words
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Here Are Some Words That Seem Like They Should Be Related But Actually Aren’t At All
Video: Did you know the words “male” and “female” aren’t actually related to each other? As in, there’s no “male” in “female”. The word “male” is derived from the Latin word masculus, while the word “female” comes from the French word femelle. It sounded close enough so we just made them both pronounced like male.…
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Words That Were Invented Because We Actually Just Got Them Wrong
Video: The lesson, as always, is that we’re dumb. All of us. Even the smartest among us can’t save us because we’re all so dumb. Why? Because when we hear the wrong words, we don’t bother to fix ourselves but instead adopt those wrong words into our language even though they’re clearly wrong. It’s great!…
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Why Do Animals Make Different Sounds In Different Languages?
Video: All animals all over the world sound the same. It’s not like they speak different languages, they make the same noises even if they’re different countries! But why is it that different languages think animals make different sounds? It’s because we’re giving names to the sounds that animals make in the construct of language,…
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If You’re Going To Call This A Hoverboard At Least Have The Decency To Make It One Word
We may not have real hoverboards yet. But if you’re going to call these things hoverboards, at least have the goddamn common decency to make it one word. It’s not a “hover board” it’s a hoverboard, for fuck’s sake.