illandancient.bsky.social
@illandancient.bsky.social
Manufacturing engineer, product configurator, corpus linguist (Scots language), amateur drainage specialist, Englishman
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17th-19th century Irish scribal abbreviations that look like text-speak: numeral 8 edition
"beannacht" (x2), "Connacht"
"beannacht" (x2), "Connacht"
November 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
17th-19th century Irish scribal abbreviations that look like text-speak: numeral 8 edition
"beannacht" (x2), "Connacht"
"beannacht" (x2), "Connacht"
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17th-19th century Irish scribal abbreviations that look like text-speak: numeral 2 edition
("cróda", "ní fada", "damh")
("cróda", "ní fada", "damh")
November 9, 2025 at 4:59 PM
17th-19th century Irish scribal abbreviations that look like text-speak: numeral 2 edition
("cróda", "ní fada", "damh")
("cróda", "ní fada", "damh")
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Why I’m making a new documentary celebrating Scots language
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/253269/
Thrawn, by Ayrshire filmmaker Ashley Dick, looks to unpack “how the Scots language has been dragged through the…
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/253269/
Thrawn, by Ayrshire filmmaker Ashley Dick, looks to unpack “how the Scots language has been dragged through the…
Why I'm making a new documentary celebrating Scots language - United Kingdom News Beep
'We're leaving our personality at home'
www.newsbeep.com
November 9, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Why I’m making a new documentary celebrating Scots language
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/253269/
Thrawn, by Ayrshire filmmaker Ashley Dick, looks to unpack “how the Scots language has been dragged through the…
https://www.newsbeep.com/uk/253269/
Thrawn, by Ayrshire filmmaker Ashley Dick, looks to unpack “how the Scots language has been dragged through the…
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1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
November 9, 2025 at 9:23 AM
1/ The US Government has quietly removed a memorial to Black soldiers who died in World War II from the Netherlands American Cemetery in Margraten, South Limburg. The move follows a complaint from the right-wing Heritage Foundation to the American Battle Monuments Commission. ⬇️
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Another victory for antisemitism, smh
November 7, 2025 at 7:42 AM
Another victory for antisemitism, smh
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“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
A London lawyer bought hundreds of Sheffield freeholds. Then the ‘very aggressive’ letters arrived
Exclusive: The Tribune can reveal that Andrew Milne has threatened leaseholders with high court action. It ‘broke my heart’ one woman says
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk
November 6, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“It broke my heart, that was my savings towards a new car,” one woman who paid Milne tens of thousands of pounds told us. “He has just wiped me out.”
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
Who is Andrew Milne - the solicitor sending "very aggressive" letters to Sheffield homeowners?
www.sheffieldtribune.co.uk/a-london-law...
After reading through 71 #TartanNoir Scottish crime fiction books, and counting the number of Scots speaking characters, I have put together a histogram.
The median proportion of Scots speakers is 4.5% many books depict no Scots speakers at all, occasionally some have more than 20% of characters.
The median proportion of Scots speakers is 4.5% many books depict no Scots speakers at all, occasionally some have more than 20% of characters.
November 6, 2025 at 12:15 PM
After reading through 71 #TartanNoir Scottish crime fiction books, and counting the number of Scots speaking characters, I have put together a histogram.
The median proportion of Scots speakers is 4.5% many books depict no Scots speakers at all, occasionally some have more than 20% of characters.
The median proportion of Scots speakers is 4.5% many books depict no Scots speakers at all, occasionally some have more than 20% of characters.
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November 6, 2025 at 1:09 AM
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Video: Andrey X via X (@the_andrey_x)
November 5, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Video: Andrey X via X (@the_andrey_x)
Trying to get my thoughts in order for the Scots language thing on Friday, outwith the linguistics aspect. There's a number of issues that I (as an Englishman) feel require action.
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November 5, 2025 at 11:08 AM
Trying to get my thoughts in order for the Scots language thing on Friday, outwith the linguistics aspect. There's a number of issues that I (as an Englishman) feel require action.
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The piece where I get to say everything that's bugging me about the world of detecting & archaeology & ask - why are we not more concerned about this?
(Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.)
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/27/t...
(Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.)
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/27/t...
The system is broken, so why are we not more concerned?
by Tess Machling [A download/print PDF version can be found at the end of the paper] Abstract The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) – the detectorist-facing branch of archaeology – whic…
bigbookoftorcs.com
October 27, 2025 at 4:52 PM
The piece where I get to say everything that's bugging me about the world of detecting & archaeology & ask - why are we not more concerned about this?
(Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.)
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/27/t...
(Thank you to everyone who read through drafts & offered thoughts, advice and ideas.)
#Archaeology #Detecting 🏺
bigbookoftorcs.com/2025/10/27/t...
Is there a good greasy spoon café near the airport to Edinburgh tramline that does an awesome cooked breakfast?
November 4, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Is there a good greasy spoon café near the airport to Edinburgh tramline that does an awesome cooked breakfast?
