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For anyone who finds words and etymology fascinating, I highly recommend John McWhorter's podcast, Lexicon Valley.


Whilst we're taking and making suggestions, the Online Etymological Dictionary, a true gem of the Internet:

https://www.etymonline.com/

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Searchable from DuckDuckGo with the !ety bang.


Among my most-used. (Along with !w and !hn)


I've really enjoyed the odd essay/opinion piece and Teaching Company lecture series by McWhorter. I've heard people rave about the podcast, so I gave it a go.

I felt badly for the fellow, however, after listening to about half an episode of the podcast. It seemed worse than AM talk radio in terms of commercials, which left me with the impression that the guy really needed the money.

That was some time ago, though. I just scanned a recent episode and it looks like there are only four commercial breaks in 40 minutes which is not quite as excessive as I recollected. If that's not something that bothers you, give it a listen.


To be honest I haven't really noticed that much, as I just scrub through all commercials with my players.


I loved History of English, but beware it is not brief.




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