What is the Enchanting Table Language?

Поділитися
Вставка
  • Опубліковано 27 лют 2023
  • Go to my sponsor aura.com/kklein to get a 14 day free trial and see if your personal information has been leaked online!! Thanks to Aura for sponsoring this video.
    Game footage used in this video:
    Taken from LongplayArchive ( / @longplayarchive )
    Longplay of Wolfenstein 3D: • Longplay of Wolfenstei...
    Longplay of DOOM: • Longplay of DOOM (1995)
    Taken from IlluminaHD ( / @illuminahd )
    Minecraft Speedrun: • Minecraft World Record...
    Thanks to my patrons!!
    Patreon: www.patreon.com/user?u=73482298
    Written and created by me
    Art and thumbnail by kvd102
    Music by me.
    Translations:
    Leeuwe van den Heuvel - Dutch
    Le Napolitain - French
    TauPsi - Spanish
    #minecraft #enchantingtable #linguistics
  • Ігри

КОМЕНТАРІ • 216

  • @CasualConlanger
    @CasualConlanger Рік тому +907

    I still have no idea what "baguette" means. This video was super unhelpful. 10/10 😎

    • @LotsOfS
      @LotsOfS Рік тому +88

      It might be a reference to GTA: San Andreas. I know Notch does love that game. One of the magic spells in that game to get infinite health was "BAGUVIX". Then for Minecraft, I'm guessing the "VIX" part was too similar to Vex, a hostile mob that also has to do with magic, and so they scrapped that part of the spell and replaced it with something else, though I'm not entirely sure why it would be replaced with 'ette' specifically. Perhaps an Ette was a mob idea they wanted to implement but that ended up on the cutting room floor and never made it in the main game except for this trace mention in a weird encrypted word.

    • @notwithouttext
      @notwithouttext Рік тому +31

      everyone's overthinking it. it's just a fancy spelling of "bag wet" because notch was thinking of the idea for the words while his bag was wet

    • @lexicornix7530
      @lexicornix7530 Рік тому +8

      Baguette is the French word for the bread you use for a sandwich (Subway). It also means "wand".

    • @Somebodyherefornow
      @Somebodyherefornow Рік тому

      @@lexicornix7530 ma baguette longue est "wet"

    • @notwithouttext
      @notwithouttext Рік тому +12

      @@lexicornix7530 wooosh

  • @LingoLizard
    @LingoLizard Рік тому +704

    Never would’ve expected a K Klein video about minecraft

  • @Vallee152
    @Vallee152 Рік тому +366

    To your introduction, 'craft' can actually be used as a suffix, like 'witchcraft' meaning the "skill of witchery." "Minecraft" could be interpreted as the "skill of mining." I feel like this might actually be what the name means, since the name was keyed by a fan before crafting was even in the game.

    • @InventorZahran
      @InventorZahran Рік тому +39

      Maybe the 'craft' part of that name inspired the game's creators to add the crafting element...

    • @mkks4559
      @mkks4559 Рік тому +40

      Maybe the real craft was the friends we made along the way.

    • @Vallee152
      @Vallee152 Рік тому +37

      @@mkks4559 I absolutely love the part where craftious said "it's craftin' time" and crafted all over the place

    • @InventorZahran
      @InventorZahran Рік тому +10

      @@mkks4559 The real friends were the mines we crafted along the way.

    • @Sun-Tzu-
      @Sun-Tzu- Рік тому +8

      That's exactly what I was thinking, I always thought it was something to the tune of Warcraft (WoW/fantasy) or Bushcraft (wilderness survival).

  • @Liggliluff
    @Liggliluff Рік тому +287

    (0:15) Isn't that called a "compound"? It's assumed it's from 'to mine' and 'to craft', but it could just as well be from 'a mine' and 'a craft' (a skill, a trade). The result is a noun, a proper noun, and therefore called a "compound noun" specifically, since it's a noun from a compound.

    • @Gamesaucer
      @Gamesaucer Рік тому +23

      You could read it several ways, I think.
      Noun + Noun = Noun: (1) Something produced by a mine or (2) from a mine, or (3) a mining tool;
      Noun + Verb = Verb: (4) To create a mine.
      Time to add it to the dictionary!

