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Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.
90: Enpoopification (with Grant Barrett and Tim Brookes)
Jan 21, 2024
Grant Barrett, a linguist and lexicographer at Dictionary.com, talks about the American Dialect Society's Words of the Year vote. Tim Brookes, an author and advocate for preserving writing systems, discusses World Endangered Writing Day and the importance of preserving endangered writing systems. The podcast covers topics like language variation, regional variations in soft drink names, and the historical significance of writing systems like Glagolytic and Tifuna.
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- The words clot and clutz have the same Germanic roots and are related to each other.
- Journey and journal are not related; they come from different linguistic origins.
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The connection between clot and clutz
The word clot (C L O T) is related to clutz (K L U T Z) because they both come from the German term Klos, which means a lump or a block. The word clutz originally meant a clumsy or ungraceful person and is a variant of clot. Both words share the same Germanic roots.
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