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  • @peterwhiteley2729
    @peterwhiteley2729 4 роки тому +10474

    Ah, D or D, my favourite tabletop role playing game, Dungeons or Dragons.

  • @TheAshlovesu
    @TheAshlovesu 5 років тому +23899

    UA-cam: use key words to reach a broader audience
    Vsauce: _Dord._

  • @cornifer5261
    @cornifer5261 2 роки тому +2536

    RIP Dord
    1934 - 1947
    A dense word from a dense scientist

    • @vez3834
      @vez3834 Рік тому +114

      It's not the scientist's fault :(

    • @Worthy_Edge
      @Worthy_Edge Рік тому +101

      The dense ones are the dictionary editors

    • @leanna5733
      @leanna5733 Рік тому +25

      ​@@vez3834 this reply actually made me feel bad

    • @TheAnimatingSphereInSpace
      @TheAnimatingSphereInSpace Рік тому +5

      RIP Dord. _Dord._ -Dord.- D -or- _d._

    • @vinodnaik06
      @vinodnaik06 Рік тому +2

      Can I get a map

  • @sunnbeamz
    @sunnbeamz 2 роки тому +151

    actually, you can’t hear pterodactyls urinate because they’re dead

    • @shazith9999
      @shazith9999 6 місяців тому +5

      *ptedoractyl

    • @arossfelder
      @arossfelder 5 місяців тому

      Irony ?

    • @bartholomewone
      @bartholomewone 2 місяці тому

      @@shazith9999 *tearordackle

    • @PyroFortress2007
      @PyroFortress2007 Місяць тому +1

      you wouldnt hear pterodactyls ever anyway, not just because they’re dead, but because if you travel back in time to find one, you’ll realize that it doesn’t exist because its invalid.

  • @randoiguess
    @randoiguess 3 роки тому +3968

    All the talk about irony reminded me of the time I won my elementary school's award for perfect attendance
    I wasn't there that day

    • @thechannelforyouandme9376
      @thechannelforyouandme9376 3 роки тому +109

      bruh

    • @steelmd
      @steelmd 3 роки тому +338

      I’m so confused by the part about irony that I have no idea whether your comment is actually ironic so I’m just gonna give you the benefit of the doubt and say: “Nice one”

    • @thechannelforyouandme9376
      @thechannelforyouandme9376 3 роки тому +11

      @@steelmd bbbbbbb

    • @ER3xW4ha7
      @ER3xW4ha7 3 роки тому +39

      Figures.

    • @kothen4994
      @kothen4994 3 роки тому +35

      That's kinda but not really situational irony, but that's still hilarious.

  • @samblackett
    @samblackett 3 роки тому +7501

    This man has every rhyme in the English language at his disposal and he chooses tickle and pickle for his example

    • @smellthel
      @smellthel 3 роки тому +809

      dont question god

    • @bunju8990
      @bunju8990 3 роки тому +15

      @@trickyegg7043 it isn't

    • @haza6893
      @haza6893 3 роки тому +15

      @@trickyegg7043 not at all lmaoo

    • @diamondsinsight
      @diamondsinsight 3 роки тому +38

      @@haza6893 what did TrickyEgg say?

    • @haza6893
      @haza6893 3 роки тому +61

      @@diamondsinsight I completely forgot and now it’s bugging me 😂 i think it was just something ignorant and annoying

  • @vid4954
    @vid4954 8 років тому +3252

    " the first pun was literally 'corny' "
    MICHAEL I SWEAR TO GOD

    • @krautgazer
      @krautgazer 8 років тому +104

      I know, right?! He made a pun about the first pun.

    • @rezox
      @rezox 8 років тому +43

      but the epic of gilgamesh was written by the sumerians.
      maize or corn wasn't introduced to the old world until the discovery of the americas.
      how could they have a word for corn when they didn't even know it

    • @krautgazer
      @krautgazer 8 років тому +18

      rezox Damn, you're right. Now I'm curious too. Maybe it was a plant similar to corn and they simplified it when translating? Someone should answer this, please.

    • @bigredjanie
      @bigredjanie 8 років тому +67

      John Carvalho Here's your answer: It's fake and you found the holes in it. Michael put a deliberate fake fact in the video as a nod to the practise of putting fake facts or words in something as a way to trap copiers he mentioned in the video.

    • @krautgazer
      @krautgazer 8 років тому +18

      Harryhenry Then it's even better than I expected.

  • @dragondg6412
    @dragondg6412 Рік тому +1675

    vsause:ill make a video on the word dord
    10 minutes later:i know who let the dogs out

  • @123Yellowberry123
    @123Yellowberry123 10 років тому +2196

    Shouldn't third be threeth?

    • @Alexaflohr
      @Alexaflohr 10 років тому +88

      That would make sense, but languages don't work that way. English decided to take a lot of suffixes from the vikings, but words used too often never got the change. This is why we have 'rabbitS', 'cowS', and 'oxEN', and why first, second, and third are all different, but everything after that ends with 'th'. English started out as one of those weird tribal languages with way too many rules, and has been fighting against the streamlining process ever since.

    • @123Yellowberry123
      @123Yellowberry123 10 років тому +8

      Alexander Abrams-Flohr Thanks! :D

    • @nps571
      @nps571 10 років тому +15

      i used to live in singapore and they called it thrice in the books and stuff

    • @ButzPunk
      @ButzPunk 10 років тому +20

      Though quite a few weird things in English have to do with Vikings, "third" probably isn't one of them.
      It comes from Old English _thridda_ (or _þridda_), which is roughly equivalent to "threeth", but along the way the _i_ and the _r_ got switched around (something linguists call "metathesis") making into "third". Interestingly (if you're the type to find historical linguistics interesting), the same thing happened with "bird", which was _bridd_ in Old English. (The same thing happened with "burn" and "burst" among other words.)
      Also interestingly (again, ymmv), these words are just part of a whole pattern of such metatheses which generally began in the Northumbrian dialect of Old English and worked their way south until they became part of the standard language. (So, it is possible that the metathesis was somehow related to Viking influences, taking us full circle...)

