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Mysteries of vernacular:
Gorgeous,
beautiful or very attractive.
The source of the word gorgeous
can be found in the Latin word, gurges,
used by the Romans to describe
a whirling, swirling whirlpool.
There are a lot of ways
this marvelous language of ours,
English, doesn't make sense.
For example, most of the time
when we talk about more than one of something,
we put an S on the end.
One cat, two
there's currently over a thousand
TEDTalks on the Ted website and I guess
many of you here think that this is
quite fantastic except for me I don't
agree with this I think we have a
situation here bec
Transcriber: Andrea McDonough Reviewer: Jessica Ruby
Mysteries of vernacular:
Bewilder, to confuse or puzzle completely.
The root of the word bewilder
can be traced back to the Old English word wilde,
Mysteries of vernacular:
Lady,
woman.
Lady is tied to a number of words
that seem at first glance
etymologically unrelated.
She traces her roots back
to the Old English words hlaf,
which referred to a
It really makes a difference what we say.
I learned this from a woman who survived Auschwitz.
She went to Auschwitz when she was fifteen years old,
and her brother was eight, and the parents were lost
You may think you know the words that sit plainly in black on your page,
but don't be fooled.
Some words are capable of taking on different guises,
masquerading as nouns, verbs and adjectives
that alt
Among the great poets of literary history,
certain names like Homer,
Shakespeare,
Milton,
and Whitman are instantly recognizable.
However, there's an early 20th century great French poet
whose name yo
Which is the hardest word to translate in this sentence?
"Know" is easy to translate.
"Pep rally" doesn't have a direct analog in a lot of languages and cultures,
but can be approximated.
But the hard
Language is an essential part of our lives that we often take for granted.
With it, we can communicate our thoughts and feelings,
lose ourselves in novels,
send text messages,
and greet friends.
It's