Thanks everyone for your generosity and engagement with this over the Christmas 
period. The appeal raised £105 for The Children's Hospital Charity, bumped up to 
£126.25 with Gift Aid (https://www.gov.uk/donating-to-charity/gift-aid). I hope the 
campaign also succeeded in spurring donations elsewhere - I heard about a few of 
these, and hopefully there were more besides.

Well, Happy New Year everyone - even if the holidays already feel like about a year 
ago already! Back to work...

Dave

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Dr. Dave Sayers
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Honorary Research Fellow, Cardiff University & WISERD | www.wiserd.ac.uk
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On 21/12/2015 09:50, Dave Sayers wrote:
> Ok, one last little plug for this charity appeal:
>
> https://www.academia.edu/9856733/
> https://mydonate.bt.com/fundraisers/nightb4xmaslinguists
>
> ...and, to add to the sense of charity hilarity, a picture of me in a Santa hat :)
>
> https://goo.gl/5AaRQq
>
> Dave
>
> --
> Dr. Dave Sayers
> Senior Lecturer, Dept Humanities, Sheffield Hallam University | www.shu.ac.uk
> Honorary Research Fellow, Cardiff University & WISERD | www.wiserd.ac.uk
> [log in to unmask] | http://shu.academia.edu/DaveSayers
>
>
> On 14/12/2015 16:10, Dave Sayers wrote:
>> Seasons greetings folks.
>>
>> A gentle reminder about my little poem and the charity appeal :)
>>
>> https://www.academia.edu/9856733/
>>
>> And since I don't otherwise have anything new to contribute in this email, here's my
>> favourite dystopian Christmas carol (yes I know more than one dystopian Christmas
>> carol):
>>
>> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t039p6xqutU
>>
>> ♫ "We can dodge debris while we trim the tree, underneath the mushroom cloud" ♫
>>
>> Dave
>>
>> --
>> Dr. Dave Sayers
>> Senior Lecturer, Dept Humanities, Sheffield Hallam University | www.shu.ac.uk
>> Honorary Research Fellow, Cardiff University & WISERD | www.wiserd.ac.uk
>> [log in to unmask] | http://shu.academia.edu/DaveSayers
>>
>>
>>
>> On 01/12/2015 09:24, Dave Sayers wrote:
>>> Now that it's officially Christmas (ahem), I can post a message I've been planning
>>> for a while. First, the opening two stanzas of the poem I circulated last year, to
>>> whet your appetite / refresh your memory...
>>>
>>> Twas the night before Christmas in the ivory tower,
>>> Not a creature was stirring at the midnight hour,
>>> Twas a problem for linguists who live to hear sounds,
>>> Consonants, vowels (open or round).
>>>
>>> We linguists were nestled all snug in our beds,
>>> While visions of fricatives danced in our heads.
>>> Snug in our gowns and our four-cornered caps,
>>> We pondered enigmas like bilabial taps...
>>>
>>> The poem continues if you follow the link below, updated this year with an appeal for
>>> donations to the charity that made the poem possible. In short, the poem came about
>>> after a family crisis, snatched from the jaws of disaster by the quick work of
>>> Sheffield Children's Hospital. Read on for details of that happy ending, and my
>>> sincere appeal to all of you for donations to the hospital's associated charity - or
>>> to a charity of your choice.
>>>
>>> https://www.academia.edu/9856733/
>>>
>>> Please pass on this message (or just the link) far and wide, by email, social media,
>>> printed on your office door, emblazoned on lecture slides, etc. If you'd like to
>>> share my Tweet of the poem & appeal, it's here:
>>>
>>> https://twitter.com/DaveJSayers/status/671610871819423745
>>>
>>> And thanks to the various list moderators who pre-approved this egregious
>>> tin-rattling message.
>>>
>>> Seasonally yours,
>>> Dave
>>>
>>> --
>>> Dr. Dave Sayers
>>> Senior Lecturer, Dept Humanities, Sheffield Hallam University | www.shu.ac.uk
>>> Honorary Research Fellow, Cardiff University & WISERD | www.wiserd.ac.uk
>>> [log in to unmask] | http://shu.academia.edu/DaveSayers

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