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==CHAPTERS==
0:00 Introduction
0:09 The chicken or the egg?
1:19 Why passenger not passager?
3:30 Celtic words in English
6:40 Silent H in rhythm and where
12:59 Two meanings of “maroon”
14:48 English trends that came back
17:40 Why are donkey and monkey said differently?
19:00 Why are first and third germanic, but second isn’t?
22:25 William spelled Pilliam
27:37 Overhelmed, underwhelmed but not whelmed
29:34 English in 1000 years
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song – dirt by emory
made by julia fernandez
300 handmade ceramic tiles, stop motion animated
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listen to “dirt”: ffm.to/bendsdirt
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follow emory:
instagram:
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spotify: open.spotify.com/artist/7HKjj…
apple music:
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video credits:
directed by julia fernandez
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song credits:
written by emory wellons
produced by emory wellons
pedal steel by jason altshuler
mixed by jason vance harris
mastered by amir shoat
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lyrics:
i think i can love you kindly
kinder than you love yourself
i want to be in your family
maybe i can be someone else
put my hands under the dirt
pick out from my fingernails
i swore i could move the earth
i swore i could still believe in you
but the river will move
and the old rope swing will wear down
you and i are capable
gentle
now
i think i could be your man
big and tall like in your head
pull me out from heavy sand
put me down into your softer hand
‘cause the river will move
and the house we built will wear down
i promise we’ll be older soon
warmer
now
Uploaded on 12 Dec 2025 at 20:43
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