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From : podictionary - for word lovers - daily stories, trivia & dictionary etymology
Today s podictionary word brought to you by GoToMeeting. Try it free for 30 days by following the link www.gotomeeting.com/podcast I sometimes say that a common human experience breeds a word that is common across cultures and changes little over time. There isn t much in the world that s more common to human experience than having a mother, nor anything that means quite as much to most people.  So it should come as no surprise that this word has come down to us almost unchanged for as far back as we can see into the history of words. And also that it is one of the words that spans the entire width and breadth of Indo-European languages. Evidently we only started writing the TH in mother back in the early 1500s but may have been pronouncing it that way for some time beforehand. The Indo-European root was mater. Not too different for five to seven thousand years. Also, languages from Latin to Gaelic, and Greek to Russian share this maternal legacy. This is a word we not only all have in common, it is also a word we all use with great regularity.  Words like that just can t change because there are too many people around who know the word and will correct you if you start to pronounce it wrong or use it with a meaning that is just too far from their understanding of what it should mean. So again it is no surprise that we didn t get mother from Latin or French, but from the oldest Old English. I mentioned Sir Robert Cotton yesterday in my episode on the word mildew at the Oxford University Press blog.  While the meaning of mildew has changed a lot, the word mother has its first citation in the same document set I mentioned yesterday from Sir Robert s library. The Cotton Library is an important resource for people studying Old English. Unfortunately back in 1731almost a quarter of the ancient collection went up in smoke.  The documents had been brought together around the time of Shakespeare by Sir Robert Cotton and then had been moved in the early 1700s to the ironically named Ashburnham House. The librarian was understandably an enthusiast when it came to ancient documents and he had quite a pile of them in his own house nearby when tragedy struck.  In the dead of night his house burned down and destroyed numerous irreplaceable old manuscripts. An eyewitness—the headmaster of the school where this all took place—reported the panic stricken librarian stumbling out through the smoke in his nightshirt with bundles of old documents tucked under his arms. ]]> Fri, 25 Jul 2008 00:01:23 -0400 mother - podictionary 819 10730638 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/-0062-friday-25th-july-2008/10730638/
From : Life In General by Adam Purcell
Life In General - a daily thought in under 5 minutes. Theme Music White Lines by Between The Trees ]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 16:30:33 -0400 [0062] Friday 25th July 2008 10729682 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/wikimania-in-egypt-the-brian-lehrer-show-thursday-24-july-2008/10729682/
From : WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show
Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, and Mohamed "Mido" Ibrahim, organizer of Wikimania 2008 in Alexandria, Egypt, talk about the importance of creating Arabic content on Wikipedia. Plus, The New York Times' Noam Cohen explains how Egyptian youth are using Facebook to organize protest movements. ]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 15:52:00 -0400 Wikimania in Egypt (The Brian Lehrer Show: Thursday, 24 July 2008) 10730163 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/post-apocalyptic-skunks-and-fevers-postcard-54/10730163/
From : Postcards from Gravelly Beach
From a skunk-scented perch along Mosquito Creek, Dave spiels about feverish dreams in a Mexican clinic, personal archeology, mirages about the Wonder Hotel, and reads verse about late trains, dammed rivers, watching ships, and men in white coats walking past. Take your vitamins for Post-apocalyptic Skunks and Fevers - Postcard #54 (.mp3, 16:35, 15MB) Read along at Mountain Highway One way these tracks night lake diving Comfortably Lonely, Cabin Porch Waiting at Jericho betwen night and light Coastal Starlight 2 hours late Subscribe to PfGB Feed Subscribe in PfGB in iTunes Library at Uncleweed.net Via Postcards from Gravelly Beach More pods Chillaxin’ Podcast Syndicate ]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:48:48 -0400 Post-apocalyptic Skunks and Fevers - Postcard #54 10721039 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/bring-me-some-water-because-im-burning-alive-ffs-71/10721039/
From : The Fantastic Fred Show (a Gay Show)
The Fantastic Fred Show #71 "Bring Me Some Water, Because I'm Burning Alive" We celebrate pride by going to the Melissa Etheridge Concert in Louisville, KY. ]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:06:52 -0400 Bring Me Some Water, because I'm burning Alive FFS#71 10729683 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/marcellus-shale-follow-up-the-brian-lehrer-show-thursday-24-july-2008/10729683/
From : WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show
