03:18

Shoulda Woulda Coulda. Where does that L come from?

03:50

Highly Irregular: Why Tough, Through, and Dough Don't Rhyme and Other Oddities...

01:47

Things Labeled 'American' in Other Countries

03:47

Number Words and the Human Body

02:46

Secrets Given Away By Silent Letters

03:48

What is a Word

03:51

Why Isn't There A Word For That?

03:38

Common Words That Mean Something More Specific To Experts

03:40

The Story of 'Cool'

03:52

Why Is It 'My Lord' But 'Your Highness'?

04:17

What Causes a Foreign Accent?

02:09

Fancy Words for Mundane Health Problems

01:43

Interesting Holiday Word Origins

02:48

Tricky Grammar in Christmas Songs

03:32

The Story of Figurative "Literally"

02:08

Hidden Metaphors in Anatomical Terms

02:39

Spot the Words Hidden in These Words

02:38

Weird Syntax III: The More The Merrier

02:02

Weird Syntax II: Sexiest Man Alive

02:03

Weird Syntax: Part I. "How Dare You"

03:59

Why Do We Have Irregular Verbs?

02:33

The Story of "Gross"

02:06

Words We Got From Weather

05:18

How Do We Know How Languages Are Related?

01:42

5 Comma Types That Can Make Or Break a Sentence

02:10

Mysterious Word Parts, Demystified

01:53

Whole Phrases Hidden in English Words

02:26

Negative Words That Turned Into Positive Words

02:32

The Story of Basic English

01:48

Classy Insults from Latin and Greek

02:46

Words That Are Older Than They Seem

03:09

Where Do the Calendar Months Get Their Names?

02:47

How British and American Spelling Parted Ways

02:14

Words That Don't Seem Related, But Are

02:24

Words That Seem Related, But Aren't

02:25

Octopi, Platypi, Walri, Oh My!

02:48

Words That Have Lost Their Better Halves

02:46

Isaac Newton's Forgotten Invented Language

02:49

Why Does Q (Almost) Always Go With U?

03:21

The Story of ASL

02:40

Words We Invented By Getting Them Wrong

03:17

How Do You Say Pecan?

03:33

Horrible Jargon We Got Used To

02:20

The Double Vocabulary of English

03:10

Word That Are Their Own Opposites

04:02

The Story of the Umlaut

02:05

French Phrases Hidden in English Words

03:38

Why Do Animals Make Different Sounds in Different Languages?

04:08

Why Do We Say 'Merry' Just for Christmas?

02:19

Word Origins Hiding in Plain Sight

03:49

Why Are There So Many Different Names for Germany

02:01

Fancier Words for the Shapes in Your World

03:43

How Did Language Begin

02:45

Where do the Days of the Week Get Their Names

02:24

Why Does 'Terrible' Mean Bad and Terrific Mean Good?

02:46

What is the Real Origin of OK?

02:25

The Evolution of Dude

03:15

Why is Y a sometimes vowel?

03:45

Words That Aren't What You Think They Are

04:04

Why is English Spelling So Weird?