@BethLing

Nomadic/precarious linguist in the north east, fan of grammatical variation and change (Gaelic and English), loves a good case system.

 Newcastle and York
Joined July 2012
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Dr Beth Cole@BethLing8 Mar 2023
I keep looking at my broken door handle and the botched fix we've come up with. I can't help seeing it as a metaphor for how precarity is helping shore up the broken HE system. It functions, and it's cheap, but you're not fooling anyone that it's a long term solution. #ucuRISING
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Fixed it. @thetimes #MedTwitter
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Not many people know this but migrants crossing the channel brought in ten years of austerity, wound down the NHS, put up fuel prices, caused inflation, sold off council houses and partied through the pandemic.
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Emma Grae@emmagraeauthor1 Aug 2023
I have a lot of Scottish followers so this is worth a shot. I’m looking to interview someone who lives on a remote Scottish island and works multiple jobs. The person who keeps the post office going but also fixes the street lamps. Retweets appreciated! #JournoRequest
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Me returning from that “relaxing and restful” holiday with the 5 & 2 yo that was meant to “reinvigorate” me for the forthcoming academic year!
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It's so blinkered and parochial to view Norwich as the whole universe, there are other towns in East Anglia too
John Reeks@wartsandbrawls1 Aug 2023
Learned today that Norwich used to have (early 18c) a newspaper called 'Transactions of the Universe'.
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Adam Sharp@AdamCSharp17 Jul 2023
A list of some more international insults: 5. Your brain’s like two walnuts in a jute sack (Arabic) 4. You’re without a Tsar in the head (Russian) 3. You have fewer lights than a pirate ship (Spanish) 2. Is your head a decoration? (Korean) 1. Mentally, you are a sock (Hungarian)
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A ginger kitten, lying flat on its back, in front of a bowl of food and drink. The caption reads: 'how your email finds me.'

ALT A ginger kitten, lying flat on its back, in front of a bowl of food and drink. The caption reads: 'how your email finds me.'

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Short 🧵 on strike action as "choice": There's always talk of @UCU members "choosing" to take action - like 'choosing' to participate in the MAB. I've even said it myself. But the truth is, for kids who grew up working class (and proudly so), strike action *isn't* a choice. 1/4
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Would you like to contribute to my AHRC project looking into grammatical variation in England by completing this survey? (c.15 mins) Please share widely. Many thanks! york.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/…
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In a pre-bank-holiday #ucuRISING MAB update...@UniofNewcastle have not only refused to negotiate meaningfully over 100% deductions, they have now specified that deductions will continue until 30th Sept
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How is it 2023 and we can't choose random songs for ringtones and alarms?
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One way to approach writing an academic paper is to start by making coffee and also looking at shoes online. Soliciting advice for what comes after that – at South East, England
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The parents' lexicon. Baby and toddler version. Here are a series of experiences and phenomena common to all parents, but for which the English language has no words. Suggestions for words welcomed. A thread.
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Jo Grady
@DrJoGrady12 Feb 2023
Think you know what teaching in a university is like? Here, UCU member Chris has a message about the reality of it for far too many staff. Share the video. Support the strike. Join us in demanding better. #ucuRISING
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Adam Sharp@AdamCSharp6 Feb 2023
This is a thread of new / slang words, from different languages, that were coined for the modern world. I’ll start with this one… Egérmozi (Hungarian) = watching films or shows on a phone (literally ‘mouse cinema’)
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This one might just be my angriest yet: Strikes! Full version here: youtu.be/Gljtvwhcdhc
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Claire and John are a couple. They have 3 kids. John is complaining that he has too much to do in the run up to Christmas! John only works 4 days a week and Claire is full time. What do you think?
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UCU@ucu30 Nov 2022
WE NEED EVERY MEMBER TO RT THIS SPEECH Today is a historic day. Our biggest ever rally The bosses thought scenes like this were impossible They thought we were too tired, too overwhelmed, too weak How wrong they were 𝐍𝐞𝐱𝐭 𝐰𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐩𝐮𝐭𝐞 #ucuRISING
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Jo Grady
@DrJoGrady27 Nov 2022
I NEED ALL MY FOLLOWERS TO RT THIS AND EXPOSE WHAT OUR MEMBERS ARE FACING On the back of of the biggest pickets in UCU history, some bosses have reached for the punishment stick to intimidate us We aren’t having it. Are you with us? #ucuRISING theguardian.com/education/20…

Universities condemned over threat to dock all pay of striking staff

Queen Mary in London and Wolverhampton criticised for ‘brutalising’ stance against employees

theguardian.com
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