WNYC Reporter Ilya Marritz and WNYC Political Director Andrea Bernstein follow up on the proposal to drill for natural gas in New York. ]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:34:00 -0400 Marcellus Shale follow up (The Brian Lehrer Show: Thursday, 24 July 2008) 10720559 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/berenstain-bears/10720559/
From : Cool Mom - Fun Videos and a Blog for Moms - Motherhood, Kids, Babies and Parenting on Coolmom.com
Let s face it, the shows our kids watch permeate our souls! Lately, Vivien s number ones have changed to Max You always like what your bunny likes. But not always hence this vlog about the Berenstain Bears. (Also Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! I started to avoid that one. Too fast.) Are there some that you like and some that just bug? Share ]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 12:11:30 -0400 Berenstain Bears 10729684 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/hola-mexico-film-festival-the-brian-lehrer-show-thursday-24-july-2008/10729684/
From : WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show
The first ever New York Mexican film festival is taking place this week. Samuel Douek, director of the Hola Mexico Film Festival, and Sergio Umansky, director of the film Mejor Es Que Gabriela no Se Muera discuss the festival's impact. ]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:53:00 -0400 Hola Mexico Film Festival (The Brian Lehrer Show: Thursday, 24 July 2008) 10729686 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/crime-is-movin-on-up-the-brian-lehrer-show-thursday-24-july-2008/10729686/
From : WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show
Recent statistics show crime is movin’ on up to the Upper East Side, Greenwich Village, and other wealthy Manhattan neighborhoods. Senator Tom Duane of District 29 Manhattan, Eugene O’Donnell, Professor of Law and Police Science at John Jay College of Criminal Justice, and Brad Hoylman, Community Board 2 Chairman, talk about Manhattan’s crime spike. ]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:47:00 -0400 Crime is Movin' On Up (The Brian Lehrer Show: Thursday, 24 July 2008) 10729685 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/will-you-be-my-friend-the-brian-lehrer-show-thursday-24-july-2008/10729685/
From : WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show
Relations on the social networking site Facebook have moved far beyond the college demographic it was created for. David Carr, columnist and reporter for the New York Times talks about the relations between adults on the site. Plus Danny Dumas, Associate Products Editor for Wired.com, gives us his take on the interactions between adults and their children on the site. ]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:47:00 -0400 Will You be My Friend? (The Brian Lehrer Show: Thursday, 24 July 2008) 10729687 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/housing-bill-the-brian-lehrer-show-thursday-24-july-2008/10729687/
From : WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show
Adam Davidson, NPR correspondent for International Business and Economics, talks about the housing assistance bill just approved by the House and expected to be enacted next week. Then Sarah Gerecke, chief executive officer of Neighborhood Housing Services of New York City, talks about the local impact of the legislation. ]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:39:00 -0400 Housing Bill (The Brian Lehrer Show: Thursday, 24 July 2008) 10723076 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/headzup-katie-couric-edits-mccain/10723076/
From : headzup
CLICK TO WATCH HEADZUP.TV Mobile Satire For A Mobile Democracy BREAKING NEWS: Katie Couric discusses the editing out an embarrassing gaffe by John McCain about the surge and Anbar Awakening. Read more about this at the Huffington Post website. FREE DAILY MOBILE DOWNLOADS: Visit www.headzup.tv using your cell phone and download Headzup video clips and share them with others as picture messages. SUBSCRIBE TO THE DAILY HEADZUP and get FREE daily "heads up" by email. DOWNLOAD TODAY'S HEADZUP and share them with your family and friends. YOUTUBE GALLERY Watch hundreds of the most popular, most recent, and most discussed Headzup clips on YouTube. © copyright, 2008 - Headzup Entertainment ]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 11:16:38 -0400 Headzup: Katie Couric Edits McCain 10726314 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/en-amsterdam-camino-a-jap-n/10726314/
From : hombrelobo, una mente dispersa
En Shipol, Amsterdam, camino a Japón. Suscribíos a los video feeds RSS: Suscríbete a los vídeos de viajes de hombrelobo Para iPods y AppleTVs, usad iTunes: Y para suscribiros al videoblog con Miro, pulsad aquí: Descarga el vídeo gratis a tu ordenador ShareThis ]]> Thu, 24 Jul 2008 09:41:47 -0400 En Amsterdam, camino a Japón 10716487 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/crowd-control-kingz-07-21-08/10716487/
From : Perreo Radio Podcast
The Crowd Control Kingz tell you about the Janet Jackson titty incident. Check it out on the new www.PerreoRadio.com!!! ]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:51:03 -0400 Crowd Control Kingz - 07/21/08 10718511 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/-0061-thursday-24th-july-2008/10718511/
