Episode 13: Words and etymology

Good Librations Podcast 13 Etymology

Fellow word nerds unite! Join us as we dip into the sometimes tumultuous ocean of language, pronunciations and, ahem, swearing.

Also, what did the Victorians find so unmentionable? What is a 'dord'? Find out if you have ever had the 'coochie-proochles'. And will we ever really know what 'piffy on a rock bun' is all about?

Find out all this and more in this month's episode of Good Librations.

 

Shelf-absorbed (books we reviewed)

The Isles of the Gods – Amie Kaufman

Project Hail Mary – Andy Weir

Isle of the Gods     Project Hail Mary  

Shelf-important (things we mentioned)

Etymology

Susie Dent

10 Interesting Facts About the English Language that You Didn’t Know

27 Interesting Facts about Words

10 Rare But Useful Words Everyone Should Know

 34 of the Craziest Words in English

Linguistic Prejudice

Language Decline

The psychology of discomfort

The Science of Swearing

Merriam Webster

The Etymology of Words and Their Surprising Histories

Wordle

20 English idioms that everyone should know

The Importance of Etymology in Literacy, History, and Law

Who first said 'The pen is mightier than the sword'?

The Power of Spoken Words

 

Movies/shows:

  • New Girl
  • Kath & Kim

 

Notable people:

  • Weird Al Yankovic (song: Word Crimes)
  • Peter Kay

I just can't help my-shelf (more please)

Songs:

  • The One I Love by David Grey

Shelf-obsessed (further reading)

  • The beautiful words by Vanessa McCausland
  • The dictionary of lost words by Pip Williams
  • The words we keep by Erin Stewart
  • Rewording the brain: how cryptic crosswords can improve your memory and boost the power and agility of your brain by David Astle
  • Australian words and their origins edited by Joan Hughes 
  • Flash Jim by Kel Richards
  • Lost for words: Australia's lost language in words and stories by Hugh Lunn
  • Australia's original languages: an introduction by R.M.W. Dixon
  • Death sentence: the decay of public language by Don Watson
  • Dame Edna's Ednapædia: a history of Australia in 101 objects, as dictated in person to Barry Humphries and Ken Thomson
  • The art of mindful reading: volume embracing the wisdom of words by Ella Berthoud
  • G is for Gugunyal: a Dhurga alphabet book written and illustrated by Leanne Brook

  

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

   

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