Happy #FreeComicBookDay! So here’s our video “Marvel” about the history of comics, to celebrate! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_V7GSoi314
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It’s #InternationalScurvyAwarenessDay! Do you know the connection between the classic cocktail the Gimlet, and the search for a cure for scurvy? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V7jEH6E6l90
Happy #NationalLifeInsuranceDay! We actually have an appropriate video, that covers the origins of life insurance: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejaOKvarqkg
It’s actually the third in a series about insurance and mathematics and coffee, if you’re looking for more!
Happy #MayDay! Solidarity to those on strike and thank you to the unions fighting for workers’ rights. Here are some labour-related etymologies to celebrate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9f2o__MMn88
The surprisingly connected origins of "plagiarism", "flag", and "complacent". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #plagiarism #flag #complacent
It’s #DenimDay! Did you know that “denim” is named after a place? Learn about this and other fabric eponyms in our video on “costume”. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzgoxKvgAr0
It’s #ZipperDay! A simple-seeming invention that’s had a big effect on clothing and fashion, as we talked about in our video on Costume. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzgoxKvgAr0
It’s #NationalSuperheroDay! You can trace the history of the superhero back to long before the comicbook characters we think of now – and we do that, while looking at related words, in our video on Avenger: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ebdtmBqkIM
It’s #WorldIntellectualPropertyDay, and we have a whole playlist of videos to celebrate with! The history of copyrights, patents, and trademarks – via Freebooting, Bug, & Linoleum: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlDwZNRMgsJINop574PoboNpXz5Ang9LH
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Happy #ArborDay! Here’s one of our videos celebrating trees and tree-planting:
The surprisingly connected origins of greedflation, yearn, soufflé, blow, and budget.
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It’s #WorldBookDay! Here’s our video about the history of the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOK6kB9ytIo
Happy #EnglishLanguageDay! For a look back at the origins of this language, here’s our video on looking for the Earliest English Word: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F5QxjzaL1Wc
Happy #ShakespeareDay! Why not celebrate by making it Weird – with our video about the history of that word, and its connections to Fate, Shakespeare, and witches: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYPoTrHTXVQ
Happy #EarthDay! To celebrate, here’s our video about the Food Web, and how it’s a better model for ecosystems than the food chain. We made it for our friend the @RvingNaturalist’s channel, and she has a lot more videos there about nature and ecology that you should check out! https://youtu.be/OxKvcA4NpaQ
Hey, it’s #BigWordDay! Surprisingly, few of our etymological videos centre on big words, but we’ve done a couple of shorts about some bigger words, like Kenspeckle and Bedizened: https://youtu.be/rpFH70CPMWA
Happy #InternationalAmateurRadioDay! The history of the development of amateur radio is pretty fascinating, and we get into it in the second half of our video on Amateur Sport: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im0C18vcyFE
The Definition of 'Dictionary' (and Why You Can't Be R@c!st Against wh!te People)
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Formal Language Is a Social Contract: The Full-Stop Purpose of Language Is…
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The surprisingly connected origins of "exam", "essay", and "pedagogy".
#etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #exam #essay #pedagogy #education