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Erin E. Kelly

@eekelly.bsky.social

Associate professor of English and director of the Academic and Technical Writing Program at University of Victoria. Associate editor of Early Theatre. Ask me about weird, old plays

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Explore English Language History

Before AI, we linguists used large scale corpora to study relationships between words and all sorts of other things. Some of them are at risk of going down because of reduced interest, including the most used (COCA), so I bought it. I also added five of old and middle English.

Alpha test, fiddling

30.10.2025 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 216    πŸ” 45    πŸ’¬ 14    πŸ“Œ 5
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This is what democracy looks like. #NoKings

18.10.2025 23:22 β€” πŸ‘ 89379    πŸ” 29076    πŸ’¬ 2326    πŸ“Œ 1870
Chef Michael Twitty on The Untold History of Southern Food | Recipes from The American South
YouTube video by The Eddrick Show! Chef Michael Twitty on The Untold History of Southern Food | Recipes from The American South

Help me share to 100 (big number!) You know you want to πŸ˜€
#RecipesfromtheAmericanSouth

youtu.be/G71MZynajjQ?...

17.10.2025 18:05 β€” πŸ‘ 85    πŸ” 63    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 4
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#Latin #Medieval

25.07.2025 05:30 β€” πŸ‘ 252    πŸ” 78    πŸ’¬ 17    πŸ“Œ 18
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πŸ”ŠON & UP
πŸ˜πŸ‘‡πŸΎ'The Git Hoan Dancers (People of the Salmon) fr Metlakatla/Seattle r known for their theatrical performances and put on incredible shows during #Celebration in Juneau, AK. #Cele'
(FB Reels: #Tlingit & #Haida. June 12, 2024)
#GitHoan #NativeAmericans #Indigenous #FirstNations

17.05.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 121    πŸ” 34    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
A raven in a red beanie.

A raven in a red beanie.

β€œI look ridiculous.”
β€œI think you look adorable.”
β€œI won’t be made a fool, Steve.”
β€œJust one more picture.”
β€œFine, but after this...”
β€œI know, I know. Nevermore.”

04.03.2025 23:35 β€” πŸ‘ 688    πŸ” 147    πŸ’¬ 25    πŸ“Œ 5

I'm sorry, WHAT?! A new piece of the Bayeux Embroidery has been found?! OMG!

03.03.2025 22:41 β€” πŸ‘ 689    πŸ” 170    πŸ’¬ 23    πŸ“Œ 23

I'm incredibly patriotic, which is why I teach all the ways America has failed to live up to its ideals and promises and dreams, in hopes of inspiring the next generation to do better, to be more, to make America a place that may one say be great.

04.03.2025 02:35 β€” πŸ‘ 546    πŸ” 77    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 6
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Since the president has signed an EO making English the official language of the United States, here is the first non-English copy of the Declaration of Independence, printed in German just days after July 4, 1776. We have always been multilingual.
cdm16274.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/coll...

02.03.2025 13:40 β€” πŸ‘ 20054    πŸ” 5288    πŸ’¬ 536    πŸ“Œ 203

Can’t believe the knives are already out in the stores. The Ides of March gets more commercialized every year.

24.02.2025 01:16 β€” πŸ‘ 9763    πŸ” 1664    πŸ’¬ 208    πŸ“Œ 63
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Casually hanging out with my absolute favorite portrait of #AnneBoleyn, hoping she’ll reveal all her secrets… #LoveMyJob

29.01.2025 12:17 β€” πŸ‘ 74    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Cogito, ergo sum.
Cartoons by Grant Snider

Cogito, ergo sum. Cartoons by Grant Snider

Cogito, ergo sum.
Cartoons by Grant Snider

Cogito, ergo sum. Cartoons by Grant Snider

Cogito, ergo sum.
Cartoons by Grant Snider

11.02.2025 06:08 β€” πŸ‘ 23    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Douglass Day

Microvolunteering opportunity!

On Douglass Day, February 14, join a transcribe-a-thon to be part of a group working together to transcribe items in the African American Perspectives Collection at the Library of Congress so that they can be more searchable and accessible. douglassday.org

28.01.2025 23:56 β€” πŸ‘ 68    πŸ” 31    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

β€œNOTE TO ALL NAZIS FASCISTS AND KLANSMEN” 

You delight,

So it would seem,

At making mince- meat of my dream.

If you keep on,

Before you’re through,

I’ll make mince- meat

Out of you.

β€œNOTE TO ALL NAZIS FASCISTS AND KLANSMEN” You delight, So it would seem, At making mince- meat of my dream. If you keep on, Before you’re through, I’ll make mince- meat Out of you.

Langston Hughes

01.02.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 7451    πŸ” 2155    πŸ’¬ 31    πŸ“Œ 49

For troublesome priests, we give thanks to the Lord.

22.01.2025 17:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2868    πŸ” 318    πŸ’¬ 64    πŸ“Œ 23

Elon is a N4z1.
Elon supports Poilievre.

Vote for the candidate in your riding who has the best chance of beating Poilievre.

