Ellenr
@ellenr.bsky.social
Teacher, reader, writer, editor, hiker, history lover, music lover
Been so busy working... But here's a recent story on an emoji study for more language links. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Text therapy: study finds couples who use emojis in text messages feel closer
Using emojis in text messages enhances connection and fun in close personal relationships, US study finds
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July 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Been so busy working... But here's a recent story on an emoji study for more language links. www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle...
Watch out for those prescriptivists! 😂 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
How the use of a word in the Guardian has gotten some readers upset | Elisabeth Ribbans
‘Got’ was changed during the editing of an opinion piece, leading to correspondence lamenting a slide into American English. But language isn’t a fortress, says the Guardian’s global readers’ editor E...
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June 4, 2025 at 1:46 PM
Watch out for those prescriptivists! 😂 www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
New Bechdel! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
Spent by Alison Bechdel review – the graphic novelist faces up to midlife
In this playfully fictionalised memoir, Alison runs a pygmy goat sanctuary while making a name for herself on stage and screen
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May 28, 2025 at 8:45 AM
New Bechdel! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
I'd miss semi-colons. :) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Semicolons! Do you know how to use one and would you even notice if they disappeared? | First Dog on the Moon
Semicolons are on notice!
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May 19, 2025 at 12:43 PM
I'd miss semi-colons. :) www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
Language and immigration. :( www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
Starmer accused of echoing far-right with ‘island of strangers’ speech
Prime minister’s immigration speech was likened by MPs to rhetoric of Enoch Powell
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May 13, 2025 at 7:10 AM
Language and immigration. :( www.theguardian.com/politics/202...
More independent school children have exam concessions because their parents are more apt to be able to afford to go private for diagnoses rather than rely on waitlists. :( www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Extra exam time: why do so many schoolkids suddenly need it?
Every year, more pupils are granted special ‘access arrangements’ to give them a fairer chance in GCSEs, A-levels and other exams. But with more than 600,000 arrangements in England alone, can the sch...
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April 23, 2025 at 10:30 AM
More independent school children have exam concessions because their parents are more apt to be able to afford to go private for diagnoses rather than rely on waitlists. :( www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Interesting. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
Shakespeare did not leave his wife Anne in Stratford, letter fragment suggests
Professor says text shows Hathaway lived with playwright in London, upending the established idea of an unhappy marriage
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April 23, 2025 at 7:11 AM
Interesting. www.theguardian.com/culture/2025...
And money to try to save the Gullah culture and language. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...
Georgia university receives $500,000 grant to preserve Gullah Geechee heritage
GSU will establish the Gullah Geechee Sacred Land Project to research and protect the community and its culture
www.theguardian.com
April 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
And money to try to save the Gullah culture and language. www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...
Missed this language article when I was away on holiday earlier this month. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Patwa is not ‘broken English’: the African ties that bind US and Caribbean languages
Centuries later, Jamaican Patwa and US Gullah Creole retain many Africanisms adopted from enslaved people
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April 22, 2025 at 6:19 PM
Missed this language article when I was away on holiday earlier this month. www.theguardian.com/news/ng-inte...
Well, I said 'queue' in the US recently and everyone understood me. ;) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
Bonkers for Britishisms: the UK terms Americans have embraced
Researchers have catalogued the British words and phrases most used in US conversation, sparking delight and frustration
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April 12, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Well, I said 'queue' in the US recently and everyone understood me. ;) www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...
New borrowed words added to the OED! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
Gigil: word for ‘cute aggression’ among new Oxford English Dictionary entries
Other foreign language additions include alamak, a cry of outrage in Singapore and Malaysia, and tapau, a Chinese word for takeaway
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March 27, 2025 at 9:45 PM
New borrowed words added to the OED! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/m...
Gift article -- and for A Level English Language. Censored words/US government. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
These Words Are Disappearing in the New Trump Administration (Gift Article)
Federal agencies have issued guidance to employees on hundreds of terms to limit or avoid using. An analysis of government websites shows many of the same words being removed.
