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? When were swear words invented? Have words like “dude” and “bro” become gender neutral? Who came up with the word poop? Is “unalived” a real word now? Answers to all of these questions and plenty more await on Etymology Support.
0:00 Etymology Support
0:14 Etymologies rock
1:05 Gender neutral dude bros
2:50 Silent letters: Why?
3:47 “Unalived”
4:55 Grimm’s Law
5:57 %^*&*%!!!
6:47 Making up new words
8:41 How did each language form?
12:05 What was there before we had language?
14:06 Orange
14:47 💩
15:09 Fall into Autumn
15:54 Did we ruin demure?
16:35 New Slang
18:00 NO
18:34 The Great Vowel Shift
19:51 Shakespeare!
20:34 Why did we stop saying ‘thee’ and ‘thou?’
21:57 …..word?
22:21 Pregnant: Origins
23:25 Doggos
Director: Anna O’Donohue
Director of Photography: Caleb Weiss
Editor: Richard Trammell
Expert: Gareth Roberts
Line Producer: Joseph Buscemi
Associate Producer: Brandon White
Production Manager: Peter Brunette
Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark
Casting Producer: Nicholas Sawyer
Camera Operator: Christopher Eustache
Sound Mixer: Sean Paulsen
Production Assistant: Sonia Butt
Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin
Post Production Coordinator: Ian Bryant
Supervising Editor: Doug Larsen
Additional Editor: Paul Tael; Jason Malizia
Assistant Editor: Andy Morell
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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.
🐺 What is the ‘were’ in werewolf?
🧌 Why is there a ‘monster’ in ‘demonstrate’?
🦇 What does ‘vampire’ literally mean?
These creepy questions answered and many more. Join us… if you dare 👻
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October 22, 2024
Art
Grace Ebert
All images courtesy of Rodrigo Oñate Roco
Rodrigo Oñate, a.k.a. Roco, marries the visual languages of graffiti, comics, and pop culture in his energetic paintings. Splitting his time between Chicago and Querétaro, Mexico, the artist works on walls and canvases, mish-mashing a flurry of characters along with simple patterns, squiggles, and the occasional surreal detail, like a gloved hand embedded with an eye.
Roco describes his process as entirely intuitive and almost like graffiti writing. “I throw some lines and from there. I start staging characters and elements adding textures and intricate forms,” he says. “I like movement and fluid forms, (and I’m) also always looking for a good balance of color and texture in the composition.”
Several cartoonish characters recur throughout the spirited works and often emerge from personal connections. Birds, for example, come from Roco’s mother telling him that the animals flocking to their family garden were ancestors visiting from another realm, while dogs mimic his three dogs.
Other creatures have broader symbolism, like the jaguars and large cats recalling the spiritual guides of Mexican mythology. […]
Read More: Energetic Characters Collide in Roco’s Bold, Cartoonish Jumbles
Vitória Macedo
SÃO PAULO
In predominantly male fields like engineering, many women become pioneers. This is the case of Sherry Romanholi, 27, the first woman in Latin America responsible for operating a “worm”—the massive machine that creates space for the expansion of São Paulo’s line 2-green metro.
SÃO PAULO – SP – BRASIL – 16.10.2024: Portrait of Sherry Romanholi, 27 (Foto: Adriano Vizoni/Folhapress, COTIDIANO) – Adriano Vizoni/Adriano Vizoni/Folhapress
The giant underground excavation machine has a cutting wheel with a diameter of 11.66 meters and a length of 100 meters, making it the largest in Latin America. It is also named after one of Brazil’s foremost writers, Cora Coralina—in fact, all these machines are named after women. For Sherry, it is both a challenge and a happy surprise.
Sherry’s connection with the machine began a while ago. Before operating it, she worked in logistics and oversaw the transport of the machine’s parts and tools from China to Brazil. Then, the opportunity arose for her to move into construction and join the project, initially in quality inspection, and later in operating the excavation. The learning process to operate the machine has been happening on the job for the past seven months.
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Frankenstein’s Origins 🧟♂️📖
Explore the true, dark origins behind Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein. This Gothic masterpiece wasn’t just born from imagination—it emerged from a web of personal tragedies, scientific curiosity, and forbidden love. Learn how a teenage girl’s experiences shaped one of the most enduring stories in literary history. 🌩️
From the radical philosophies of her parents to the mysterious and scandalous summer at Villa Diodati, Mary Shelley’s life was steeped in heartbreak and controversy. Follow the journey of Frankenstein’s creation, its scientific inspirations, and the monster that haunts us all.
What part of Frankenstein’s story intrigued you the most? Leave a comment below! If your lust for Gothic origins still burns, like this video and subscribe to the channel for more dark explorations. 🖤
📖 Chapters:
00:52 – Mary Shelley’s Tragic Origins
04:01 – Forbidden Love
07:36 – Tragedy & Inspiration
09:00 – The Galvanism Debate
12:04 – The Year Without a Summer
15:33 – Prometheus & Paradise Lost
19:34 – Stage and Film
21:21 – Creation and Destruction
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Tram 24E starts at Praca Luis de Camoes and ends at Campolide.
#travel #lisboa #lisbon #tram #portugal
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