Bulldogz TeamOct 19, 20223 minInteresting Etymologies 47.3 : Old Norse"Hello again Word Lovers!" This is the third installment of words that came into English from Old Norse. In the first part of this...
MDZOct 18, 20223 minThings I wish I knew before I moved abroadI have lived away from my homeland for a decade plus and I feel some reflection is in order. It’s hard leaving one’s country for pastures...
Merrick WellsSep 19, 20227 minA Farewell to The Constant Queen"The Queen is dead, Long live the King!" The words seem so alien to us, in stark contrast to the constant familiarity of 'the Queen',...
Bulldogz TeamApr 27, 20224 minInteresting Etymologies 47.1 : Old Norse"Hello again Word Lovers!" Today we will begin the first of a three part exploration of one of the major repositories of English, Old...
Bulldogz TeamApr 20, 20227 minInteresting Etymologies 46 : Philosophy"Hello again Word Lovers!" Charly thinks that perhaps this should have been the first edition of Interesting Etymologies because...
Bulldogz TeamMar 8, 20225 minInteresting Etymologies 42 : People"Hello again Word Lovers!" And today we will be looking at words that come from the names of people. We are not going to delve into the...
Bulldogz TeamFeb 9, 20225 minInteresting Etymologies 41 : Persian"Hello again Word Lovers!" In this show we are going to look at words that have merged from Persian. This is a relative mystery to our...
Merrick WellsJan 27, 20224 minCrying with laughterBarry Charles Cryer, OBE (23 March 1935 - 25 January 2022) A legend of British comedy who wrote for some of the great performers of the...
Bulldogz TeamJan 26, 20224 minInteresting Etymologies 39 : Dead Languages"Hello again Word Lovers!" We have looked at words that have come to English from very far flung roots and some of the languages they...