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Neither Russia nor in the UK not in the US do I know a single person who voted for the eventual winner. Just accepting I know nothing.


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Heads up - there will be a half-day seminar on Norse-Gaelic interactions on 30 November - watch out for further info nottingham.ac.uk/research/group…


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In the 1950s, my mum was asked by police to leave an American beach because she was wearing a 2-piece swimsuit....

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... and that's the professional verdict! #vikingworld16

beccagregs's tweet image. ... and that's the professional verdict! #vikingworld16

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"English was ever passive, Norse ever active" - English borrowings in Old Norse #VikingWorld16


Once again there is this idea that fantasy is "worse" #vikingworld16

Q. Do you have any tips on how to get people to read historic fiction? #vikingworld16



Old English poetry does indeed "do winter well" #vikingworld16


Victoria's approach reminded me how the narratorial voice changes in Lord of the Rings as they move farther from the Shire #vikingworld16


Victoria: moving from familiar to more foreign language areas depicted by introducing dialect words #vikingworld16


Modern language in medieval fiction - how to deal with it? #vikingworld16


Victoria Whitworth proves what I've always said - good writers tend to be charming and funny people #vikingworld16


Consensus so far: you are welcome to play with the facts a bit but get ready for picky emails #vikingworld16


@wicresleia gaps in the sources where the writer can inleash his/her imagination is also a "viking gap"! #vikingworld16


The problem of "facts getting in the way of a good story" explained at the writers' roundtable #vikingworld16


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Really excited about the writer's round table #vikingworlds16

eleniponirakis's tweet image. Really excited about the writer's round table #vikingworlds16

#vikingworld16 starts with a creative writing toundtable - a new and exciting take!


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How cool!


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Yes you can, if you speak Old Norse - it's hrosshvalr, which is the same word but the other way around!

Sadly, today's hashtag for the Wales game is #RUSWAL rather than #WALRUS, which means we can't tweet this photo...

BBCMOTD's tweet image. Sadly, today's hashtag for the Wales game is #RUSWAL rather than #WALRUS, which means we can't tweet this photo...


This series of twits by @britishmuseum is the best thing #UEFA2016 brought into my life


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