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I read the English Dictionary in short sections, comment on it, make bad jokes, and sometimes sing little songs. I hope it’s more entertaining than just reading the dictionary alone. It’s an evolving project so the letter ”A” had lower quality, plus less commenting and jokes.
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Tuesday Dec 31, 2024
Tuesday Dec 31, 2024
I read from festival to fetch.
The etymology of "feta" (slice, morsel, piece) probably refers "...to the cheese being cut to pack it in barrels."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feta
Better safe than sorry: please don't drink while pregnant.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fetal_alcohol_spectrum_disorder
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6707173/
The word of the episode is "fetch".
Theme music from Jonah Kraut
https://jonahkraut.bandcamp.com/
Merchandising!
https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar
"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter E" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter F" on YouTube
Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list!
https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/
Backwards Talking on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq
https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/
https://www.threads.net/@dictionarypod
https://twitter.com/dictionarypod
https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/
https://www.patreon.com/spejampar
https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar
917-727-5757
Monday Dec 30, 2024
Monday Dec 30, 2024
I read from fertilize to festinate.
The etymology of "ferule" is from the fennel plant and "fennel stalks were used for administering flogging punishment in ancient Roman times."
https://www.etymonline.com/word/ferule#etymonline_v_5870
The word of the episode is "fescenine".
Theme music from Tom Maslowski
Merchandising!
https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar
"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter E" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter F" on YouTube
Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list!
https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/
Backwards Talking on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq
https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/
https://www.threads.net/@dictionarypod
https://twitter.com/dictionarypod
https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/
https://www.patreon.com/spejampar
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917-727-5757
Friday Dec 27, 2024
Friday Dec 27, 2024
I read from ferry to fertilization membrane.
The word of the episode is "fertilization membrane".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vitelline_membrane
Theme music from Jonah Kraut
https://jonahkraut.bandcamp.com/
Merchandising!
https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar
"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter E" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter F" on YouTube
Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list!
https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/
Backwards Talking on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq
https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/
https://www.threads.net/@dictionarypod
https://twitter.com/dictionarypod
https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/
https://www.patreon.com/spejampar
https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar
917-727-5757
Thursday Dec 26, 2024
Thursday Dec 26, 2024
I read from ferritin to ferrule.
The word of the episode is "ferrotype".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tintype
Theme music from Tom Maslowski
Merchandising!
https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar
"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter E" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter F" on YouTube
Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list!
https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/
Backwards Talking on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq
https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/
https://www.threads.net/@dictionarypod
https://twitter.com/dictionarypod
https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/
https://www.patreon.com/spejampar
https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar
917-727-5757
Wednesday Dec 25, 2024
Wednesday Dec 25, 2024
I read from ferocity to ferrite.
Yes, the US National Accelerator Laboratory (now Fermilab) used a ferret to clean the pipes. You should read the whole story!
If you have the skills and gear, I guess you can make your own blueprint paper.
https://edu.rsc.org/resources/making-and-using-blueprint-paper/1591.article
The word of the episode is "Ferris Wheel".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferris_Wheel_(1893)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ferris_wheel
Theme music from Jonah Kraut
https://jonahkraut.bandcamp.com/
Merchandising!
https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar
"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter E" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter F" on YouTube
Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list!
https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/
Backwards Talking on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq
https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/
https://www.threads.net/@dictionarypod
https://twitter.com/dictionarypod
https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/
https://www.patreon.com/spejampar
https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar
917-727-5757
Tuesday Dec 24, 2024
Tuesday Dec 24, 2024
I read from fermata to ferocious.
Alcohol occurs naturally and animals these days consume it on occasion so the "drunk ape hypothesis" makes sense!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drunken_monkey_hypothesis
Fermions "include all quarks and leptons and all composite particles made of an odd number of these, such as all baryons and many atoms and nuclei."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fermion
Ferns are sometimes used for for remediating contaminated soil.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fern
So as far as I can tell, ancient people thought that fern seeds were invisible (in truth they're spores and too tiny for the human eye to see) and that started a whole thing through the ages of people thinking that the fern seed would make you invisible.
https://susanalbert.com/ferns-how-to-become-invisible-or-not/
https://britishfairies.wordpress.com/2018/02/18/fern-seed-and-invisibility/
https://www.blueridgebotanic.com/blog/ferns
The word of the episode is "fern bar".
