Podcasts about word nerds

Join The Man of the West for a black fence, a shadow that argued with itself, a mountain that watched the wrong way — and the Latin word Tolkien used to describe Gandalf. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

That would be a very different book, Mr. Carroll. Join The Man of the West for a look at a river and a lake, six names, and a 1971 BBC interview with Tolkien Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West for a pair of Sindarin words from Shelob's Lair, and three Old English words from the open horse-lands of Rohan. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

From the supremacy of podcasting to an entire book devoted to sentence diagramming, the most precise large language model is still human.

Was haben Achterbahnen mit Wahlumfragen zu tun? Das erfahren Sie gleich zu Beginn von unserem Word-Nerd. Er hat das Portmanteau-Wort „pollercoaster“ für Sie mitgebraucht. Und auch in der Folge sollten Sie sich auf schnelle Ortswechsel gefasst machen: Inez Sharp, Lorraine Turner Akcakaya, Owen Connors und Mae McCreary nehmen Sie in zwanzig Minuten mit auf einen Trip von Gibraltar über London bis nach Nigeria.  Die schwarzen Taxis sind ikonisch für die britische Hauptstadt. Aber sie könnten bald durch autonom fahrende Wagen abgelöst werden. Verliert die Stadt damit ein Stück ihrer Identität? Ins London der Vergangenheit führt diese Neuigkeit: ein neues Dokument über William Shakespeares Haus legt nahe, dass der Dramatiker länger in der Hauptstadt lebte, als bisher angenommen. Literarische Nachrichten gibt es auch aus Nigeria: Um Zensur zu umgehen, erschließen Frauen hier neue Vertriebskanäle für Liebesromane und erotische Literatur – und schaffen ganz nebenbei Communities. Auf ganz üblichem Weg erhalten Sie übrigens den Debütroman, den Eve Lucas vorstellt: This, My Second Life von Patrick Charnley. Darin erholt sich ein junger Mann im ländlichen Cornwall von einem Herzstillstand und einem Hirnschaden.   [ANZEIGE] Mehr hören? Dann testen Sie unser Podcast-Abo mit Zugriff auf alle Dokupodcasts und unser Podcast-Archiv. Jetzt 4 Wochen kostenlos testen. Und falls Sie uns nicht nur hören, sondern auch lesen möchten, testen Sie jetzt 4 Wochen kostenlos DIE ZEIT. Hier geht's zum Angebot. 

Join The Man of the West as this week's linguistic deep dive includes a look at Estel, and a reminder of the Old English inspiration behind the beginning of the legendarium. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Break out your Quenya and Sindarin dictionaries as The Man of the West does his usual mid-week deep dive into the names of some familiar places. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as he finds a reason to read a line from Galadriel's Lament because… well, see above. Also: which of these words is not like the others? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as we look at a few words from our visit to the darkness on Middle-earth Map Monday… and visit a golden river for a palate cleanse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's Word-nerd Wednesday looks at several words from our Silmarillion Saturday readings, some of which are more noble sounding than others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Man of the West takes a deep dive into a few words from last week's Silmarillion Saturday, including one that, it turns out, is long overdue. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West for a Word-nerd Wednesday deep dive into Tolkien's early name for the Elves we now know as the Noldor, and learn why he could use it Gnome-Or (just say it out loud… no more). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West for another — this time more thorough — look at the name of Gondor's hottest surf spot, Belfalas, along with other places we've encountered in our journey through Gondor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as he looks at the etymology of a few more of the rivers and towns in Gondor, continuing our journey west through the land. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as we visit yet another land named solely after the number of rivers within it on this week's Word-nerd Wednesday! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as he finishes off the last of the Five Rivers of Lebennin before discovering what Imrahil and Pippin have in common.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West for an unexpected grammar lesson as we explore the names of the five rivers of Lebennin. Or four of them, at least. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Man of the West is far, far too familiar with the truth of today's title, which is actually Tolkien's explanation for some of the place names in Gondor on this week's Word-nerd Wednesday. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West for some different word-nerdery, this time on some English-sounding names that aren't especially English. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The English language is full of words that both communicate and confound. Martha Barnette, co-host of the popular radio show and podcast “A Way with Words,” joins host Krys Boyd to discuss her love of language and all the myriad ways words bring us joy, how words can surprise and delight us, and why the meaning of some words can often be tricky to determine. Her book is “Friends with Words: Adventures in Languageland.” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

