Simon Koppel
@simonkoppel.bsky.social
Quizzer, charity-adjacent and lexicography-curious. He/him.
I don't know if I'd call this a garden-path-sentence or something else, but it's thoroughly confusing, especially in British English where "lift" is likely to be read as a noun ( = "elevator") and more so if you've not come across the company. #linguistics www.linkedin.com/news/story/o...
November 17, 2025 at 2:15 PM
I don't know if I'd call this a garden-path-sentence or something else, but it's thoroughly confusing, especially in British English where "lift" is likely to be read as a noun ( = "elevator") and more so if you've not come across the company. #linguistics www.linkedin.com/news/story/o...
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What is the question if the answer is Naples? The prelims
Which question in each group should go forward into the final?
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Which question in each group should go forward into the final?
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November 10, 2025 at 9:01 PM
What is the question if the answer is Naples? The prelims
Which question in each group should go forward into the final?
forms.gle/uEQAzEVur5Zq...
Which question in each group should go forward into the final?
forms.gle/uEQAzEVur5Zq...
@quoteinvestigator.com After the Brighton hotel bombing in 1984 which nearly killed Margaret Thatcher, a statement from the IRA said, "we have only to be lucky once, you will have to be lucky always". That line has since been reused many times (in different contexts) but was that its first use?
November 6, 2025 at 4:29 PM
@quoteinvestigator.com After the Brighton hotel bombing in 1984 which nearly killed Margaret Thatcher, a statement from the IRA said, "we have only to be lucky once, you will have to be lucky always". That line has since been reused many times (in different contexts) but was that its first use?
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What is the question if the answer is ham? The prelims
Which question in each group should go forward into the final?
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Which question in each group should go forward into the final?
forms.gle/htAsdo1zMoMu...
November 4, 2025 at 10:27 AM
What is the question if the answer is ham? The prelims
Which question in each group should go forward into the final?
forms.gle/htAsdo1zMoMu...
Which question in each group should go forward into the final?
forms.gle/htAsdo1zMoMu...
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The email has found me laminating another strict No Entry sign for the canteen. The sinkholes are back, pouring forth the usual black fire and tortured screaming, and we all know what happened to Derek. Great news from the hospital though, they say he’s stopped shrieking in an unknown tongue!
October 8, 2025 at 8:08 AM
The email has found me laminating another strict No Entry sign for the canteen. The sinkholes are back, pouring forth the usual black fire and tortured screaming, and we all know what happened to Derek. Great news from the hospital though, they say he’s stopped shrieking in an unknown tongue!
One of my favourite eldritch accounts has reawakened after an ominous nine months away. I'm not certain that I want to know what's been gestating in that time.
The email has found me arguing with Liminal Jim of Threshold Construction Ltd. I don’t care how multiversal he wants the kitchen, that’s a load-bearing dimension and we’re not knocking through it.
October 7, 2025 at 12:43 PM
One of my favourite eldritch accounts has reawakened after an ominous nine months away. I'm not certain that I want to know what's been gestating in that time.
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The National Autistic Society has said that studies suggesting a correlation were weak, poorly designed, and ultimately did not provide reliable evidence. Other high-quality, well-controlled studies have instead indicated there is no link between paracetamol in pregnancy and autism.
September 25, 2025 at 9:48 AM
The National Autistic Society has said that studies suggesting a correlation were weak, poorly designed, and ultimately did not provide reliable evidence. Other high-quality, well-controlled studies have instead indicated there is no link between paracetamol in pregnancy and autism.
@alakazammit.bsky.social Did you know that you're quoted in the Oxford English Dictionary? They've just added the word "armscye" and you're one of the five quotations they list
September 24, 2025 at 12:24 PM
@alakazammit.bsky.social Did you know that you're quoted in the Oxford English Dictionary? They've just added the word "armscye" and you're one of the five quotations they list
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🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
It's time to find an answer to the most important question the Simpsons ever asked. William Pitt the Elder has made many cameo appearances in the episodes of other #PrimeMinisters, but now it's FINALLY time to take a look at him properly.
