Prof. Liz Oakley-Brown @earlymodlancs.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
This "Young people are not snowflakes, head of mental health review" says - BBC News share.google/cTQ7HBtaTNN6...
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Young people are not snowflakes, head of mental health review says
Speaking exclusively to the BBC, Prof Peter Fonagy says being young is much harder now than it was.
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