We step away from the First Age to do a very deep dive on a single word from our Middle-earth Map Monday discussion, and learn more about trees as a bonus. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

No, this isn't The Man of the West saying his son needs a haircut; today's Word-nerd Wednesday looks at the Sindarin names of some of the new arrivals in Beleriand. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as he discovers there's a lot less word-nerdery on Barahir's companions than he'd expected. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as he discovers an unlikely connection in this week's fan favorite Philology Faire… uh, Word-nerd Wednesday. (You heard the music, didn't you?) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as he walks through the meanings of several important names from our readings in Of the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin — and also proves why he's not a language consultant for any TV or film adaptations. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as he practically sprints through ten place names from our Silmarillion Saturday readings about the Ruin of Beleriand and the Fall of Fingolfin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

What else is new, right? Join The Man of the West for a deep dive into the name of the first High King of the Noldor and a few other words from our recent Silmarillion Saturday readings. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

More names from Of Maeglin in this week's Word-nerd Wednesday, including the names of Turgon's wife and daughter — and of a Dwarven hall that's got a familiar name. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as he looks at more words from the chapter Of Maeglin, and decides to fill in the blanks for a name that Tolkien was was “meaningless then and now”. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Man of the West fully recognizes his status, but the title actually refers to a possible mixup on Tolkien's part! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as we discover that Sam's statement upon returning home is a lot easier to decipher than Voronwë's Alae! Ered en Echoriath, ered embar nín! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as he walks through a half-dozen words from our journeys with Tuor and Voronwë on First Age Fridays. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It's time for another dive into (mostly) Sindarin words from our First Age Friday readings in Of Tuor and His Coming to Gondolin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West for an exploration of several words we've encountered in our First Age Friday readings through the story of Tuor and His Coming to Gondolin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

 The English language is full of words that both communicate and confound. Martha Barnette, co-host of the popular radio show and podcast “A Way with Words,” joins host Krys Boyd to discuss her love of language and all the myriad ways words bring us joy, how words can surprise and delight us, and why the meaning of some words can often be tricky to determine. Her book is “Friends with Words: Adventures in Languageland.”  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

Join The Man of the West for one more Word-nerd Wednesday walking through the names and words in our story of Túrin — with a bonus pair of names from our readings on Tuor! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West for a whirlwind walk through nine names of the chief protagonist (I can't say ‘hero') of the tragic story of Túrin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as he explores the word-nerdery behind many names from our readings in the stories of Túrin and Tuor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West for a closer look at a few names from our readings about Túrin, and a surprise appearance by a phrase from our readings about Tuor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today's episode title is clearly not referring to The Man of the West, but you'll have to listen to find out who it is talking about. Join in as we look at the names of Brandir, Handir, Ephel Brandir, Amon Obel, Haleth and yet another of Túrin's names. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The Man of the West swings and misses at three words today, but still manages to bat .500 as he just keeps swinging. (Not a baseball fan? Please forgive the baseball analogy.) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as he powers his word-nerd way through six words from yesterday's reading in the Tale of Túrin Turambar. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West for another look at a series of names connected to Nargothrond and Túrin's time there. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Not that The Man of the West finds the joke, but you'll understand. Join him for a whirlwind exploration of several words from the TTT's recent, um, TTT episodes. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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It's time to look at a few of the place names we've encountered in our Túrin readings this series; we move through seven locations faster than Túrin comes up with seven names. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West for a closer look at Taur-nu-Fuin than you ever thought you'd like. Also, it turns out we've been misspelling the name of the River Teiglin all this time. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We spend another Word-nerd Wednesday looking at names from the Tale of Túrin Turambar; today, including four Elves and three swords! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Join The Man of the West as he brings to light more of the words from our Tuesday readings in the story of Túrin: today, a look at the family of Húrin. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

In a criminal case, you just might need a linguist.