Susie is a national treasure and her knowledge of etymology and word usages is priceless. How lucky we are to have her and her enduring love of the English language.
I love Susie Dent, she's fantastic. Her podcast with Gyles Brandreth is a beautiful tradition for me because I now reside in the USA after leaving Kent in 2012 and she is a word master who is witty and highly knowledgeable about lexicography.
The podcast 'Something rhymes with Purple' is a wonderful production, although Gyles Brandreth is way over the top. I'm sure there must be better candidates who would be able to compliment Susie and her scintillating knowledge of words.
As a fan out of 8 out of 10 cats does countdown I had only known Susie as a comedic character but Susie you are amazing I couldn't get enough of your views on lexicography!
I think Susie Dent is great. Word master, funny, very informative about lexicography and her podcast with Gyles Brandreth is a wonderful tradition for me as I live in the USA now having left Kent in 2012.
As a poet, I love eavesdropping. I'm not trying to spy, I'm not trying to pry, I'm simply trying to pluck threads of the human condition to express poetically. This is why I love writing in bars, or, in old English, pubs. So much humanity happens in pubs, there are so many threads to pluck.
@@deedee-tc4fh lololololololololololololololololol enjoy your high tea in your ivory tower with your pinky out, sweetheart. Let us commoners roam the street free from your judgment and intrusion.
I'm an old man and have some trouble with Susie's 'full on' swear words but her book 'Word Perfect' is, in my opinion, very good and stands with the Thesaurus. I would not like to get into an argument with this lady :-)
As bright young things, we used to say "get some couth" or "he needs a couth transplant". We also said "get some deckrum" meing DECORUM but we pronounced it 'DECK RUM'
English has never been in a better place. How many speakers of it are there around the world? How many varieties? It has never been richer, nor more diverse.
Agree although its changing in the US probably fast than anywhere right now because of the southern influences. From its humble beginnings as a merchant language it has developed amazing versatility and deep and profound beauty.
@@Sillimant_ No-one is mixing _every_ variety of English together to create an ugly, muddy brown mess. What we have, to continue the analogy, is a kaleidoscope of fascinating colours that co-exist, intermingle and enrich. We are all better for it.
I've never really understood why people think of German as a language that likes to pile "noun upon noun upon noun" but then fail to identify that same tendency in English. Sure, English is a tad neater in its orthographic presentation of its compound nouns since it uses spaces and hyphens. (Also, I shouldn't forget to mention that English, particularly for some more formal domains, prefers to forge words from Latin and Greek stock rather than Germanic.) Still, though, English speakers have the same predilection for compounding as German speakers have. Take the following made-up "word"/phrase; it isn't the most elegant use of our Shakespearean inheritance, but I doubt anybody would bat an eye at its grammatical foundation: 'particle board decoherence phenomenon'. Remove the spaces, capitalize the first letter, and it looks almost German, doesn't it?: 'Particleboarddecoherencephenomenon'.
I don't know about "nobody would bat an eye". As you noted, that made-up term is very clunky. If I was ever in a situation where I had to write that, I would definitely try my hardest to rewrite it. I'd lean towards turning it into a descriptive phrase rather than forcing it into a noun (maybe "phenomenon where a particle board decoheres"?)
I think tis is one of the biggest differences between native English speakers and others. When I come across an English word that I don't know, I very often have no idea how to write it because there are so few rules
@@zapkvr0101 "no idea how to write" is of course over accentuated. But things like "c or s" and sometimes "e or i" appears pretty random. There are words pronounced the same and written differently (here/hear eg) which I was originally referring to.
The order of adjectives - I have never considered this. The dark red hair. Not the red dark hair. Her bright green eyes, not her green bright eyes. Oo, poets have been having fun with this in English for a while.
,,, and thoughtful, passionate, articulate, inspirational, generous ... and she knows a lot and can spin a fine yarn. I've just `discovered` how entertaining and educative she and UA-cam can be. I'm grateful.
we should be very worried about emojis. they are the catalyst for increasing ambiguity in communication. for example... this...🙅♀... could mean either "i dont know" or "i dont care," which are very different from one another. its 1984esque.
@@VinnySlouth that is exatly my point. if a picture is worth a thousand words it is ambiguous. just use the word. no confusion. thank you for illustrating my point.
I have a problem with this movement under way, where words are now violence and a punctuation mark is considered aggressive! The problem with that line of thought is that as we've seen all too clearly it leads to policing of both speech and thought.
