Mine's that the word to 'brag' comes from braguette which means codpiece (basically like a protective sports penis cup - it bulged out the private area in the Renaissance) - so bragging is literally having a dick-swinging contest.
This guy just described what happened in Britain and all over the world when one group takes over cultural dominance from the native people. Pretty much every country has a similar history if you go back far enough. Just happened more recently in the US.
What's your favourite linguistics fun fact?
Mine's that the word to 'brag' comes from braguette which means codpiece (basically like a protective sports penis cup - it bulged out the private area in the Renaissance) - so bragging is literally having a dick-swinging contest.
Does this male linguist have his own TH-cam channel?
This guy just described what happened in Britain and all over the world when one group takes over cultural dominance from the native people. Pretty much every country has a similar history if you go back far enough. Just happened more recently in the US.
It's recommendable to play this video with half the speed to understand the guy
When I first saw this video, I thought, less than 3 minutes, is this tiktok? Then I received 30mins worth of content.
It's either really cold, or he has some class A's running through him.
As an American, I assure you that most of us don't go to Tiktok to learn about geography.... we know the difference between a country and a state
God dang. To the bro in blue: please stop taking all the IQ points! I'm starting to fail my tests!
technically
Ireland and N.Ireland are technically not the same country....