The surprisingly connected origins of "deck" and "tile". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #barley #farrago #barn #connectedatbirth
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The surprisingly connected origins of "polio" and "appalling". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #polio #appal #appalling
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There are six $300 LingComm Grants on any topic related to linguistics and an additional $300 Kirby Conrod and Friends LGBTQ LingComm Grant.
For more information and to apply, visit the Grants page of the LingComm website here:
lingcomm.org/grants/
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The 2026 LingComm Grants are $300 grants for communicating linguistics to wider audiences in new and engaging ways.
The grants also include a mentoring meeting with Gretchen McCulloch, Lauren Gawne, and/or an experienced lingcommer who Gretchen & Lauren have personally selected to be relevant to your project to ask your lingcomm process questions, and promotion of your project to their lingthusiastic audience.
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The surprisingly connected origins of "cable", "heave", and "heavy". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #cable #heave #heavy
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10 Dec 2025
The surprisingly connected origins of "stream" and "rhythm".
#etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #stream #rhythm
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3 Dec 2025
The surprisingly connected origins of "vital" and "quick". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #vital #quick
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Happy World Linguistics Day from Montreal!
At @LingComm, we learned that the UK has been celebrating National Linguistics Day on November 26th because it's de Saussure's birthday, and the crowd immediately went wild: where are you celebrating World Linguistics Day from?
ALT Happy World Linguistics Day! <3 in front of a wooden bookshelf with the label "linguistics"
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Join us Nov 14 at 3:30pm for a research talk about linguistics fieldwork on Indigenous languages. Harbour Centre Room 2270. Email lingcomm@sfu.ca for the Zoom link.
Learn more: sfu.ca/linguistics/events/20…
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17 Sep 2025
The surprisingly connected origins of "astrology", "stellar", "disaster", and "star".
#etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #astrology #disaster #stellar
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18 Aug 2025
Today (Aug 18) is #HeliumDiscoveryDay marking the eclipse observation by Pierre Jules Janssen, who along with Joseph Lockyer is credited with the discovery of helium, so the #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is HELIUM/SOLAR/SUN #wotd #helium #solar #sun #scicomm #lingcomm
ALT During a solar eclipse in 1868 astronomer Joseph N. Lockyer (among others) discovered the element helium by studying the light of the sun, and etymologically this makes sense. Sun comes from Old English sunne, from Proto-Germanic *sunnon (related to *sunthaz “sun-side” eventually giving us the word south), ultimately from the Proto-Indo-European root *s(u)wen- a variant form of *sawel- “sun”. The variant form *s(e)wol- led to Latin sol “sun” from which we get solar. The suffixed form *sawel-yo- led to Greek helios “sun”, and it’s from that Greek word that Lockyer coined the term helium.
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13 Aug 2025
The surprisingly connected origins of "captain", "cadet", and "caddie".
#etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #captain #cadet #caddie
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23 Jul 2025
The surprisingly connected origins of "conservationist" and "hero". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #conservation #hero #environment
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9 Jul 2025
The surprisingly connected origins of "jeopardy" and "jewel".
#etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #jeopardy #jewel
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2 Jul 2025
The surprisingly connected origins of "abundant" and "water". youtube.com/shorts/oKyGojj9H…
#etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm
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22 May 2025
Happy #SherlockHolmesDay! One of our earliest videos was all about Holmes – and his connections to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight! youtube.com/watch?v=tGJ1fdAd…
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #SherlockHolmes #Holmes #Gawain
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20 May 2025
Happy #DinosaurDay! Time to dig back into our past videos, for the early history of fossil hunting and paleontology’s roots: youtube.com/watch?v=x9yNwRBl…
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Dinosaur #Fossil #Paleontology
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18 May 2025
Happy #InternationalMuseumDay! Celebrate with this short video about the early history of museums: youtu.be/tbvvu2NDL-A
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Museum
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5 May 2025
It’s #NationalCartoonistsDay! Here’s our video “Marvel” about the history of comics and cartoons, to celebrate! youtube.com/watch?v=R_V7GSoi…
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Marvel #Comics
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3 May 2025
Happy #FreeComicBookDay! So here’s our video “Marvel” about the history of comics, to celebrate! youtube.com/watch?v=R_V7GSoi…
#Etymology #Video #WordNerd #Linguistics #Language #Words #HistoricalLinguistics #LingComm #Marvel #Comics
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