Simone Sprenger
@simonesprenger.bsky.social
Cognitive Psychologist at the Center for Language and Cognition,
U of Groningen (CLCG), NL | I study how we understand and produce language, especially idioms | 🇩🇪🇳🇱🇬🇧🇪🇺🧶📚 🌸
U of Groningen (CLCG), NL | I study how we understand and produce language, especially idioms | 🇩🇪🇳🇱🇬🇧🇪🇺🧶📚 🌸
Today during my evening walk, I felt watched.
September 29, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Today during my evening walk, I felt watched.
It’s a birthday week in our house, which means that I get to mix butter, chocolote, almonds, eggs and rum and bake an Italian chocolate cake. Those are the best days, by far.
September 13, 2025 at 2:45 PM
It’s a birthday week in our house, which means that I get to mix butter, chocolote, almonds, eggs and rum and bake an Italian chocolate cake. Those are the best days, by far.
Thank you, but unfortunately, my version of Word does not seem to have that checkbox... 😭
July 17, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Thank you, but unfortunately, my version of Word does not seem to have that checkbox... 😭
11 p.m. and it’s finally cool enough to sit outside.
July 1, 2025 at 9:03 PM
11 p.m. and it’s finally cool enough to sit outside.
@tabudag.bsky.social Leave it to Linguistics students to make proper signs for a conference #disambiguation
June 12, 2025 at 6:28 PM
@tabudag.bsky.social Leave it to Linguistics students to make proper signs for a conference #disambiguation
Es gibt Tage, an denen mich die Qualität von automatischen Übersetzungen einfach umhaut. Und dann gibt es Tage wie heute.
#BrummBrumm
#BrummBrumm
April 23, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Es gibt Tage, an denen mich die Qualität von automatischen Übersetzungen einfach umhaut. Und dann gibt es Tage wie heute.
#BrummBrumm
#BrummBrumm
The beautiful spring weather here reminds me of the time of the lockdowns, five years ago. I took a lot of pictures of the garden back then, trying to capture the small things that made me happy.
April 12, 2025 at 5:41 PM
The beautiful spring weather here reminds me of the time of the lockdowns, five years ago. I took a lot of pictures of the garden back then, trying to capture the small things that made me happy.
Als je in Groningen woont en tussen de 30 en 80 jaar oud bent: doe mee aan ons eye tracking experiment!
March 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
Als je in Groningen woont en tussen de 30 en 80 jaar oud bent: doe mee aan ons eye tracking experiment!
January? My garden is not impressed. All seasons in one day.
January 2, 2025 at 10:56 PM
January? My garden is not impressed. All seasons in one day.
Groningen has a real Christmas market this year and it makes me very happy.
December 19, 2024 at 5:26 PM
Groningen has a real Christmas market this year and it makes me very happy.
Went for a run and was rewarded with the sight of flowers still pretending it’s the end of October.
December 13, 2024 at 11:08 AM
Went for a run and was rewarded with the sight of flowers still pretending it’s the end of October.
If the snowflake cookies break, the pieces look like chicken feet. Never mind, they still taste good.
December 6, 2024 at 5:47 PM
If the snowflake cookies break, the pieces look like chicken feet. Never mind, they still taste good.
Our lab went to the Christmas market in Oldenburg today and it was fabulous.
December 2, 2024 at 9:09 PM
Our lab went to the Christmas market in Oldenburg today and it was fabulous.
Very impressed by the large crowd: 20000 staff and students demonstrating against the proposed budget cuts. And the signs were multilingual! 😀
November 25, 2024 at 3:04 PM
Very impressed by the large crowd: 20000 staff and students demonstrating against the proposed budget cuts. And the signs were multilingual! 😀
And so we begin
November 25, 2024 at 12:17 PM
And so we begin
November 21, 2024 at 8:31 AM
Als dit account echt was @aivdnl.bsky.social, zouden ze bij de AIVD in ieder geval een goed gevoel voor humor hebben.
November 21, 2024 at 8:04 AM
Als dit account echt was @aivdnl.bsky.social, zouden ze bij de AIVD in ieder geval een goed gevoel voor humor hebben.
Knitting weather it is! I got somewhat addicted to this pattern, so the shawl was finished much quicker than I had expected.
November 19, 2024 at 12:58 PM
Knitting weather it is! I got somewhat addicted to this pattern, so the shawl was finished much quicker than I had expected.