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March 12, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Gift article -- and for A Level English Language. Censored words/US government. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
Well, I'm fine with broadening vocabulary. What bothers is using 'properly' as a word choice in the article Are they all speaking RP, for example? (I hope not!) www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Inside the London reception class where kids are taught to talk to help them stay out of gangs
A new initiative aims to improve communication, as as pupils lacking speech and language skills more likely to be excluded and caught up in violence
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March 2, 2025 at 1:48 PM
Well, I'm fine with broadening vocabulary. What bothers is using 'properly' as a word choice in the article Are they all speaking RP, for example? (I hope not!) www.theguardian.com/education/20...
Wow -- some of these records go back to the 16th century! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Researchers uncover stories of Black Londoners who escaped slavery
Findings in Tower Hamlets archives shed light on resistance to enslavement likened to Underground Railroad in US
www.theguardian.com
February 26, 2025 at 6:32 PM
Wow -- some of these records go back to the 16th century! www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
I'd be surprised if the author doesn't at least mention Chawton House Library, an "internationally respected research and learning centre for the study of early women's writing from 1600 to 1830, in Chawton, Hampshire. I've been there -- it's worth a visit! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/b...
The Forgotten Writers Who Influenced Jane Austen (Gift Article)
In “Jane Austen’s Bookshelf,” a rare-book collector sets out to “investigate” a group of overlooked female writers.
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February 26, 2025 at 6:24 PM
I'd be surprised if the author doesn't at least mention Chawton House Library, an "internationally respected research and learning centre for the study of early women's writing from 1600 to 1830, in Chawton, Hampshire. I've been there -- it's worth a visit! www.nytimes.com/2025/02/17/b...
Free shared article. Columbia University linguist John McWhorter on the rapid pejoration of woke. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/o...
Opinion | How ‘Woke’ Became the ‘Woke Right’ (and Why It Shouldn’t Surprise Anyone) (Gift Article)
From pejoration to semantic broadening, the word has done it all.
www.nytimes.com
February 21, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Free shared article. Columbia University linguist John McWhorter on the rapid pejoration of woke. www.nytimes.com/2025/02/20/o...
DEI is the new N-word. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
What Republicans really mean when they blame 'DEI' | Mehdi Hasan
Referencing DEI is the new rightwing abstraction deployed by Republicans to conceal their anti-Black racism
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February 11, 2025 at 5:40 PM
DEI is the new N-word. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
It's always about scapegoating. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Huntingdon's 1646 witchcraft trial ordeal re-enacted
The Witchfinder General used brutal methods to find
www.bbc.co.uk
February 8, 2025 at 10:09 AM
It's always about scapegoating. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Back around 2003/2004, I started teaching Coraline to Year 7 English students. I only taught it for a couple of years because I switched to teaching FE. We didn't know all the details about Gaiman then. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Stage adaptation of Coraline cancelled after allegations against Neil Gaiman
Producers say it is ‘impossible to continue’ with musical that was due to be staged at Leeds Playhouse from April
www.theguardian.com
January 29, 2025 at 6:13 PM
Back around 2003/2004, I started teaching Coraline to Year 7 English students. I only taught it for a couple of years because I switched to teaching FE. We didn't know all the details about Gaiman then. www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
I'm up for a trip to France! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
Rare manuscript from middle ages that inspired Disney castle to go on display for first time in 40 years
Les Très Riches Heures, a ‘book of hours’ made by artists felled by the Black Death, will be shown in France this summer
www.theguardian.com
January 26, 2025 at 3:09 PM
I'm up for a trip to France! www.theguardian.com/books/2025/j...
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For National Handwriting Day, a lovely handwritten index to Gerard's Herbal, via Folger Shakespeare Library. These can often be found in early books. Today indexing software collates, formats and organises index entries - but handwritten notes still support the process https://buff.ly/4adcwVB
January 23, 2025 at 1:18 PM
For National Handwriting Day, a lovely handwritten index to Gerard's Herbal, via Folger Shakespeare Library. These can often be found in early books. Today indexing software collates, formats and organises index entries - but handwritten notes still support the process https://buff.ly/4adcwVB
