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Raf Erzeel
Бельгия
Добавлен 6 окт 2011
alternatives for 'street'
Have you ever noticed the variety of words for 'street' in street names? I mean words like 'road', 'avenue', 'lane' and many more. We explore a few of them, and look at their origins.
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20 sports-based expressions
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There are so many expressions in English that originated from sports. We select 20 of them, from hunting, fishing, boxing, wrestling, running, racing, cards, sailing, golf and tennis. How many do you know?
Happiness
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Obviously, English has plenty of expressions meaning 'to be happy'. We explore four of them, and try to clarify where they come from. Do you know 'tickled pink'?
two expressions explained
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In this video, I explain the meaning and origins of two of my favourite expressions, namely: 'on tenterhooks' and 'give someone the cold shoulder'. Do you know what a tenterhook is?
informal expressions and words
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A random selection of expressions and words that I've come across over the past couple of weeks, with some explanation. Do you know what 'a gnat's whisker' is?
'a lot' is overused
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Some words or phrases are overused, and 'a lot' is certainly one of them. And yet there are plenty of alternatives to express quantity, frequency or variation. Let's explore a few of them.
greeting or addressing someone
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Too many learners never get beyond a simple 'hello' or 'hi' when they're greeting or addressing someone. We have a look at how to improve this limited form of greeting.
feeling ill
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In this video, we're looking at words and expressions about feeling ill. We start off by discussing 'ill' and 'sick' and their usage in British and American English.
Pronunciation of unstressed syllables in British English
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Especially in British English, unstressed syllables tend to be reduced or even omitted. We have a look at a few examples of this phenomenon.
expressions with 'foot'
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There are so many expressions with body parts in English. This time, we're looking at expressions with 'foot' or 'feet', from 'put your foot in it' to 'have one foot in the grave' - a collection of my favourites.
expressions with 'nose'
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We explore a few examples of expressions with 'nose', among others 'pay through the nose', 'keep your nose clean', 'nose to the grindstone', 'give someone a bloody nose' and others. "A nose by any other name would smell as sweet"...
stay calm !
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We all get upset once in a while, when we reach the end of our tether. And then we get the advice to stay calm: keep your hair on!; keep your shirt on!; don't get your knickers in a twist!; simmer down! In this video, we explore these different ways of saying: stay calm!
diphthongs in British English
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Time for another video on British English pronunciation. Today, we are looking at diphthongs, or glides. British English has eight of them, and we give examples for each one.
What's going on in British politics?
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There have been 3 different British Prime Ministers in 2022 alone, and 5 over the last 6 years. What's going on in British politics? We try to explain what has happened in 2022 to create such instability.
Challenges of word stress in English
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Word stress in English is often difficult, but also very important, as it can make a difference in meaning. We look at a number of examples and try to identify the challenges. In the video, I refer to another video, on differences between British English and American English; you can find that video here: ruclips.net/video/lb7jNLDajiY/видео.html
A few troublesome vowels in British English
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A few troublesome vowels in British English
more informal expressions in British English
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more informal expressions in British English
informal expressions in British English
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informal expressions in British English
Why is there no government in Northern Ireland yet?
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Why is there no government in Northern Ireland yet?
Flags in the UK - their origins and history
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Flags in the UK - their origins and history
Toponyms - how place names are used to create new words
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Toponyms - how place names are used to create new words
It was the vikings that had the biggest influence on the English language, it was during that period when English lost most of its inflection and much of it's core vocabulary was replaced with old Norse words.
I’m a professional carpenter/ cabinetmaker in the uk of 17 years, and noticed that the trade speaks in millimetres but the clients think in centimetre, which often leads to confusion. I have bought a tape measure from the USA and now do all my measurements in feet and inches and instantly the communication between myself and the clients is improved. I’ve also noticed that the inch and foot give a far more user friendly rendition of a space than does the massive meter or the minute millimetre.
Good video
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My Spanish partner usually refuses to take my advice when it comes to the English language (or any other area of expertise, in fact). Fortunately, she respects the unquestionable authority of my former university professors!😉
Glad to hear that!
it was interesting! i knew there’s a lot of differences between these two, but i didn’t think there were so many of them….
