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: Kenspeckle, Beau, & Bedizened
The Endless Knot: Quacksalver & Toad-eater
A Quick & Quirky Word: Quacksalver. Medical charlatans and eating toads!
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJAZKlQ6-Qk[/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]
The Endless Knot: Weird
From the Fates to Macbeth to the uncanny valley: a history of “Weird”.
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CYPoTrHTXVQ[/embedyt]
The Endless Knot: Tom Collins
Practical jokes, hoaxes, and April Fool’s Day — and how they all connect to the classic drink, the Tom Collins.
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OylCDk2Fcog[/embedyt]
The Endless Knot: Erasmus Darwin
Erasmus Darwin: doctor, scientist, inventor, poet, linguistic innovator, science communicator.
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR78TpW4wkc[/embedyt]
The Endless Knot: Japan
New video! Nippon, Japan, and japanning: the development of a name.
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qfuznw8wDi8[/embedyt]
The Endless Knot: Sublime
The architectural origins and aesthetic development of the word “Sublime”.
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=au-z2jVaTNk[/embedyt]
The Endless Knot: The Twelve Days of Christmas
The etymology of every item in “The 12 Days of Christmas”!
[embedyt] http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZJFSMguXZlg[/embedyt]