    • @louisrobitaille5810
      @louisrobitaille5810 Рік тому +17

      @@Gamesaucer Or read it another way.
      Mine: (5) Explosive device, (6) setting up explosive devices.
      Craft: (7) Doing something with what you gathered, (8) a skill you're honing.

    • @sheikchilli8670
      @sheikchilli8670 Рік тому +3

      @@Gamesaucer or we could see it as noun + verb that has been turned into a noun: minecraft, the craft of mines, analogous to the word witchcraft, but instead of witchery it's all about mining

    • @InventorZahran
      @InventorZahran Рік тому +1

      Basketball is a game about baskets and balls. Minecraft is a game about mining and crafting. It's that simple!

    • @paper2222
      @paper2222 Рік тому

      @@InventorZahran not so simple.
      is "mining" and "crafting" a verb or a noun?
      i say "yes".
      but the answer may be different for other people

  • @hoangkimviet8545
    @hoangkimviet8545 Рік тому +75

    Minecraft, the most widely known compound word in English, even foreigners do not intend to learn it.

  • @robertskitch
    @robertskitch Рік тому +91

    Kinda funny that Minecraft also has its very own cypher alphabet but you wouldn't know it. Technically it is in the game but you cannot find it via normal gameplay.
    From the update notes for snapshot 21w37a:
    "Added illageralt, rune-like font from Minecraft Dungeons (currently only usable via commands)"
    So, yeah, it's originally from the spin-off game 'Minecraft Dungeons' (and was used in the teaser videos for the game). I guess they added it to the main Minecraft game so that it could be used by mapmakers and modmakers and such?

  • @Autumn-Muse
    @Autumn-Muse Рік тому +47

    That feel when the linguist forgets what a compound word is.

  • @thalesvondasos
    @thalesvondasos Рік тому +130

    I always thought the words in Minecraft were nouns, not verbs, similar to spellcraft.

    • @angeldude101
      @angeldude101 Рік тому +17

      English likes using words as different parts of speech than they were originally without actually inflecting the word at all. Checking Wiktionary, both "mine" and "craft" seem to have been nouns before they become verbs.

  • @--Paws--
    @--Paws-- Рік тому +84

    Who knew you can learn about Doom lore about Minecraft.

  • @truckjumperdude
    @truckjumperdude Рік тому +46

    FINALLY A MINECRAFT VIDEO

    • @IdoN_Tlikethis
      @IdoN_Tlikethis Рік тому +8

      we are one step closer to seeing those old minecraft videos >:)

  • @johnsonyip1127
    @johnsonyip1127 Рік тому +20

    scientists are still trying to figure out what the ancient egyptians meant with the combination of letters "baguette".

  • @chao3948
    @chao3948 Рік тому +23

    the linguistics and conlanging communities are so intertwined in my head that I need to make an actual effort to not assume anyone who posts about linguistics on the internet is automatically into conlanging. This runs so deep in my brain and I don't really know why

    • @EchoLog
      @EchoLog Рік тому +5

      I have to remind myself the same thing since I basically started conlanging and cyphering before I finished learning my native language.

    • @Writer_Productions_Map
      @Writer_Productions_Map 4 місяці тому +1

      All Conlangers are Linguistics nerds, but not all Linguistics nerds are Conlangers

  • @Diriector_Doc
    @Diriector_Doc Рік тому +25

    Damn. I'm gonna have a really hard time making finding a translation for "baguette" when I translate this video into French.

  • @einootspork
    @einootspork Рік тому +9

    "This block is used to get rid of Lapis Lazuli"
    too real man

  • @limalimon1738
    @limalimon1738 Рік тому +36

    Great vid! It's crazy to listen to a native Swedish person pronounce Notch's real name 2:11

  • @benjaminclehmann
    @benjaminclehmann Рік тому +9

    You're correct that Xyzzy is from Colossal Cave Adventure and given that it's commonly used in video games as a cheat code this is probably why it's in minecraft.
    However, as a math person it gave me whiplash back to introductory linear algebra because it's a mnemonic for remembering how to compute cross products. If a = b x c then a_x = b_y * c_z - b_z * c_y, and note that the subscripts spell xyzzy. For a_y and a_z you rotate the subscripts (x -> y -> z -> x). In fact there's a theory that this is where it came from in that video game, but Wikipedia says that the creator was unaware of it.

