Snowy Thorne
@zoethorne.bsky.social
Educational writer & composer. Ex developer, ex 🇫🇷 & 🇩🇪 teacher and general language nerd. Occasional comedian, sometimes intentionally. She/her.
Currently reading: I Heard There Was A Secret Chord by Daniel J Levitin
Currently reading: I Heard There Was A Secret Chord by Daniel J Levitin
My new year's resolution is to stop banging on about all the hilarious things my awesome 6yo says.
Instead, I shall start banging on about all the hilarious things my awesome 7yo says.
(And yes, we are dressed appropriately for the Under the Sea birthday theme she wanted)
Instead, I shall start banging on about all the hilarious things my awesome 7yo says.
(And yes, we are dressed appropriately for the Under the Sea birthday theme she wanted)
December 29, 2025 at 8:20 PM
My new year's resolution is to stop banging on about all the hilarious things my awesome 6yo says.
Instead, I shall start banging on about all the hilarious things my awesome 7yo says.
(And yes, we are dressed appropriately for the Under the Sea birthday theme she wanted)
Instead, I shall start banging on about all the hilarious things my awesome 7yo says.
(And yes, we are dressed appropriately for the Under the Sea birthday theme she wanted)
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I still think that the singular for ravioli should be raviolus
December 29, 2025 at 2:58 PM
I still think that the singular for ravioli should be raviolus
My family have been doing a giant wordsearch over Christmas and the only word that none of us can find is FRAGRANCE. I'm convinced it's not there and it was an error. Can anyone prove me wrong?
December 29, 2025 at 2:49 PM
My family have been doing a giant wordsearch over Christmas and the only word that none of us can find is FRAGRANCE. I'm convinced it's not there and it was an error. Can anyone prove me wrong?
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Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
December 29, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Just watched the new Knives Out and I think it's really important you know that the scene in the Seminary's Gym is filmed in the same place Rick Astley filmed the music video for Never Gonna Give You Up.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
I saw the window tracery and immediately made my friends pause the film so I could tell them.
THANK YOU. I couldn't quite put my finger on what unnerves me about them but it's exactly this.
my niche gripe with the (beautiful) TV adaptations of Julia Donaldson/Axel Scheffler books is they never deviate from the dialogue of the source material BUT still add in extra subplots, so there are entire scenes where previously verbal characters suddenly convey everything through awkward grunts
December 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
THANK YOU. I couldn't quite put my finger on what unnerves me about them but it's exactly this.
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Time for Herbie Goes Bananas
youtu.be/VRU2ujV2fDw
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December 27th - John Finnemore
YouTube video by drummerbod
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December 27, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Time for Herbie Goes Bananas
youtu.be/VRU2ujV2fDw
youtu.be/VRU2ujV2fDw
Oh god, this. People don't do it with anything else.
"Argh, my puppy chewed the sofa!"
"You'll feel differently when it's old and arthritic and has to go to the vets."
Um, yes, probably, but how does that help me *now*?
"Argh, my puppy chewed the sofa!"
"You'll feel differently when it's old and arthritic and has to go to the vets."
Um, yes, probably, but how does that help me *now*?
I am not interested in hearing about how “you’ll feel different in a few years when they’re teenagers”
I know teenagers will be a different experience! That does not help the experience today lmao
I know teenagers will be a different experience! That does not help the experience today lmao
December 26, 2025 at 1:29 PM
Oh god, this. People don't do it with anything else.
"Argh, my puppy chewed the sofa!"
"You'll feel differently when it's old and arthritic and has to go to the vets."
Um, yes, probably, but how does that help me *now*?
"Argh, my puppy chewed the sofa!"
"You'll feel differently when it's old and arthritic and has to go to the vets."
Um, yes, probably, but how does that help me *now*?
Right, buckle up folks, because here's a 🧵 of me talking about one of my favourite topics - language teaching. You can probably tell from the source that this headline is nonsense rage bait but let me explain why and what is actually happening.
