It's interesting that the word "sport" is such a recent coinage, especially since it appears in so many European languages. Today we wouldn't bat an eye at a word being coined in english and almost immediately showing up everywhere else, but this seems to be an example that happened when english was far less dominant and communication far less global. I wonder if it's an outlier as an anglicism that spread so far in that era. I suppose this reflects an era of dominance for british sport development -- with codified rules of Association Football, Rugby, and Cricket quickly establishing themselves as global standards (and not just in colonies) so maybe it was natural for related words to make the same journey. Or perhaps in this case it's somewhat phonetically lucky -- since it has a middle french root it sounds like a "natural" word in romance languages, but it also doesn't sound out of place in germanic ones either.
Good point -- we were surprised it was so recent, too, at least in its more modern sense. I suspect you're right that the ability of the British to spread their sports and the terminology that went with them was part of the reason for its wide adoption.
Fun fact about KDKA: because they were at least among the first land radio stations, they had adopted those call letters before the convention of using call signs starting with K in the west and W in the east was standardized in 1921. To my knowledge, they're still the only station here in Pittsburgh whose call sign starts with a K rather than W, and they still run our local Channel 2.
It felt to me like your last video was ages ago but apparently, it was only two months. I guess it says something about this year. Anyway, it was great as always!
Thanks! It feels like a long time ago to us, too -- we've only done 3 in 2020, which is pretty shocking. That *also* says something about this year, I guess! But thanks, glad you enjoyed!
Did you know that apart from 'akon' a couple of other interesting words also come from the root *ak? For example, in Greek 'akme' (=point), 'akros' (=sharp), 'akron' (=tip), 'akis' (=sharp point), 'akte' (=rugged coast) and others. In Latin, 'acer' (=sharp), 'acies' (=sharp edge), 'acus' (=needle), 'acuo' (=sharpen) and others. And finally, in German 'Ecke' (=angle) and in English 'edge'. Fantastic!!
Why is this video so darn quiet??? Right click on the video and select ‘Stats for nerds’. From there, you can see that RUclips measures this video’s audio as 17.9 dB too quiet. 18 dB is an enormous gap. It’s roughly the difference between whispering and shouting. You really need to pay closer attention to the audio on future videos. This one is unwatchable unless I absolutely blast the volume.
Yes, I'm sorry, we messed up the levels on this one it seems; not sure what happened (since this is the first time in 100+ videos it's happened) but we'll check more carefully in the future.
I am very lost on how you are using the term Amateur in this video. The gentlemen amateurs in this video were called so because they did their sports for little to no money, that's the point. An amateur is someone who does something without relying on it for their livelihood. A perfect example, as you point out, was Coroebus of Elis , a cook and baker. So when he ran, he was not a professional runner, and seeing as his prize was an olive branch, he didn't make a living out of it. Also, interesting side note on Coubertin. In the 1912 Olympics he entered anonymously into the Olympic literature competition and won a Gold in poetry. There were a large number of Arts Competitions during the early years of the Olympics, including Music, painting and sculpture. These were removed later because it removed the idea of amateurism. Poets and musicians would do so to earn their pay all year round, but the athletes did so in their free time. Which is seen by many as the true spirit of the Modern Olympics.
The definition of 'amateur' you're using here is the one that is standard now, you're right, but when the concept first developed in connection to sport it had a different meaning. Coubertin and his associates were specifically trying to restrict competitors to those who didn't work for a living at all, that is, 'gentlemen', whose money was inherited or made through land ownership etc. And they of course *also* didn't make money from their involvement in sport. It was only after criticism of this stance that the rule was revised to exclude only those who made money directly from their sports; however, in effect this still mostly restricted the participants to those people who didn't work for a living, since only they had the time to devote to (unpaid) training for sports instead of making a living. The source here is "A Brief History of the Olympic Games" (2004), page 94. "As formal competitions in athletics began to spread in the 1860's, these upper classes invented the concept of amateurism, and the first rules, formed in the mid 1860's, were founded on a strict class distinction that had nothing to do with profit. Anyone who was a "mechanic, artisan, or laborer" was classed as a professional, ineligible to participate in the athletic meetings of the "Gentleman amateurs" which were springing up at the time. ... By the 1880's, however, pressure from the larger public forced a modification of the rules. Rules against any profit replaced the rule against the working class. The effect was nearly the same."
The upcoming Tokyo Olympics will be the first modern games played in an uneven year. What with sunk cost and every other even year is already claimed they already rescheduled it 2021
It's interesting that the word "sport" is such a recent coinage, especially since it appears in so many European languages.
Today we wouldn't bat an eye at a word being coined in english and almost immediately showing up everywhere else, but this seems to be an example that happened when english was far less dominant and communication far less global. I wonder if it's an outlier as an anglicism that spread so far in that era.
