Steve Disney

Dr Steve Disney, Senior Lecturer in English Language & Linguistics,
Plymouth Marjon University, Plymouth, UK

[Steve Disney @stevedisney]

@NatalieRavenArt Sorry peeps; the term "greebo" predates this by c. 15 years and probably more! It was metal fans in the late 70's and 80's!! Nothing to do with skateboards etc. Maybe "grea"sey biker ho"bo" anti-fashion :-) Looks like it broadened in the 90's which is normal for words like this!

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

WE’RE PREMIER LEAGUE CHAMPIONS!! 🏆

[Steve Disney @stevedisney]

#LFC

[Ben Jane @BenJaneFitness]

The amount of work being undertaken in Universities at the moment to be able to deliver learning opportunities for the next generation of students is incredible.

On campus/off campus
Pedagogical/social
Top-down/bottom-up

We all care a lot about getting this right.

[Sick of this sh*t @MarkFLeather]

Congratulations to all my hardworking colleagues 3rd in the UK - 1st in England for students - again! @marjonuni

I know the effort we all put in ... @MarjonLibrary @MarjonSU @MarjonUniOAE @MarjonFutures @Marjon_Arts @Marjonpsych @MarjonTEP @gillianfewings @MarjonSPDEV

🍾🍾🍾

[Steve Disney @stevedisney]

June is another Latin based month name, from Juno, wife of Jupiter. It replaced the rather boring Old English liðe se ærra 'earlier mildness.' Guess what July was in OE?! Yep liða se æfterra 'later mildness' #englishlanguage #etymology

[Steve Disney @stevedisney]

My first roses of the year! Rose from Latin "rosa". Interestingly, rhododendron is Greek "rhodon" = 'rose' + "dendrum" = tree. Rosetree. Primrose, by the way, is "prima rosa" 'first flower' #englishlanguage #etymology #marjonuni

[Steve Disney @stevedisney]

It's May! Old French mai and directly from Latin Majus, possibly from Maja, a Roman earth goddess (wife of Vulcan). It replaced Old English "þrimilce" literally 'three milks'... The month cows can be milked three times a day. 🐮 🌿 #englishlanguage #MayDay #marjonuni

[Steve Disney @stevedisney]

Not strictly English, but now fully integrated as a borrowing. Ramadan 9th month of the Muslim year. Originally "the hot month," from "ramida" meaning 'be burnt, scorched'. originally in summer, now moves each year following the lunar calendar.
#englishlanguage #Ramadan2020

[Steve Disney @stevedisney]

April is from Latin, the Roman name probably derived from the meaning 'next' or 'following. It replaced Old English Eastermonað, which was named after a fertility goddess. Hence "Easter" #englishlanguage

[Steve Disney @stevedisney]

Daisy. From Old English meaning 'day's eye'. It opens in the morning and closes in the evening 🌼 not every etymology is as simple as that! #englishlanguage

[Language Log @LanguageLog]

COVID-19 response?: Still ahead of their time #YesMinister #Covid_19 https://t.co/olV2OVSbQ6 — Christopher H. Logue (@thevirologist) March 12, 2020 https://t.co/bzjKourFJV

[Steve Disney @stevedisney]

Value In HE: we need to have "a desire to be part of something beyond the transactional: the sense of larger meaning and purpose (...) a force for good in society" @wonkhe

[Steve Disney @stevedisney]

/aɪ wəz ˈgəʊɪŋ tə tɛl ə ˌskandəˈneɪvɪən ʤəʊk... bʌt ɪts nɒt ˈfɪnɪʃ/

[UCL Innovation and Enterprise @UCLEnterprise]

Bas Aarts and his team developed a suite of innovative digital and print materials for #teaching grammar in schools with the help of @UCL_Business, part of UCL Innovation & Enterprise. Read about the work of @EngliciousUCL below 📖

@UCL_AHSHS @IOE_London https://t.co/wptGBhjg1s

[Steve Disney @stevedisney]

Interesting tidbit... the root of February is Latin from februare (to purify), the last month of the Roman year, with its purification rites. In Old English, before the Roman name was imposed here, the same month was called solmonað, meaning 'mud month'. Some things never change!

[Steve Disney @stevedisney]

#marjonslt25

[Steve Disney @stevedisney]

Great turnout at #marjonslt25

[Language Log @LanguageLog]

Babies Dismount: Anne Henochowicz spotted this sign in a shopping mall in Central, Hong Kong: The Chinese says: BB qǐng zài cǐ xiàchē BB請在此下車 ("Please [take your] baby out of its stroller here") shèn fáng yìwài, qǐng jǐn bào BB 慎防意外,請緊抱BB… https://t.co/t1CNM9wbZ8