December 26, 2025 at 12:10 PM
Right, buckle up folks, because here's a 🧵 of me talking about one of my favourite topics - language teaching. You can probably tell from the source that this headline is nonsense rage bait but let me explain why and what is actually happening.
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Geeeeettttt…. DRESSED, you merry gentlemen, let nothing you dismay! For it is Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas Day!
December 25, 2024 at 9:36 AM
Geeeeettttt…. DRESSED, you merry gentlemen, let nothing you dismay! For it is Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas Christmas Day!
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I'm a regular guy, I put my trousers on the same way as everyone else: falling into them through a hole in the ceiling via a contraction operated by my long suffering dog
December 24, 2025 at 2:52 PM
I'm a regular guy, I put my trousers on the same way as everyone else: falling into them through a hole in the ceiling via a contraction operated by my long suffering dog
I genuinely once taught a child called Nausea. Apparently the (native speaker English) parents had seen the word in a leaflet somewhere during the pregnancy, thought it sounded nice and did no further research into what it meant before naming their baby.
Top ten names that would make a decent baby name if it wasn’t already the name of a medical condition or medication…
10. Amnesia
9. Rubella
8. Codeine
7. Malaria
6. Paxil
5. Alopecia
4. Bonjela
3. Aphasia
2. Typhus
1. Chlamydia
10. Amnesia
9. Rubella
8. Codeine
7. Malaria
6. Paxil
5. Alopecia
4. Bonjela
3. Aphasia
2. Typhus
1. Chlamydia
December 24, 2025 at 12:36 PM
I genuinely once taught a child called Nausea. Apparently the (native speaker English) parents had seen the word in a leaflet somewhere during the pregnancy, thought it sounded nice and did no further research into what it meant before naming their baby.
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Dear Santa:
All I want for Christmas is for the Oxford comma to be cherished, loved, and respected.
All I want for Christmas is for the Oxford comma to be cherished, loved, and respected.
December 23, 2025 at 6:00 PM
Dear Santa:
All I want for Christmas is for the Oxford comma to be cherished, loved, and respected.
All I want for Christmas is for the Oxford comma to be cherished, loved, and respected.
He looks very polite.
Today's frog is the crucifix toad. I remind you that toads are biologically frogs, and we shouldn't discriminate.
December 22, 2025 at 10:19 PM
He looks very polite.
Sad news. Only last week, I was having a tough time with the baby and was driving round trying to get her to nap. She only fell asleep when Driving Home For Christmas came on and woke up when anything else played. So I played it 14 times in a row and somehow still didn't want to die. GNU Chris Rea.
December 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Sad news. Only last week, I was having a tough time with the baby and was driving round trying to get her to nap. She only fell asleep when Driving Home For Christmas came on and woke up when anything else played. So I played it 14 times in a row and somehow still didn't want to die. GNU Chris Rea.
Ugh, I have finished my book and am in that difficult position where I don't want to start a new one because I won't have finished it in time for Christmas and will resent it when all the shiny new books appear but I also hate having nothing to read for two days. How does this happen EVERY year?
December 22, 2025 at 10:18 AM
Ugh, I have finished my book and am in that difficult position where I don't want to start a new one because I won't have finished it in time for Christmas and will resent it when all the shiny new books appear but I also hate having nothing to read for two days. How does this happen EVERY year?
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It is the shortest day
—pessimists
It is the longest night
—optimists
Can we work in a bonfire and an orgy somehow?
—witches, probably
—pessimists
It is the longest night
—optimists
Can we work in a bonfire and an orgy somehow?
—witches, probably
December 21, 2024 at 3:45 PM
It is the shortest day
—pessimists
It is the longest night
—optimists
Can we work in a bonfire and an orgy somehow?
—witches, probably
—pessimists
It is the longest night
—optimists
Can we work in a bonfire and an orgy somehow?