    • @masterbob46
      @masterbob46 10 років тому +3

      haha ironic

  • @thinkfact
    @thinkfact 10 років тому +2849

    Wow, it's a complete honor to be mentioned in this video!
    Thank you very much Michael! I think my life is now complete. Haha :)

    • @GibsonGamesChannel
      @GibsonGamesChannel 10 років тому +57

      Hello, UA-camr man.

    • @thinkfact
      @thinkfact 10 років тому +36

      Gibson Collett
      And hello to you!

    • @ReSubrose
      @ReSubrose 10 років тому +15

      DALE! I WAS SO HAPPY TO SEE YOU IN THE VIDEO! :DDDD Congrats man!

    • @thinkfact
      @thinkfact 10 років тому +77

      ReSubrose
      I started to get all these random comments on my video that is really old. I was like, "what's going on?"
      I noticed Vsauce also released a new video, so I was beginning to get extremely anxious all of a sudden.
      I clicked on it watched it to where I saw myself and I pretty much almost had a heart attack.
      But it's an extreme honor and privilege to actually have this happen!

    • @roneyandrade6287
      @roneyandrade6287 10 років тому +7

      it is cool too see you in Vsauce, Dale

  • @48exa
    @48exa 4 роки тому +2652

    "The song Ironic has lyrics that are actually not situated irony"
    heh
    Ironic

    • @anupamajain8393
      @anupamajain8393 4 роки тому +18

      Woah...

    • @Ziegenhainy
      @Ziegenhainy 4 роки тому +79

      OH NO YOU CREATED A LOGICAL PARADOX OH NO ITS A BLACK HOLEA

    • @stoneminer4464
      @stoneminer4464 4 роки тому +69

      He saved others from death. He could not save himself.

    • @highguardian13
      @highguardian13 4 роки тому

      Lmao 🤣!!!! Ikr. Soooo ironic

    • @paniixa3890
      @paniixa3890 4 роки тому +1

      @@stoneminer4464 who?

  • @ahuman32478
    @ahuman32478 Рік тому +328

    At 5:30 Michael shows a list of words which says that "v" is silent in "fivepence". But, in his latest short "Which Letter Is Never Silent", he says that "v" is never silent

    • @joyjam3375
      @joyjam3375 Рік тому +35

      YO THANK YOU I KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG BUT I COULDN'T REMEMBER WHAT

    • @sikdarshams
      @sikdarshams Рік тому +19

      oh the irne

    • @zubetp
      @zubetp Рік тому +30

      and isn't it ironic

    • @johnnyboi4694
      @johnnyboi4694 Рік тому +24

      At 5:24 pterodactyl is spelt wrong 😂

    • @Syndiate__
      @Syndiate__ Рік тому +1

      @@johnnyboi4694 How did I not notice that...

  • @_fangs
    @_fangs 4 роки тому +4307

    Vsauce in 2014: Weird English things
    Vsauce in 2020: *eats donut from toilet*

    • @Fummy007
      @Fummy007 4 роки тому +124

      What the fuck happened lol.

    • @Shinransa
      @Shinransa 4 роки тому +193

      correction: *eats soggy wet toilet water donut from toilet*

    • @Damienn1776
      @Damienn1776 4 роки тому +111

      @@Shinransa we did not need that correction........god its so much worse

    • @overmountain
      @overmountain 4 роки тому +18

      Ah. Yes. Of course. Makes sense to me.

    • @organicno2351
      @organicno2351 4 роки тому +16

      @@Shinransa i feel like maybe it was a cup placed in the toilet

  • @ShredHarmonic
    @ShredHarmonic 4 роки тому +1825

    Me: finds a video on language.
    Michael: "It was the Mesolithic southwestern Chinese who let the dogs out"

  • @MSTechCentral
    @MSTechCentral 10 років тому +2406

    Vsauce is definitely the best channel on UA-cam. Subscriber counts aside, Michael brings real educational videos that are entertaining and exciting to watch. He revitalizes the good in education. Keep it up Michael, you are the man!

    • @akimborambo1
      @akimborambo1 10 років тому +55

      I feel as if I've gotten smarter over the course of time watching him, I know that sounds ridiculous but I can now answer questions my friends or family has on a daily basis. Now that has to stand for some kind of improvement of knowledge right?

    • @marcguidobolen693
      @marcguidobolen693 10 років тому +2

      you make tech videos and you shouldnt be here

    • @heymrhimr
      @heymrhimr 10 років тому +10

      Yeah my psychology teacher last year played one of his videos in class and I was like :o

    • @MSTechCentral
      @MSTechCentral 10 років тому +11

      Marc Bolen Uh-oh, I'm lost. Time for Nemo to go home!

    • @marcguidobolen693
      @marcguidobolen693 10 років тому +1

      yes yes.

  • @Robinson_Entertainment
    @Robinson_Entertainment Рік тому +53

    “Comment rhymes with nothing” no it doesn’t Michael, stop lying to me

  • @TaurielTheElf
    @TaurielTheElf 5 років тому +1532

    Beginning of the video: dord is actually a typo for d or d
    End of the video: Dogs were domesticated in China
    That escalated quickly...

  • @sayospecter6731
    @sayospecter6731 5 років тому +1270

    "Dord was an accidental word for thirteen years."
    ...
    (5 minutes later)
    ...
    "You can't hear a pterodactyl urinate because of its silent "P"."

    • @niriribururur7074
      @niriribururur7074 5 років тому +72

      That’s how vsauce works

    • @aidenr3310
      @aidenr3310 5 років тому +17

      @@niriribururur7074 *_ThaTs hOW mAFia WoRks_*

    • @aiden.117
      @aiden.117 5 років тому +2

      Aiden R - Bold and alternating letters?