Glad you've learnt something new. Thank you for watching!
i didn’t know a single phrase or a word from this video. so now my vocabulary has become a little bigger, thank you! there must be more views!!!
Thank you for watching! There are many more videos on expressions and words - please have a look.
Thanks! Very clearly explained and under 3 minutes even with the digression!
Thank you! We aim to please...
I was taught that "the pale" was the defensive fence or palisade constructed to protect Dublin. The palisade was made of long pointed sticks (pales) bound together to keep the "heathens" out of Dublin. So going or being beyond the pale put you in Irish territory which no English person would do unless escorted by an armed force. So my Irish grandmother told my Canadian-born father. If / when I misbehaved that was his favourite expression. History is truly fascinating.
I didnt know that the simple word „nose“ could be used to say so many different things! Awesome ☺️
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You not said sanskriti language
Thank you for your comments. Indeed, I don't mention Sanskrit, as I am not talking about the origins of languages before English. When I say that some word was borrowed from some language, I am not talking about the actual origin of those words, but about how those words came into the English language.
Sir mother and father sentence becomes sanskriti sentence matru and pitru
Opera is the ural of Latin, opus as in corpus, corpora, etc. Not Italian.
Thank you for your comments. Of course 'opera' comes from Latin, but word in English was borrowed from Italian, not straight from Latin. By the way, I will continue to use the term 'borrow', as it is a standard term in linguistics.
I believe this euphemism "borrowing" should stop. English never intended to give back any words it adopted, incorporated, or took from other languages. We should say it like it is. These words were taken and adopted with no sense whatsoever of being returned to the language they were adopted from. These words were taken and incorporated just as Modern Standard Hindi is incorporating English words into its language today (and has been for hundreds of years) albeit with its funky Indic pronunciation with stress on different syllables where economy is pronounced as ECO-NO-me, instead of EH-CON-O-ME.
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I am an official member of the party! They call me The Screaming Katoot Box.
nice one!
We want more and thanks
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Bring back the Þ is what I say! Great Vid!
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Great video. You deserve more views. Could I recommend you having longer video titles and descriptions so that youtube recommends your videos more? Keep up the good work.
Thank you for your comment, and for the recommendation.
Mr Erzeel, thanks a lot for the expressions.you presented. As an English teacher, not only can I learn, but also teach my students something which is not found in a coursebook. However, I'd like to make a suggestion: why don't you give more examples, even written on the footage, besides the ones you talk about? Once again, thank you.
Thank you for your kind comment. I'll keep your advice in mind - look out for my next video!
Peuple and part are french words
Thank you for your correction. I found a long list of words that were already in use in Old English in a work by Melvyn Bragg, but I should have spotted these as obvious borrowings from Old French.
Lol 😂 yeah even in my home state of Hawaii (and all over America come to think of it) to this very day the term “Limey” is sometimes used to refer to a Brit. An Englishman in particular. Although when the word limey is used it’s most often not in an endearing sense. It’s usually used as a negative slur, lol 😂 a rather benign one I will admit. Anyways, alohas and have a blessed day.
Thank you for your comment.
