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Butter No Parsnips
เข้าร่วมเมื่อ 29 ต.ค. 2022
Every week on Butter No Parsnips, your hosts Emily Moyers and Kyle Imperatore take you on an adventure through the weird, wacky, wonderful, and sometimes wicked history of one wayside word. Strange characters, delightful bits, and general joyousness abound, join them as they test each other's etymological expertise!
122. Retiform
Med students, pull out your flashcards! Kyle and Emily are crafting a delicate weave of medical terms, biological networks, and the word retiform.
Our hosts discuss how the usage of the word retiform is a bit extended from its etymological roots. Emily does her best to recall the anatomy of the eye, and Kyle takes us through all manner of nets and networks that appear in biology.
But it’s not all medical talk today. Our hosts also chat about how retiform can be applied in places one might not expect: including a well-crafted spiderweb, an old-fashioned handbag, and even the legendary Don Juan.
Join us every week as we explore the fascinating origins and meanings of words, uncovering the hidden stories behind language and how it evolves over time, for language enthusiasts and etymology buffs alike.
Like and follow us on Instagram ( butternoparsnipspodcast) and Facebook @ButterNoParsnipsPodcast ( ButterNoParsnipsPodcast)
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www.patreon.com/ButterNoParsnips or by visiting www.bnppod.com
Produced by Seth Gliksman (www.sethgliksman.com), Kyle Imperatore, and Emily Moyers
Main theme and accompanying themes by Kyle Imperatore
#words #etymology #podcast
Our hosts discuss how the usage of the word retiform is a bit extended from its etymological roots. Emily does her best to recall the anatomy of the eye, and Kyle takes us through all manner of nets and networks that appear in biology.
But it’s not all medical talk today. Our hosts also chat about how retiform can be applied in places one might not expect: including a well-crafted spiderweb, an old-fashioned handbag, and even the legendary Don Juan.
Join us every week as we explore the fascinating origins and meanings of words, uncovering the hidden stories behind language and how it evolves over time, for language enthusiasts and etymology buffs alike.
Like and follow us on Instagram ( butternoparsnipspodcast) and Facebook @ButterNoParsnipsPodcast ( ButterNoParsnipsPodcast)
Follow us on TikTok @ButterNoParsnips (www.tiktok.com/@butternoparsnips)
Support us at
www.patreon.com/ButterNoParsnips or by visiting www.bnppod.com
Produced by Seth Gliksman (www.sethgliksman.com), Kyle Imperatore, and Emily Moyers
Main theme and accompanying themes by Kyle Imperatore
#words #etymology #podcast
มุมมอง: 20
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121. Bunco
มุมมอง 36วันที่ผ่านมา
Emily and Kyle roll the dice and try out some good old fashioned games of chance. If they play their cards right, they just might learn the history of the word bunco. The word arrived at the intersection of a card game and a dice game, both of which involved betting against a bank like in Blackjack or Roulette. However, you might not want to take your chances at these gambling games, as there’s...
120. Infangthief
มุมมอง 3514 วันที่ผ่านมา
Kyle and Emily have been caught red handed! This week they’re exploring crime and punishment of the most Medieval kind, as they discuss the meaning and origin of infangthief. They begin with the origins of this criminal word which, if you’re wondering, IS related to fangs… a little. But the thief relation is a little more concrete, as this word pulls our hosts deep into Medieval history and feu...
119. Brougham
มุมมอง 3921 วันที่ผ่านมา
Get ready to shine your fender and groom your horses, because this week Emily and Kyle are talking all things brougham, a car and carriage for those looking to travel in style. Our hosts explore the history of a carriage so iconic in Victorian London that it can be seen in the works of Charles Dickens, the world of Sherlock Holmes, and more. They talk about a host of other horse-drawn carriages...