    • @theonebman7581
      @theonebman7581 5 років тому +3

      @@niriribururur7074 *or is it?*

    • @daviduvaydov5498
      @daviduvaydov5498 5 років тому +3

      Not all hero's wear cape 😆 lol

  • @thirtythreemorebees
    @thirtythreemorebees 4 роки тому +1931

    How did we go from “Dord was a mistake word” to “The Chinese let the dogs out”

  • @intellectualguacamole
    @intellectualguacamole Рік тому +117

    It went from why the word Dord was accidentally introduced into the English language, to who actually let the dogs out.

  • @Name-fk8zk
    @Name-fk8zk 4 роки тому +1421

    “Nothing rhymes with nothing.”
    Yes. Yes it does.

    • @beatziegraham6928
      @beatziegraham6928 4 роки тому +25

      Clever.

    • @taylorlangley900
      @taylorlangley900 4 роки тому +51

      Nothing rhymes with something

    • @tibethatguy
      @tibethatguy 4 роки тому +32

      @@taylorlangley900 No, it doesn't.
      'Something''s rhyme is 'omething', while 'nothing''s rhyme is 'othing'.

    • @taylorlangley900
      @taylorlangley900 4 роки тому +13

      Tibe That Guy exactly... Othing is something though

    • @beagletobias8916
      @beagletobias8916 4 роки тому +9

      What about "frothing"?

  • @idbestshutup4424
    @idbestshutup4424 5 років тому +359

    I can appreciate that you titled your video “Dord.” and still get six and a half mil views

    • @odochi7091
      @odochi7091 4 роки тому +3

      @@ab1847k I thought we were the curious things

    • @proloycodes
      @proloycodes 2 роки тому

      9*

    • @homartorres6851
      @homartorres6851 2 роки тому

      Almost 9 and a half now...

    • @plutoandpolaris
      @plutoandpolaris Рік тому +2

      He made a video on the concept of nothing that has no title, no tags and a white thumbnail and it still got millions of views. That’s the power of vsauce

  • @opNeptune
    @opNeptune 5 років тому +1487

    *Others : How The Oxford Dictionary Made Up A Word!!*
    *Vsauce : Dord*

  • @coldblooded5908
    @coldblooded5908 Рік тому +37

    when he said "fatherly" i though his next world would've been "and fatherless"

  • @jademonass2954
    @jademonass2954 4 роки тому +3151

    "dord was a fake word for 13 years"
    later
    "kukku is the sound corn makes when falling on the ground"

    • @hamaczech13
      @hamaczech13 4 роки тому +150

      Interesting, corn is in czech language "kukuřice".

    • @scarasluts
      @scarasluts 4 роки тому +78

      hamaczech13 ah yes, corn rice

    • @hamaczech13
      @hamaczech13 4 роки тому +80

      @@scarasluts R and Ř are pronounced very differently,so i never looked at the word like that. For the same reason I didn't get what do english speakers find so funny about the town of "Horní Police" ("the upper shelf" in english). :D

    • @scarasluts
      @scarasluts 4 роки тому +64

      hamaczech13 THERES A TOWN CALLED HORNÍ POLICE??? also that's interesting! i never knew

    • @hamaczech13
      @hamaczech13 4 роки тому +41

      @@scarasluts There is also an annual hike from the town Pičín to Řiťka, which translates from czech to english "Cunt town" to "Little ass"

  • @wonky3854
    @wonky3854 2 роки тому +521

    I don't know how it took me so long to discover this incredible channel, but it means there is a decade worth to continue binging. Thank you Michael

    • @johnnyjoestar7143
      @johnnyjoestar7143 2 роки тому +24

      Michael has been my childhood, brought me closer to my nerdy older brother and eventually I got into science too lol

    • @cejuonline
      @cejuonline 2 роки тому +12

      Same, I've been binging and rewatching his videos since November of last year. My favorites so far were, What will we miss? Which way is down? and many more

    • @santrollencio3601
      @santrollencio3601 2 роки тому

      The sad news is when you watch all of his videos and then realize this mf uploads 1 or 2 videos per year now lol

  • @impishlyit9780
    @impishlyit9780 Рік тому +9

    It's great looking back and remembering that Vsauce videos have *always* been an informational fever dream.

  • @yeeet6129
    @yeeet6129 5 років тому +895

    Vsauce: Is that ironic?
    Me: I guess, yeah
    Vsauce: No it isn't
    Me: oh

  • @stroberibuni
    @stroberibuni 4 роки тому +5596

    title: Dord.
    7 million people: interesting.

  • @aditya007rockstar
    @aditya007rockstar 5 років тому +3349

    “Eminem wants to know your location”

  • @joehollingsworth4502
    @joehollingsworth4502 Рік тому +7

    I always thought the fact the Ironic song not having situationally ironic events in it was on purpose and was meant to be the TRUE irony in the song.

  • @gocacola8699
    @gocacola8699 4 роки тому +562

    1:03 thought he was gonna say “English loves collateral damage.”

  • @atomicfault3972
    @atomicfault3972 3 роки тому +2757

    “The word comment rhymes with nothing.”
    No it doesn’t.

    • @elgordobondiola
      @elgordobondiola 3 роки тому +109

      Comment torment atonement

    • @MrNateSPF
      @MrNateSPF 3 роки тому +154

      Nothing rhymes with everything.

    • @alfiealfie35
      @alfiealfie35 3 роки тому +136

      @@MrNateSPF both aren't perfect rhymes, because they aren't the exact same after the first syllable

    • @TrulySpeechless
      @TrulySpeechless 3 роки тому +65

      @@elgordobondiola They aren't perfect rhymes.

    • @elgordobondiola
      @elgordobondiola 3 роки тому +84

      @@TrulySpeechless nothing is truly perfect, except maybe Danny devito

  • @malikabraham3708
    @malikabraham3708 6 років тому +288

    Queue is just Q with 4 silent letters

  • @palopatrol6010
    @palopatrol6010 Рік тому +6

    “First, what’s the deal with first?”
    is the most Vsauce sentence in existence

  • @tibbletoons9785
    @tibbletoons9785 8 років тому +1542

    "mouth stuff is oral" Vsauce 2016

  • @3lhm4ch
    @3lhm4ch 3 роки тому +1306

    “You can’t hear a pterodactyl urinate because it’s silent p.”
    That made me laugh.

