Chloe Pilsbury

Freelance research transcriptionist | Real-life human | Secure, accurate, flexible service | Loves a good oral history project | [email protected]

[Chloe Pilsbury @CSPilsbury]

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[The OED @OED]

OED #WordOfTheDay: word-music, n.
Pleasing or beautiful combination of words; poetic effect; poetry.

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[Chloe Pilsbury @CSPilsbury]

Morning all! I've got a couple of weeks in my diary free before my first BIG project of the year. Got interviews or focus group recordings that need transcribing? Looking for a good notetaker? Fancy discussing an upcoming project? Give me a shout!

[Oral History Network Ireland @OralHist_ie]

Still time to RSVP for the launch of the Cork Jewish Digital Archive on 12th February.

This collection features memoirs and research compiled by @rutilachs

Elizabeth Kiely, OHNI Chair, joins the event as a guest speaker.

🎟️ RSVP necessary [email protected] by 9th Feb 2026.

[The OED @OED]

OED #WordOfTheDay: Pompeii worm, n.
A tube-dwelling marine polychaete, Alvinella pompejana (family Alvinellidae), found living near hydrothermal vents on the Pacific floor and notable for being able to tolerate very hot...

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[Dr Francis Young @DrFrancisYoung]

One of my favourite folklore facts is that this ancient legend is as old as the Second World War (although elements of it are older)

[Galway Libraries @LibrariesGalway]

📚 History Talk at Ballinasloe Library

On Sat, Jan 24 @ 2:30pm a fascinating talk by Abbie McGowan on the building’s past as St Gabriel’s Convent & St Joseph’s Industrial School + launch of an oral history project.

✅ Free | All welcome!
#Ballinasloe
@EDBallinasloe @GalwayCoCo

[The OED @OED]

OED #WordOfTheDay: mauvais langue, v.
transitive. To disparage, criticize, or abuse (a person, esp. someone who is not present). Also intransitive.

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[Eleanor Parker @ClerkofOxford]

In many early medieval calendars, 7 November is the first day of winter. One Anglo-Saxon poem calls today 'Winter's Day': like an invading warrior, it 'seizes sun-bright autumn with its army of ice and snow' and holds the earth captive until spring returns https://t.co/CQnx2mL8QF

[Susie Dent @susie_dent]

Word of the Day is ‘catchfart’ (17th century): an obsequious individual who sucks up to the boss and always follows the political wind.

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

Where the English might say 'It's the bee's knees', the French say 'C'est le petit Jésus en culotte de velours' (It's the baby Jesus in velvet shorts).

[History Girl @HistoryGirlBW]

The small Welsh village of Capel Celyn in 1957. It had 70 residents, a school, post office, chapel, and cemetery. Filmed before it was controversially flooded to create a reservoir for Liverpool.

[Chloe Pilsbury @CSPilsbury]

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[Oral History Network Ireland @OralHist_ie]

The European Network Remembrance and Solidarity (ENRS) invites journalists, editors, and freelancers to enter the "80 Years" competition, exploring the impact of the Second World War on today’s geopolitics, identity, and culture.

More info👉 https://t.co/e0A18mSjpy

[NIHR Policy Research Unit in Reproductive Health @ReproHealthPRU]

🩸 Deciding how to avoid pregnancy or manage painful periods?

We’re running a study for participants aged 18–30 in England.

💬 2 interviews + online info sharing

🎁 Paid with vouchers

Apply by 10 Nov, 5pm: https://t.co/0s0Md6hHFJ

[Dr TIAN Ye田野 @Ye_Tian_1223]

Some self-promotion: I will be giving a talk on “Wandering as a Translator” at @Warwick_Transla — thanks for the invitation! It will be a hybrid event so anyone who is interested can join me, but registration is required following this link: https://t.co/V9w9U7i6DB

[Quite Interesting @qikipedia]

The first visual evidence of the V-sign as a rude gesture is a 1901 film where a factory worker gives two fingers to the cameraman to show that he didn’t like being filmed.

[Luke Tryl @LukeTryl]

🎃 👻 It’s Halloween, arguably the best holiday, so prepare for some bumper spooky polling. Starting with the British public being unequivocally wrong for once. Asked which the scariest monster demons come out on top when clearly the answer is clowns! 🤡

[Joezempic 💉 @JoeWritesThings]

Me receiving one email in work #CelebrityTraitors

[The OED @OED]

OED #WordOfTheDay: nosism, n.
With reference to a group of people: a self-centred attitude, corresponding to egotism in an individual.

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[Oral History Network Ireland @OralHist_ie]

🎙️Wondering how to preserve your #oralhistory interviews for future generations? Join our 'Archiving and Oral History' ONLINE workshop, focussing on steps for preserving #oralhistory

💻Friday 21st November, 3-5:30pm
🎟️Member €35/Non-Member €50

https://t.co/jpeODNQ8lB