—witches, probably
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Need to write one of those hustle day-in-the-life stories from the perspective of my baby. “I start the day at 4am — sleep is for the weak. I don’t do traditional meals. Instead I refuel with a personalised drink developed to fulfil all my needs. And I spend 1-2 hours a day just screaming, yeah.”
December 21, 2025 at 10:20 PM
Need to write one of those hustle day-in-the-life stories from the perspective of my baby. “I start the day at 4am — sleep is for the weak. I don’t do traditional meals. Instead I refuel with a personalised drink developed to fulfil all my needs. And I spend 1-2 hours a day just screaming, yeah.”
I am 38 years old and I have just found out that Michael Sheen is not from the same acting family as Charlie and Martin Sheen.
December 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I am 38 years old and I have just found out that Michael Sheen is not from the same acting family as Charlie and Martin Sheen.
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He's making a list,
He's nailing it high,
Indulgences,
No longer apply,
Martin Luther's coming to town
He's nailing it high,
Indulgences,
No longer apply,
Martin Luther's coming to town
December 21, 2025 at 7:19 PM
He's making a list,
He's nailing it high,
Indulgences,
No longer apply,
Martin Luther's coming to town
He's nailing it high,
Indulgences,
No longer apply,
Martin Luther's coming to town
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oomf who is a librarian had to take down the David Walliams poster at work today and said it felt like pulling down the big Saddam Hussein statue in Baghdad in 2003
December 20, 2025 at 8:04 PM
oomf who is a librarian had to take down the David Walliams poster at work today and said it felt like pulling down the big Saddam Hussein statue in Baghdad in 2003
Oh god, I am both delighted and mortified by today's Taskmaster Advent Calendar task. 😳
December 20, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Oh god, I am both delighted and mortified by today's Taskmaster Advent Calendar task. 😳
I think about this every single time I hear it.
This was my biggest tweet over in the bad place. It will live here now. 🧙♀️🎄
December 20, 2025 at 8:47 PM
I think about this every single time I hear it.
We all know about Band Aid thinking there are no rivers in Africa but what are some lesser-known silly lyrics in Christmas songs?
A Winter's Tale by David Essex
"The nights are colder now, maybe I should close the door"
YES DAVID YOU PROBABLY SHOULD COS YOU'RE LETTING ALL THE HEAT OUT
A Winter's Tale by David Essex
"The nights are colder now, maybe I should close the door"
YES DAVID YOU PROBABLY SHOULD COS YOU'RE LETTING ALL THE HEAT OUT
December 20, 2025 at 5:45 PM
We all know about Band Aid thinking there are no rivers in Africa but what are some lesser-known silly lyrics in Christmas songs?
A Winter's Tale by David Essex
"The nights are colder now, maybe I should close the door"
YES DAVID YOU PROBABLY SHOULD COS YOU'RE LETTING ALL THE HEAT OUT
A Winter's Tale by David Essex
"The nights are colder now, maybe I should close the door"
YES DAVID YOU PROBABLY SHOULD COS YOU'RE LETTING ALL THE HEAT OUT
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When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, BADABADABA BWEEEEE BOP BA BADOP DUP
Speaking words of wisdom, BADABADABA BWEEEEE BOP BA BADOP DUP
December 20, 2025 at 5:20 PM
When I find myself in times of trouble, Mother Mary comes to me
Speaking words of wisdom, BADABADABA BWEEEEE BOP BA BADOP DUP
Speaking words of wisdom, BADABADABA BWEEEEE BOP BA BADOP DUP
This is a great idea if you'd like to help unhoused people but are uncomfortable giving cash. (For my fellow Brits, we have equivalents of most of these except the meat bar, but I guess a protein bar might work?)
If you would like to give people a physical gift, I recommend Snack Kits. They’re based off what I saw people use and enjoy the most when I was working in shelters and later homeless myself
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December 19, 2025 at 11:34 PM
This is a great idea if you'd like to help unhoused people but are uncomfortable giving cash. (For my fellow Brits, we have equivalents of most of these except the meat bar, but I guess a protein bar might work?)