TAMIL CONNECTION : Unfortunately there is no recognition for the oldest language Tamil, the under rated dark horse. There are plenty of not only English words which relates either directly to Tamil language or seeped deformations through various intermediaries like Sanskrit, Greek or Latin etc into English. Examples Button is actually a Tamil word pronounced as Pothaan for thousands of years. Sponge = Panju actually used to refer cotton. Pipe= Pazhuppu in Tamil Paleo was actually Pazhaya or old in Tamil. Betrothal is actually a Tamil word Petror ( Parents)+ Oppudhal acceptance) Petroropputhal. Puddings = Puttu Red comes from Ratham Emperor Empire comes from Embiran means great ruler of a vast area. "Thol""tholai" is used in Tamil to refer distance which gradually became Thel and later as tele and used in words like telephone(Tholaipesi), television (tholaikatchi), telegraph and telegram. Doosu became Dust Payattu Tamil word becomes Fight. Theyyal, theyyalar becomes Tailor. Thechu becomes Stichu and stitch. Thachchar, thachachan becomes Thachar surname in England i.e Margret Thacher whose ancestor's were actually Roof Makers and stiching leaves and branches to make roof was their profession. Earlier roofs were made by stiching leaves together and placing on the roofs. Kalvettu becomes culvert in English Kurippu becomes Skurippu and later script. Oppari a kind of dance drama Tamil becomes Opera Thadhai of Tamil becomes daddy in English. Mandooram of Tamil gradually became Mound, Mount, mountain etc. Montenegro Kalainjium becomes Colosseum in Italian and English language Congee= porridge, water with rice; Originated from Tamil and Malayalam Kanji Coir= From Tamil kayiru Catamaran = From Tamil Kattumaram Kattu means tied up, Maram means logs. Cot from Tamil Kattil Ginger from Inji in Tamil. Sugar and Jaggery. Long etymology. Attu (8)+ Kara (Arms)+Aaram (Circle) Attukaraaram->Atkararam->Satkararam->Satkaram->Sakkaram. Contd... Sakkaram means wheel in Tamil. Wheel with eight arms. Sakkara (Wheel)+ Arai (Grind,Ground) in Tamil. The one which is ground by wheel. (Sugar cane ground by wheel becomes Sugar. Sugar gradually deforms into sukkar, shakkar, Jaggery etc. Mango from Tamil Maangai Pagoda from Tamil word Pagavadi i.e A house for a diety. Teak a Tamil word Theykku or teku. Cash from Tamil word Kaasu. Even words like Casino, Casanova etc. Eight from Tamil word Yettu. One is from Tamil word Ondru. Victory from Tamil word Vettry All English words having TERRA comes from the Tamil word Tarai. Tarai means Ground, floor or in a larger sense a place or an area. Territory, Terestrial, Extra Terrestrial. Extra itself Ex + Terra means above normal level. Ultra means something beyond normal level of cognition. Still there are hundreds of words not only in English but in almost all parts of the world which needs deep study. The very word England itself has a Tamil origin. The earliest settlers first landed in an arc shaped or Angle shaped land in the extreme east coast and called it as anguli Tarai (Tharai) meaning angled place and they were Anguliars or Angulitaraiyars. That place got named later as Angula Nadu which gradually deforms as Angulnad, Anguland, England, England! Also the very word Etymology can be broken up as Aathi or Aadhi + Moola+ Alasi or Aalosi. Aadhi means first or earliest. Moolam means root or origin. Alasi means to check deeply or research. Even Aalosi means to probe deep mentally. Aadhi moola alasi = Aadhimoolalasi= Aathimoology = Etymology. Peychu of Tamil deforms to Spea hu then Speach. Aaku becomes Maku later Make Tamil "Peedu" becomes Speedu and Speed. "Matirai" becomes Meter "Peedu Matirai" becomes Speedometer. Urundai of Tamil becomes Round. Naagam becomes snake. Ilamanjal Kai becomes Lemon Urul becomes Roll. Urundai becomes Round. Moolakuru becomes Molecule. Koll in Tamil = Kill in English Itara becomes other in English Parisu becomes Prize in English Arisi of Tamil becomes Rice Vaadu of Tamil becomes "Fade Allan of Tamil becomes Aqua. Pala becomes Poly. Miga and Magha of Tamil become Mega. Mudir becomes Mature. Isaipadu becomes Accept Paathai becomes Path Vazhi becomes way Kiribati becomes Grain Narambu becomes Nerve Butti , Buttil becomes Bottle Illam ,Illu becomes Villa Surungu becomes Shrink Pazhuthu becomes Fault Adam becomes Adamant Uddan becomes Sudden Vendi becomes want Kai pattru becomes Capture Tirugi becomes Torque Alavu becomes level Madamai becomes Mad Kaani becomes Cawney Surutu, churuttu becomes Cheroot Kalvettu becomes Culvert Copparai becomes copra. Kari becomes Curry Pachilai becomes Patchouli Paravi becomes Spray Naagam becomes snake Ithu becomes It. And many many more words! ruclips.net/user/tamilsantham ruclips.net/user/tamilsantham
Thank you for your extensive contribution. There is a difference, however, between the deep etymology of words (so many languages find their origins in PIE (proto-indo-european), and from which language words in a particular language have been borrowed. Opera, for instance, eventually derives from the PIE root 'op' (which you also see in Tamil 'oppari', but English definitely borrowed 'opera' as a word from Italian.