  • @PixelBytesPixelArtist
    @PixelBytesPixelArtist Рік тому +9

    There was like a year long period we’re people (children) online would just call every single writing system that wasn’t Latin “Minecraft enchanting language”. Like especially Hebrew and Chinese for some reason.

    • @neoqwerty
      @neoqwerty 8 місяців тому +1

      at least that beats calling it "moonrunes" (which is what we used to call it when we didn't know which script it was and didn't want to accidentally call, say, hebrew "arabic" or other mistakes, so moonrune got catch-all'd.
      Sounds like calling it Minecraft enchanting language is just an attempt to revive moonrunes that died under the length of its own name?

  • @hariharpuri1362
    @hariharpuri1362 Рік тому +25

    Finally talking about the weird character of the enchantment table and as a polylingual and it has always bothered me 😅
    But great video ❤

  • @thehydrogen
    @thehydrogen Рік тому +10

    Next, a video on the linguistics of Villagers

  • @ZarlanTheGreen
    @ZarlanTheGreen Рік тому +10

    Doomguy is a descendent of the guy from Wolfenstein? That's kinda amusing, and not too surprising.
    *_Commander Keen!? WTF!?_* He's related to those guys!?

    • @kklein
      @kklein  Рік тому +9

      officially commander keen is the grandson of Blazkowicz. doomguy is either the son or grandson of commander keen (son I think, but the Wiki says grandson) i think it's pretty cool

    • @ZarlanTheGreen
      @ZarlanTheGreen Рік тому

      @@kklein It's quite surprising! Nice to know.

  • @callumboyagoda8455
    @callumboyagoda8455 Рік тому +17

    Based gamer klein video once again

  • @heypeopleitsmatt
    @heypeopleitsmatt Рік тому +18

    But does it tell you anything about the enchantment

    • @kklein
      @kklein  Рік тому +33

      nope

    • @Dmanepic
      @Dmanepic Рік тому +5

      @@kkleinsomeone needs to make a texture pack to do that

    • @kklein
      @kklein  Рік тому +15

      @@Dmanepic i think that would require a mod :/

    • @kacperwoch4368
      @kacperwoch4368 Рік тому +2

      @@Dmanepic You can just replace the enchantment alphabet with english in the game files. I did that once some 10 years ago but then realized it made no sense so i changed it back. I guess that was my first modding experience.

  • @cs127
    @cs127 Рік тому +10

    k klein minecraft gameplay videos when

  • @samiralawton7497
    @samiralawton7497 Рік тому +2

    Fantastic video. Short, funny, and informative

  • @Krazylegz42
    @Krazylegz42 Рік тому +2

    Love a video featuring my favorite classic video game character

  • @Boppercat
    @Boppercat Рік тому +8

    I had always thought that it was all random characters, guess I was kinda right.

  • @UniDocs_Mahapushpa_Cyavana
    @UniDocs_Mahapushpa_Cyavana Рік тому +8

    I would love to see a game implement humming/freeform sign (as in not an actual sign language) instead of a language or monogrammar alt language, just because it will result in everyone being very confused 😵‍💫, while understanding what is being said, while not understanding how they understand what is being said for weeks on end.

  • @RichConnerGMN
    @RichConnerGMN Рік тому +6

    bruh, why are you calling notch the creator of minecraft when everyone knows he stole the credit from hatsune miku
    thank you for pointing out the antisemitism in the villager design though, i've seen it mentioned but only on tiny scales and never from someone with a following as large as yours. i'm not even jewish and it really bothers me.

  • @robims5048
    @robims5048 Рік тому

    This video is a hard contender for best video I have seen this decade.

  • @MWoyde
    @MWoyde Рік тому +5

    It’s nice to see that some people seem to have the same ADHD tangents about random scripts or language related things out there

  • @mnm1273
    @mnm1273 Рік тому +2

    About 30% of this video is an ad (31,5% is post ad transition).

