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Linguist Answers Word Origin Questions | Tech Support | WIRED
22 Oct 2024 Linguist Gareth Roberts joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning questions about the etymologies of English words. How did the first languages first form? Was there once a single common language that all the others evolved from? … Continue reading
What’s the ‘were’ in werewolf? | SPOOKY ETYMOLOGY
23 Oct 2024 #etymology #ghoststories #halloween In this episode of Words Unravelled, Rob and Jess dig into the spooky origins of Halloween words. From ‘ghosts’ and ‘ghouls’ to ‘warlocks’ and ‘witches’, they uncover the hauntingly fascinating roots of supernatural lingo. … Continue reading
Why is English so weirdly different from other languages? | Aeon Essays
Death and the word; William conquers Harold and the English language. From Cotton Vitellius A XIII(1) f3v. Photo courtesy British Library No, English isn’t uniquely vibrant or mighty or adaptable. But it really is weirder than pretty much every other … Continue reading
COW vs BEEF Busting the Biggest Myth in Linguistic History.
[…] The story that’s been told 100s of times: The names of animal comes from the Anglo-Saxon peasants who were English and the names of the meat comes from the French Nobles. An interesting story but it’s a myth. I’ll … Continue reading
Why does oxygen have the wrong name? | ELEMENTS
In this episode of Words Unravelled, Rob and Jess explore the fascinating stories behind the names of the elements of the periodic table. From gods and mythological creatures to places and famous scientists, discover how history, language, and culture have … Continue reading
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