The surprisingly connected origins of "languish", "relax", "relish" and "sleep".

https://youtube.com/shorts/QX29xKvomhY

#etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #languish #relax #relish #release #sleep #flourish

#humor #literature #chace #anguish #languish A book published in 1956 which has stories which are told in correctly spelled English words, but not the RIGHT English words (the most famous of which is "Ladle Rat Rotten Hut") is available on Project Gutenberg (the thongs always have me rolling on the floor laughing):

https://www.gutenberg.org/files/64432/64432-h/64432-h.htm