    • @kklein
      @kklein  Рік тому +1

      yes this is true, thus it is placed at the end

  • @glowjoe09
    @glowjoe09 4 місяці тому

    i swear the way you tell us about sponsors makes me go "Ahhh you got me this time" while pointing at the screen

  • @bobboberson8297
    @bobboberson8297 Рік тому

    youre getting too good at this

  • @TheoOliverAndersen
    @TheoOliverAndersen 29 днів тому

    The protection 2 you get on your diamond chestplate at 1:02 translates to "destroy inside w"

  • @randomperson7716
    @randomperson7716 Рік тому +3

    omg that's me at 4:11

  • @nukollodda
    @nukollodda 2 місяці тому

    Will say love the conlang critic reference at 3:38

  • @Liggliluff
    @Liggliluff Рік тому +4

    It's a shame Minecraft couldn't have made its own cypher, and also base it on the Swedish A​B​C​D​E​É​F​G​H​I​J​K​L​M​N​O​P​Q​R​S​T​U​V​X​Y​Z​Å​Ä​Ö alphabet, and have the strings generated actually mean something in Swedish.
    This would land it between F and F- since it's using a different natlang with a different script.

  • @flexibrain7018
    @flexibrain7018 7 місяців тому

    i was 20 years old when i saw a video that told me that smog is the combo of smoke and fog. i can't believe i didn't realise that-

  • @r.sulfuratus
    @r.sulfuratus Рік тому +1

    Illumina was not on the list of channels I follow that I expected to see featured on here.

  • @protondium_8927
    @protondium_8927 Рік тому

    Didn't even realize this was a K Klein video just by the thumbnail!

  • @werlynakadera1944
    @werlynakadera1944 Рік тому +1

    What’s funny is that this script looks kinda like my conlang script completely by coincidence

  • @ethanmcdermott8738
    @ethanmcdermott8738 Рік тому +5

    Would love to hear more about the conlang tier list

  • @Mercure250
    @Mercure250 Рік тому +1

    Gotta love that jan Misali reference

    • @tookiecar1
      @tookiecar1 8 місяців тому

      “Welcome to conlang critic where I roast your favorite conlang”

  • @pikachuisshook5535
    @pikachuisshook5535 Рік тому

    Got notified quickly this time

  • @gilperry6782
    @gilperry6782 Рік тому +4

    i never understood the "Hebrew looks like enchantment table language" saying. it might just be because I'm used to the Hebrew alphabet but I've never seen the similarities

    • @tuluppampam
      @tuluppampam 11 місяців тому

      I'd go as far as saying that I feel like hangul looks closer to enchantment script than Hebrew does

    • @georgenoodles1387
      @georgenoodles1387 8 місяців тому

      I think its because of the like..... squarish style it has ?? You know what i mean right like hebrew is very squarey

  • @vee2629
    @vee2629 Рік тому +1

    FINALLY

  • @Valery0p5
    @Valery0p5 Рік тому +2

    I think in older versions you didn't know about what "granted" enchantment you were getting, so the alphabet had some reason to be decoded?
    But yeah, had a lot of fun decoding one of these substitution cyphers back in 2020/2021 from a certain webcomic...

    • @rin_etoware_2989
      @rin_etoware_2989 Рік тому

      2020, when you were presumably stuck, in your home, or am i thinking of the wrong thing

  • @witherlordscratch
    @witherlordscratch Рік тому

    i remember deciphering the enchantment table glyphs trying t figure out what the random words meant.

  • @yoro33MV
    @yoro33MV Рік тому +3

    not the linguistics video i expected to see today

  • @alexanderlori7651
    @alexanderlori7651 Рік тому +3

    A crossover of my two favorite topics on youtube oh you legend k klein🤤🥰

  • @KIKOFGPro
    @KIKOFGPro Рік тому +1

    i have a glitch on my enchanting table the text isn't in some lines and dots its actually cipherd so while I was enchanting there was text like self curse free, cthulu block insi and something with fghtat I forgot what it was and then when I enchanted an item the text changed to 3 new ones

  • @adamfields2661
    @adamfields2661 Рік тому

    I like the Jan misali reference

  • @XSotaxX
    @XSotaxX 4 місяці тому

    "U" looks like he had a bad day...

