Why don’t we have words for these things?

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Why doesn’t English have a word for someone who is alive? Or a general term for your aunties and uncles? Should we bring back the word ‘uhtceare’ from Old English or steal ‘Torschlusspanik’ from German?

Rob and Jess answer these questions and more as they investigate the words that English has forgotten to invent. Join them to explore silly sniglets, outrageous orphaned negatives and untranslatable terms in another nerdy episode of Words Unravelled.

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The tidal island of Mont Saint-Michel in France.

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Plants hire butterflies

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A 13 meter sequoia in Wateringen, the Netherlands was moved 100 meters to a new spot after outgrowing its original location. Planted in 2003 it grew so fast its roots lifted the street. Weighing 30 tons, it was relocated by truck and can now grow safely in it’s new spot.

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When 1.5 Million Kettles All Turn On At The Same Time #funfact

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Lari Finocchiaro | Asalato e Voz (@larifinocchiaro) 

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Danny Wonders (@dannywonders) | Afro Brazilians weren’t just descendants of Africa they were the architects of Brazil itself

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Lisbon, Portugal

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Antarctica’s newest research station holds a lesson for snowy cities

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An almost perfectly preserved pocket of old London, just minutes from Waterloo Station…

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