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ANGLISH: English without the ‘foreign’ bits
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Do you know these weird words for groups?
Let’s explore English’s many weird collective nouns! And remember to head to https://squarespace.com/robwords to save 10% off your first purchase of a website or domain using the code “robwords”. 🥚 A gaggle of geese 📊 A business of ferrets 🎓 … Continue reading
Why some say CHUBE and SHCHUPID (and why it’s RaSPEWtin, but POOtin)
An explanation of ‘Yod Coalescence’ and ‘Yod Dropping’! Fly telepod https://sketchfab.com/3d-models/telep… Rod Stewart Costume https://escapade.co.uk/products/rod-s…
Why Some People Say SHTRONG! (the CHRUTH)
Native speakers! Please take my pronunciation survey https://www.englishspeechservices.com… THANK YOU! A discussion of why English speakers in various countries pronounce ‘sh’ at the start of words like ‘street’ and ‘strong’. MRI videos from University of Glasgow: https://www.seeingspeech.arts.gla.ac…. Josh at English … Continue reading
OLD NORSE IN ENGLISH: The words the Vikings left behind
[…] The Vikings raided, pillaged… and changed our language. Their Old Norse words invaded English and many remain to this day (I used one right there – watch to find out which!). In this video, discover: ⚔️ The everyday words … Continue reading
Accent Expert Gives a Tour of U.S. Accents – (Part One) | WIRED
Dialect coach Erik Singer takes us on a tour of different accents across English-speaking North America. Erik and a host of other linguists and language experts (Nicole Holliday, Megan Figueroa, Sunn m’Cheaux, and Kalina Newmark), take a look at some … Continue reading
How the DUTCH Changed the English Language
[…] In this video you’ll discover the extraordinary influence of the Dutch and Flemish on the English Language. Well delve into the history, which includes a look Dutch and Flemish immigration, the economic and trading rivalry between England and the … Continue reading
Where Does Newcastle’s Geordie Dialect Come From?
The Geordie accent is one of the most well-known accents from the United Kingdom. Even some of the dialect words and phrases have become well known such as “howay man” and “wey aye.” In this video I’ll be looking at … Continue reading
Weird plurals in English: Men, geese, sheep, knives and many more
Everyone knows that you make plurals in English by an adding an S. So how come we have “men” instead of “mans” and “mice” instead of “mouses”? And why are “sheep” and “fish” the plural and the singular terms? In … Continue reading
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