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28 Jul 2024
βοΈ Which is the only English city named after a woman?
π€’ What is Nottingham's disgusting former name?
π° What's so new about Newcastle's castle?
Watch my π₯NEW VIDEOπ₯ to find out!
(Please, it took aaages)
youtu.be/517gTjBLVy4?si=rd40β¦
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Jun 2
HEFTY NEWS!
Iβm taking my wordy nerdy show to this yearβs Edinburgh Fringe.
Iβll be doing 10 nights at the Assembly George Square Studios from 6th to 16th August.
I can barely ruddy believe it! Iβd love to see you there.
Tickets: assemblyfestival.com/whats-oβ¦
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Mar 12
As of today, I'm now on the streaming platform Nebula!
Subscribers can access ad-free versions of RobWords videos and other goodies, as well as those of hundreds of other creators.
My fancy link gives a big old discount, too: go.nebula.tv/robwords
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Mar 11
It was a profound (and somewhat profane) pleasure to have the professor on the podcast.
Mar 11
Revisiting my old stomping grounds - CUSSING and slurs - with Rob Words and Jess Zafaris on Words Unravelled! youtu.be/6JYqGa_-UZE
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Jan 6
What accent would a talking monkey have?
That's one question answered in my latest video exploring the language of the animal kingdom.
Do please give it a watch:
youtu.be/pjLmIpOGNXA?si=jAOcβ¦
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22 Dec 2025
If youβre looking for some gentle Christmas viewing, hereβs @JessZafarris and me going through some festive word origins:
youtu.be/9A0hAxeFyo4
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8 Dec 2025
I am tremendously excited about this.
Join me for evening of word-nerdery at London's Bloomsbury Theatre.
Tickets just went on sale here: ucl.ac.uk/bloomsbury-theatreβ¦
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27 Nov 2025
I've just published another newsletter brimming with wordy nerdy curiosities.
Did you know there's a word for "shaped like a turnip"?
Read the whole thing for free here:
robwords.substack.com/p/the-β¦
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21 Nov 2025
I did! And I highly recommend Dr. Danny's linguistics newsletter. It's the best way to stay on top of the latest language research. Linguisticdiscovery.com
20 Nov 2025
RobWords of YouTube fame ( @robwordsYT ), lover of word facts and haver of language fun, recently started a Substack! Join his 11,000 other subscribers below.
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12 Nov 2025
Who's on S**stack?
I've just started publishing my wordy nerdy newsletter and other bits and bobs over there. There are 10 editions for you to read already.
Type in RobWords and you'll find me.
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15 Oct 2025
ALFA BRAVO CHARLIE DELTA
The NATO Phonetic Alphabet is neither phonetic nor a product of NATO.
But, OSCAR MIKE GOLF, is its true origin story fascinating.
Check out my video here (2 million people already have!): youtu.be/UAT-eOzeY4M
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18 Sep 2025
W[h]AT [p)SYC[h]O DESI[g]NED OUR TONG[ue]??
English has a major silent letter problem.
How did it end up this way?
Wa[t]ch my new video to find out: youtu.be/NXVqZpHY5R8
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4 Sep 2025
Word Unravelled just hit 100k subscribers on YouTube!
For such a geeky little channel, that is fabulous. Thank you if you subscribed.
And thanks to @jesszafarris & @martynmnw for making it all so fun.
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24 Aug 2025
BEHOLD my latest video, in which a sweaty man tries to teach you hieroglyphs.
youtu.be/90An1dnvwyc
Please watch.
Cheers,
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Rebet
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5 Aug 2025
ππ»ββοΈ OUNCE and π INCH both trace back to the exact same Latin word: UNCIA meaning "twelfth".
That's why there are 12 inches to the foot and... 16 ounces to the pound (blame the French).
For all manner of measurement etymology, give my NEW VIDEO a watch: youtu.be/pM3c328VifA
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1 Aug 2025
Use the Oxford comma, folks.
Community note
This is a digitally altered image. AM archive of the original magazine cover from the now defunct website of Tails Inc magazine is here:
web.archive.org/web/2011040203β¦
Itβs not clear from the post that the photoshopped cover is meant to be satirical or ironic
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24 Jul 2025
FLIPPIN' HECK!!
Words Unravelled has been nominated for a BRITISH PODCAST AWARD!
Working with @JessZafarris on this has been such spectacular wordy nerdy fun.
Thank you so much if you have listened or watched.
#britishpodcastawards
ALT Shows the Words Unravelled podcast logo with a badge saying Shortlist Mest New Podcast.
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16 Jul 2025
Is it "on accident" or "by accident"?
Is "10 items or less" okay?
Are road signs wrong to tell us to "drive slow"?
'Grammar Girl' Mignon Fogarty joined us to expose some grammar myths and mistakes on Words Unravelled.
Thanks, @GrammarGirl!
WATCH: youtu.be/9C9nvVUEuOI
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12 Jul 2025
Want to know the ENTIRE history of the English language but have only 22 minutes (and 21 seconds) to spare?
My NEW VIDEO has you covered.
It's all there:
π₯§ P-I-E
π‘ Old English
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Great Vowel Shift
π Shakespeare
and loads besides.
WATCH HERE: youtu.be/0gHE9blt0mQ
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