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Tag: Pets of LAEL

  • Pets of LAEL: Phoenix

    Pets of LAEL: Phoenix

    This weeks pet is Phoenix the cat – frequent house guest of third year Hannah!   Hannah describes Phoenix as having the personality of ‘a rich, older man’ as he shows up often to their house uninvited (but welcomed!). Despite his wandering habit, he clearly lives ‘a life of luxury’ at his original home, and…

  • Pets of LAEL: Gus and Vinnie

    Pets of LAEL: Gus and Vinnie

    Pets of LAEL would love for you to meet the guinea pigs of Masters Student Hannah and author Molly: Augustus and Vincent! They have big names for such little guys, so are usually just referred to as Gus and Vinnie, the Boys, or the Guinea Pig Mafia. Gus and Vinnie were given to us for…

  • Pets of LAEL – The Shrimp

    Hello and welcome back to pets of LAEL. This week, we have not one, not two, but four pets of the week! This week, we have four wonderful shrimp, which belong to Senior Lecturer in Forensic Corpus Linguistics, Dr Claire Hardaker. Claire has four shrimp at the moment and they arrived here on the 30th of…

  • Pets of LAEL – Penny

    This week’s LAEL pet of this week is Penny. Penny is owned by our Senior Lecturer in phonetics and phonology, Dr Claire Nance! Penny is 16.5 years old. Claire adopted her when she was 14 as her previous owner had to go into a care home. She has one good tooth but still loves food.…

  • Pets of LAEL – Fudge and Smudge

    Welcome back to Pets of LAEL! This week’s pets of the week are Fudge and Smudge.   Fudge and Smudge belong to our Senior Lecturer in Phonetics – Dr Sam Kirkham. Sam adopted Fudge and Smudge a long time ago – the shelter insisted they must come as a pair! They are now around 16-19 years…