Coraline Jortay 喬海霖Oct 31, 2022
Smaran

So historians on here are calling themselves ‘histodons.’ Lit scholars, are we litodons, textodons, litaphants, booktodons, or something else altogether? The historians always get the best names (e.g. twitterstorians). 😤

#AcademicTwitter #AcademicChat #LitScholars #twitterstorians

Oct 30, 2022 at 5:33pmWeb
Show threadchiasmOct 30, 2022
@smaran That's a tough one! Donna literati? 🤣 what's the point of being a lit scholar if you can't muck with word order? (I am not one, so pay me no mind...)
Show threadSmaranOct 30, 2022
@chiasm haha yes. Experts at coining words (as any Cultural Studies monograph will demonstrate).
Show thread(((Jann Gobble)))🏳️‍🌈Oct 30, 2022
@smaran Am I a #Programodon?
Show threadSmaranOct 30, 2022
@jann if you want to be!
Show threadThanasis KiniasOct 30, 2022
@smaran librodons?
Show threadThanasis KiniasOct 30, 2022
@smaran
just learned that astronomers have ‘astrodons’ here...
Show threadSmaranOct 30, 2022
@tkinias love that for them. Rolls off the tongue.
Show threadLux WinterOct 31, 2022
@tkinias @smaran that here, that’s the winner. 100%.
Show threadTony PenninoOct 30, 2022
@smaran Perhaps we should do this by subdisciplines: postcolonialdons, modernistadons, shakesadons, etc.
Show threadV. Joshua AdamsOct 30, 2022
@smaran mastochists??
Show threadTorsten KathkeOct 31, 2022
@smaran Probably not the most practical option, but I love the sound of litaphants.
Show threadSmaranOct 31, 2022
@torstenkathke 😂😂
Show threadSusanne GrussNov 1, 2022
@smaran @torstenkathke As an early modern scholar, I love that we could then say that Shakespeare is the litaphant in the room. Was always sort of envious about twitterstorians, we should use this as our chance to rebrand!
Show threadTorsten KathkeNov 1, 2022
@susannegruss @smaran We need to meet soon so I can greet you with ”Ah yes, there they are, the litaphant in the room.“
Show threadSusanne GrussNov 2, 2022
@torstenkathke @smaran You just want to troll us poor #litodons from your seemingly superior #histodons hashtag position!
Show threadTorsten KathkeNov 2, 2022
@susannegruss @smaran You know historians, we flocked to that one not without a fundamental discussion about whether this was a good hashtag, what makes a good hashtag, and why hashtags are, and have historically been. The controversy rages on. And I don’t troll unless it’s Moomin.
Show threadSmaranNov 2, 2022
@torstenkathke @susannegruss 😅😅
Show threadNarevalomOct 31, 2022
@smaran well, that makes me wonder if there is something like that for teachers…🤓
Show threadKarl SteelOct 31, 2022
@smaran paleographers will be "manuscriptodons"
Show threadmancusoscifiNov 4, 2022
@smaran I think "litodons" feels most parallel, but my sleep-deproved brain has also prodiced such delights as "wordophants" and "narratodons" (not that everyone works with strictly 'narrative' material)