This is the illusionist in which I, Helen Zoltzman, have talked about language and why

and how we use it for 100 episodes.

Today, there will be a celebratory parade of language-related facts that you've learned

from the illusionist and I've learned from making the illusionist some old facts, some

new facts.

Well, the new facts aren't recently invented facts.

They are established facts that are making their illusionist debut.

If you have liked any of the 100 episodes of the illusionist, tell someone else about

it.

Content note, there will be swears on with the show.

100 things we've learned about language from the illusionist in no particular order.

One, for me as an English teacher in Germany, the illusionist showed me again that there's

way more to language than just I am you are.

He shit is.

Of course, otherwise I would have had to pack in the illusionist after a couple of episodes.

Two, around 1200, the word foot.

As in, foot, meant a person and a non-foot was a nobody.

Girl, originally, could be used to refer to a child of any gender.

It didn't specifically denote a female child until the late 14th century.

Four.

The best thing I've learned on the illusionist is that woman is not actually derived from

man in the gendered way.

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