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What Ancient Egyptian Sounded Like – and how we know
How did Egyptians pronounce the language behind the hieroglyphs? Subscribe for more: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_… Become my patron: https://www.patreon.com/NativLang ~ Briefly ~ From Hatshepsut to Nefertiti to a Coptic Abuna, meet the many forms of the long-lived Egyptian language. Watch as they … Continue reading
60 Euphemisms for Death! | Otherwords
For more word-nerdery, subscribe to Storied!: http://bit.ly/pbsstoried_sub No topic is as universally avoided–yet universally unavoidable–as DEATH. So, it’s got a lot of euphemisms in virtually every language. Otherwords is a new PBS web series on Storied that digs deep into … Continue reading
Popular Words Invented by Authors | Otherwords
[…] Authors often create words just for a one-time usage… but a special few will gain traction and become full-fledged parts of our shared lexicon! Otherwords is a new PBS web series on Storied that digs deep into this quintessential … Continue reading
BBC Radio 4 – Word of Mouth, 3 Ways to Speak English
Dr Jamila Lyiscott describes to Michael Rosen the 3 ways in which she speaks English. Dr Jamila Lyiscott describes to Michael Rosen the 3 ways in which she speaks English according to whether she’s at home, at school or … Continue reading
The Unexpected Origins of the Word ‘Monster’ (feat. Dr. Z) | Otherwords
For more word-nerdery, subscribe to Storied!: http://bit.ly/pbsstoried_sub Words don’t pop up fully formed… they evolve over thousands of years. What can we learn about our relationship to monsters by tracking the word down into the distant past? Otherwords is a … Continue reading
Someone In Colorado Is Putting Out The Funniest Signs Ever, And The Puns Are Priceless
Someone In Colorado Is Putting Out The Funniest Signs Ever, And The Puns Are Priceless We are Happy Land. […]
La faute de l’orthographe | Arnaud Hoedt Jérôme Piron | TEDxRennes
Nous avons été prof de français. Sommés de nous offusquer des fautes d’orthographe, nous avons été pris pour les curés de la langue. Nous avons écrit pour dédramatiser, pour réfléchir ensemble et puis aussi parce qu’on a toujours pensé que … Continue reading
Nahuatl – An Indigenous Language of Mexico
This video is all about Nahuatl, the most widely spoken indigenous language of Mexico. Consultant and voice in the Nahuatl audio samples: Regulo Castro Hernandez Watch my video about MEXICO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ATBtw… ●▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬▬● ► The Nahuatl dialect map is from the … Continue reading
Piss off? Annoy? Shit on? Why Macron’s use of the French swear word ‘emmerder’ is so hard to translate | The Conversation
He said what? Frederic Legrand – COMEO/Shutterstock You can only properly translate French scatological swear words if you consider who is using them. In this case, the most powerful person in France. When French president Emmanuel Macron vowed to “emmerder” … Continue reading
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