Helen Nolan

Secondary teacher (English, Japanese) at @ACTEducation | PhD candidate (Data Driven Learning) at @unicanberra | Living, working, studying on Ngunnawal Country

[Helen Nolan @Lexis_Leni]

@BelindaTeaches You did!

[Helen Nolan @Lexis_Leni]

@BelindaTeaches I love the idea of a primary school child in the school of the year

I guess it kinda makes sense?!

[Helen Nolan @Lexis_Leni]

My colleagues and I use the term 'spicy' when referring to something undesirable or unusual. I learnt from students today that 'spicy' means something else for them, something closer to dirty, in a sexy way!? @becauselangpod perhaps something to revisit for words of the week?

[Helen Nolan @Lexis_Leni]

@BelindaTeaches And I want more people to describe it as silver hair. Grey sounds do ordinary

[Helen Nolan @Lexis_Leni]

@BelindaTeaches Same debate on dying hair or going silver. Do what feels good for you! (also, I can't wait to have glorious silver tresses) 👩🏼‍🦳

[Helen Nolan @Lexis_Leni]

All the best book recommendations come from podcasts. This time around it's a book I can share with my kids! Thanks for a great episode @VocalFriesPod speaking with @FelicityMeakins and Briony Barr

So pumped to read this one

[Helen Nolan @Lexis_Leni]

It's O week and content is uploaded to the LMS already. I guess I get a headstart in reading ahead of the semester.
#momademia #phdlife

[Helen Nolan @Lexis_Leni]

Let's normalise the diverse student experience and create easier access in knowledge sharing

[Helen Nolan @Lexis_Leni]

It's challenging working full time through a PhD. So many synchronous seminars, courses and conferences become inaccessible. Wonderful stuff is going on and only some release recordings, most do not...

[Helen Nolan @Lexis_Leni]

@becauselangpod I feel seen

[Helen Nolan @Lexis_Leni]

First PhD milestone done and dusted. Was it great? Nope. But it's done. Little by little I'll work my way through this metaphoric marathon

I came away with some food for thought and encouragement from my supervisors, peers and colleagues
#phdlife
#momademia

[Helen Nolan @Lexis_Leni]

I was catching up on some reading last night and came across an interesting construction in two articles. "As regards [NP]" appearing at the start of a sentence. While not what I would use, it's comprehensible and obviously in the current use of the authors

[Dr Gerald Roche @GJosephRoche]

corpus ➡️ corpora
cobrus ➡️ cobra
(e.g., I was bitten by a cobrus, I have been bitten by several cobra)

[Helen Nolan @Lexis_Leni]

@BelindaTeaches I'll tell you why people use this grammatical form and it's function, but face to face. There simply aren't enough characters in a tweet!

[Helen Nolan @Lexis_Leni]

Visited uni and spoke with my supervisor about feeling disconnected from the academy. Being part time and largely off campus is hard. Listening to @phdpendingpod helps building that sense of community, knowing that I'm not alone!

[Linguistic Discovery @lingdiscovery]

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#linguistics #podcast #language #science #SciComm #LingComm

https://t.co/EKoN9w0m8i

[Helen Nolan @Lexis_Leni]

So, hair gel can be found in the men's grooming section of the supermarket, but not the women's. When did this happen?

[Randall Munroe @xkcd]

Relative Terms https://t.co/Ks3W86iWLs

[Helen Nolan @Lexis_Leni]

Yoink and yeet are antonyms

[Helen Nolan @Lexis_Leni]

@BelindaTeaches Look after yourself!