Alliterative/Endless KnotThe surprisingly connected origins of "ball" and "ballet". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #ball #ballet
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The surprisingly connected origins of "deck" and "tile".
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Deck/Tile #Etymology
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The surprisingly connected origins of "barley" and "farrago".
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Barley/Farrago #Etymology
Mx. Luna Corbden 🐸Spoiler: Lorem ipsum IS real Latin. It's from an unremarkable book by Cicero weighing the moral differences of various philosophies.
It made it to computers via rub on lettering sold in the 60s. (Remember I was talking about rub on lettering some weeks ago?)
I'm still on the part where they're trying to figure out how it got to rub-on lettering.
Deep investigative research into the source of lorem ipsum.
Whatever history you read online is false. This is the first real deep dive into the origin. She brought receipts.
The Lorem Ipsum Mystery
Wandering PineCommittees were a real part of how the Congress of Vienna worked, so my board game has a proper committee track — one I'm still working on. And while building it, "committee" quietly became my favorite English word with three double letters in a row: mm, tt, ee. Do you have a favorite?
The surprisingly connected origins of "cop" and "capture". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm
Cop/Capture #Etymology
The surprisingly connected origins of "fang" and "peace".
Fang/Peace #Etymology
The surprisingly connected origins of "urchin" and "caprice".
#etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #urchin #caprice #hedgehog
