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The English spelling system is a MESS... arguably more than any other language. How did it get this way? Otherwords is a PBS ...
614,023 views
2 years ago
Oh the Great Vowel Shift. What a mess you made. In this video, let's explore what the GVS was and why it screwed up English ...
320,542 views
1 month ago
A brief history of English from the Anglo Saxons to Shakespeare Some sources: The Cambridge history of the English language.
1,165,143 views
... crazy spelling prank, but try not to get too mad at English. It's not an arbitrary meanie. It/s just a victim of a complicated history.
347,726 views
9 years ago
What can spelling tell us about relationships between words? While spelling may sometimes seem random or unexpected, this ...
360,656 views
11 years ago
Explore the evolution of English spelling conventions throughout history, and find out why it's such an inconsistent language.
345,912 views
When we talk about 'English', we often think of it as a single language. But what do the dialects spoken in dozens of countries ...
5,639,173 views
8 years ago
In this video I look at the historical factors that have made English spelling so varied, inconsistent, and unpredictable! ▻Learn a ...
1,126,213 views
5 years ago
Is enuf enough? Watch more from the Did You Know? series ...
61,604 views
4 years ago
Learn about etymology, the study of word origins and derivations in historical linguistics, and the influence of a ...
464,712 views
6 years ago
Every letter of our alphabet has a story to tell. Join me for an A to Z of A to Z. I'll explain... 𐦃 The Egyptian hieroglyphics that ...
3,250,648 views
1 year ago
What is the difference between "a hearty welcome" and "a cordial reception"? In a brief, action-packed history of the English ...
1,345,086 views
Art by kvd102 0:00 English Spelling 0:33 Worst Spelling Reform Ideas 1:07 Actually Okay Spelling Reform Ideas 1:30 Spelling ...
416,764 views
Take a look at the history of the English language (this is a combination of all 10 parts of the series into one video) (All parts ...
2,884,828 views
12 years ago
Thorn, eth, yogh, wynn, ash, ethel, eng, long S & the Tironian et. This video takes you on a tour of the letters we don't use anymore ...
1,465,225 views
3 years ago
How did English become the most spoken language on the planet, and why are there so many varieties of English? Otherwords is ...
146,503 views
What would English have been like if William the Conqueror had been William the Conquered? How would we be speaking if our ...
1,352,495 views
Prepare to be amazed by the surprising origins of the English words for colours (or colors for our American friends). I promise ...
995,675 views
Is it oignon or ognon? Coût or cout? And why did everyone start tweeting #jesuiscirconflexe in 2016? Written and Created by Me.
94,737 views
Pretty much every other language seems to have grammatical genders... so why doesn't English? Well, it used to. Old English had ...
1,205,799 views