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Arika Okrent uploaded a video 1 day agoWords We Invented By Getting Them Wrong - Duration: 2 minutes, 40 seconds.
Some times a mishearing leads to the birth of a word. Here are some words we invented by getting them wrong. Produced for Mental Floss.- CC
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Arika Okrent uploaded a video 2 days ago
How Do You Say Pecan? - Duration: 3 minutes, 17 seconds.
It varies from town to town, or even within families. Part of the problem with the word pecan has to do with the way it came into the English language. Produced for Mental Floss,- CC
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Arika Okrent uploaded a video 3 weeks ago
Horrible Jargon We Got Used To - Duration: 3 minutes, 33 seconds.
Everybody hates management-speak and corporate jargon, but here are some terms that people used to think of as horrible jargon that we all got used to. Maybe one day we'll all be leveraging deliver...- CC
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Arika Okrent uploaded a video 1 month ago
The Double Vocabulary of English - Duration: 2 minutes, 20 seconds.
Why does English have so many words that have twins? Here's how we got to have two vocabularies, one based in Germanic roots, and one based in Latin. Produced for Mental Floss.- CC
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Arika Okrent uploaded a video 1 month ago
Word That Are Their Own Opposites - Duration: 3 minutes, 10 seconds.
Welcome to the world of contronyms, where words mean something--as well as its opposite. Produced for Mental Floss.- CC
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Arika Okrent uploaded a video 2 months ago
The Story of the Umlaut - Duration: 4 minutes, 2 seconds.
We know it as those scary Gothic-Viking-Teutonic dots, but they are so much more. Here is story of the umlaut. Produced for Mental Floss.- CC
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Arika Okrent uploaded a video 2 months ago
French Phrases Hidden in English Words - Duration: 2 minutes, 5 seconds.
English has borrowed a lot of words from French, but some words come from whole French phrases. Even if you speak French, you may have never noticed the connection.- CC
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Arika Okrent uploaded a video 3 months ago
Why Do Animals Make Different Sounds in Different Languages? - Duration: 3 minutes, 38 seconds.
Shouldn't we use the same words for animal sounds, whatever the language? Here's why we don't.- CC
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Arika Okrent uploaded a video 4 months ago
Why Do We Say 'Merry' Just for Christmas? - Duration: 4 minutes, 8 seconds.
We say "Happy" for everything else. Why "Merry" just for Christmas?- CC
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Arika Okrent uploaded a video 4 months ago
Word Origins Hiding in Plain Sight - Duration: 2 minutes, 19 seconds.
Sometimes the etymology of a word is right in front of us, and we don't even see it.- CC
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Arika Okrent uploaded a video 4 months ago
Why Are There So Many Different Names for Germany - Duration: 3 minutes, 49 seconds.
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Arika Okrent uploaded a video 6 months ago
Fancier Words for the Shapes in Your World - Duration: 2 minutes, 1 second.
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Arika Okrent uploaded a video 6 months ago
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Arika Okrent uploaded a video 7 months ago
Where do the Days of the Week Get Their Names - Duration: 2 minutes, 45 seconds.
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Arika Okrent subscribed to a channel 8 months ago
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D-PAN: Deaf Professional Arts Network exists to support, encourage and develop professional and educational opportunities for talented individuals who are deaf and hard of hearing as well as hearing i- CHANNEL
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Arika Okrent uploaded a video 9 months ago
Why Does 'Terrible' Mean Bad and Terrific Mean Good? - Duration: 2 minutes, 24 seconds.
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Arika Okrent uploaded a video 9 months ago
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Arika Okrent uploaded a video 10 months ago
The Evolution of Dude - Duration: 2 minutes, 25 seconds.
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Arika Okrent uploaded a video 10 months ago
Why is Y a sometimes vowel? - Duration: 3 minutes, 15 seconds.
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Arika Okrent uploaded a video 11 months ago
Words That Aren't What You Think They Are - Duration: 3 minutes, 45 seconds.
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Arika Okrent uploaded a video 1 year ago
Why is English Spelling So Weird? - Duration: 4 minutes, 4 seconds.
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Arika Okrent uploaded a video 1 year ago
Langscape HowTo - Duration: 7 minutes, 19 seconds.
How to use Langscape from Maryland Language Science Center for Mental Floss- CC
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