Theme music from Tom Maslowski
Merchandising!
https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar
"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter E" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter F" on YouTube
Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list!
https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/
Backwards Talking on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq
https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/
https://www.threads.net/@dictionarypod
https://twitter.com/dictionarypod
https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/
https://www.patreon.com/spejampar
https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar
917-727-5757
Monday Dec 23, 2024
Monday Dec 23, 2024
I read from fen-phen to ferlie.
"fenugreek" means "Greek hay" and it was in fact cultivated around that area.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenugreek
Here you go, read about "Fair Employment" from the 1940s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Employment_Practice_Committee
The word of the episode is "ferae naturae".
Theme music from Jonah Kraut
https://jonahkraut.bandcamp.com/
Merchandising!
https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar
"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter E" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter F" on YouTube
Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list!
https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/
Backwards Talking on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq
https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/
https://www.threads.net/@dictionarypod
https://twitter.com/dictionarypod
https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/
https://www.patreon.com/spejampar
https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar
917-727-5757
Friday Dec 20, 2024
Friday Dec 20, 2024
I read from fender bender to fenny and my mom, Linda, pops in for a bit.
You can still buy her book about organizing on Amazon:
https://www.amazon.com/Clear-Your-Space-Clear-Mind/dp/1458357635/
Her organizing website:
https://www.clearyourspace.com/
Here's the "vein" episode on "Ologies".
https://www.alieward.com/ologies/surgicalangiology
As one would obviously guess, fenestration is "the creation of a window in the vestibule or in the lateral semicircular canal, allowing the transmission of sound waves from the middle ear to the perilymph."
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC8174851/
The Fianna date back probably thousands of years, but the Fenian go back "only" a couple hundred years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fianna
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fenian
The word of the episode is "feng shui".
This is how you figure out your Kua number:
https://www.prokerala.com/feng-shui/kua-number.php
Theme music from Tom Maslowski
Merchandising!
https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar
"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter E" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter F" on YouTube
Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list!
https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/
Backwards Talking on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq
https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/
https://www.threads.net/@dictionarypod
https://twitter.com/dictionarypod
https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/
https://www.patreon.com/spejampar
https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar
917-727-5757
Thursday Dec 19, 2024
Thursday Dec 19, 2024
I read from femoral to fender.
The word of the episode is "fence-sitting".
Theme music from Jonah Kraut
https://jonahkraut.bandcamp.com/
Merchandising!
https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar
"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter E" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter F" on YouTube
Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list!
https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/
Backwards Talking on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq
https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/
https://www.threads.net/@dictionarypod
https://twitter.com/dictionarypod
https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/
https://www.patreon.com/spejampar
https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar
917-727-5757
Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
Wednesday Dec 18, 2024
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Rebecca mentioned this documentary "The Brink of Dreams"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HA9v0TyWS4I
I mean, what can be said about "Female Genital Mutilation".
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Female_genital_mutilation
https://www.who.int/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/female-genital-mutilation
The film "Tight" mentioned by Rebecca:
I couldn't find the exact quote Rebecca was talking about with men and healthcare but Gloria Steinem is quoted as saying "If men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament." There have been other quotes from other people along the same lines.
I think many people would find it hard to argue against this statement: "Feminism holds the position that modern societies are patriarchal—they prioritize the male point of view—and that women are treated unjustly in these societies."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feminism
Carina's episode was #E151 where we talked about estrogen and more.
Some say Cleopatra was a Femme Fatale.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Femme_fatale
The word of the episode is "feminazi".
Theme music from Tom Maslowski
Merchandising!
https://www.teepublic.com/user/spejampar
"The Dictionary - Letter A" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter B" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter C" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter D" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter E" on YouTube
"The Dictionary - Letter F" on YouTube
Featured in a Top 10 Dictionary Podcasts list!
https://blog.feedspot.com/dictionary_podcasts/
Backwards Talking on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmIujMwEDbgZUexyR90jaTEEVmAYcCzuq
https://www.facebook.com/thedictionarypod/
https://www.threads.net/@dictionarypod
https://twitter.com/dictionarypod
https://www.instagram.com/dictionarypod/
https://www.patreon.com/spejampar
https://www.tiktok.com/@spejampar
917-727-5757