The History of the Americano Cocktail
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 23 เม.ย. 2017
- Vermouth, Campari, and the Americano Way: the etymology of the Americano & Negroni cocktails takes us from Visigothic rulers and Latin kings to Italian adventurers and the origin of the American dollar.
Small correction: The name "Arthur Henry Savage Landor" should be "ARNOLD Henry Savage Landor". Thanks to PureZOOKS for pointing that out!
Endnote 1: Spies & the Americano • Spies & the Americano:...
Endnote 2: An Althernative Etymology for "America" • An Alternative Origin ...
For more information on the naming of America, see Name Explains video "Who Named America?" • Who Named America?
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I've stuck all the extra bits of research and fun facts that I couldn't get into the video in a blog post here, if anyone's interested: www.alliterative.net/blog/2017/4/23/vermouth-campari-and-the-americano-way
Your channel is the greatest thing I have ever seen. The Random Connections of Etymology is my favorite thing.
Well, thank you! I quite like it too! :)
As a bartender with a curious mind and love of language, I feel like this series was made for me. Can’t wait to watch the rest….thanks!
Very interesting! I hadn't heard about the alcoholic version of the Americano, but it's good to look at all the connections and history there. ^_^
+The Ling Space Thanks! It's a classic but not terribly common now, I don't think.
Loved this as well as the ambience in the bar - very dapper! ;)
Was not expecting that history behind it at all (and it's interesting, because a lot of these word routes overlap with Spanish word origins as they are derived from Latin, so they just make perfect sense
+Draw Curiosity Thanks! It seems like such a simple drink & name, but there's a lot there when you start digging!
Dude I LOVE your channel, this video is awesome!
Thank you!
the St. Joachim Valley story has another funny aspect.
as they mined silver (and tin) in copious amounts they utilized waste rock for construction. pretty rational!
they have built entire city from the waste rock from the mines (in 13th century i believe) (the city is now called by the czech name Jachymov)
until, in around late 18th century they discovered Uranium ore in those rocks. it gave another kick to the mining operation due to the outstanding physical properties of uranium salts and oxydes -- as they are very numerous and variegated, they make a wide spectrum of very stable dyes suitable for glass works.
and only in 20th century they discovered nuclear fission, ionizing radiation, volatile isotopes, Radon gas and radiation poisoning.
but it did not put the mining operation on hold! ON THE CONTRARY! it gave another kick to the city economy: people at the time believed that ionizing radiation cures all diseases -- they built huge 5-star SPAs that offered Radon inhalation, baths of radon rich water pumped up from the uranium mines. Jachymov became a world famous tourist attraction. the Radium pills were selling like hotdogs.
and this is not the end of the story:
the inhabitants of the city do not live in houses built from poor uranium ore any more, they carefully monitor Radon concentration in their basements and take measures to ventilate their living spaces properly... still they sell Radon baths to gullible tourists in search for magical cure for reumathism and such, and yes they pump the famous "mineral water" straight from the uranium mine (they have to pump it anyway, in order to operate the mine, you know)
and it is probably the longest continuous mining operation in human history....
Wow, that's fascinating! I knew there was more history to the St Joachim Valley, but didn't have time to get into it in the video; thanks for filling it in!
So much fun! I don't even drink, but I love some good etymology.
Thanks! One doesn't have to drink to appreciate a drink's history, I hope! :)
Supper awesome! This is such a great idea.
Thanks!
Swedish, Norwegian, and Danish have all kept a "left [hand]" word derived from a "friendlier" euphemism _(vänster/venstre)._ Oddly enough, the Scandinavian "right [hand]" words _(höger/høyre/højre)_ are not related to _reg-_ or _deks-_ at all; instead, they derive from Old Norse _hægri_ "more skillful". (Good description for a typically dominant hand!)
Intersting! But also logical, yes. Thanks for adding that tidbit!
Thanks for another great upload, Alliterative. I don't know if you accept suggestions, but I would love to see you make a video on Beowulf some day. Cheers!
Thanks! And I'm always open to suggestions -- I'll put that on the list, and see if I can think of a way to approach it that would be right for the channel. I'm always happy to talk about Beowulf!
My great grandma's maiden name was Neumann, and there's a biker bar not far from where I live called Neumann's, which is probably not related, though I'm actually not sure when my German ancestors got here. Anyway, very good video. The negroni is one of my favourite cocktails.