118. Macritude
มุมมอง 38หลายเดือนก่อน
This week, Kyle and Emily get lean and green, or perhaps lean and mean! They discuss the meaning and origin of the word macritude, and it leads them into a classic culinary rivalry. Kyle begins with the origins of this obscure word, in language and in medicine. But he soon pivots to macritude’s much juicier usage in the age-old rivalry between the Brits and the French. Our hosts explore the div...
117. Dree
มุมมอง 48หลายเดือนก่อน
Emily and Kyle take a trip up north and discuss a surprisingly versatile and incredibly useful word, dree. As per usual, it’s the little words that pack a punch! Our hosts discuss the Germanic origins of the Scots language, and the connection between Norse history and a word often only heard in Scotland, Yorkshire, and Northern Ireland. But Emily and Kyle agree that dree, and its linguistic par...
116. Samovar
มุมมอง 41หลายเดือนก่อน
It’s teatime for Kyle and Emily! But today they’ve decided to ditch the modern day kettle and instead do things the old fashioned way, as they explore the history of the samovar. Kyle teaches Emily about an ingenious device for boiling water one which has been well used by Russian tea lovers for hundreds, if not thousands, of years. Our hosts discuss the special place tea has in the history and...
115. Charnel
มุมมอง 34หลายเดือนก่อน
Get ready for some spooky scary skeleton action, because this week Emily and Kyle have a bone to pick with the word charnel. Our hosts discuss why the average grave in a Medieval graveyard might not be as old as you’d assume, and explore what happens when a church has more skulls and bones than they know what to do with. Kyle might be shocked and appalled at this space efficient alternative to ...
114. Mortsafe
มุมมอง 33หลายเดือนก่อน
Kyle and Emily get grave this week, discussing what might become of them after they have shuffled off this mortal coil, and digging into the history of the word mortsafe. This Victorian invention has our hosts asking a delightfully macabre question: Do we need to keep the living safe from the dead… or the dead safe from the living? Turns out Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein was more a product of its...
113. Thaumaturgy with Amy Vorpahl
มุมมอง 632 หลายเดือนก่อน
This week, Emily and Kyle are joined by Amy Vorpahl, a Dungeons and Dragons pro you might recognize from Critical Role, D20, and the recently released Goblin Mode! Amy and Kyle are guided by their DM Emily on an adventure into the magical world of thaumaturgy. Thaumaturgy might be familiar to the DnD players out there, but the history of the thaumaturge goes all the way through Ancient Greece, ...
112. Miasma
มุมมอง 432 หลายเดือนก่อน
There’s something in the air this week on Butter No Parsnips… and it just might be toxic. Kyle and Emily strap on their beaked masks and dive into the history of the word miasma. The roots of the word lie not just in a literal cloud of vapor, but also in the noxious atmosphere of shame and moral pollution. It turns out that even the most famous physicians like Hippocrates and Galen thought dise...
111. Quiddity
มุมมอง 412 หลายเดือนก่อน
Emily and Kyle discuss the quality of what, this, that, and the other thing as they explore the confusing but useful word, quiddity. Our hosts dive into the nitty gritties of metaphysics philosophy from both Ancient Greece and Medieval Europe. Reality starts to unravel as Kyle and Emily talk about the works of Aristotle, the essence of an individual, and the nature of being. In addition to this...
110. Aegis
มุมมอง 392 หลายเดือนก่อน
Kyle and Emily take a ride to the Aegean Sea and Ancient Greece, exploring the divine and danger-filled history of the word aegis. Our hosts run through a number of uses for this word, encompassing not just a literal shield but figurative protection, guidance, support, and endorsement. Aegis may have come from some strange cross-section of goats and storms… But the real meat and potatoes of thi...
109. Malinger
มุมมอง 423 หลายเดือนก่อน
This episode goes out to anyone who’s calling out from work when they weren’t quite as sick as they implied, as this week Emily and Kyle chat all about the word malinger. Emily starts by diving into this word’s French roots, which once described actual sickly people and even, perhaps, the MOST sickly person. But this word came to be more associated with fake illness and injury and not always ju...
