Marcie Sundaram

The #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is DRACULA/RANKLE #wotd #Dracula #rankle #Halloween #Halloween2026

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The surprisingly connected origins of "slurp" and "absorb". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #slurp #absorb youtube.com/shorts/y0LSA...

The surprisingly connected origins of "slurp" and "absorb". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #slurp #absorb youtube.com/shorts/y0LSA...

The #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is AMBASSADOR/AMBIGUOUS #wotd #ambassador #ambiguous #embassy

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An old friend has won a prize for a set of poems that happens to be Classically themed — check out Cara Waterfall’s poems in this poetry journal, I think many of you will enjoy them. Ariadne, Antigone, Penelope, Cassandra—and even Medusa, in another form! www.radarpoetry.com/issue-46-toc

The surprisingly connected origins of "planet", "polka" and "field". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #planet #polka #field youtube.com/shorts/qz5Dc...

The surprisingly connected origins of "planet", "polka" and "field". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #planet #polka #field youtube.com/shorts/qz5Dc...

The #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is #wotd #harvest #scarce #thanksgiving #canadianthanksgiving

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The surprisingly connected origins of "alert" and "erect". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #alert #erect youtube.com/shorts/W46_0...

The surprisingly connected origins of "alert" and "erect". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #alert #erect youtube.com/shorts/W46_0...

The #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is CLITORIS/CLIMAX #wotd #clitoris #climax #ladder

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The surprisingly connected origins of "swarm" and "absurd". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #swarm #absurd youtube.com/shorts/l6iae...

The surprisingly connected origins of "swarm" and "absurd". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #swarm #absurd youtube.com/shorts/l6iae...

The #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is WHORE/CHERISH #wotd #whore #cherish #caress #charity #KamaSutra

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Check it out! @wordfamilyfriday.bsky.social has made up a diagram of today’s etymology AUTUMN/FALL!

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The surprisingly connected origins of "hippopotamus" and "appetite". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #hippo #hippopotamus #appetite youtube.com/shorts/1S6B5...

The surprisingly connected origins of "hippopotamus" and "appetite". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #hippo #hippopotamus #appetite youtube.com/shorts/1S6B5...

Check it out! @wordfamilyfriday.bsky.social has made up a diagram of today’s etymology AUTUMN/FALL!

I had to graph these connections out to follow along!

The #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is AUTUMN/FALL #wotd #autumn #fall

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The surprisingly connected origins of "robot" and "orphan". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #robot #orphan youtube.com/shorts/gBbdR...

The #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is FUCK/REPUGNANT/POINT #wotd #fuck #repugnant #point

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The surprisingly connected origins of "bank" and "bench". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #bank #riverbank #bench youtube.com/shorts/5X6S4...

The surprisingly connected origins of "bank" and "bench". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #bank #riverbank #bench youtube.com/shorts/5X6S4...

The #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is LABOUR/LAPSE #wotd #labour #labor #lapse #collapse #labourday #laborday

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The surprisingly connected origins of "satire", "hadron" & "satisfy". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #satire #hadron #satisfy youtube.com/shorts/IvzhV...

The surprisingly connected origins of "satire", "hadron" & "satisfy". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #satire #hadron #satisfy youtube.com/shorts/IvzhV...

New podcast episode! We’re jumping into the Odyssey movie discourse, finally! We discuss our reactions to the Nolan movie and then chat with some podcasters who’ve just released relevant books. Oh, and Marcie has a song about Odysseus. www.alliterative.net/podcast/2026... #podcast #nolan #odyssey

The #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is SCHOOL/SEVERE #wotd #school #severe #backtoschool

We’re jumping into the Odyssey movie discourse, finally! We discuss our reactions to the Nolan movie and then chat with some podcasters who’ve just released relevant books. Oh, and I have a song about Odysseus. www.alliterative.net/podcast/2026...

Nothing like a good stretch #sundaypixstretch

Oh , and Ontario, California was named after the province because it was founded by a Canadian

Just ignore Trump’s blustering stupidity. The province of Ontario is named after the lake, not the other way round. It comes from the Mohawk language meaning “beautiful lake”