@@raferzeel could be possible.
Im really curious to know with all of the worldwide problems of Covid, how does that effect the Monster Raving Loony Party ?
They are probably affected just as much as any other party, organisation or association.
@@raferzeel I would assume so, I just find it funny since they seem to be an pretty extreme organization, so i would imagine Covid effects on them would an interesting observation.
I have only been able to find one OMRLP 'policy proposal' concerning Covid-19: "We will place in law measures to stop panic buying as COVID19 restrictions take hold. Shoppers will only be permitted to buy one panic per person." (from www.loonyparty.com/about/policy-proposals/)
Thank you very much for this nice and interesting video!
Thank you for watching!
Mango and catamaran from Tamil
Thank you for that additional information!
@@raferzeel my pleasure
See my latest comments. Hundreds of Tamil words origin of English words.
@@Topquark1 I am not surprised. I just wrote down 2 of the words that flashed in my mind that moment.
History of language
Thank you for your suggestion.
Great video, this was a good laugh. Thanks!
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is there any reason for a red box to be green?
There are despatch boxes in different colours, depending on the function of the person in question. Permanent Secretaries (heads of departments in the civil service) have green despatch boxes.
@@raferzeel He is asking why a video production will edit a green box to look red.
Thank you sir for great knowledge
Thank you so much for your kind comment.
Masks PROTECT YOU and people around you!
Thank you so much for uploading this video. It is helping me get through the pandemic!
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Keep up sir🦋
Thank you, I will.
Slended job
I often watch your videos whenever I have free time. I get excited every time I learn something new. Thanks!
Thank you for your kind comment. I aim to please; please keep watching my videos.
Thank you for a very interesting talk.
Glad you enjoyed it; thank you for the pat on the back.
This was so interesting
Pleased to hear that you're enjoying the videos. Keep watching!
Great videos...very interesting! ..please make more
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Enjoying learning from your videos
Thank you for your encouraging comment.
Great informative videos...please make more!
Thank you! I'll do my best.
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Keep up Greetings from Iraq🦋
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Woow, splended video indeed Keep up the hard work ❤
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The words "people" and "part" do not derive from Old English. "People" derives from French "peuple" which derives from Latin "populus". "Part" derives from Latin "pars".
Thank you for your corrections.
Thank you for this excellent summary of the development of English through the centuries. I've seen quite a few, and to be honest most just seem to miss very important things, or portray it from a very biased point of view. Just a couple of small points to add: in 1362 King Edward III introduced the Statute of Pleading which instructed that English was to be used in all courts in England, because the majority of people couldn't understand French that was being used in court to make cases against them or to defend them. (i.e. This was just before Richard II). en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pleading_in_English_Act_1362 Also, the King James Bible in 1611 wasn't the first official bible to be translated into English. It was the third. The first was the Great Bible (under Henry VIII in 1535) and the second was The Bishop's Bible (under Elizabeth I in 1568). However, the King James Bible is the most well known of these translations and has probably resonated so much with the population over the years because of the power and poetry of the English it uses. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_James_Version (paragraph 2). I've found that with Old English, part of the problem of understanding is the speed, where in its spoken form everything happens too quickly to be able to grasp many of the individual words. However, when you have a chance to see the words written down, you can often obtain a better understanding, as you are sometimes able to distinguish the roots without the distractions of forms we no longer use. You are also able to see where old English uses one word (which we might use less commonly) whereas modern English uses another to mean the same thing. e.g. Scanca (shanka) shank = leg, etc. A great video and very enjoyable, thanks again.
Thank you for your informative and relevant comments.
But what is supposed to be the dig deal about them that politicians are standing around showing them off like they want people to think there is something mysterious about them?
Just tradition, I suppose. The boxes are a kind of symbol of the ministerial powers.
@@raferzeel @Raf Erzeel Yep! Thanks, There's at least 1 video claiming it changes colour from red to green as Rishi Sunak walks past a car. Its actually well done if its fake. It was the 1st time I had seen them & I wanted to find out more. Cheers