The English language are doomed because nobody can tells the difference between plural and singular. Also them are pretty useless on subject and object cases.
I moved to the UK from South Africa and I was quite shocked to hear 'english' spoken and written here. It's such a shame. What happened to the Queen's English?
Don't know if you heard the news, but the Queen is dead. English has about half a billion native speakers worldwide. And it is the most popular second language in the world. The tiny upper class in a tiny country like England can't control anything.
Susie is a national treasure and her knowledge of etymology and word usages is priceless. How lucky we are to have her and her enduring love of the English language.
Could listen to Susie all day
I love Susie Dent, she's fantastic. Her podcast with Gyles Brandreth is a beautiful tradition for me because I now reside in the USA after leaving Kent in 2012 and she is a word master who is witty and highly knowledgeable about lexicography.
The podcast 'Something rhymes with Purple' is a wonderful production, although Gyles Brandreth is way over the top. I'm sure there must be better candidates who would be able to compliment Susie and her scintillating knowledge of words.
As a fan out of 8 out of 10 cats does countdown I had only known Susie as a comedic character but Susie you are amazing I couldn't get enough of your views on lexicography!
I think Susie Dent is great. Word master, funny, very informative about lexicography and her podcast with Gyles Brandreth is a wonderful tradition for me as I live in the USA now having left Kent in 2012.
As a poet, I love eavesdropping. I'm not trying to spy, I'm not trying to pry, I'm simply trying to pluck threads of the human condition to express poetically. This is why I love writing in bars, or, in old English, pubs. So much humanity happens in pubs, there are so many threads to pluck.
As a regular viewer of Cats does Countdown, it's strange to hear an introduction of Susie that doesn't involve a dick joke 😂
P.S. I love Susie.
What are you looking into …. Other than glory holes!
@@sokonek1 o look n
@@sokonek1 *after the tears and "the most unnecessary joke" - "No, seriously. What're you looking into?"
@@sokonek1 One of the regular daytime Countdown hosts (Hewer): I think Susie is looking for her 'Special Spot' ? :)
@@deedee-tc4fh lololololololololololololololololol enjoy your high tea in your ivory tower with your pinky out, sweetheart. Let us commoners roam the street free from your judgment and intrusion.
This is a very cool interview. Fascinating.
I'm an old man and have some trouble with Susie's 'full on' swear words but her book 'Word Perfect' is, in my opinion, very good and stands with the Thesaurus. I would not like to get into an argument with this lady :-)
Tell her about Kory Stamper who wrote Word by Word. It’s a fun book about working for Merriam-Webster In Massachusetts.
Came for a look, stayed for the whole show, interesting.
As bright young things, we used to say "get some couth" or "he needs a couth transplant". We also said "get some deckrum" meing DECORUM but we pronounced it 'DECK RUM'
Just for myself, I found this super.
Suzie is so lovely.
No collection of lexicography books is complete without a copy of "Roger Melley's Swearasaurus", written and published by the Viz comic team.
I like Suzie Dent a lot
So much so, you decided not to check how to spell her name correctly. And yes, this is one of those times it is incredibly necessary to get it right.
Incredibly? So it's not necessary then?
@@philchadwick9470 nice attempt. But no, you did not point out a mistake.
English has never been in a better place. How many speakers of it are there around the world? How many varieties? It has never been richer, nor more diverse.
Couldn't agree more.
Agree although its changing in the US probably fast than anywhere right now because of the southern influences. From its humble beginnings as a merchant language it has developed amazing versatility and deep and profound beauty.
yes well when you mix all your paints together all you get is one ugly shade of brown. mixing everything isn't always a good idea
@@Sillimant_ Very bad analogy, but since you make it, what's the issue?
@@Sillimant_ No-one is mixing _every_ variety of English together to create an ugly, muddy brown mess. What we have, to continue the analogy, is a kaleidoscope of fascinating colours that co-exist, intermingle and enrich. We are all better for it.
This is great
I've never really understood why people think of German as a language that likes to pile "noun upon noun upon noun" but then fail to identify that same tendency in English. Sure, English is a tad neater in its orthographic presentation of its compound nouns since it uses spaces and hyphens. (Also, I shouldn't forget to mention that English, particularly for some more formal domains, prefers to forge words from Latin and Greek stock rather than Germanic.) Still, though, English speakers have the same predilection for compounding as German speakers have. Take the following made-up "word"/phrase; it isn't the most elegant use of our Shakespearean inheritance, but I doubt anybody would bat an eye at its grammatical foundation: 'particle board decoherence phenomenon'. Remove the spaces, capitalize the first letter, and it looks almost German, doesn't it?: 'Particleboarddecoherencephenomenon'.
