Happy #SherlockHolmesDay! One of our earliest videos was all about Holmes – and his connections to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tGJ1fdAdn5w
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #SherlockHolmes #Holmes #Gawain
Happy #DinosaurDay! Time to dig back into our past videos, for the early history of fossil hunting and paleontology’s roots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9yNwRBlKtU
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Dinosaur #Fossil #Paleontology
Happy #FlowerDay! Here are some lovely etymological blooms to help celebrate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q7Dpzgcm9jY
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Flowers
Happy #LoveATreeDay! Have an arboreal etymology to celebrate! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nl-WunKwjrY
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Tree
It’s #WorldCocktailDay! So what better time to pour yourself a drink and settle in to learn all about the history of the cocktail, and some of the fascinating connections of some iconic drinks, with our Cocktail playlist!
https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlDwZNRMgsJK9YKaDhE7Gl-xQ_O2Ur8ZC
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Cocktail
Happy #LimerickDay! In lieu of a (bad) limerick of our own, we’ll point you to our video about Verse, which talks about the basics of poetic form, including the limerick: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SxFzgH0y9Jw
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Limerick #Verse #Poetry
For #NationalTourismDay, may we direct you to our video about the Olympics, Amateurs, and – it turns out – tourism? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=im0C18vcyFE
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #amateur #olympics #tourism
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