    • @achtsekundenfurz7876
      @achtsekundenfurz7876 3 роки тому +91

      3rd place: psychiatrist -- p is silent
      2nd place: rendezvous -- z and s are silent
      winner: eclipse -- all flat-earthers are silent

    • @requiem522
      @requiem522 3 роки тому +9

      @@achtsekundenfurz7876 10/10

    • @kuj2887
      @kuj2887 3 роки тому +31

      But how about a ptedoractyl?

    • @yinnakatomi
      @yinnakatomi 3 роки тому +9

      @@kuj2887 I was just thinking about if anybody commented about that

    • @kuj2887
      @kuj2887 3 роки тому +7

      @@yinnakatomi Statistically, there have to be a few of those who zero in on spelling errors, however small and to the average observer generally unnoticeable (and really immaterial). I'm like that. I'll notice the slightest mistake. It does help a lot in an editorial job. Shame I don't have one.

  • @rickb1973
    @rickb1973 5 років тому +219

    I heard once: "She puts the "b" in subtle".

  • @ron.mexico.
    @ron.mexico. 2 роки тому +5

    I can’t believe this is 8 years old. 2014 was fun.

  • @gameplaybin4739
    @gameplaybin4739 4 роки тому +808

    10:03 if you think about it, the song was a 10/10. You expect irony because of the title, but it doesn‘t really occur. Isn‘t that ironic :D

    • @jacobbaer785
      @jacobbaer785 4 роки тому +37

      Dontya think?

    • @riymeep6708
      @riymeep6708 4 роки тому +19

      Vsauce proved wrong

    • @anch95
      @anch95 4 роки тому +33

      This is a self assuring statement, if it's wrong then it's wrong wrong, thus right

    • @Sans-ih2el
      @Sans-ih2el 3 роки тому +21

      The song contains more than one types of irony. It's ironic that people think it doesn't include any irony.

    • @isaiah-the-starborn
      @isaiah-the-starborn 3 роки тому +14

      Ironically ironic irony.

  • @elongatedoval
    @elongatedoval 5 років тому +1839

    I have an ironic story...
    One time at my school someone was getting an award for 100% attendance but that day he wasn't in school

    • @Xnoob545
      @Xnoob545 5 років тому +39

      Lol

    • @Gamper1
      @Gamper1 5 років тому +70

      That happened to me a couple years ago lmao

    • @VesselTrinh
      @VesselTrinh 5 років тому +24

      F

    • @ShreyanshPanchal
      @ShreyanshPanchal 5 років тому +2

      Ooohhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

    • @4m33n
      @4m33n 5 років тому +12

      BIG OOOOFFF

  • @fmujic89
    @fmujic89 6 років тому +555

    Is it ironic to die in the living room?

    • @fujianhehagedoorn9809
      @fujianhehagedoorn9809 6 років тому +8

      fmujic89 yes

    • @themythhunter8928
      @themythhunter8928 6 років тому +55

      yes
      Next day
      Account Terminated
      Our moderators have noticed that your behavior on ROBLOX is bad.
      Moderator Note: Don’t Swear On ROBLOX
      Abuse: Profanity
      Abusive Item:
      yes

    • @arik_dev
      @arik_dev 6 років тому +21

      Reminds me of Stanley Kubricks Dr. Strangleove, "Gentleman. You can't fight in here. This is the war room!"

    • @banishingwarden
      @banishingwarden 6 років тому

      fmujic89 I call it the den..

    • @kevnar
      @kevnar 6 років тому +10

      "What you doing in that room?"
      "I'm living, dude! You should stop dining and try it some time."
      -Demitri Martin

  • @ej_makesvideos
    @ej_makesvideos 6 днів тому +1

    2:16 He knew what he was doing

  • @braydank13
    @braydank13 5 років тому +1354

    But I still don't know
    Why is a building called a building, when its already built?

  • @potatobob5781
    @potatobob5781 5 років тому +588

    "so, what kind of job do you have?"
    "oh, I'm a police police police police police police police police police police police police police police police police police police police police police."
    "...ah."

    • @kidyomu89
      @kidyomu89 5 років тому +9

      "ah... So uhm, what exactly does your job entail?"

    • @Somewhere50
      @Somewhere50 5 років тому

      Why do you have this job?

    • @halzion
      @halzion 4 роки тому +12

      @@kidyomu89 "So in my job I police police police police police police police police police police police police police police police police police police police police police..."

    • @kidyomu89
      @kidyomu89 4 роки тому +6

      @@halzion “Oh, I see.”

    • @boredrb
      @boredrb 4 роки тому

      Kidyom. U police

  • @UdayKasturi-o5d
    @UdayKasturi-o5d 10 днів тому

    Man I miss this VSauce. I would just come back from school and binge all his videos on loop. I go through a period of re-binging all of these videos every now and then. I wish he uploaded more often 😞

  • @ice-rv7tz
    @ice-rv7tz 5 років тому +992

    And cities with fog in them can be foggy
    Or
    Chinese

  • @dwaynebow
    @dwaynebow 2 роки тому +391

    6:33
    it took me YEARS to realize that the definition was a direct callout to the dictionaries stealing their words 😭

    • @mud6760
      @mud6760 Рік тому +7

      I looking for someone else who noticed this.

    • @mohammedalmogalli3298
      @mohammedalmogalli3298 Рік тому +3

      Please explain more my brain can’t comprehend this

    • @ttyt4078
      @ttyt4078 Рік тому +19

      @@mohammedalmogalli3298 the definition basically means "not following the law pueposefully"

    • @mymo_in_Bb
      @mymo_in_Bb 5 місяців тому +3

      imo their move to invent the word and then claim it's "fake" and "not a real word" is quite esquivalient. They brought it to life, now it's on them. They've got to take care of it. There's no such thing as uninventing a word once it's out.

    • @egghamsil
      @egghamsil 4 місяці тому +1

      esquivalient is a nice word

  • @akhotaba7866
    @akhotaba7866 5 років тому +1607

    Eyelashes are supposed to prevent things from going into your eyes but whenever i have something in my eye its always an eyelash
    How EYEronic.

