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Fiona Busfield

@fbtransuk

Helping words land well for 25+ years. Editor, proofreader, translator & writer. Language lover, comma wrangler, plain English fan.

 Bristol, England
Joined June 2015
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A lot will be said about the Queen today, but just thank you feels appropriate.
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@tagesschau8 Sep 2022
Trauer um die Queen: "Eine Frau, die ein Jahrhundert geprägt hat" tagesschau.de/ausland/europa… #QueenElizabethII
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To TRANSLUCE is to shine through something.
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#OnThisDay in #Germany: In 1880, Konrad Duden's Complete Orthographic Dictionary of the #GermanLanguage was published by the Bibliographic Institute in #Leipzig. #OTD #GermanHistory #language #books #vocabulary
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@qikipedia2 Jul 2020
Word of the Day: QUISQUILIOUS - comprised entirely of rubbish or bric-a-brac. (Photo: dbking)
A statue made out of coke cans

ALT A statue made out of coke cans

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@qikipedia1 Jul 2020
Word of the Day: AMBIVERT — someone with characteristics of both introvert and extrovert.
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LIFT_ITI@LIFT_ITI30 Jun 2020
TransLegal are offering free legal English courses. translegal.com/subscribe/cou… #law #legal #language #xl8 #1nt
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@TED_ED29 Jun 2020
NEW VIDEO: Each of us can come up with an infinite number of sentences in our native language, and we’re able to do so from an early age. How is this possible? Is language hardwired into our brains? t.ted.com/RYYKGCl
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A XENAGOGUE is a tour guide, or someone tasked with guiding or directing strangers.
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HINDSIGHT BIAS, also known as ‘creeping determinism’, is the erroneous tendency of people to look back on events that have occurred and presume they were more predictable than they actually were.
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@EU_ENV29 Jun 2020
Today is #DanubeDay2020! 🚣‍♀️ The Danube River Basin is the most international in the 🌍 — shared by 14 countries! Despite different cultures & histories, we unite in the responsibility to protect it Join the online activities to #DiscoverDanube! 👉 danubeday.org #ICPDR
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Casper Manna@MannaCasper29 Jun 2020
Interesting: In Roman times, salt on the table was so valuable that soldier's pay was originally in salt. This is where the word 'salary' comes from. #salary #language #salt
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@CBC27 Jun 2020
Fun fact: a group of magpies is known as a conventicle, a gulp, a tittering and/or a mischief - and that's certainly what these birds were causing as they circled this cat on a roof. | @CBCEdmonton
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Übersetzer dringend gesucht! #translators #dolmetscher #polnisch #bulgarisch #rumaenisch #uebersetzer #Guetersloh
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SFT@SFTfr18 Jun 2020
Vous êtes un.e professionnel.le de la #traduction et de l’#interprétation exerçant en France et n'êtes pas adhérent à la @SFTfr, mais souhaitez participer à l'#enquête sur l’impact de la crise #COVID ? Voici le lien Twitter pour participer ➡️ solicawi.fr/enqueteSFT/cgi-b….
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To FRIBBLE is to waste your time, or busy yourself with a pointless task.
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South-west friends, join us to hear Dr Henry Liu speak at Bristol this Wednesday 8 Feb! bristol.ac.uk/arts/events/20… @itiwesternregio xitter.gq/wordstodeeds/status/82…
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Closing keynote at #W2D2017 by @FIT_President Henry Liu. Delighted to have had his company all day #inspiration
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From '⁊' to '&': The origin of the ampersand read.bi/2kiETZ3 via @BI_TheLife #language
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La Chandeleur: Why do the French eat crêpes on February 2nd? thelocal.fr/20170201/why-do-…
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