  • @patrik5123
    @patrik5123 Рік тому

    Wildly underrated channel.

    • @kklein
      @kklein  Рік тому

      thanks 🙏🏻 appreciated :))

  • @b34m270
    @b34m270 Рік тому

    I always thought of the name as being mine and the suffix -craft analog to "witchcraft"

  • @dank.
    @dank. Рік тому

    Ah yes, wolfenstein 3d clones, my favorite. Truly the most defining game released by ID. I really liked the video's more goofy topic than usual, but as a devout doom eternal fan I just couldn't let this go lmao. Love it, keep up the good work!

  • @jmurray1110
    @jmurray1110 Рік тому +1

    Technically the doom marines name is very dependant on the timeline and era
    Doom 3 is the doom marine, doom 1 and 2 is doomguy and doom 2016/eternal is the slayer or the doomslayer but they are basically all just code names in a comic he’s BJ blatzuits the third and in slither he flynn tagart where the code to get doom 2 in eternal comes from

  • @Marween
    @Marween Рік тому

    This is so unexpected.

  • @ethelmini
    @ethelmini 11 місяців тому

    It's obviously a portmanteau of Minehead witchcraft.
    Lap-is laz-u-li(e)

  • @colinpalmer5267
    @colinpalmer5267 Рік тому

    BANG!

  • @Wolfstray
    @Wolfstray Рік тому +2

    this video felt like watching adhd in action

  • @justxavier9999
    @justxavier9999 Рік тому +1

    0:15 simple, it's a watercraft that is used to detect mines. Oh wait ...

  • @samiralawton7497
    @samiralawton7497 Рік тому

    Yes! I knew I was in that stream for a reason lol

  • @LOOKATME.RIGHTNOW
    @LOOKATME.RIGHTNOW Рік тому

    0:32 damn, so i live in minecraft

  • @louisrobitaille5810
    @louisrobitaille5810 Рік тому

    1:32 You sound like you're trying to swallow a baguette whole xD

  • @none5020
    @none5020 Рік тому

    Good music btw, spanish esc, reminds me of classical guitar from Switzerland.

  • @Pangloss6413
    @Pangloss6413 Рік тому +1

    Isn't doomguy named Flynn Taggart tho?

  • @bendunnill9062
    @bendunnill9062 3 дні тому

    I’ve learned this

  • @fluff8102
    @fluff8102 11 місяців тому

    minecraft isn't a sequence of words, its a single compound word.

  • @MrChezzStudios
    @MrChezzStudios 9 місяців тому

    no comment I have seen has said anything about this and I know this is 4 months later, but what is the song played in the outro??? it is really bothering me that I can't figure it out!!! K Klein or someone with it, plz tell me!!!
    Edit: I found it and It is from The Legend of Zelda if I'm correct.

    • @kklein
      @kklein  9 місяців тому +1

      that's just something i improvised myself, but it's similar to clock town from LoZ

  • @mekelius
    @mekelius Рік тому

    Oh right, not everyone grew up obsessed with the commander keen games. Or even knows what they were...

  • @strifera
    @strifera Рік тому

    Kenning?

  • @scibanana3542
    @scibanana3542 Рік тому

    no no, it's obviously a _bewitching_ table

  • @zocorzwiftshot
    @zocorzwiftshot 11 місяців тому +1

    best swedish pronounciation from a brit ever confirmed

    • @burner555
      @burner555 4 місяці тому

      He's swede tho

    • @zocorzwiftshot
      @zocorzwiftshot 4 місяці тому

      @@burner555 sounds pretty damn british to me

  • @cuckoobrain7999
    @cuckoobrain7999 Рік тому +3

    Finally someone acknowledges the villagers lol

    • @SpriteMan1337
      @SpriteMan1337 Рік тому +1

      greedy big nosed merchants.. who does that remind me of?