    • @zemoeagle593
      @zemoeagle593 5 років тому +22

      Im In love

    • @fitmedicos4238
      @fitmedicos4238 5 років тому +8

      Good one😂😂

    • @hardcorehammy7848
      @hardcorehammy7848 5 років тому +37

      i mean... i guess, but doesn’t that mean it’s doing its job?

    • @chrisj403
      @chrisj403 5 років тому +4

      Doesn't that mean they're doing their job?

    • @angelbear_og
      @angelbear_og 5 років тому +4

      I guess I'm done with the internet today. Nothing will top this comment. 😂😂😂

  • @alf73
    @alf73 Рік тому +1

    I've watch this video once before and I'm sure I've watched it before that but for some reason it still feels new and entertaining watching Vsauce videos every few months, the videos are just that entertaining.

  • @dorianmearns7407
    @dorianmearns7407 4 роки тому +621

    “What do you do?”
    “I’m a police police police police police police police”

    • @youareoneant
      @youareoneant 4 роки тому +6

      AAaa aaaAA AAAaaaaa AAAAaaaaa aaAaAAa aaa aaaa Aaaaaa.

    • @Foxy-ve1oh
      @Foxy-ve1oh 4 роки тому +1

      No one cares yeees!

    • @DaminRSW
      @DaminRSW 4 роки тому +12

      we can condense this simply, to pig!
      how efficient

    • @folbykleetwood7462
      @folbykleetwood7462 4 роки тому +4

      @@DaminRSW 😐

    • @Somewhere50
      @Somewhere50 4 роки тому +3

      @@DaminRSW huh?

  • @bloodrune329
    @bloodrune329 4 роки тому +755

    “Mouth stuff is oral”
    -Michael Stevens

    • @steinychickens9026
      @steinychickens9026 3 роки тому +26

      Ha, he said that and you quoted him. Brilliant.

    • @bloodrune329
      @bloodrune329 3 роки тому +52

      @@steinychickens9026 Ha, you replied to a 3 month old UA-cam comment that’s just a quote from the video.
      Brilliant.

    • @osku2290
      @osku2290 3 роки тому +11

      @@bloodrune329 Truly brilliant he deserves a nobel prize!

    • @pepperc.7975
      @pepperc.7975 3 роки тому +7

      @@osku2290 Brilliant!

    • @schevling
      @schevling 3 роки тому +4

      Brillo

  • @bonyfax2345
    @bonyfax2345 4 роки тому +1435

    As one reditor one said:
    “Before was was was, was was is”
    Edit: why tf is this lame excuse for a joke still getting replies?

    • @thekonsti4712
      @thekonsti4712 4 роки тому +127

      I've looked at this sentence for too long and am now unable to understand the word ''was''

    • @うんち-v7y
      @うんち-v7y 4 роки тому +31

      Damn deep

    • @hechno9080
      @hechno9080 4 роки тому +71

      When was was is, was was was still?

    • @bonyfax2345
      @bonyfax2345 4 роки тому +28

      Techno Show
      When was was/is was, was wasn’t/isn’t is

    • @ariqsotherchannelidk436
      @ariqsotherchannelidk436 4 роки тому +35

      *He is speaking the language of the gods.*

  • @joebidome425
    @joebidome425 Рік тому +5

    i call discord dord and so knowing it was technically a word warms my heart

  • @cannonfodderangry6517
    @cannonfodderangry6517 5 років тому +263

    Michael: Irony
    Also Michael in the same video: Origin of dogs

    • @ME-fi1nj
      @ME-fi1nj 5 років тому +3

      Mr.Pikachu and it all started with the Oxford dictionary accidentally inventing a word

  • @lilith.xoxoxo
    @lilith.xoxoxo 5 років тому +208

    ticks and stones may break my bones, but words are merely the smallest element of language capable of containing meaning in isolation and as such can never directly produce the four thousand Newtons force per square centimeter required to break bones.

    • @lilith.xoxoxo
      @lilith.xoxoxo 5 років тому +2

      what video was that phrase for? i can't find it :c

    • @abimon76
      @abimon76 5 років тому +5

      nerd

    • @ClownGathering
      @ClownGathering 5 років тому +4

      ua-cam.com/video/xn7ZaT3AgoU/v-deo.html his video on misnomers!

    • @guitarman0365
      @guitarman0365 5 років тому +4

      All that effort to sound clever and you miss the beginning s in sticks. Was that intentional based on the topic of this video?

    • @aidenr3310
      @aidenr3310 5 років тому +1

      @@abimon76 ikr?

  • @assman6054
    @assman6054 3 роки тому +533

    At the beginning Michael talks about a dictionary mistake.
    At the end: WE FOUND OUT WHO LET THE DOGS OUT!!

    • @Hyperion4K
      @Hyperion4K 3 роки тому +24

      Finally we can find out what the dog was doing.

    • @spingleboygle
      @spingleboygle 2 роки тому +4

      @@Hyperion4K guys i know what the dog did! the dog did th-

    • @Hyperion4K
      @Hyperion4K 2 роки тому +4

      @@spingleboygle ...and he was never heard from again.

    • @itzpoizonn1177
      @itzpoizonn1177 2 роки тому +2

      @@Hyperion4K Ranch

  • @BraveSoda
    @BraveSoda Рік тому +15

    Petition to make the moon "Moonly"
    |
    V 1:24

  • @pizzawonderer5024
    @pizzawonderer5024 4 роки тому +272

    "The moon is not moonly."
    -Michael Stevens

  • @valdezmodesto
    @valdezmodesto 7 років тому +576

    3 years later, I still start every game of hangman off with the word "JAZZ". I have not lost a single game.

  • @etherraichu
    @etherraichu 9 років тому +186

    what makes orange a special word is that it was my first word. To this day my parents arent sure if I was talking about the fruit, or the color. This makes me happy.

