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Posts by Nicole Benker

A very stocky Exmoor Horn ram.

A very stocky Exmoor Horn ram.

Happy 8th anniversary to the tweet that changed us forever. Look at this absolute unit.

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Happy National Rubber Ducky Say
credit: 📸 @sesamestreet

Happy National Rubber Ducky Say credit: 📸 @sesamestreet

Guess what today is?
… National Rubber Ducky Day 🐤🐤🐤

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Congratulations!

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Look at my baby! ☺️

I reedited Modole folk stories published 110 years ago

Old journals and archives are full of story collections in underdocumented languages, often difficult or impossible to access for both linguists and the speaker community. Using legacy material is valuable and sustainable 🙌🏻

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The LMU delegation at #cifu14 was so big that we did not fit into one picture, but here are at least some of us on various occasions. Many thanks to the organizers for this wonderful congress!

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New Substack post: On so-called adjective clauses: a label to avoid

tinyurl.com/yc32zr4a

#grammar #adjectiveclause #TeHirangaTangata #nzcurriculum

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Der er unter der betyder Niger,
det hat jeg vidst i lang tid. Så
det er ikke værd at gøre noget,
det har jeg lige fundet ud af.

Der er unter der betyder Niger, det hat jeg vidst i lang tid. Så det er ikke værd at gøre noget, det har jeg lige fundet ud af.

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Top Things Not To Do in a Term Paper: Sieben Dinge, die man in einer Hausarbeit nicht tun sollte
Top Things Not To Do in a Term Paper: Sieben Dinge, die man in einer Hausarbeit nicht tun sollte YouTube video by Alan Lena van Beek

Da das Semester sich dem Ende zuneigt: Top things not to do in a term paper! Von mir, für euch, für alle. www.youtube.com/watch?v=rW4U...

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Meme of an renaissance style painting of two men writing on books and paper. The first says Karl Marx: "The alienation of man thus appeared as the fundamental evil of capitalist society." The second says 'Britney Spears: "My loneliness is killing me."

Meme of an renaissance style painting of two men writing on books and paper. The first says Karl Marx: "The alienation of man thus appeared as the fundamental evil of capitalist society." The second says 'Britney Spears: "My loneliness is killing me."

You better work, bitch

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two raccoons near a Christmas tree outside at night, one is standing on his hind legs, the other towards the middle of the image is on all fours, weather appears to be cool

two raccoons near a Christmas tree outside at night, one is standing on his hind legs, the other towards the middle of the image is on all fours, weather appears to be cool

the same two raccoons from the previous photo near a Christmas tree outside at night, they appear to be getting closer to the camera, weather appears to be cool

the same two raccoons from the previous photo near a Christmas tree outside at night, they appear to be getting closer to the camera, weather appears to be cool

Merry Chrysler to those whomst celebrate 🦝🎄

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Cover von "Die fürchterlichen Tage des schrecklichen Grauens" von Roman Ehrlich

Cover von "Die fürchterlichen Tage des schrecklichen Grauens" von Roman Ehrlich

Einer der schönsten Weihnachtsromane.

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Ich kann nur in "Brot-Boutiquen" einkaufen, die mir versichern, dass jedes ihrer Produkte ein handgemachtes Unikat ist.
Der Gedanke, dass meine Kollegin und ich eines Tages mit genau derselben Semmel ins Büro kommen - einfach peinlich.

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a group of pokemon sitting around a heater with a boy in the middle ALT: a group of pokemon sitting around a heater with a boy in the middle

I’m just a girl lying down next to her humidifer, begging for one night of proper sleep.

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die hard is actually an easter movie as it’s a story of sacrifice, rebirth, hope, redemption, and hot evil guys

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therapy is playing cozy games for hours on end decorating your house, planting and harvesting fruits and veg and meeting people. may cozy games never die.

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I loved The Bone Season by Samantha Shannon!

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Nice try, but it will always be like this.

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A stamp reading 'WTF!?'

A stamp reading 'WTF!?'

📢 'What the fuck!?', the international interdisciplinary conference on the f-word, is open for submissions!
📍 Arras (France)
🗓️ 24-26 Sept 2025.

📖 Keynotes by @misterslang.bsky.social, Tony McEnery and @jessesword.com
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Info, CFP and submission platform 👇
wtf.sciencesconf.org

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a man in a suit is squatting in the dirt with the words get somebody from linguistics down here ALT: a man in a suit is squatting in the dirt with the words get somebody from linguistics down here

Hey, happy #NationalLinguisticsDay to all my #language & #linguistics nerds!

I hope you're all settling down to a nice bowl of alphabet soup to celebrate.

#Langsky #Linguistics

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You all MOCKED George Lucas and said this was boring or dumb but who’s laughing now???

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Screen shot of CoCA output showing "glass half full" (n = 123) is twice as frequent as "glass half empty" (n = 54)

Screen shot of CoCA output showing "glass half full" (n = 123) is twice as frequent as "glass half empty" (n = 54)

Optimist: glass half full
Pessimist: glass half empty
Corpus Linguist: Which word most frequently appears in the phrase "glass half *"?

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1a-Sonnenuntergang, aber ganz schlechtes Timing.

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SocialCorpusScraper

🚨 My #corpus collection app for social media, Social Corpus Scraper, is now in version 0.4.7. to fix a Bluesky pagination glitch. If you haven't tried it yet, please send feedback!
#linguistics
fmoncomble.github.io/SocialCorpus...

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Do your children play The Sims, Minecraft or similar games? That's where I learned the word

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Most people don't seem to take note-writing very seriously as a skill.

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King of the Hill in Tocharian (Fandub)
King of the Hill in Tocharian (Fandub) YouTube video by Anson

Have yall seen King of the Hill dubbed in Tocharian, a dead Indo-European language once spoken in the Tarim basin of Central Asia

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Addressing my new followers: one of you will betray me

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i think plural in english should be formed by reduplication of the last syllable

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Schopenhauer said that we should address each other not as "Mr" or "Mrs", but as "fellow sufferer, companion in misery" - thinking of trying this out.

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PSA for newbies:

Please include ALT text on your images.

This is an inclusive space for blind and visually impaired people.

Don't arrive late to the party and ignore a bunch of people.

Also, please share this skeet, rather than liking it, to ensure the message gets delivered.

Thanks!

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