Haggard Hawks and eleven

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Do you guys follow Haggard Hawks? Brilliant source of unusual words and info. Today's is great on why we say eleven and twelve rather than one-teen and two-teen.



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That's interesting and makes sense how 12 was used for calculations.
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Very cool!
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If you're interested in etymology, Susie Dent is our expert. She knows every English word.
https://twitter.com/susie_dent

She's a bit like a librarian so it's quite amusing that she recently did a guide to swearing. Not sure if you'll be able to see it:
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/susi ... o-swearing
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We watch Susie on Cats Does Countdown. Although I may spend some more time watching Rachel...

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Exar Kun wrote:We watch Susie on Cats Does Countdown. Although I may spend some more time watching Rachel...

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Ah, didn't realise you go that show over there.

And Rachel Riley is incredible.
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durbster wrote:If you're interested in etymology, Susie Dent is our expert. She knows every English word.
https://twitter.com/susie_dent

She's a bit like a librarian so it's quite amusing that she recently did a guide to swearing. Not sure if you'll be able to see it:
http://www.channel4.com/programmes/susi ... o-swearing
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durbster wrote:Ah, didn't realise you go that show over there.

And Rachel Riley is incredible.
YouTube gets that show which is good enough

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