Thanks! Yes, variants of the name are pretty common I think -- Newman being the English version. And I love a Negroni too!
It's fascinating that we don't know where the dollar sign comes from. Anyway, love this video, I'm not much of a drinker, but I do like the idea of an Etymology and Mixology lesson in one.
Isn't it? You'd think it would be recent enough that we'd have pretty good evidence for the derivation, but no. And thanks, the history of alcohol and drinks can be fun even if one doesn't indulge much!
What a bunch of random, clever connections.
The left right north south thing makes sense because roman world maps had the east on the top where north is nowadays. This is where the term to orient your self comes from, because asia aka the orient was the top of the map.
+Eli Kelley I'm not certain about Roman maps (such as they are) but medieval maps certainly often had east at the top, you're right. I wonder if that's in fact *because* of the meanings of left/right.
The right-south connection is still very visible in some languages today. In Scottish Gaelic, _deas_ means "south" and your _làmh dheas_ is your right hand ( _dheas_ is just _deas_ in the genitive case after the feminine noun _làmh_ ). Your left hand is your _làmh chlì_ which according to Wiktionary is from Old Irish _clé_ , from Proto-Celtic _*klēyā_ , from Proto-Indo-European _*ḱley-_ (“to lean”) , so I wasn't quite able to make a connection with the Gaelic for north, _tuath_ (though again perusing through Wiktionary, _tuath_ seems to have come from Proto-Celtic _*tousto-_ ("left") but I'm personally unable to think of any modern connections with the meaning "left".)
Another small point I noticed: the modern Scottish Gaelic for "king" is _rìgh_ . While the "gh" is silent, giving us /ᵲiː/, it is interesting nonetheless that it appears to have regained the "g" of PIE's _*reg_ despite having gone through Proto-Celtic's _*rix_ . I'm not particularly well-read on PIE or Proto-Celtic, though, so perhaps g→x→ġ is not that unusual.
+scotsmanRS fascinating, thanks for adding that to the conversation! Clearly the connection to the direction lingers more in some languages/words than others. As for the "king" word, I don't know enough about Celtic phonology to comment on the sound changes, unfortunately.
I have two words for the Americano coffee.... 'acqua sporca'
Another great video, but if Amerigo was an Italian then surely it's more likely his name was derived from the Ostrogoths (who ruled Italy for awhile) rather than the Visigoths. Please correct me if I'm wrong.
+Saxo Ungrammaticus I think that's quite possible; I don't know of any famous Ostrogothic Amalarics, but that's not proof there weren't any. It's also possible the name made its way from Spain to Italy. I'd be interested to know how it worked, but don't have any sources for it to hand. And thanks!
I think your original idea in the video seems the most plausible one, considering as you say there aren't any famous Ostrogoths called Amalaric. It seems like it's a name that crops up in a quite a few different languages too. Thanks once again for the great content.
In the absence of better evidence, I think you're right. And you're very welcome! :)
Correct me if I'm just spreading tall tales but:
Isn't the dollar sign from an older way that spanish dollar coins were printed; with an S surrounding a pillar?
7:13 Arnold Henry Savage Landor, but written"Arthur".
That's one of the theories, yes -- there's more than the ones I mentioned, but those are the most prevalent. And oops, you're totally right about Arnold Henry Savage Landor, I don't know where I got 'Arthur' from! He went by 'Henry', but that's still a mistake!
(I thought I'd answered this already, but now can't see it?) That's indeed one of the possible origins--there are several more theories than I mentioned in the video. And thanks for the correction on the name, no idea how I got that wrong!
Is the $ not from the I ducat piece ( as in prices of eight!) Being a stylized figure 8 ?
There are a lot of theories--many more than I mentioned--about the dollar sign, but none are strongly enough supported by evidence to be fully accepted.
pretty interesting the connections here but maybe the "left" information will remain more on my brain, I mean, in many old languages meant something good before meaning something bad, my question would be, why? what happened in between to change the meanings?. This is the reason why I love languages, because they're based on culture and history. : )
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Dark background and black text in certain parts of the video. Excellent choice! Well, not really. Perhaps take contrast into account in later videos. ☺
Ah, sorry, will try to keep an eye on that better for the next one.
HEY this isnt about coffee at all!
So "king rex" means "king king" :o
+louisng114 Yep!
I come from Right-America hahahaha
No mention of the irony of calling lefties "southpaw" when south is associated to the right?
Oh, good point! That didn't occur to me, to be honest!