    • @kapilbusawah7169
      @kapilbusawah7169 9 років тому +7

      ***** A rhyme so identical we don't even know it. Shit this rhymes and you didn't even catch it

    • @eugeneubwk3525
      @eugeneubwk3525 9 років тому +2

      etherraichu Not Really Ironic, But: VSauce thought he answered the question on the Baha Men's song. But he did not. The song, "Who Let the Dogs Out," references ugly women at a nightclub-not actual canines.

    • @Vitorruy1
      @Vitorruy1 9 років тому +1

      Eugene UBWK That`s so ironic... or is it?

    • @antdx316
      @antdx316 9 років тому

      etherraichu the Vsauce, no idea where he comes up with the kind of information he says
      it's so much and well-informed, descriptive, picturative

    • @andrijakovacevic3443
      @andrijakovacevic3443 9 років тому

      ***** in Serbia its the same case :)

  • @Monkeymario.
    @Monkeymario. 11 днів тому +3

    0:34 What actualy counts as a word? What is wordship exactly? How can you know if "the" is a word? Is "psst" a word? Is "pneumonoultramicroscopicsilivolcanoconiosis" a word?

  • @saintarkweather
    @saintarkweather 3 роки тому +604

    Chemistry class is like: "Water has a lower dord than stone"

    • @dankdisney7714
      @dankdisney7714 2 роки тому +5

      Physics*
      Gee, you're a bit dord yourself ain't you

    • @maucazalv903
      @maucazalv903 2 роки тому +4

      That one kid: *vsausce music starts*

    • @rtg_onefourtwoeightfiveseven
      @rtg_onefourtwoeightfiveseven 2 роки тому +6

      I'm going to drop Dord in a casual conversation if I ever remember to do so.

    • @lampoilropebombs0640
      @lampoilropebombs0640 2 роки тому +2

      Incorrect. Basalt with scoria has vesicles and can likely float on water.

    • @brrrrrr
      @brrrrrr 2 роки тому +1

      @@rtg_onefourtwoeightfiveseven did you rember or did you forgor

  • @GarrettStelly
    @GarrettStelly 5 років тому +451

    Eat an orange,
    Travel to Blorenge.
    Hair is Silver,
    An elderly Chilver.

  • @prasanttwo281
    @prasanttwo281 5 років тому +116

    5:27 I've seen this video nineteen times and I never noticed that error

    • @angerberry
      @angerberry 4 роки тому +18

      Same, ptedoractyl is not right!

    • @zappawench6048
      @zappawench6048 4 роки тому +2

      @@angerberry I thought it looked wrong!

    • @theevilteacher
      @theevilteacher 4 роки тому +1

      It was just for Michel to see if you were paying... Attention!

  • @Monkeymario.
    @Monkeymario. 11 днів тому +3

    My body has an average Dord of about 0.7 g/cm³, and water has an average Dord of 1 g/cm³, so I can float in water.

  • @Gamepro5
    @Gamepro5 5 років тому +158

    Orange the color rhymes with orange the fruit

  • @kokochydaios
    @kokochydaios 5 років тому +1542

    Michael:
    Clouds make the day Cloudy
    Friends are friendly
    Poets are poe--
    Me: P O E T T Y

  • @AlltimeNumbers
    @AlltimeNumbers 10 років тому +323

    Fascinating stuff. Never thought about the difference between perfect and identical rhymes. Thumbs up!

  • @NitroCodes
    @NitroCodes 4 місяці тому

    This is my first full vsauce video. I've watched YTPs of him before. This is pure madness, the YTPs are somehow more sensical.

  • @aidanthird
    @aidanthird 4 роки тому +281

    'nothing rhymes with nothing'
    me: of course they rhyme they are the same

  • @No-pw3dh
    @No-pw3dh 4 роки тому +1155

    “The word ‘comment’ rhymes with 'nothing'”
    No it doesn't

    • @metalslugfest
      @metalslugfest 4 роки тому +27

      'comment' doesn't rhyme with anything else either, haha

    • @4r96
      @4r96 4 роки тому +25

      @@metalslugfest Comet, Vomit, Common, Concept. It's about how you pronounce the words.

    • @gothtearz
      @gothtearz 4 роки тому +55

      4R - No it doesn't

    • @martin11844
      @martin11844 4 роки тому +8

      @@gothtearz yes it doe's, but if not, stop foment in g uncritical thinking

    • @gothtearz
      @gothtearz 4 роки тому +30

      martin11844 - English, use it

  • @EdElectra
    @EdElectra 4 роки тому +3725

    Fun fact: The word "short" is longer than the word "long".

  • @MagicianStevey
    @MagicianStevey 2 роки тому +16

    Vsauce at 8:57: “so the oldest joke was corny”
    Vsauce at 9:06: “(explaining the meaning of irony)”

  • @infinity6435
    @infinity6435 5 років тому +303

    if you ask vsause whats in the atmosphere you end up learning quantum physics

  • @smb963
    @smb963 5 років тому +308

    is the S or C silent in "Scent"

    • @sosigue1070
      @sosigue1070 5 років тому +78

      Neither, because SC has a /s/ phonem when put together. Just as PH has a /f/ sound in telephone.

    • @orisit1570
      @orisit1570 5 років тому +23

      @sosig bruh you dumb it’s the f

    • @se7enchampz788
      @se7enchampz788 5 років тому +4

      smb963 both

    • @adamswagpluh
      @adamswagpluh 4 роки тому +4

      I believe it’s c but idk

    • @xexpaguette
      @xexpaguette 4 роки тому +12

      According to my aunt, the letters 'sc' specifically in this word make the sound '/s/', so none are silent.
      Sorry I had to be that person.

  • @santacruiser2214
    @santacruiser2214 6 років тому +205

    Start: Dictionary error.
    End: Types of irony.

  • @Offically_alive
    @Offically_alive Рік тому +4

    3:44 what about “bluffing and nothing”

    • @Owen_loves_Butters
      @Owen_loves_Butters Місяць тому

      ff and th are *slightly* different sounds and don't count. Perfect rhymes are very strict.

