Martin Gilson

How far back in time can you understand English? An experiment in language change

If you liked this experiment, I published a full piece today in the same vein: a text that gets 100 years older with every section, from a modern blog post to a medieval chronicle.

It's a single story spanning 1000 years of English. See how far you get.

www.deadlanguagesociety.com/p/how-far-ba...

Done ✔️

Cleaning the barbecue grill* too. Never cleaned it after use. Once the grill is lit, a scrunched up "old newspaper" cleans it a treat.

Can't use most future "old newspaper" though, it's too inflammatory.

* #HouseholdTips you're welcome.

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Also been listening to Jesse! Comes to something when Ryan Mason provided their period of stability 😆

Am hoping Leicester take the third spot that they richly deserve 🙏

List of West Brom managerial changes from December 2024

Haven't been following #wba turmoil apart from your household updates but blimey 😳

Cf: Brexit

Kulusevski too, been out all season.

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... that's how I'm viewing it.

Win 3 or 4 of Brentford, Sunderland, Newcastle, Everton, Villa; DCL stays onside at Anfield; you're looking at 7th - 9th instead of 15th.

Obvs #lufc still have to earn the right to be there next season first, but that's what a few £40m players could add.

You'd imagine Wolves & Burnley will already be down when we play them.

Be nice to help them if not 😉

#lufc #StachIsScoringGoals

I mean, great, but Rodger will be gobsmacked to hear about free education, doctors & surgery in Europe.

Though the orange man-baby is hardly a ringing endorsement for the most obvious alternative system!

President Branson / Johnson / Botham anyone?

They put the guy with the meth pipe in charge of Health.

Okay, this is quite outstanding from Bedford Council.

Absolutely 💯 to all that.

Obviously OAPs have the sacred triple lock but the question for people 18-67 is, do you hate foreigners more than you need to eat/heat?

Insane, isn't it?

Hopefully the increased detail Reform are having to provide plus scrutiny of their councils' performance will further erode their popularity.

Pass the bottle from under your poncho,
I'm gonna drink till I fall unconcho.

#Gillan

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Mrs G got a #lufc Liverpool ticket in the ballot; she missed out on Man U, nothing so far on City, fingers crossed for Sunderland tomorrow.

Think three in a row means your luck's in!! 🍀 ☘️ 🍀

Note from BBC about Leeds being drawn away more often than anyone else

From the Beeb & as we well know...
#lufc

Sunset in St Lucia

I feel your pain. Flew back from St Lucia overnight, in London & it's cold, grey & pissing down...

If I'm miserable, you can be too 😉, have a pic from last week's hotel room.

Guess what? I'm a Leeds fan too 😀

Am sure you will sign Joffy, really hope it works well for him, top lad.

Championship table, Sheff Weds 40 points from safety, 14 games left

Sheff Weds' next fixture, away at the Blunts

Whilst looking, see that the Wendies are one defeat away from sealing their inevitable relegation.

Bet they're delighted at their next fixture

Pic 1, Champo table Boxing Day, Cov 8 points clear of Boro, 13 above third; 8 games & 8 points later, Pic 2 table today.

Pic 1, Champo table Boxing Day, Cov 8 points clear of Boro, 13 above third; 8 games & 8 points later, Pic 2 table today.

Hadn't quite appreciated FF's slippage here. Pic 1, Champo table Boxing Day, Cov 8 points clear of Boro, 13 above third; Pic 2, 8 games & 8 points later, table today.

Monday's game vs the smoggies is massive... lose & #itfc could soon replace them in automatic places 😳

Not #lufc but blimey. #utb

OP was about NHS waiting lists, which the Gov't is clearly working on.

Is the Gov't perfect? Equally clearly, no. That wasn't the question.

I genuinely hope your issues are dealt with by this Gov't, because the likely next one certainly won't help.

Have a nice rest of day.

And yet

bsky.app/profile/paul...

In Iceland he is known as something like the most extensive private property owner alive. Not in wealth or Icelandic businesses, but just good old fashioned land. He owns vast swathes of the Icelandic countryside. So his rhetoric about colonialism have caught some attention.

Shame, was anticipating Arsenal falling apart in the final third of the season.

Now #lufc know we'll have to up our game against them in 2026/27. Hey ho.

Precisely this.

First 13: 3W, 2D, 8L = 11 points 0.85 pg
Next 13: 4W, 7D, 2L = 19 points 1.46 pg

If you can't win, don't lose. They're used to talking about UCL sides where drawing games is a failure.