Rob Watts (RobWords)

Thanks for watching, Michael!

Acker was a lightbulb for me while researching this.

It depends on which sources your reed.

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Thanks for watching!

Yes, I should have mentioned this theory too because it's perhaps the most persuasive.

Thank you so much, Michael.

YouTube video by Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris What's poopy about a poop deck? | NAUTICAL ETYMOLOGY

Yes, so many terms! Jess and I had a good go at it here: youtu.be/QPcOx29fVPA?...

I just thought flippin' 'eck looked ugly so allowed my self an H.

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FLIPPIN' HECK!!

Words Unravelled has been nominated for a BRITISH PODCAST AWARD!

How's about that @jesszafarris.bsky.social ?

Thank you so much if you have listened or watched.

And extra thanks to our third word nerd, editor @martynmnw.bsky.social

I'm so glad you did, my cheesy friend.

If you're an adjective, you have to be gender fluid.

Mourning!

No, I have une pomme.

A screenshot of Google Translate showing the English sentence "The word is feminine" and its French translation "Le mot est féminin".

In French, to point out that a word is feminine you have to use the masculine form of the word feminine.

I'm dreadful for overusing brackets. It's because there's always a little something to add ("and another thing...").

Sorry, I didn't spot your second message. It clearly *was* used for a plane! I'm now wondering if all the other references to flivver Fords were in fact references to this aircraft.

Smashing! I believe it was sometimes used for a cheap plane too.

YouTube video by Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris Exposing grammar myths and mistakes with Grammar Girl

Is “funnest” wrong? Why does “cheese and macaroni” sound cursed? Is “drive slow” bad grammar?

@robwords.bsky.social and I grilled @grammargirl.bsky.social on common grammar gripes, from flat adverbs to the Oxford comma.

New Words Unravelled episode out now! www.youtube.com/watch?v=9C9n...

YouTube video by Words Unravelled with RobWords and Jess Zafarris Exposing grammar myths and mistakes with Grammar Girl

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.

It was a blast. Thanks, @grammargirl.bsky.social

WATCH: youtu.be/9C9nvVUEuOI

Ha! I completely missed him. He could have garotted me mid-vowel-shift-explanation.

Now, there's an idea...

As I walked past, I thought "What's the point?"

2B or HB, probably. 🥁🤢

Jess nailed it, as ever. But how was the Keswick pencil museum? I passed once but didn't go in.

YouTube video by RobWords The entire history of English in 22 minutes

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:
🥧 P-I-E
🗡 Old English
👅 Great Vowel Shift
🎭 Shakespeare
and loads besides.

WATCH HERE: youtu.be/0gHE9blt0mQ

A good 700 years. We're due another.

I'd settle for a thanehood or athelinghood. Thanks for watching, Michael!

Wonderful! Thank you.

With Doritos... Ich fresse