#history #politics #geogians
It's time to find an answer to the most important question the Simpsons ever asked. William Pitt the Elder has made many cameo appearances in the episodes of other #PrimeMinisters, but now it's FINALLY time to take a look at him properly.
#history #politics #geogians
September 23, 2025 at 11:18 AM
🚨NEW EPISODE🚨
It's time to find an answer to the most important question the Simpsons ever asked. William Pitt the Elder has made many cameo appearances in the episodes of other #PrimeMinisters, but now it's FINALLY time to take a look at him properly.
#history #politics #geogians
It's time to find an answer to the most important question the Simpsons ever asked. William Pitt the Elder has made many cameo appearances in the episodes of other #PrimeMinisters, but now it's FINALLY time to take a look at him properly.
#history #politics #geogians
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Thousands of Londoners have indefinite leave to remain.
They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.
Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.
They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.
Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.
Farage vows to scrap indefinite leave to remain, placing thousands at risk of deportation
Reform UK plans to force non-citizens to apply for visas with high salary thresholds and no access to NHS services
www.theguardian.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:13 AM
Thousands of Londoners have indefinite leave to remain.
They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.
Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.
They have legal rights and are our friends, neighbours and colleagues, contributing hugely to our city.
Threatening to deport people living and working here legally is unacceptable.
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Ben Folds and Jeremy Irons should get together and start a dry cleaning business.
They could call it Ben and Jerry's.
They could call it Ben and Jerry's.
December 10, 2024 at 6:29 PM
Ben Folds and Jeremy Irons should get together and start a dry cleaning business.
They could call it Ben and Jerry's.
They could call it Ben and Jerry's.
Always a good morning to wake up and find a new @primetimepod.bsky.social has dropped.
September 10, 2025 at 7:09 AM
Always a good morning to wake up and find a new @primetimepod.bsky.social has dropped.
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New episode! 🚨
He was Rockingham's secretary, so far from a #primeminister himself, but #EdmundBurke 's political writings are some of the most significant in British history. We pause our narrative to take a look at his impact on how politics works today
#history #podcast #georgians #politics
He was Rockingham's secretary, so far from a #primeminister himself, but #EdmundBurke 's political writings are some of the most significant in British history. We pause our narrative to take a look at his impact on how politics works today
#history #podcast #georgians #politics
August 27, 2025 at 12:44 PM
New episode! 🚨
He was Rockingham's secretary, so far from a #primeminister himself, but #EdmundBurke 's political writings are some of the most significant in British history. We pause our narrative to take a look at his impact on how politics works today
#history #podcast #georgians #politics
He was Rockingham's secretary, so far from a #primeminister himself, but #EdmundBurke 's political writings are some of the most significant in British history. We pause our narrative to take a look at his impact on how politics works today
#history #podcast #georgians #politics
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August 14, 2025 at 6:19 AM
@misterslang.bsky.social Have you come across "pair of rattlers"? In context it looks like it might be false teeth, but I've not found any other instances. books.google.co.uk/books?id=B8f...
July 29, 2025 at 11:46 AM
@misterslang.bsky.social Have you come across "pair of rattlers"? In context it looks like it might be false teeth, but I've not found any other instances. books.google.co.uk/books?id=B8f...
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COLOURSCAPE: An ottava rima in iambic pentameter, intersected by a sonnet in iambic monometer — such that the third foot of each line of the ottava rima belongs also to the sonnet.
November 18, 2024 at 8:46 AM
COLOURSCAPE: An ottava rima in iambic pentameter, intersected by a sonnet in iambic monometer — such that the third foot of each line of the ottava rima belongs also to the sonnet.
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FILM NOIR (Palindrome)
Prepare trope résumé:
Mad, arid antihero.
Man in a motel,
at a femme fatale,
to man in a more hit nadir.