108. Aptronym
มุมมอง 573 หลายเดือนก่อน
Ever wondered if your name could influence your destiny? Kyle and Emily have, and this deep question brings them to the hilarious world of aptronyms. In this episode, our hosts explore the inception of the aptronym and delve into the theory's deeper implications, touching on ideas from Carl Jung's Synchronicity, to concepts like nominative determinism and implicit egotism. The duo discusses fam...
Best guest, amazing episode!❤
Amy is a superstar, thanks for listening!
RAH also continues characters from Stranger in other books which I reccomend to the scifi fantasy realm of readers
Thanks so much for your great recommendations, and for listening!
Grok Nation is a podcast by Mayim Bailik, a/k/a Amy from The Big Bang Theory, and also the star of Blossom
Prodomasricracy Cacoficer Disnomatic
So a groomal is the stag night Bethrodalal There is amother pygian greek god, one famous for wearing very few clothes thus earning himself the name Melampygios
So cool! 'vangen' or to 'vang' is actually a common dutch word meaning catching or to catch.
I always assumed that a Hackney Cab was named after the London Borough of Hackney.
Jesstafarious finery....grear podcast!
The best laid plans of mice and men Gang aft a gley Let's sip a cup of kindness yet For auld lang zyne Robbie Burns wrote in the Scottish dialect of English. The scots are no longer aggressively independent but when you say spoken in North England you mean lowland Scots and Ireland Scots who can swim
"Port Man Toe" could refer to the Colossus of Rhodes. Sorry! I think it's a downside of podcasts where you can only hear words and not see them.
I used to log into Second Life, mainly to create things, before it turned into a porn hub. There was a character there named CALLIPYGIAN. We were in something like a guild together.
For once, I have to challenge Jess' expertise - at least with regard to the classism part of "naughty." It is certainly true that the word also meant "shabby" or "poor" in its early days. However, the word also referred to something that "comes to naught" - i.e. is worthless, or has no profit. In this sense, idle or destructive behaviour (and those who engaged in it) were described as "naughty," quite apart from its other sense of "impoverished" - though I suppose the behaviour could be said to have been impoverished of morality... Anywho, this is no knock against Jess. I've been a fan of Words Unravelled nearly since its inception, and love everything she produces. Regarding the Callipygean Venus: they're not really sure which way he head is supposed to go. The statue was found decapitated, and was restored with the face looking back. Later, it got a further restoration, and was kept that way - because why wouldn't you? :)
Ahh! The art of working miracles. The whole Rhubarb Barbera sketch is hilarious, as is it's follow on sketch, even if you don't speak much german.
I actually came up with "nomamnesia" too for "the phenomenon of forgetting someone's name". For the "government based on feet in mouth" my idea was "pedagustarchy".
In my town, for years and years and years, we had a Dr. Slaughter and Nurse Blood. In the same office.
Did mystery and intrigue shroud this place?! Was he a doctor in butchery?! There are so many things to wonder! Thank you for this!
I officially have a crush on Jess Zafarris now.
Yes we need that movie adaptation asap!!! Great episode as always 😂
This episode had a lot of zoological references! 🪱🤰🪺⭐️🐟
Interesting podcast.
@@trapero09 Hey! Thanks for listening! Definitely make sure to check out some of our other episodes!
I live in the city of Xenia (SW Ohio), the city of hospitality.
Hey, nice to see some representation in the comments! Thanks for listening, we're glad to have you here!
Knuckle tattoo idea, YLEM & BANG
This is an interesting blog. I have heard said that fishermen had (wife knitted?) special patterned jumpers so if they drowned their port of origin could be identified.
Jess is like a machine gun of amazing etymological facts.
"Billingsgate was a fish market"? I think you'll find it *is* a fish market, albeit in a new location since 1982.
