Lieven Vandelanotte
@lieven.bsky.social
English lang & ling academic @UNamur & @KU Leuven. THE LANGUAGE OF MEMES out now https://www.cambridge.org/languageofmemes. He/him. https://www.unamur.be/en/profil/lvdlanot
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Call for papers: "𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐬𝐞 𝐢𝐧 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐬𝐨𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚" (deadline: 31 January 2026)
Theme session as part of the @essenglish.bsky.social conference in Santiago de Compostela (31 Aug-4 Sept), co-convened with Anna Piata. Full details & submissions via metasocial.unamur.be
Theme session as part of the @essenglish.bsky.social conference in Santiago de Compostela (31 Aug-4 Sept), co-convened with Anna Piata. Full details & submissions via metasocial.unamur.be
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Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
November 29, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Perfect Tom Stoppard story from DTel obituary:
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
His response to a letter from Harold Pinter canvassing support for a proposal to have the Comedy Theatre in London rechristened the Pinter Theatre, “Have you thought, instead, of changing your name to Harold Comedy?”
An 1894-95 electricity sub-station whose design was based on the Strozzi Palace (1489) 😯🤩
Florence thinks it’s the business with its Strozzi Palace, but Cheltenham has one anyway so there’s no need to go to Tuscany…
November 29, 2025 at 7:00 PM
An 1894-95 electricity sub-station whose design was based on the Strozzi Palace (1489) 😯🤩
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I am once again thinking about Cher’s author bio.
November 29, 2025 at 6:28 PM
I am once again thinking about Cher’s author bio.
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Any takers for the Greens? We're one short of a full set
November 29, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Any takers for the Greens? We're one short of a full set
Just ridiculously good on each and every listen. Great listen on trains and all!
November 29, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Just ridiculously good on each and every listen. Great listen on trains and all!
Bluesky, amirite
November 29, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Bluesky, amirite
I apologize for not being on a train in this picture
November 29, 2025 at 12:37 PM
I apologize for not being on a train in this picture
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Hansard moments I think about far too often
November 29, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Hansard moments I think about far too often
Enjoying bluesky's new colour coordination feature
November 29, 2025 at 9:54 AM
Enjoying bluesky's new colour coordination feature
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despite my usual extremely favourable stance on changing pronouns, you simply cannot switch from Your Party to Our Party
November 28, 2025 at 9:16 PM
despite my usual extremely favourable stance on changing pronouns, you simply cannot switch from Your Party to Our Party
Leuven 🥰
November 28, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Leuven 🥰
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German is a beautiful language.
November 28, 2025 at 7:18 PM
German is a beautiful language.
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Love the return of the Thick of It
‘Speaking outside his chateau in France, former Brexit Party and UKIP MEP Coburn answered "no" when a BBC journalist asked him whether he had ever been paid to give a speech to promote pro-Russian campaigners.’
Great work from @BBCWales. Keep going
Great work from @BBCWales. Keep going
November 28, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Love the return of the Thick of It
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Thank goodness it wasn’t permenantly closed for ever
November 28, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Thank goodness it wasn’t permenantly closed for ever
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Kemi Badenoch - one of the many, many politicians since Margaret Thatcher to talk about learning from Margaret Thatcher who, IDK, maybe they saw a meme about her one time?
November 28, 2025 at 12:13 PM
Kemi Badenoch - one of the many, many politicians since Margaret Thatcher to talk about learning from Margaret Thatcher who, IDK, maybe they saw a meme about her one time?
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The submission deadline for next year's #CADS conference has been extended to December 19th 2025! So, three more weeks to get abstracts in - nice!
wp.lancs.ac.uk/cad-2026/cal...
wp.lancs.ac.uk/cad-2026/cal...
November 28, 2025 at 12:09 PM
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lectureship in applied linguistics in my department. lovely city, lovely department, lovely colleagues 🌸 manmetjobs.mmu.ac.uk/jobs/vacancy...
November 28, 2025 at 12:08 PM
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🌏 The British have lost their American colonies... whereto next for English?
📚 Coming up in Babel No53!
Cartoon by @mjcartoons.bsky.social
📚 Coming up in Babel No53!
Cartoon by @mjcartoons.bsky.social
November 28, 2025 at 7:09 AM
🌏 The British have lost their American colonies... whereto next for English?
📚 Coming up in Babel No53!
Cartoon by @mjcartoons.bsky.social
📚 Coming up in Babel No53!
Cartoon by @mjcartoons.bsky.social
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If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.
November 27, 2025 at 7:03 AM
If you want some good news this morning, I showed my three boys the PM doing the six/seven thing and now they have all stopped doing it.
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The Times is The S*n in a ballroom gown.
November 26, 2025 at 8:46 AM
The Times is The S*n in a ballroom gown.
? Saving the Great British Economy one selfie at a time?
November 26, 2025 at 8:11 AM
? Saving the Great British Economy one selfie at a time?
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‘Get someone from Linguistics down here!’
Happy World Linguistics Day!
Happy World Linguistics Day!
November 26, 2025 at 7:33 AM
‘Get someone from Linguistics down here!’
Happy World Linguistics Day!
Happy World Linguistics Day!
Have a little drama (at Cathédrale Saint-Nazaire in Béziers last weekend)
November 26, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Have a little drama (at Cathédrale Saint-Nazaire in Béziers last weekend)
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Smoke in the woods
like someone walking in a silent film
beside the tracks…
—John Burnside, “Signal Stop, Near Horsley”
published in SELECTED POEMS (Cape, 2006)
#poem #poetry
www.penguin.co.uk/books/389400...
like someone walking in a silent film
beside the tracks…
—John Burnside, “Signal Stop, Near Horsley”
published in SELECTED POEMS (Cape, 2006)
#poem #poetry
www.penguin.co.uk/books/389400...
November 18, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Smoke in the woods
like someone walking in a silent film
beside the tracks…
—John Burnside, “Signal Stop, Near Horsley”
published in SELECTED POEMS (Cape, 2006)
#poem #poetry
www.penguin.co.uk/books/389400...
like someone walking in a silent film
beside the tracks…
—John Burnside, “Signal Stop, Near Horsley”
published in SELECTED POEMS (Cape, 2006)
#poem #poetry
www.penguin.co.uk/books/389400...
Who dear me dear middle class dear? How very dare you.
Featuring an original @texceptional.bsky.social Christmas tree in the fourth picture 🎄🎅🥰
November 25, 2025 at 10:04 PM
Who dear me dear middle class dear? How very dare you.