Happy #NationalTeacherDay! Thank you to all the teachers whose work is so important. To mark the day, here’s our video on the etymologies and history of education: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fR0YVsr8QhU #NationalTeachersDay #TeacherAppreciationDay #TeacherAppreciationWeek
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Teachers #Education
It’s #NationalCartoonistsDay! Here’s our video “Marvel” about the history of comics and cartoons, to celebrate! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_V7GSoi314
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Marvel #Comics
Happy #MuseumLoversDay! Did you know that ‘museum’ and ‘music’ are related words? We got into that in our video on Music, but we talked about the early history of museums in this Endnote: https://youtu.be/tbvvu2NDL-A
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Museum
It’s #BirdDay! So here are some bird etymologies to celebrate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HITkoa7q5J0
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Birds
Happy #StarWarsDay! Here’s the surprisingly connected origins of "protocol" and "droid" (and why blue milk is kind of the thing that glues them together)! https://youtube.com/shorts/ibFTMbTBFAI
#etymology #WordNerd #linguistics #language #words #lingcomm #c3p0 #droid #starwars #maythe4thbewithyou #bluemilk
Happy #FreeComicBookDay! So here’s our video “Marvel” about the history of comics, to celebrate! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_V7GSoi314
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Marvel #Comics
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
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Scurvy #Gimlet #Cocktails
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!
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Insurance #Math
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
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #LabourDay #LaborDay #Union
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
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Fashion #Costume
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
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Fashion #Costume
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
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Superhero #Avengers
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
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Freebooting #Bug #Linoleum
Happy #ArborDay! Here’s one of our videos celebrating trees and tree-planting:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl-WunKwjrY
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Trees
The surprisingly connected origins of greedflation, yearn, soufflé, blow, and budget.
#etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #greedflation #yearn #soufflé #blow #budget
It’s #WorldBookDay! Here’s our video about the history of the book: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOK6kB9ytIo
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Evolution #Book
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
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #EnglishLanguage #HistoryOfEnglish
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
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Shakespeare #Weird
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
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #FoodWeb #FoodChain
