Mastodawn

Aven Jan 31, 2024

Alliterative/Endless Knot Jan 31, 2024

The podcast is back! A new episode is up, talking about the history of ecology and the terms food web and food chain. Apologies for the unscheduled hiatus, it's good to be back at it!

(The wrong audio was up briefly; delete & re-download for the right one!)

http://www.alliterative.net/podcast/2024/01/31/episode-119-an-ecological-chain

#podcast #etymology #ecology #classics #medieval #lingcomm

Episode 119: An Ecological Chain — The Endless Knot

We discuss the language and history of the ecological sciences, all the way back to the ancient Greeks, and the development of the food chain and food web models of ecological systems. And apologies for the unscheduled hiatus! Golden Chain Cocktail Food Web video Cuckold video and podcast

The Endless Knot

Aven Jan 31, 2024

Alliterative/Endless Knot Jan 31, 2024

The surprisingly connected origins of "accoutrements" and "sew".

https://youtube.com/shorts/gGZshv8AUIc

#etymology #WordNerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #accoutrements #sew

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Aven Dec 5, 2023

@electricarchaeo Thank you!

Aven Dec 4, 2023

And finally, a shout-out to the tweet that started it all!

Aven Dec 4, 2023

It's here! My author copy has arrived! And it's available for preorder here: https://edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-toxic-masculinity-in-the-ancient-world.html -- use offer code NEW30 for 30% off. I’m so proud of all the work all our contributors have done.

I’m thrilled to have this coming out, as something tangible to hold on to after all the turmoil of the last few years. This started as an idea in 2018, and it’s been a long road to get here! I’ll let our dedication and my acknowledgments say the rest.

Toxic Masculinity in the Ancient World

Offers the first study of toxic masculinity in the context of ancient Greece and Rome

Edinburgh University Press Books

Aven Nov 26, 2023

Shawn Graham Sep 23, 2023

“People buy and sell human remains online. Most of this trade these days is over social media. In a study of this ‘bone trade’, how it works, and why it matters, the authors review and use a variety of methods drawn from the digital humanities to analyze the sheer volume of social media posts in search of answers to questions regarding this online bone trade. The answers speak to how the 21st century understands and constructs ‘heritage’ more generally” https://www.berghahnbooks.com/title/HufferThese/recommend #dh #archaeology

These Were People Once: The Online Trade in Human Remains and Why It Matters | Berghahn Books

Independent Publishing since 1994

Aven Nov 26, 2023

Donna Yates Nov 23, 2023

Wanna read how Shawn Graham and I used knowledge graphs and AI to find what *MIGHT BE* a multi decade crime spree across museums and continents? It's FREE: "Reputation laundering and museum collections: patterns, priorities, provenance, and hidden crime" https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/13527258.2023.2284740

Aven Oct 15, 2023

Alliterative/Endless Knot Oct 15, 2023

It’s #NationalAlbumDay! So here’s one of our earliest videos, about the fascinating origins of the word “Album”, and why the “White Album” is extremely well-named. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ge6Og4EetkY

#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Album

Album: Word History Connections

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Aven Oct 11, 2023

Alliterative/Endless Knot Oct 11, 2023

The surprisingly connected origins of "law" and "lager".

https://youtube.com/shorts/fPpWYYUhURE

#oktoberfest #etymology #WordNerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #law #lager #beer

Law/Lager #etymology

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Aven Sep 30, 2023

@grammargirl Yeah -- there were also a lot of complaints about "obstreperous" which I just use in daily life, tbh (but then my family is odd and very language-focused). A good reminder not to assume, I guess!

(I of course learned "a quick brown fox etc." when I was learning touch typing... I guess now that people don't learn that as much, it may be dropping out of style? 🤷‍♀️ )