Now reading.
Standing looking out over the North Sea this morning led me to thoughts of how this place got its name - from Old English meaning “stag pool” or the “island of harts” derived from heorot (a hart, or male deer) and pōl (a pool or inlet) - and on to petrified forest and Doggerland.
The SOUTH Orkney Islands in March this year, complete with drifting icebergs around the islands of Signy and Moe
#anotherhemisphere
(European Union, Copernicus Sentinel-2 imagery): eu-space.europa.eu/components/e...
From my latest piece on language change and my own linguistic to-and-fro across the North Sea
4 years ago TODAY the discovery of the #Gloucester warship was publicly announced! @benjaminredding.bsky.social & I sizzled on Great Yarmouth beach while the team did press interviews & my OA article about the ship's loss in 1682 came out @enghistrev.bsky.social ⚓
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The first fiber-optic subsea cable that made the internet possible is about to be recycled. Somewhat ironically, the article illustration is AI-generated…
This weekend's writing, where I return to my old haunt of historical linguistics, and reflect on what it is to navigate adult life between languages
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
West Mersea, Essex — aerial view. Britain’s most easterly inhabited island, linked to the mainland by The Strood. A historic fishing and sailing town on the Blackwater Estuary, famous for boatbuilding and the celebrated native oysters harvested here since Roman times nearly 2,000 years ago #Mersea
And of course I get the Netherlands in the family world cup sweepstake
#Oranje
