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, The Roman Empire, Atomic slang
• @NakariSpeardane on youtube: a channel on worldbuilding, anthropology, and other topics with some interesting linguistics videos: The Linguistics of Double Negatives, 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)