A dame,
muse,
reporter —
a perp.
Prepare trope résumé:
Mad, arid antihero.
Man in a motel,
at a femme fatale,
to man in a more hit nadir.
A dame,
muse,
reporter —
a perp.
July 3, 2025 at 7:39 AM
FILM NOIR (Palindrome)
Prepare trope résumé:
Mad, arid antihero.
Man in a motel,
at a femme fatale,
to man in a more hit nadir.
A dame,
muse,
reporter —
a perp.
Prepare trope résumé:
Mad, arid antihero.
Man in a motel,
at a femme fatale,
to man in a more hit nadir.
A dame,
muse,
reporter —
a perp.
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SUMMER SOLSTICE AT STONEHENGE (Palindrome)
Sun!
In my halo,
open,
I mull its altar: All.
I plait its lost light.
I lag, emanating:
I lay a ray, align.
I tan a megalith gilt.
Solstitial pillar, at last illumine —
pool a hymn in us.
Sun!
In my halo,
open,
I mull its altar: All.
I plait its lost light.
I lag, emanating:
I lay a ray, align.
I tan a megalith gilt.
Solstitial pillar, at last illumine —
pool a hymn in us.
June 21, 2025 at 7:53 AM
SUMMER SOLSTICE AT STONEHENGE (Palindrome)
Sun!
In my halo,
open,
I mull its altar: All.
I plait its lost light.
I lag, emanating:
I lay a ray, align.
I tan a megalith gilt.
Solstitial pillar, at last illumine —
pool a hymn in us.
Sun!
In my halo,
open,
I mull its altar: All.
I plait its lost light.
I lag, emanating:
I lay a ray, align.
I tan a megalith gilt.
Solstitial pillar, at last illumine —
pool a hymn in us.
Paging @themerl.bsky.social - someone's trying to usurp your rightful spot as conveyors of farming-based social media content!
What’s the difference between a luxury Italian sports car and a two-piece swimming costume worn by a young sheep?
One’s a Lamborghini and the other’s a lamb bikini
One’s a Lamborghini and the other’s a lamb bikini
June 19, 2025 at 11:25 AM
Paging @themerl.bsky.social - someone's trying to usurp your rightful spot as conveyors of farming-based social media content!
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June 18, 2025 at 7:16 AM
I tried to sign Eddie "the Eagle" Edwards up for a direct debit to the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust.
Right folks. Feeling rather down at the moment so bringing back an oldie
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
Please Quote this with your most minor celebrity interaction
June 13, 2025 at 9:38 PM
I tried to sign Eddie "the Eagle" Edwards up for a direct debit to the Gloucestershire Wildlife Trust.
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Today, the Government launches plans to fast-track driverless vehicle trials in the UK.
One of the companies involved says London presents a big challenge:
“It has seven times more jaywalkers than San Francisco.”
Except… it doesn't. 🧵
One of the companies involved says London presents a big challenge:
“It has seven times more jaywalkers than San Francisco.”
Except… it doesn't. 🧵
June 10, 2025 at 11:43 AM
Today, the Government launches plans to fast-track driverless vehicle trials in the UK.
One of the companies involved says London presents a big challenge:
“It has seven times more jaywalkers than San Francisco.”
Except… it doesn't. 🧵
One of the companies involved says London presents a big challenge:
“It has seven times more jaywalkers than San Francisco.”
Except… it doesn't. 🧵
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FOR IDRIS ELBA (Palindrome)
Able sir,
did nobody fit recognise it ties in?
Go, certify — do Bond, Idris Elba!
Able sir,
did nobody fit recognise it ties in?
Go, certify — do Bond, Idris Elba!
June 10, 2025 at 7:57 AM
FOR IDRIS ELBA (Palindrome)
Able sir,
did nobody fit recognise it ties in?
Go, certify — do Bond, Idris Elba!
Able sir,
did nobody fit recognise it ties in?
Go, certify — do Bond, Idris Elba!