Alan M
@alan1874.bsky.social
Chair Bournemouth Interpreters' Group CIC. Translator, language consultant/trainer/author, sold more books than Liz Truss, & 1874Northwich fan/co-owner. Another twitter refugee seeking asylum here - still hiding in the Bear's Den though.
December 11, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Apparently no longer blocked. I've been Musked, it seems.
The moment has now passed, but I just wanted to say that Sebastian Gorka always reminds me of Matt Berry (not just appearance, but also the booming voice).
He'd fit well into the What We Do in the Shadows household.
The moment has now passed, but I just wanted to say that Sebastian Gorka always reminds me of Matt Berry (not just appearance, but also the booming voice).
He'd fit well into the What We Do in the Shadows household.
December 10, 2025 at 1:21 PM
Apparently no longer blocked. I've been Musked, it seems.
The moment has now passed, but I just wanted to say that Sebastian Gorka always reminds me of Matt Berry (not just appearance, but also the booming voice).
He'd fit well into the What We Do in the Shadows household.
The moment has now passed, but I just wanted to say that Sebastian Gorka always reminds me of Matt Berry (not just appearance, but also the booming voice).
He'd fit well into the What We Do in the Shadows household.
why does twitter tell me that @thelastgirlyswots.bsky.social has/have blocked me on there? What have I done?
December 9, 2025 at 1:18 PM
why does twitter tell me that @thelastgirlyswots.bsky.social has/have blocked me on there? What have I done?
It's certainly chillingly redolent of the Aryan ideology behind the Nuremburg Race Laws
October 24, 2025 at 6:38 PM
It's certainly chillingly redolent of the Aryan ideology behind the Nuremburg Race Laws
This was a long post from one of them
October 23, 2025 at 4:59 PM
This was a long post from one of them
Lam's "cultural coherence" is chillingly reminiscent of Hitler's ideas of a pure Aryan race and the Nuremberg Race Laws
October 22, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Lam's "cultural coherence" is chillingly reminiscent of Hitler's ideas of a pure Aryan race and the Nuremberg Race Laws
Chillingly reminiscent of Hitler's Aryan race policies & his Nürnberger Gesetze, the Nuremburg Race Laws.
October 22, 2025 at 3:51 PM
Chillingly reminiscent of Hitler's Aryan race policies & his Nürnberger Gesetze, the Nuremburg Race Laws.
It's Friday afternoon, winding down, so I've now also checked the book version ... still "human"
Excuse the pencil marks - I used it when teaching translation criticism at Uni Innsbruck!
The joke was an instance of dodgy translation, I see from the German page. But it's an impossible wordplay
Excuse the pencil marks - I used it when teaching translation criticism at Uni Innsbruck!
The joke was an instance of dodgy translation, I see from the German page. But it's an impossible wordplay
October 10, 2025 at 5:11 PM
It's Friday afternoon, winding down, so I've now also checked the book version ... still "human"
Excuse the pencil marks - I used it when teaching translation criticism at Uni Innsbruck!
The joke was an instance of dodgy translation, I see from the German page. But it's an impossible wordplay
Excuse the pencil marks - I used it when teaching translation criticism at Uni Innsbruck!
The joke was an instance of dodgy translation, I see from the German page. But it's an impossible wordplay
I have all the originals recorded off R4 onto cassette back in 1981 plus the book "Original Radio Scripts" - just checked the scripts ... "What is your name, human?" was the question.
October 10, 2025 at 4:51 PM
I have all the originals recorded off R4 onto cassette back in 1981 plus the book "Original Radio Scripts" - just checked the scripts ... "What is your name, human?" was the question.
Thanks to Kemi I realise how worthless my life in translation is. Who needs forrin transls anyway?
Though UK renewables sector finds my translated German (whisper it ...) engineering materials quite handy.
But granddad a joiner & I can turn (no pun) my hand to a bit of woodwork - I made this ...
Though UK renewables sector finds my translated German (whisper it ...) engineering materials quite handy.
But granddad a joiner & I can turn (no pun) my hand to a bit of woodwork - I made this ...
October 9, 2025 at 9:02 AM
Thanks to Kemi I realise how worthless my life in translation is. Who needs forrin transls anyway?
Though UK renewables sector finds my translated German (whisper it ...) engineering materials quite handy.
But granddad a joiner & I can turn (no pun) my hand to a bit of woodwork - I made this ...
Though UK renewables sector finds my translated German (whisper it ...) engineering materials quite handy.
But granddad a joiner & I can turn (no pun) my hand to a bit of woodwork - I made this ...
Need there be a reason nowadays?
September 24, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Need there be a reason nowadays?
My own 'lurking' has been delivered a blow this evening by Musk's pesky algorithms
September 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
My own 'lurking' has been delivered a blow this evening by Musk's pesky algorithms
September 23, 2025 at 9:52 PM