In connection with words ending "...ard" - there's the distinction between a gourmet and a gourmand. By the way: I think Butter no Parsnips" really cuts the mustard.
Hey, we really appreciate this! Thank you!
Great show - keep up the good work.
Thanks so much! We hope to!
A word nerd, I'm interested in the use of 'myself' pronominally, as at 38:52 : _Jess, would you like to play a game with Kyle and myself?_ Why not _... Kyle and me?_ Me-phobia seems to be a thing! In the UK, a senior police officer interviewed on TV will say, _Mr Smith and myself went to the scene..._ In normal speech, he'd say, _Mr Smith and I (or probably 'me', nowadays) went..._ This non-standard 'myself' usage appears in both subject and object positions. Is it intended to 'poshify' what is being said, or does it illustrate a common fear: that of choosing the wrong personal pronoun?
This is such a relevant comment to us! We have an episode coming out soon that makes specific mention of that me-phobia exactly. However, I do think it's important to remark that conversational English is granted its fair share of flubs and freedoms.
@@butternoparsnipsAbsolutely! But it's as though we lose confidence in the obvious choice. In British English, _Fred and me went into town_ is heard a lot, and, in French, _Fred et moi, nous sommes allés en ville_ is correct. As tots, we'll say _Me want an ice cream_ (based on the _you_ model?) until it's corrected out of us. Do we, when consciously in Sunday-best mode, instinctively 'poshify' to satisfy a lingering insecurity?
@@kh23797 Ooh! That's an interesting thought! While I can't speak for Emily necessarily (you're speaking to producer Seth right now), I could imagine that that 'poshification' is at its heart. However, whether that's because we had company-a majority of our episodes do not have guests-or because Emily can sometimes be cheeky like that may be a mystery! I'm imagining it's something more akin to how the host of a casual party intentionally inflates their language to poke at traditional social conventions. Like, "shall we adjourn to the living room?" Sort of that humor that's at the core of Frasier, basically. Whatever it is, I've loved your input on the matter, and hope to see you in the comments more!
I think you probably meant the moon of Jupiter, Callisto. Kalliope is an asteroid named after Calliope. (the god.) Very enjoyable chat with Jess. I was very surprised to see that this channel ony has 53 subs. Well... 54 now.
And we're so grateful to have you here!
I was interested to hear the pronunciation of Calliope/Kalliope, and had to go and look it up. I (British, 40-ish) have always thought of the goddess Calliope as cal-ee-OH-pee, with the stress on the third syllable. But the internet seems to reckon that's a bit unusual, and a second-syllable stress seems to be the more accepted form among English-speakers on both sides of the pond. Having looked up the Greek though, it seeems that (while the Greek and English vowels obviously don't map exactly one-to-one) my cal-ee-OH-pee pronunciation seems much closer to the Greek pronunciation than the ca-LIE-uh-pee version. I wonder if being a very niche word from Greek mythology if keeps being 'reimported' from Greek to compete with a more nativised English version?
Hi, Emily and Kyle, from deepest England! Etymology has been a lifetime interest. I arrived here via Robwords, and Rob introduced me to Jess Z., and thence to your kingdom. I intend to watch your entire output over a few evenings, so... a big swig of this delicious coffee, and off we go. :)
We're really glad to have you along for the ride, and we hope you enjoy what you find here!
❤️
Jess is great.
We loved having her on!
Delightful, thank you.
Thank you! We welcome you to check out some of the other stuff we have going on here on the channel!
So glad I found this!
We're glad you found it, too!
First view and first comment. That's a first.
'promosm' 💪
Finally a podcast related to my irrational hatred of parsnips
We pray it does not disappoint.
Woo-hoo welcome to TH-cam!! Good to see you as well as hear. Adds to the fun:)
The queen escaping was hilarious.
Woo! Parsnips with wings! Love this so much!
Ahh so happy to see you guys on TH-cam! Great episode 😊