346 GG Tuxedo Verbs

346 GG Tuxedo Verbs

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The ‘Tale of Two Dictionaries,’ with Peter Sokolowski

1169. In this bonus segment, originally released in November, we look at Peter Sokolowski's "Tale of Two Dictionaries," tracing the word "dictionary" back to a 16th-century Latin work by a monk named Calepino. We look at how this original source led to the first monolingual dicti ...  Show more

Why leprechauns are shoemakers. The March equinox versus the vernal equinox.

1168. This week, we look at the word "leprechaun" and its surprisingly wild origin story involving shoemaking, ancient Rome, and wolf-men. Then we look at the word "equinox": its Chaucer connection, the newer word "equilux," and why the first point of Aries is actually in Pisces ...  Show more

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