This episode covers rare words for conversations about Time, exploring their origins and recognisable words from the same root. Words featured include desultory, ephemeral, dilatory, tarry, exigent and evitable. Listen for the history of how time, once determined locally, became standardised across Britain with the emergence of the railway. Sources: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/387/294/  https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/much-ado-about-nothing/read/1/1/  https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/give-us-ballot-address-delivered-prayer-pilgrimage-freedom  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TbLTpR0njo  Transition sound by https://audionautix.com

This episode covers rare words for conversations about Time, exploring their origins and recognisable words from the same root. Words featured include desultory, ephemeral, dilatory, tarry, exigent and evitable. Listen for the history of how time, once determined locally, became standardised across Britain with the emergence of the railway. Sources: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/387/294/ https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/much-ado-about-nothing/read/1/1/ https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/give-us-ballot-address-delivered-prayer-pilgrimage-freedom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TbLTpR0njo Transition sound by https://audionautix.com

This episode covers rare words for conversations about Time, exploring their origins and recognisable words from the same root. Words featured include desultory, ephemeral, dilatory, tarry, exigent and evitable. Listen for the history of how time, once determined locally, became standardised across Britain with the emergence of the railway. Sources: https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/387/294/&nbsp; https://www.folger.edu/explore/shakespeares-works/much-ado-about-nothing/read/1/1/&nbsp; https://kinginstitute.stanford.edu/king-papers/documents/give-us-ballot-address-delivered-prayer-pilgrimage-freedom&nbsp; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-TbLTpR0njo&nbsp; Transition sound by https://audionautix.com&nbsp;

107. Time

Word History is a podcast for people who enjoy words and history.&nbsp; Each episode takes a small set of words linked to a theme. You'll hear what they mean, where they come from and which familiar words share the same linguistic roots, along with stories from the past related to their use.&nbsp; Listen for words that sharpen expression, and brief histories that show how ideas and practices, as well as language, took shape. Across an archive of more than a hundred episodes, you'll find explanations of word, name and phrase origins.&nbsp; The majority of etymologies featured return to Old English, Ancient Greek, Latin and Old French, providing a look into languages of the past that underpin English.&nbsp; New episodes on Sundays.&nbsp; Play the daily word game Derivety: https://derivety.com&nbsp; Get in touch: https://etymoleon.com&nbsp;

History

Word History is a podcast for people who enjoy words and history.  Each episode takes a small set of words linked to a theme. You'll hear what they mean, where they come from and which familiar words share the same linguistic roots, along with stories from the past related to their use.  Listen for words that sharpen expression, and brief histories that show how ideas and practices, as well as language, took shape. Across an archive of more than a hundred episodes, you'll find explanations of word, name and phrase origins.  The majority of etymologies featured return to Old English, Ancient Greek, Latin and Old French, providing a look into languages of the past that underpin English.  New episodes on Sundays.  Play the daily word game Derivety: https://derivety.com  Get in touch: https://etymoleon.com 

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