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New from Tippermuir Books - Barvick Falls, set in 1939 Scotland. War isn't the only thing the town of Crieff needs to worry about...
robmcinroy.co.uk/barvick-falls
#HistoricalFiction #CrimeFiction #ScottishFiction #WritingCommunity #bookSky
robmcinroy.co.uk/barvick-falls
#HistoricalFiction #CrimeFiction #ScottishFiction #WritingCommunity #bookSky
October 12, 2025 at 3:40 PM
New from Tippermuir Books - Barvick Falls, set in 1939 Scotland. War isn't the only thing the town of Crieff needs to worry about...
robmcinroy.co.uk/barvick-falls
#HistoricalFiction #CrimeFiction #ScottishFiction #WritingCommunity #bookSky
robmcinroy.co.uk/barvick-falls
#HistoricalFiction #CrimeFiction #ScottishFiction #WritingCommunity #bookSky
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Are you tired of reading each line in the same direction?
If so, Boustrophedonise might be what you're after:
dgplacenames.github.io/boustrophedo...
If so, Boustrophedonise might be what you're after:
dgplacenames.github.io/boustrophedo...
November 2, 2025 at 11:18 PM
Are you tired of reading each line in the same direction?
If so, Boustrophedonise might be what you're after:
dgplacenames.github.io/boustrophedo...
If so, Boustrophedonise might be what you're after:
dgplacenames.github.io/boustrophedo...
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Meanwhile, here's what happens when someone dares to object to the flagshaggers' territorial pissing.
bsky.app/profile/east...
bsky.app/profile/east...
Street flags meant as “patriotism” are causing attacks. A man was beaten after trying to take one down, and police dropped the investigation despite evidence.
eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/co...
eastangliabylines.co.uk/lifestyle/co...
Police drop inquiry after man assaulted removing flags
Tensions over divisive flag displays have erupted into violence in Norfolk, as police face criticism for inaction
eastangliabylines.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 8:47 AM
Meanwhile, here's what happens when someone dares to object to the flagshaggers' territorial pissing.
bsky.app/profile/east...
bsky.app/profile/east...
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"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
The men who raised the flags
Nigel Farage says this summer’s movement was led by ‘ordinary people’ expressing their patriotism. That’s not what we found
manchestermill.co.uk
November 2, 2025 at 8:18 AM
"it is striking how many of the key players we have looked into — the people who have gone out of their way to put up hundreds of flags — seem anything but ordinary."
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
manchestermill.co.uk/the-men-who-...
Book number 28 in my read through of #TartanNoir Scottish crime fiction, and finally there's a murder victim who lived on the same street that I once lived on in Glasgow.
November 1, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Book number 28 in my read through of #TartanNoir Scottish crime fiction, and finally there's a murder victim who lived on the same street that I once lived on in Glasgow.
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I have just finished reading 'The Five' by @hallierubenhold.bsky.social and found it a compelling account which, finally, puts the women, and the communities they lived in, at the centre of the narrative of these cruel murders.
A powerful, important book.
A powerful, important book.
Have you enjoyed this week’s Patreon episode? 🎧✨ Support the author, and me 📚❤️ by buying a copy of "The Five" by @hallierubenhold.bsky.social through the History Rage Bookshop!
📖 Buy the book: uk.bookshop.org/a/10...
🎧 Listen: www.patreon.com/post...
#History #podcast
📖 Buy the book: uk.bookshop.org/a/10...
🎧 Listen: www.patreon.com/post...
#History #podcast
October 31, 2025 at 1:42 PM
I have just finished reading 'The Five' by @hallierubenhold.bsky.social and found it a compelling account which, finally, puts the women, and the communities they lived in, at the centre of the narrative of these cruel murders.
A powerful, important book.
A powerful, important book.
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From the other place
October 28, 2025 at 4:17 PM
From the other place
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And yet if we were to believe Tartan Noir crime writers, there are more murders than ever before.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Homicides in Scotland fall to 50-year low
Statistics show 45 people were the victims of homicide last year, 12 fewer than the previous year.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 28, 2025 at 2:30 PM
And yet if we were to believe Tartan Noir crime writers, there are more murders than ever before.
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Our Halloween display in Rutherglen Library this year highlights 'Ghost Writers': authors who have passed on to the spirit realm but whose books still remain very popular with young borrowers 👻 📖
www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/92/ruth...
www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/92/ruth...
October 28, 2025 at 10:26 AM
Our Halloween display in Rutherglen Library this year highlights 'Ghost Writers': authors who have passed on to the spirit realm but whose books still remain very popular with young borrowers 👻 📖
www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/92/ruth...
www.slleisureandculture.co.uk/info/92/ruth...
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Astonishing - and there will be millions of very angry people. not least in all the Baltic States.
The headline says it all.
If proven, no-one would like to be in their shoes following what's pretty close to treason.
www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-e...
The headline says it all.
If proven, no-one would like to be in their shoes following what's pretty close to treason.
www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-e...
Baltic companies secretly fuelling Russia’s shadow fleet
Every day, Russian tankers carry billions of dollars’ worth of oil across the Baltic Sea. Despite sweeping Western sanct...
www.lrt.lt
October 27, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Astonishing - and there will be millions of very angry people. not least in all the Baltic States.
The headline says it all.
If proven, no-one would like to be in their shoes following what's pretty close to treason.
www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-e...
The headline says it all.
If proven, no-one would like to be in their shoes following what's pretty close to treason.
www.lrt.lt/en/news-in-e...