That's it. πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦

#cdnpoli #Canada #CanadaSky #abpoli #Alberta #ableg #yyc #yeg

21.01.2025 05:09 β€” πŸ‘ 275    πŸ” 98    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 4
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The first finished copies I've seen of More Than Words arranged as artfully as I'm capable of doing. www.hachettebookgroup.com/titles/john-...

17.01.2025 00:47 β€” πŸ‘ 160    πŸ” 14    πŸ’¬ 10    πŸ“Œ 8

David Lynch? Even before he was born, his way of seeing was part of America, and his sense of our world as wild at heart and weird on top is exactly right β€” so how can he have died?

16.01.2025 22:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

YES
Another example from a librarian I heard this morning: the patron who came in with a list of ILL requests, half of which were unfulfillable because the LLM they queried MADE THE BOOKS UP πŸ“š

15.01.2025 18:06 β€” πŸ‘ 155    πŸ” 41    πŸ’¬ 12    πŸ“Œ 1

I also really want to point out: if you see this and are wondering, that Highlights? Yes! That Highlights!

15.01.2025 02:22 β€” πŸ‘ 87    πŸ” 10    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
A PA license plate on a red Honda Fit that says "A HISSY"

A PA license plate on a red Honda Fit that says "A HISSY"

Admit it, it's cute

15.01.2025 02:04 β€” πŸ‘ 244    πŸ” 13    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

A Mexican magician told his audience he'd disappear on the count of three.

He began counting: β€œUno… Dos…”

*POOF*

He disappeared without a trace.πŸ˜€

14.01.2025 07:01 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Preview
Six heads for cinemas in April featuring original cast The reunion performance of Six the Musical’s original cast is to be screened in cinemas on April 6 this year

The reunion performance of Six the Musical’s original cast is to be screened in cinemas this spring πŸ‘‡

www.thestage.co.uk/news/six-hea...

13.01.2025 17:36 β€” πŸ‘ 10    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Title-page of Cornelis Schoon, Terentius Christianus, 3 Vols. (Cologne: Gerhard Grevenbroich, 1618–1620).

Title-page of Cornelis Schoon, Terentius Christianus, 3 Vols. (Cologne: Gerhard Grevenbroich, 1618–1620).

Been doing some research into Cornelis Schoon’s Neo-Latin school plays of Bible stories. They widely circulated under the title β€œTerentius Christianus”—The Christian Terenceβ€”from the end of the 16th cent through at least the end of the 17th.

Despite S’s Catholicism, English teachers were big fans.

08.01.2025 15:58 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

β€œnew year new me” i say after waking up as a giant cockroach

26.12.2024 23:27 β€” πŸ‘ 264    πŸ” 53    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 1
Telegram sent by author Dorothy Parker to Robert Benchley on December 31st 1929. 

Text reads.

You come right over here and explain why they are having another year.

Telegram sent by author Dorothy Parker to Robert Benchley on December 31st 1929. Text reads. You come right over here and explain why they are having another year.

Happy New Year from Dorothy Parker (and me).

31.12.2024 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 6752    πŸ” 2145    πŸ’¬ 57    πŸ“Œ 75
A smiling Mychal, in colorful clothing, gives two peace signs with his hands. Text reads: β€œWays I "failed" this year:
β€’150+ panic attacks
β€’Depression & anxiety were
obsessed with me
β€’Went to hospital thinking I wouldn't make it to tomorrow
β€’Didn't meet book reading goals
β€’Didn't make it back to working in a library
BUT I'm still here, you're still here! Failure prepares us for jubilant joy
"Failure is a reality; we all fail at times, and it's painful when we do. But it's better to fail while striving for something wonderful, challenging, adventurous, and uncertain"
- Jimmy Carter '”

A smiling Mychal, in colorful clothing, gives two peace signs with his hands. Text reads: β€œWays I "failed" this year: β€’150+ panic attacks β€’Depression & anxiety were obsessed with me β€’Went to hospital thinking I wouldn't make it to tomorrow β€’Didn't meet book reading goals β€’Didn't make it back to working in a library BUT I'm still here, you're still here! Failure prepares us for jubilant joy "Failure is a reality; we all fail at times, and it's painful when we do. But it's better to fail while striving for something wonderful, challenging, adventurous, and uncertain" - Jimmy Carter '”

What a year! ✨ Reframe loading with the next one πŸ₯³ Definitions of success & failure are different for everyone. Honestly approaching failure is how we recognize the reality of wonderful, challenging, adventurous, and uncertain triumph in our future πŸ’š

30.12.2024 16:13 β€” πŸ‘ 481    πŸ” 59    πŸ’¬ 13    πŸ“Œ 3

Everyone knows about North Carolina's annual Sexiest Collard Farmer Contest?

The 2024 winner is Patrick Brown of Brown Family Farms.

There's a calendar too, apparently. www.collardsonly.com

gardenandgun.com/articles/mee...

25.12.2024 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 517    πŸ” 149    πŸ’¬ 9    πŸ“Œ 28

*Christmas Eve service*

Person: *shakes my hand* Peace be with you.

Me: And also the flu.

23.12.2024 17:16 β€” πŸ‘ 195    πŸ” 50    πŸ’¬ 7    πŸ“Œ 3

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