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Tag Archives: Etymology
Words that are becoming extinct
Like many of us, I am a big fan of and user of words. One of my most popular blog posts is 102 great words that aren’t in English but should be102 great words that aren’t in English but should … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Heritage, history, Life
Tagged Betrumped, Endangered words, English, Etymology, Idioms, Straight from the Horse's Mouth, Words
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Tracing words back through time
Back in the mid 1990’s when I was studying at SOAS, one of the classes that I most enjoyed were those given by Professor Alexander Piatagorsky. He is said to have been the greatest Russian philospher of all time and … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Heritage, history, Life
Tagged English, Etymology, Foreign words with no equivalent in English, Language, Proto-Indo-European, Words
6 Comments
How did countries get their names?
Have you ever wondered why your country has the name it has (in the English language anyway)? How did England get its name? There are two reasons and they are possibly linked. As with countless other countries, the name is … Continue reading
Posted in geography, history, News, Travel
Tagged Country, Country origins, Etymology, Georgraphy, history, Names, Travel, Tribes
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The Ædifying use of Æ
No, I haven’t been holding down random keys on my keyboard when writing the title of this post though I dare say that it might be the only published article anywhere on the internet today that features Æ.Whilst writing an … Continue reading