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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · Apr 17

I agree it's spookily good. My main issue is the lack of transparency, accountability, consistency, reliability of AI ... & the idea that humans can just 'do a quick check/edit' doesn't work without the hard graft of detailed corpus research behind that checking ... which takes time/expertise.

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · Apr 17

Well, yes, BUT ... and the 'but' is too long to go into here but it may end up as a blog post ... watch this space ...

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · Apr 17

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 · Apr 17

⌛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

Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · Apr 3

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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philipjkerr.bsky.social @philipjkerr.bsky.social · Apr 3

Taking AI literacy seriously. adaptivelearninginelt.wordpress.com/2025/04/03/t...

Taking AI literacy seriously

English language teacher education, says the British Council (Edmett et al. 2024: 21), ‘must include a focus on AI literacy’ and ‘teachers also need to develop their learners AI literacy’. This rep…

adaptivelearninginelt.wordpress.com

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · Apr 3

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 · Mar 31

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

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Graham Hall @ghinwhitleybay.bsky.social · Mar 26

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...

#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…

www.linkedin.com

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · Mar 21

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 · Mar 19

💥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

Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · Mar 19

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 · Mar 18

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 · Mar 6

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...

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.

theconversation.com

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Encyclopaedia Britannica @britannica.com · Mar 4

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

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Graham Hall @ghinwhitleybay.bsky.social · Mar 3

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...

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...

www.hornby-trust.org.uk

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · Mar 3

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

Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · Feb 20

I think this may be a British thing ... we tend to use 'girlfriend' to (almost exclusively) describe a romantic partner, not just a friend who happens to be female (and WAG is a BrE term)

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · Feb 20

I just went to find the link to join this and realized I registered but was never sent a link 😕 Hope it goes/went well anyway.

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · Feb 14

I'd like to tune in online, but the link takes me to what looks like a ticket for the in-person event. Do I guess that if I sign up, I'll get sent the online link anyway?

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · Feb 13

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 · Feb 13

Not new, but "transactional" could be having a bit of a moment ... (trend from English Trends corpus, 2014-now)

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · Feb 12

Catkins against grey skies on a very short perfunctory #StetWalk

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Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · Feb 12

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

Julie Moore @lexicojules.bsky.social · Feb 10

Okay, I'll try & tune in with tea #3 ...

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