  • @dcrenshaw42
    @dcrenshaw42 4 роки тому +809

    I always thought it was ironic that a song called "isn't it ironic" contained no irony.

    • @luisp.3788
      @luisp.3788 4 роки тому +19

      guess it's up to interpretation what about it is ironic

    • @dcrenshaw42
      @dcrenshaw42 4 роки тому +55

      @@luisp.3788 I dont think that's how Alanis Morrisette intended it, I really think she had no idea what irony was.

    • @luisp.3788
      @luisp.3788 4 роки тому +2

      @@dcrenshaw42 Maybe.

    • @ArgandTabletop
      @ArgandTabletop 4 роки тому +26

      Either we've got a paradox on our hands (kind of like 'This statement is false.') or we've got ourselves an idiot.

    • @arpadrideg9864
      @arpadrideg9864 4 роки тому +2

      Is should have been called "It's totally not ironic"

  • @curtisleblanc5897
    @curtisleblanc5897 4 роки тому +272

    2:36
    Or we could say: "I then tickle." in a brooklyn accent.
    I den tickle.

    • @rotisserieprotocol3582
      @rotisserieprotocol3582 4 роки тому +4

      this might be one of the most intelligent comments I've ever seen.

    • @curtisleblanc5897
      @curtisleblanc5897 4 роки тому +1

      @@rotisserieprotocol3582 Thank you so much. :)

    • @senza4591
      @senza4591 4 роки тому

      Hah

    • @irusvzi
      @irusvzi 4 роки тому +1

      or I dun/done tickle

    • @rotisserieprotocol3582
      @rotisserieprotocol3582 4 роки тому +1

      @@curtisleblanc5897 Like I understand its depth and what not, but I don't think I could really explain why it's so clever, ya know?

  • @ИванДогаев-ф3ь
    @ИванДогаев-ф3ь 5 років тому +454

    After watching 723 vsuace videos in a 78 hour period my brain can no longer retain knowledge.

    • @aidenboothby9610
      @aidenboothby9610 5 років тому +33

      Intelligence Stat Maximized

    • @ME-fi1nj
      @ME-fi1nj 5 років тому +3

      Super_Soviet u sad bugger

    • @damiank5412
      @damiank5412 5 років тому +2

      You won't need to

    • @WyattP20
      @WyattP20 5 років тому +4

      Oh no the Soviet Union has forgotten communism

    • @byakuyatogami2905
      @byakuyatogami2905 5 років тому +2

      It's because you've obtained all of the knowledge in the universe

  • @Ur.Local.Fairy.Hunter.
    @Ur.Local.Fairy.Hunter. 13 днів тому +1

    1:58 Yes, borange is a word. It's a term used to describe a celebration where people enjoy commitment without being married. The term was coined by someone who noticed that there was no word in the English language that rhymed with "orange".
    Borange
    Meaning
    A celebration where people enjoy commitment without being married
    How it works
    People stay boranged as long as they want, and can end the relationship by saying "We're durpled!"
    -google ai, I also saw this word when I was younger

  • @user-pf6yn6bv8s
    @user-pf6yn6bv8s 5 років тому +607

    Police: Hey! Vsauce, Micheal here, your under arrest!
    Micheal: or am I?
    *music plays*
    Micheal: *proceeds to explain the etymology of the word arrest*

    • @Peter_1986
      @Peter_1986 4 роки тому +50

      "But first we need to go back to the officer's birth."

    • @ummtulip
      @ummtulip 4 роки тому +28

      _But what IS birth?_

    • @DelaliA109
      @DelaliA109 4 роки тому +8

      And as always thx for watching

    • @weather9405
      @weather9405 4 роки тому +2

      Delad Ang - BlueWolf squishing Tape to Vsauce.

    • @nettlecider
      @nettlecider 4 роки тому +4

      .... **YOU'RE*

  • @drahoth2100
    @drahoth2100 4 роки тому +801

    Wife: Hey, can you pass me the salt.
    VSauce: Sure, but... what if the salt passed you.
    *VSauce theme intensifies*

    • @drahoth2100
      @drahoth2100 4 роки тому +19

      Heh, that's funny

    • @maan6168
      @maan6168 4 роки тому +33

      Drahoth forgotto switch accounts, eh

    • @dord4453
      @dord4453 4 роки тому +3

      Oh lol😆

    • @JediEdi
      @JediEdi 4 роки тому +7

      Heh, that's funny

    • @royal_doberman
      @royal_doberman 4 роки тому +7

      Heh, thats funny

  • @shaorandra
    @shaorandra 6 років тому +245

    In german we have "Wenn Fliegen hinter Fliegen fliegen, fliegen Fliegen Fliegen nach". It loses some fun in translation but its still funny:
    "when flies fly behind flies, then flies fly after flies"
    I love this video :)

    • @LulfsBloodbag
      @LulfsBloodbag 6 років тому +12

      Oh, of course! Because in German all nouns have capitals, and the word for the noun fly is the same as the verb flies! It does kinda lose it's flare in English though...

    • @shaorandra
      @shaorandra 6 років тому +12

      @@LulfsBloodbag yeah, but even if you dont capitalize, everyone gets the meaning.
      There is also the "Wenn Vögel mit Vögel vögeln, vögeln Vögel mit Vögeln."
      Which is really not translatable other than "when birds fuck with birds, then birds fuck with bird" which loses almost everything in translation, but in german (even more for teenagers) its hella hilarious ;)

    • @josephcygan9991
      @josephcygan9991 6 років тому +3

      Police police police police police police police police police police police police police police
      Police police police police police police police
      Police police police police police police police

    • @21st.streetbeatsproduction54
      @21st.streetbeatsproduction54 6 років тому

      German are boring

    • @shaorandra
      @shaorandra 6 років тому +7

      @@21st.streetbeatsproduction54 so you know the german language?

  • @LendriMujina
    @LendriMujina Рік тому +6

    6:28 That particular instance could easily backfire even if copyright traps _were_ enforceable, for the simple fact that esquivalience is an actually-useful word describing a scenario that a lot of people relate to. Not some niche jargon that nobody outside of a very specific field would ever even think about using.