From : Life In General by Adam Purcell
Life In General - a daily thought in under 5 minutes. Theme Music White Lines by Between The Trees ]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 16:30:10 -0400 [0061] Thursday 24th July 2008 10710106 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/bye-bye-bottle/10710106/
From : Cool Mom - Fun Videos and a Blog for Moms - Motherhood, Kids, Babies and Parenting on Coolmom.com
Look, she ditched her binky a long time ago, but she isn t toilet trained and she still likes a bottle at nap time, bed time, and sometimes to ease a cranky mood. This video is about me trying to wean her off the bottle. I was NOT successful and have given up of late. If anyone has words of wisdom, lay it on me. Since I nursed till she was 2.2 and now she is 2.10, it should be no surprise that I am slow on this stage as well. Oh God, and don t get me going on my lame-ass, lazy toilet-training. Hoping her new school can help with that one. Share ]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:30:26 -0400 Bye Bye, Bottle 10712644 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/headzup-joe-s-jewish-problem/10712644/
From : headzup
CLICK TO WATCH HEADZUP.TV Mobile Satire For A Mobile Democracy BREAKING NEWS: Joe Lieberman talks about what he sees as Barack Obama's problem with Jewish voters. Read more about this at the Huffington Post website. FREE DAILY MOBILE DOWNLOADS: Visit www.headzup.tv using your cell phone and download Headzup video clips and share them with others as picture messages. SUBSCRIBE TO THE DAILY HEADZUP and get FREE daily "heads up" by email. DOWNLOAD TODAY'S HEADZUP and share them with your family and friends. YOUTUBE GALLERY Watch hundreds of the most popular, most recent, and most discussed Headzup clips on YouTube. copyright, 2008 - Headzup Entertainment ]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 12:44:12 -0400 Headzup: Joe’s Jewish Problem 10706925 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/life-is-worth-less-the-brian-lehrer-show-wednesday-23-july-2008/10706925/
From : WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, the statistical value of a life is estimated at $6.9 million -- that's 11 percent less than a few years ago. Frank O'Donnell, president of Clean Air Watch, and Peter Coy, economics editor at BusinessWeek, talk about the new estimate and how it affects the environment. ]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 11:56:00 -0400 Life is Worth Less (The Brian Lehrer Show: Wednesday, 23 July 2008) 10712837 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/resumen-video-gp-hockenheim-2008/10712837/
From : Formula 1 Podcast : Mundo F1
GP Alemania FORMULA 1 GROSSER PREIS SANTANDER VON DEUTSCHLAND 2008 Lastimosamente cuando quisimos encontrar los videos en Youtube el día Domingo, los señores ya los habían eliminado. Sin embargo, Manuel viene al rescate y nos enlaza con dos resúmenes magníficos de la carrera ]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:53:01 -0400 RESUMEN VIDEO GP HOCKENHEIM 2008 10706926 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/easier-to-donate-the-brian-lehrer-show-wednesday-23-july-2008/10706926/
From : WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show
Elaine Berg, President and CEO of the New York Organ Donor Network, talks about the change in New York's organ donation registry. ]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:39:00 -0400 Easier to Donate (The Brian Lehrer Show: Wednesday, 23 July 2008) 10717679 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/working-to-death-the-brian-lehrer-show-wednesday-23-july-2008/10717679/
From : WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show
Daniel Rosenblum, Vice President and Director of Corporate & Policy Programs at the Japan Society, discusses karoshi and the Japanese work ethic. ]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:38:00 -0400 Working to Death (The Brian Lehrer Show: Wednesday, 23 July 2008) 10717678 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/bored-at-work-coping-with-inflation-the-brian-lehrer-show-wednesday-23-july-2008/10717678/
From : WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show
Jennifer Merritt, Career Journal Editor at the Wall Street Journal, offers practical advice on how companies can cope with inflation. A question for the Bored At Work Network: What’s the smartest thing your company is doing to cope with inflation? And what’s the dumbest? See past comments HERE. ]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:38:00 -0400 Bored at Work: Coping with Inflation (The Brian Lehrer Show: Wednesday, 23 July 2008) 10717677 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/laid-off-now-what-the-brian-lehrer-show-wednesday-23-july-2008/10717677/
From : WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show
Drew Tignanelli, president of The Financial Consulate, offers practical advice on the very first steps to take if you're laid off. ]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:38:00 -0400 Laid Off! Now What? (The Brian Lehrer Show: Wednesday, 23 July 2008) 10706927 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/big-spenders-the-brian-lehrer-show-wednesday-23-july-2008/10706927/
From : WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show