A very good comment! Love it 😁
I don't know about "nobody would bat an eye". As you noted, that made-up term is very clunky. If I was ever in a situation where I had to write that, I would definitely try my hardest to rewrite it. I'd lean towards turning it into a descriptive phrase rather than forcing it into a noun (maybe "phenomenon where a particle board decoheres"?)
I decided that a full stop at the end of a paragraph is not necessary: mine all get kicked past Pluto pretty quick, but you need semi-colons
I assume the German word for "confelicity" must be "Freudenfreude".
Ve doo not enjoy ze häppiness off osers
Ive been fascinated how we almost instinctively know how to spell words that have different roots when there appears to be few rules in English.
I think tis is one of the biggest differences between native English speakers and others. When I come across an English word that I don't know, I very often have no idea how to write it because there are so few rules
@@PFYannik thats not true at all. There are plenty of rules. And they get broken loads of times. I before E except after C is a case in point
@@zapkvr0101 "no idea how to write" is of course over accentuated. But things like "c or s" and sometimes "e or i" appears pretty random. There are words pronounced the same and written differently (here/hear eg) which I was originally referring to.
@@PFYannik homonyms are very common in other languages
Word perfect was a great word processor.
Satellite Software!
Who is the interviewer?
I notice Suzi says ecsetera. Sorry to be a grandpa nasty. Thanks for the great session.
Waiting for Jimmy Carr to make a most unnecessary joke :P
Well, while we wait on Jimmy you up for a five a side football match on Suzy’s forehead ⚽️🏟️
Why? He’s not on this
Haha, a very funny moment!
@@---df5srTo understand this reference you'll just have to look into it.
Not to mention that most annoying laughter.
She's quite articulate, but her interviewer needs a lot more preparation and practice. He seemed very clumsy with this.
The order of adjectives - I have never considered this. The dark red hair. Not the red dark hair. Her bright green eyes, not her green bright eyes. Oo, poets have been having fun with this in English for a while.
Fun listen.
Actually quite interesting . . . Certainly a lot more interesting than Jimmy Carr ever has been.
She is just so attractive and lovely
,,, and thoughtful, passionate, articulate, inspirational, generous ... and she knows a lot and can spin a fine yarn. I've just `discovered` how entertaining and educative she and UA-cam can be. I'm grateful.
I wonder if Suzi will ever do an ASMR audio book?
Ding Dong. 🔔
What does EA stand for?
💜🤠
we should be very worried about emojis. they are the catalyst for increasing ambiguity in communication. for example... this...🙅♀... could mean either "i dont know" or "i dont care," which are very different from one another. its 1984esque.
Emoji's, Icons, hieroglyphics....
If a picture is worth a thousand words which one were you aiming at?
@@VinnySlouth that is exatly my point. if a picture is worth a thousand words it is ambiguous. just use the word. no confusion. thank you for illustrating my point.
I have a problem with this movement under way, where words are now violence and a punctuation mark is considered aggressive! The problem with that line of thought is that as we've seen all too clearly it leads to policing of both speech and thought.
CONGRATILATIONS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You have just woken up into a very bad dream!!!!!!!!!
Oh wake up! Words have always had the potential to be violent and aggressive.
In my dictionary there is no future...
no wait there it is after futile.
My view is learn how to do it properly, then if you consciously decide to improvise, fine.
Swearing .....
Meaning ?
I've never sworn but I have used foul and offensive language.
The English language are doomed because nobody can tells the difference between plural and singular.
Also them are pretty useless on subject and object cases.
I moved to the UK from South Africa and I was quite shocked to hear 'english' spoken and written here. It's such a shame. What happened to the Queen's English?
For the sake of your general sanity NEVER go to Brooklyn, or Tennessee!
Don't know if you heard the news, but the Queen is dead. English has about half a billion native speakers worldwide. And it is the most popular second language in the world. The tiny upper class in a tiny country like England can't control anything.
In the UK English is dying as there are too many foreigners.
To be fair, a decent percentage of native Brits also struggle with the language
@@maximillianford9301 OMG yes you are so right there. Mainly the younger generation and that includes my grandchildren who I correct many times.
Over time of course language evolves . If you could transport yourself back to the 1400's you would understand much if anything.
@@johnburrows3385 making a mistake in grammar while complaining about misuses of grammar... classic.
@@petemason57 whom