Wordfoolery on The Endless Knot

Hello,

A lovely benefit of writing an etymology blog is interacting with other word geeks here on the blog, and elsewhere. I had the great experience recently of chatting to two total language enthusiasts – Aven and Mark over at The Endless Knot. They create entertaining and educational videos & podcasts about etymology, language, literature, history, science, and connections in the world around us. They really know their stuff and invest huge amounts of time into their passion for language and history. Their video about Christmas Stockings is a real gem, for example.

They were kind enough to have me on their podcast this week to chat about “Words the Vikings Gave Us”. We had such fun recording this and I hope you’ll enjoy listening. Even if you don’t want to listen to my rambling about how Norse culture influenced the early years of English evolution or how a rotten-toothed Viking king gives us a modern word like bluetooth then check them out, you won’t regret it.

You can pick up the podcast (episode 104) on Apple, Google, Stitcher, or listen here.

Until next time, happy reading, writing, and wordfooling,

Grace (@Wordfoolery)