    • @lackryx4166
      @lackryx4166 10 місяців тому

      Minecraft might be a post apocalyptic world, the only survivor are long nose people with golems and Jews are the "chosen people" what did Notch mean by this

    • @georgenoodles1387
      @georgenoodles1387 8 місяців тому

      I geniunely did not make that connection is there like any other instances of him being anti semetic because as much as notch sucks i feel like this mightve been an unfortunate coincidence

  • @JNCressey
    @JNCressey Рік тому +1

    I think it's more like a transliteration rather than a cipher.

    • @swedneck
      @swedneck Рік тому

      i believe transliteration is a broader term, it *can* mean simply swapping characters but it can also be quite a bit more complex like with chinese.

  • @MonkOrMan
    @MonkOrMan Рік тому

    0:11 isn't this a compound noun?

  • @RmationYT
    @RmationYT Рік тому

    Miraft

  • @TrueSchwar
    @TrueSchwar Рік тому +1

    Hey! Linguistic Minecraft is my thing!

  • @h0rn3d_h1st0r1an
    @h0rn3d_h1st0r1an 9 місяців тому +3

    "If there is one thing I know he loves is being anti-semetic."
    I KNEW I WASN'T INSANE

  • @jan-Sopija
    @jan-Sopija Рік тому +1

    a good little video before (I ASSUME) pirnahã 2

  • @emperorbooglitch8540
    @emperorbooglitch8540 Рік тому +1

    Is portmanteau=compound word?

    • @kklein
      @kklein  Рік тому +2

      it's where you have a blend of words to form a new word. hence "bedroom" (or "minecraft") isn't a portmanteau, but "smog" or "motel" or "hangry" are.

  • @mandoalessonsbackup
    @mandoalessonsbackup Рік тому +3

    🤣 when you said 1990 for PC, I thought you said 1990 B.C.

  • @scaevolaludens679
    @scaevolaludens679 Рік тому

    Isn't Minecraft a composite, the act of crafting mines?

  • @no1fanofthepals
    @no1fanofthepals Рік тому +4

    Is «Minecraft» your favourite game?

    • @kklein
      @kklein  Рік тому +12

      i like it a lot. probably not my favourite but definitely one of my favourites

    • @no1fanofthepals
      @no1fanofthepals Рік тому

      @@kklein oh you replied nice

  • @kvd1027
    @kvd1027 Рік тому

    cool

  • @graffiti9145
    @graffiti9145 Рік тому

    It's a composite word.

  • @-removed
    @-removed Рік тому

    wait this whole time i was playing a game that is against me?

  • @lusr2923
    @lusr2923 Рік тому

    3:32

  • @stuffmorestuff6647
    @stuffmorestuff6647 11 місяців тому

    It's nice that this video, unlike most others, made it abundantly clear that it was an absolute waste of my time

  • @Boombampop.
    @Boombampop. 4 місяці тому

    standard galactic alphabet. that's it.

  • @nick2555v6
    @nick2555v6 Рік тому

    Minecraft is actually a portmanteau

  • @z3rocool
    @z3rocool 8 місяців тому

    i dont believe its a cypher im p sure its just a font

  • @steadlexfrizzle7693
    @steadlexfrizzle7693 7 місяців тому

    I wanna try to.edit the resource pack so that those letters become English alphabet and i can read them.

  • @user-pr6ed3ri2k
    @user-pr6ed3ri2k Рік тому

    Isn't this findable just by searching online

  • @animatechap5176
    @animatechap5176 Рік тому +5

    Are you ok?

  • @inforced
    @inforced Рік тому

    Minecraftin

  • @ytuberonyt
    @ytuberonyt Рік тому

    phew
    still here

  • @Lenapolitainn
    @Lenapolitainn Рік тому +1

    I’m French
    The pronunciation of baguette hurted me

    • @kklein
      @kklein  Рік тому +12

      what are you talking about? that's just a random gibberish word it doesn't have a real pronunciation

    • @Lenapolitainn
      @Lenapolitainn Рік тому +1

      @@kklein it hurted me even more

  • @tweer64
    @tweer64 Рік тому

    Isn’t Minecraft a compound word?