A new “Quick & Quirky Words” video – with words for good conversationalists, tricky words, & babblers!
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zeiQXpX1YM[/embedyt]
The Endless Knot: Deipnosophist
The Endless Knot: Christmas Stocking
Digging beneath the sugarcoating to find the linguistic and cultural origins of the holiday treats in the Christmas stocking.
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dryPmMO1cSA[/embedyt]
The Endless Knot: Etymology
The origin of the word ‘etymology’ leads to an explanation of the basics of Proto-Indo-European, Grimm’s Law, and comparative philology.
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uAelIs0pNUY[/embedyt]
The Endless Knot: Costume
The custom of costumes — inspired by Halloween, an exploration of the language of fashion and fashion as a language.
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SzgoxKvgAr0[/embedyt]
The Endless Knot: Ambition
The roots of ‘ambition’ and other political vocabulary show the way language changes with society’s changing values.
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dU965S2lEMY[/embedyt]
The Endless Knot: Scatch
From stilts to skates: the obscure word “Scatch”
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9x3SXX239n0[/embedyt]
The Endless Knot: Linoleum
The surprisingly fascinating history of “Linoleum” – and trademarks!
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dy5fkezJx7A[/embedyt]
The Endless Knot: Kenspeckle, Beau, & Bedizened
A new Quick & Quirky Word: the origin and early citations of Kenspeckle, Beau, & Bedizened.
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpFH70CPMWA[/embedyt]
The Endless Knot: Runes
For our new video, we’ve teamed up with NativLang to do a two-parter about the odd history of runes!
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BwAYkYHmQ5k[/embedyt]
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cl6qVHxMaDg[/embedyt]
The Endless Knot: Betwattled
The origin and early citations of ‘Betwattled’.
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7BqbgQnnVY[/embedyt]