Taylor Lincoln, Research Director at Public Citizen, breaks down who is giving to Obama's and McCain's campaign and how much. ]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 10:38:00 -0400 Big Spenders (The Brian Lehrer Show: Wednesday, 23 July 2008) 10716892 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/mosquito-podictionary-817/10716892/
From : podictionary - for word lovers - daily stories, trivia & dictionary etymology
This episode sponsored by Audible.com. For a free audio bookplease visit audiblepodcast.com/podictionary People have suffered the whining buzzing and itching biting of mosquitoes for time out of mind.  For this reason Old English had a name for these little blood sucking creatures. But it wasn t mosquito. It was gnat. Somehow the word gnat survived the arrival of mosquito although was displaced in meaning and now refers not specifically to mosquitoes, but to little hovering bugs in general. In 1572 a geography enthusiast named Richard Hakluyt got a letter from one Henry Hawks. Richard Hakluyt was in the midst of writing a whole bunch of books that told the tales of English exploration over the high seas and to foreign lands. Richard himself didn’t do much traveling abroad but he read everything he could get his hands on in as many languages as he could manage, then reproduced the stories in English. Henry Hawks was writing to Richard because Henry Hawks had firsthand experience living in Mexico.  In one passage Henry describes high mortality rates due to illness in the cities in Mexico based in part on the heat, and in part on these insects that bite both men and women in their sleep. These he called muskitos. Now you might at first think this was a Native American word to describe these annoying and evidently fatal flies, but in fact the word had arrived with the Spanish and had an Indo-European root. In Latin musca meant fly so mosquito literally means little fly. But this Latin word root appeared in the Americas in another unexpected guise as well, this time in the hands of early settlers. One of the things Europeans brought with them that Native North Americans didn t have was firearms.  These killed more rapidly than mosquitoes but their name had a familiar ring to it, they were called muskets. A musket got its name from the same root as a mosquito.  Here s how that worked. Back in France before the Norman Conquest bird fanciers had a special name for the male sparrow hawk.  These bird fanciers weren t bird watchers as you might think of today, instead they were hunters who used birds of prey to help them hunt.  It just so happens that the male sparrow hawk is quite small compared to the female. For this reason he was called a fly, or musche. Meanwhile other hunters used bow and arrow. One day someone invented a crossbow. The crossbow shoots a powerful arrow, the arrow itself is usually stocky but shorter than that used with a regular bow. Some smart-aleck nicknamed these diminutive arrows after the diminutive birds since they both flew to their target. Over time the name transferred to the crossbow itself. Then when technology replaced crossbows with guns, the name was applied there as musket. ]]> Wed, 23 Jul 2008 00:01:01 -0400 mosquito - podictionary 817 10707753 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/john-dean-on-pure-goldwater/10707753/
From : Truthdig Podcast
Truthdig Editor Robert Scheer interviews John Dean about Pure Goldwater, his new collaboration with the late senator s son. The book is a reminder that American conservatism has drifted far from its original heading. truthdig_pure_goldwater.mp3 ]]> Tue, 22 Jul 2008 21:13:00 -0400 John Dean on ‘Pure Goldwater’ 10718513 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/-0060-wednesday-23rd-july-2008/10718513/
From : Life In General by Adam Purcell
Life In General - a daily thought in under 5 minutes. Theme Music White Lines by Between The Trees ]]> Tue, 22 Jul 2008 16:30:52 -0400 [0060] Wednesday 23rd July 2008 10693498 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/crowd-control-kingz-07-18-08/10693498/
From : Perreo Radio Podcast
The Crowd Control Kingz tell you about the new Dark Knight movie and bring you the usual mix of hot new Reggaeton. Listen live on the all new www.PerreoRadio.com. ]]> Tue, 22 Jul 2008 14:31:37 -0400 Crowd Control Kingz - 07/18/08 10695073 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/the-world-should-revolve-around-me-the-brian-lehrer-show-tuesday-22-july-2008/10695073/
From : WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show
Is narcissism underrated? New York Times reporter Jan Hoffman talks about the benefits and detriments of the double edged sword of selfishness. ]]> Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:24:00 -0400 The World Should Revolve Around Me (The Brian Lehrer Show: Tuesday, 22 July 2008) 10695077 http://www.mefeedia.com/entry/grand-new-party-part-deux-the-brian-lehrer-show-tuesday-22-july-2008/10695077/
From : WNYC's Brian Lehrer Show
Ross Douthat, senior editor at the Atlantic Magazine, and Reihan Salam, associate editor at the Atlantic and senior editor at New America, discuss their book Grand New Party: How Republicans Can Win the Working Class and Save the American Dream. ]]> Tue, 22 Jul 2008 13:12:00 -0400 Grand New Party Part Deux (The Brian Lehrer Show: Tuesday, 22 July 2008)