  • @smitepeke7456
    @smitepeke7456 4 роки тому +257

    "You can't hear a pterodactyl urinate because of it's silent p"
    I wheezed

    • @an_annoying_cat
      @an_annoying_cat 4 роки тому +4

      Correction: ptedoractyl
      Also have you never heard that joke before? It was one that everyone knew when I was in elementary school

    • @smitepeke7456
      @smitepeke7456 4 роки тому

      An_Annoying_Cat i spelled it right wtf are you on about

    • @smitepeke7456
      @smitepeke7456 4 роки тому +1

      An_Annoying_Cat and no, I have not. I’m not a native English speaker so that joke wouldn’t make sense here

    • @an_annoying_cat
      @an_annoying_cat 4 роки тому +2

      It was a joke calling out that it was spelled wrong when he put it on screen.

    • @smitepeke7456
      @smitepeke7456 4 роки тому

      @@an_annoying_cat oh mb then

  • @hishamzaza174
    @hishamzaza174 4 роки тому +304

    "Who let the dogs out??" : Answered.
    But we still need to know whether Annie is ok or not.

  • @rxider9037
    @rxider9037 6 років тому +280

    did this man just tell us who let the dogs out
    what an icon

    • @irrelevant_noob
      @irrelevant_noob 6 років тому +2

      yeah, and i literally choked on my popcorn when he concluded his 12:10 segment... :-"

    • @oj3738
      @oj3738 6 років тому +2

      I would like this but it’s at 100 and that’s to perfect to ruin 😂

    • @equaius893
      @equaius893 6 років тому +1

      @@irrelevant_noob roses are red, isn't that swell
      *yells in the background* Mitochondria are the powerhouse of the cell!

  • @tonydarko67
    @tonydarko67 Рік тому +2

    Anyone else notice how Michael says “situational”

  • @jackwood8496
    @jackwood8496 4 роки тому +586

    "The first pun in history... Was literally corny..."
    *Pauses Video*
    *Likes Video*
    *Resumes Video*

  • @peepeetrain8755
    @peepeetrain8755 4 роки тому +299

    Déjà vu: Already seen
    Jamais vu: Never seen.
    Some french for you there

    • @ice9232
      @ice9232 4 роки тому +7

      Thanks baguette boi (i am actually learning french)

    • @granola661
      @granola661 4 роки тому +2

      Bonjour vu

    • @ThatGuyCanmanNC
      @ThatGuyCanmanNC 4 роки тому +1

      Lil Malaria same.
      Je suis cannon. Tu parle francais?

    • @ThatGuyCanmanNC
      @ThatGuyCanmanNC 4 роки тому

      Reaper of Souls
      salut

    • @granola661
      @granola661 4 роки тому +2

      @@ThatGuyCanmanNC Guten tag frank

  • @rihoto1120
    @rihoto1120 5 років тому +251

    1 *st*
    2 *nd*
    3 *rd*
    4th
    5th
    197th
    Michael: Why does first and second be oneth and twoth?
    Third and threeth: Am I a joke to you?

    • @munjee2
      @munjee2 5 років тому +13

      But it still starts with a form of three

    • @mareoio4141
      @mareoio4141 5 років тому +21

      Fiveth: you guys are getting noiced?

    • @bochen1079
      @bochen1079 5 років тому +5

      Fiveth:

    • @luuk3213
      @luuk3213 5 років тому +2

      1st
      2nd
      1st.
      That's how you do a money shift

    • @ijneb1248
      @ijneb1248 4 роки тому +3

      Thirth

  • @Nydaxe
    @Nydaxe 10 місяців тому +1

    Sandwich - Bewitch

  • @sauveurdumonde5308
    @sauveurdumonde5308 5 років тому +77

    One minute in: English language.
    Eight minutes in: Irony
    Twelve minutes in: Wolf mitochondrial DNA

  • @owenzinn4638
    @owenzinn4638 8 років тому +195

    Doesn't that mean that orange can rhyme with orange? The fruit and the color are different words, but still sound the same. Is there a term for this?

  • @Alehero
    @Alehero 4 роки тому +284

    “The most difficult word to guess is ‘JAZZ’”
    Not anymore lol

    • @YT7mc
      @YT7mc 4 роки тому +13

      I actually used this in hang man in a few weeks ago... It failed quickly lol

    • @bencampbell-wilson6348
      @bencampbell-wilson6348 4 роки тому +22

      'You like jazzzzzz'?

    • @NovayaK
      @NovayaK 4 роки тому +8

      Alehero what if in hangman you pick a phrase with literally every single letter in the English alphabet? It would be impossible for people to lose lol

    • @apttewly
      @apttewly 4 роки тому +7

      @@NovayaK **The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog**
      try this

    • @Mileshuh
      @Mileshuh 4 роки тому

      @@NovayaK yes you could lose, you get like 6 guesses not as many as you want. if you play correctly at least

  • @sparshgongale1943
    @sparshgongale1943 Рік тому +2

    I wanna hug this man. He is a good man.

  • @kaipark1649
    @kaipark1649 4 роки тому +95

    i always forget what the video is about when i'm watching vsauce videos, so i have to check the title again.
    but this one is called dord.

  • @Larryeb37
    @Larryeb37 6 років тому +321

    at school there was a book about saving trees written on paper and we had to take notes on it with a pencil

    • @---nobody---
      @---nobody--- 6 років тому +46

      Finally, a real example of irony.
      Waaay too many people don’t understand irony and they confuse it with simple coincidences.

    • @aranseanziegler1421
      @aranseanziegler1421 6 років тому +4

      Lol. That is irony!

    • @bobbyhill4118
      @bobbyhill4118 6 років тому +1

      Larry Berg true irony right here.

    • @ticktockbam
      @ticktockbam 6 років тому +2

      You guys should have wrote those notes on your iPads instead.

    • @xelitez6438
      @xelitez6438 6 років тому +5

      Class is about saving trees. *Proceeds to do tons of homework and projects on paper.*