I suppose this reflects an era of dominance for british sport development -- with codified rules of Association Football, Rugby, and Cricket quickly establishing themselves as global standards (and not just in colonies) so maybe it was natural for related words to make the same journey. Or perhaps in this case it's somewhat phonetically lucky -- since it has a middle french root it sounds like a "natural" word in romance languages, but it also doesn't sound out of place in germanic ones either.
Good point -- we were surprised it was so recent, too, at least in its more modern sense. I suspect you're right that the ability of the British to spread their sports and the terminology that went with them was part of the reason for its wide adoption.
Fun fact about KDKA: because they were at least among the first land radio stations, they had adopted those call letters before the convention of using call signs starting with K in the west and W in the east was standardized in 1921. To my knowledge, they're still the only station here in Pittsburgh whose call sign starts with a K rather than W, and they still run our local Channel 2.
Interesting! Thanks for that tidbit.
Excellent video! I'm happy that I discovered your channel!
Thanks, and welcome!
I love these videos it is so interesting. Thanks for a great show you deserve a Gold Medal
Wow, thank you! *Waves to crowd* :😀
This was great to watch. Your work is always superb.
Thank you!
Very comprehensive, as always. Thank you!
It felt to me like your last video was ages ago but apparently, it was only two months. I guess it says something about this year. Anyway, it was great as always!
Thanks! It feels like a long time ago to us, too -- we've only done 3 in 2020, which is pretty shocking. That *also* says something about this year, I guess! But thanks, glad you enjoyed!
Revisiting this for the summer games
This is making me want to return to play some good ole' Mario and Sonic at the Olympic Games and to read some The War of Frog and Mice :)
Did you know that apart from 'akon' a couple of other interesting words also come from the root *ak? For example, in Greek 'akme' (=point), 'akros' (=sharp), 'akron' (=tip), 'akis' (=sharp point), 'akte' (=rugged coast) and others. In Latin, 'acer' (=sharp), 'acies' (=sharp edge), 'acus' (=needle), 'acuo' (=sharpen) and others. And finally, in German 'Ecke' (=angle) and in English 'edge'. Fantastic!!
Why is this video so darn quiet??? Right click on the video and select ‘Stats for nerds’. From there, you can see that RUclips measures this video’s audio as 17.9 dB too quiet. 18 dB is an enormous gap. It’s roughly the difference between whispering and shouting. You really need to pay closer attention to the audio on future videos. This one is unwatchable unless I absolutely blast the volume.
Yes, I'm sorry, we messed up the levels on this one it seems; not sure what happened (since this is the first time in 100+ videos it's happened) but we'll check more carefully in the future.
The audio on the video is very low, but love to see new stuff!
Sorry about that! Not sure why, I’ll have to see what changed in our settings. 😕 But thanks, glad to finally get it out there!
@@Alliterative "Very low" may have been a slight exaggeration, but probably 10~15 db below the average youtube video.
I am very lost on how you are using the term Amateur in this video.
The gentlemen amateurs in this video were called so because they did their sports for little to no money, that's the point. An amateur is someone who does something without relying on it for their livelihood. A perfect example, as you point out, was Coroebus of Elis
, a cook and baker. So when he ran, he was not a professional runner, and seeing as his prize was an olive branch, he didn't make a living out of it.
Also, interesting side note on Coubertin. In the 1912 Olympics he entered anonymously into the Olympic literature competition and won a Gold in poetry. There were a large number of Arts Competitions during the early years of the Olympics, including Music, painting and sculpture.
These were removed later because it removed the idea of amateurism. Poets and musicians would do so to earn their pay all year round, but the athletes did so in their free time. Which is seen by many as the true spirit of the Modern Olympics.
The definition of 'amateur' you're using here is the one that is standard now, you're right, but when the concept first developed in connection to sport it had a different meaning. Coubertin and his associates were specifically trying to restrict competitors to those who didn't work for a living at all, that is, 'gentlemen', whose money was inherited or made through land ownership etc. And they of course *also* didn't make money from their involvement in sport. It was only after criticism of this stance that the rule was revised to exclude only those who made money directly from their sports; however, in effect this still mostly restricted the participants to those people who didn't work for a living, since only they had the time to devote to (unpaid) training for sports instead of making a living.
The source here is "A Brief History of the Olympic Games" (2004), page 94. "As formal competitions in athletics began to spread in the 1860's, these upper classes invented the concept of amateurism, and the first rules, formed in the mid 1860's, were founded on a strict class distinction that had nothing to do with profit. Anyone who was a "mechanic, artisan, or laborer" was classed as a professional, ineligible to participate in the athletic meetings of the "Gentleman amateurs" which were springing up at the time. ... By the 1880's, however, pressure from the larger public forced a modification of the rules. Rules against any profit replaced the rule against the working class. The effect was nearly the same."
The upcoming Tokyo Olympics will be the first modern games played in an uneven year. What with sunk cost and every other even year is already claimed they already rescheduled it 2021
Though now Japan is saying they’re not ruling out cancelling it completely... 😕
Could you do RUclips lives, please ?
We've been thinking about doing one sometime soon, actually.
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