Tag Archives: Language

Why do we say “hello”?

Posted on April 24, 2024 by agogo22
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Finnish Idioms #nordics #language #finland

Posted on April 22, 2024 by agogo22
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Mock My Words! It’s a Malapropism!

Posted on April 8, 2024 by agogo22
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The Power of Emptiness

Posted on December 31, 2023 by agogo22
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Do you know these unusual words? (with SUSIE DENT!)

Posted on December 9, 2023 by agogo22

Enjoy these weird and wonderful words from me and Susie Dent! And remember that the first 500 people to use my link will receive a one month free trial of Skillshare: https://skl.sh/robwords12231 For this video exploring the most wonderful rare … Continue reading →

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The mysterious case of the “lost positive”

Posted on November 25, 2023 by agogo22

Welcome to the world of the LOST POSITIVE. Lost positives are the extinct words that only remain in our language in their negative form. Could you ever be ruthful, feckful or gormful, just as you can be ruthless, feckless and … Continue reading →

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The Language With No Word For Music

Posted on September 27, 2023 by agogo22

Exploring how our use of language can shape the ways in which we think about music. ⦿ SCRIPT & SOURCES ⦿ Script: https://tinyurl.com/langscript Sources: https://tinyurl.com/langsources ⦿ FOLLOW ME ⦿ Spotify: https://tinyurl.com/tea9e8v2 Twitter: https://twitter.com/albertgenower Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/albertgenower/ Struck by a Wikipedia article … Continue reading →

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11 Difficult English Accents You WON’T Understand

Posted on August 1, 2023 by agogo22

❓🤨❓ How good are your English listening skills? Can you figure out where these accents are from? Can you understand what they are saying? […]

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HOW TO USE THOU …as well as thee, thy, ye & you.

Posted on July 26, 2023 by agogo22

English used to have a formal and informal way of saying “you” – like lots of other languages do now! Allow me to explain… What does “thou” actually mean? How is it different to “you”? And what about “thee”? These … Continue reading →

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Susie Dent’s Foreign Words of the Week – Stolen Words

Posted on May 23, 2023 by agogo22

What English words have been stolen from other languages? How much of English has come from other languages? Countdown Star Susie Dent describes her top British words that have been adopted from other languages! As English originates from other languages… … Continue reading →

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