Wordnerdery
Language is cool and weird and interesting.
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My list of random, interesting etymologies
Anagrams (or 'nag a rams'?)
Is it 'an apron' or 'a napron'?
Which country has the most periodic table elements named after it or its cities?
The origin of 'okay'
(tl;dr: people have thought purposely misspelling words was funny since at least 1838, when 'o.k' became a jokey incorrect acronym of 'all correct')
Etymology Nerd on youtube
(and other platforms I don't use): I don't usually watch short-form stuff but he's one of my exceptions. Some reccomendations:
Computer words and ambulances
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The Roman Empire
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Atomic slang
@NakariSpeardane on youtube: a channel on worldbuilding, anthropology, and other topics with some interesting linguistics videos:
The Linguistics of Double Negatives
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The Thingification of Words
Why The UK Has So Many Accents
(youtube)
Unparalleled Misalignments
— pairs of phrases with different meanings but using words that are synonyms (e.g. Playbill / Fake Money)
Are Emojis the Modern-Day Hieroglyph?
(tl;dr: no)