Ye olde word Podcast
1) Companion and Comrade
What do the words companion and mate have in common with food? What is a Calque? Listen to this episode to find out! Sources: https://www.merriam-webster.com/wordplay/history-of-word-companion https:...Show More
2) Explode
What do ancient theatre goers of Rome and the word explode have in common? Listen to the episode to find out! Sources: https://mashedradish.com/2017/03/28/the-dramatic-roots-of-explode/ https://www....Show More
3) Janus words
What are words which contradict themselves called? Fast means to go fast, but, to stand fast means to not move at all. Listen to this episode to understand such words! Sources: https://medium.c...Show More
4) William Dampier
What is the difference between a pirate and a privateer? What link has the pirate William Dampier has to guacomole, mango chutney, and to Charles Darwin? Listen to the episode to find out! Sources: ht...Show More
5) Words from Greek myth-Part I
What does the word cereal and panic have to do with Greek mythology? Listen to the episode to find out! Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ceres_(dwarf_planet) https://www.merriam-webster.com/dict...Show More
6) Humour
Are the words humid and humour related? What does the word melancholy have to do with bile? Listen to the episode to find out! Sources: https://www.sciencefriday.com/articles/the-origin-of-the-...Show More
7) Fossil words
What does the word 'ado' mean in the phrase much ado about nothing? Why do we say fast food and not quick food? Listen to the episode to find out! Sources: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fossil_word h...Show More
8) Pandemonium
What does pandemic and pandemonium have in common? Listen to the episode to find out! Sources: https://letsproofread.com/text/124/ https://wordhistories.net/2016/08/25/pandemonium/ https://blog.oup.c...Show More
9) Sloth
Was the animal sloth named after the Cardinal sin or was it the other way around? Listen to this episode to find out! Sources: https://en.m.wiktionary.org/wiki/sloth https://mashedradish.com/2016/02/...Show More
10) Venom
What does the Goddess of love have to do with the etymology of the word venom? Listen to find out! Sources: https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/venom-and-the-goddess-of-love https://www.ety...Show More