RobWords

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Word facts and language fun: this is a channel dedicated to the quirks of the English language. It'll tell you where the words we use come from and why we sa...

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English has an opposites problem

What does the $ actually stand for

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Almost no names are 'English'

Why English behaves like this.

Why animals can't talk (but almost can)

The English words nobody can explain

Time words don't mean what you think

The genius logic of the NATO phonetic alphabet

Why English is full of silent letters

Hieroglyphs are easier than they look

The curious origins of imperial and metric units

The entire history of English in 22 minutes

The incredible way babies learn to talk

A history of mad attempts to fix English spelling

Why do some words just feel gross

Where did our numbers come from

SPECIAL Let's just do a nice crossword together.

Is German as bad as people say

Is English really a Germanic language

Is there a better alphabet for English

Grammar rules you can stop sticking to

The worst English phrasebook ever written

Did Shakespeare invent as many words as people claim

A guide to the alphabet

Are these words untranslatable into English

The invention that broke English spelling

Why we should go back to writing in runes

Where does punctuation come from!

The origin of every English city's name