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The History of the English Language Posted by: fkrinsky
Video duration: 571 seconds One thousand years of history in ten minutes! Grammar Spice tells you about the three stages of the English Language Related: beowulf, chaucer, conquest, english, grammar, language, middle, norman, shakespeare, spice Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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How to Install a Zipper Posted by: fkrinsky
Video duration: 198 seconds Sewing lesson with a big finish Related: dyi, self-improvement, sewing, zipper Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Duke's Big Adventure: Primal Scene Posted by: fkrinsky
Video duration: 151 seconds Two grown women discover to their amazement where baby turtles come from. Related: amphibians, big, duke, facts, for, life, of, pond, setauket, size, the, turtles, unusual Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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The Miracle of the Swans-Part2-Swimming Posted by: fkrinsky
Video duration: 425 seconds Day 3:The family went swimming three times(maybe4) during the morning. If they went to the pond on Mama's back, I did not see it, but they walked the short distance 3 times and swam. First they swam next to the nest, then half way across the pond, then all the way across the pond and back! It was wonderful to watch them and to share the experience with so many of my swan- loving neighbors. Related: cygnets, eggs, grammar, mystery, nest, setauket, spice, swans Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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The Mystery of the Swans-Part 1 Posted by: fkrinsky
Video duration: 278 seconds The swans have made a nest and laid 3 eggs, but where are the eggs now? Related: cygnets, eggs, grammar, mystery, nest, setauket, spice, swans Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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The Miracle of the Swans-A New Life Posted by: fkrinsky
Video duration: 236 seconds On May 5, 2008, 1 cygnet hatched, 6 eggs remain...stay tuned Related: cygnets, eggs, grammar, mystery, nest, setauket, spice, swans Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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More BAD NEWS from the Pond Posted by: fkrinsky
Video duration: 441 seconds A sad and gruesome story...sorry to bum you out! This footage answers some questions though Related: cygnets, eggs, grammar, mystery, nest, setauket, spice, swans Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Tragedy on the Pond Posted by: fkrinsky
Video duration: 436 seconds The Setauket swan family experiences a loss Related: cygnets, eggs, grammar, mystery, nest, setauket, spice, swans Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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The Mystery of the Swans-Part 2 Posted by: fkrinsky
Video duration: 255 seconds Where are the 3 eggs? Who are these newcomers to the pond? What will Father Swan do to protect his territory and defend his nest? Related: eggs, grammar, mystery, nest, setauket, spice, swans Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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The Miracle of the Swans-Part3-Freaky Dad Posted by: fkrinsky
Video duration: 219 seconds What new threat is making Father Swan act crazy on the pond? Related: cygnets, eggs, grammar, mystery, nest, setauket, spice, swans Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Amphibian of Unusual Size Posted by: fkrinsky
Video duration: 160 seconds Meet Duke, one of the Big turtles on Setauket Pond. Soundtrack: GhostI by Nine Inch Nails (from Youtube AudioSwap) Related: grammar, pond, setauket, spice, swans, turtles Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Introducing Grammar Spice Posted by: fkrinsky
Video duration: 115 seconds Meet your Favorite Spice Girl,retired English teacher Grammar Spice Related: english, grammar, krinsky, language, poetry, punctuation, spice, teacher Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Still Safe Posted by: fkrinsky
Video duration: 138 seconds At 8 weeks, the remaining cygnet is still enjoying life on the Setauket Mill pond. Related: cygnets, eggs, grammar, mystery, nest, setauket, spice, swans Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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The Mystery of the Swans-Part 3 Posted by: fkrinsky
Video duration: 318 seconds A new menace threatens the well-being of the swan family nest. Related: cygnets, eggs, grammar, mystery, nest, setauket, spice, swans Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Grammar Spice Translates Chaucer Posted by: fkrinsky
Video duration: 107 seconds Although it's not too hard to figure out the Middle English, Grammar Spice translates in the subtitles while she recites the first 20 lines to Canterbury Tales. Related: canterbury, chaucer, english, grammar, middle, middleages, poetry, spice, tales, translation Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Saga's End Posted by: fkrinsky
Video duration: 62 seconds An unexpected end to the swan family story Related: cygnet, grammar, spice, setauket, swans Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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almost empty nest Posted by: fkrinsky
Video duration: 80 seconds Five months after they hatched, 3 cygnets have fledged and only one remains on the pond with her parents. Related: cygnets, fotcv Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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growing up Posted by: fkrinsky
Video duration: 86 seconds at 13 weeks, the cygnets are just as large as their parents Related: cygnets, fotcv Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Disaster on the Pond Posted by: fkrinsky
Video duration: 45 seconds A mystery. Stay tuned. I will try to figure it out. Related: cygnets, eggs, grammar, mystery, nest, setauket, spice, swans Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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The Mystery of the Swans-Part 4 Posted by: fkrinsky
Video duration: 99 seconds The eggs should hatch any day now Related: cygnets, eggs, grammar, mystery, nest, setauket, spice, swans Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Rolling and flapping Posted by: fkrinsky
Video duration: 58 seconds At 13 weeks the cygnets are showing their wingspans...and roll in the water as if itchy. Related: cygnets, fotcv Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Family Valentine Posted by: fkrinsky
Video duration: 14 seconds Swan family swimming with 4 cygnets and forming a natural heart Related: cygnets, fotcv, swans, valentine Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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4-cygnet pas de deux Posted by: fkrinsky
Video duration: 25 seconds baby swans doing Swan Lake interlude Related: cygnets, fotcv Display Video Comments | Hide Video Comments | Add Comment |
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Latest comments made on this video:
By: sarahaudrey03. on 31 Dec 08, 16:13:06
toth1971: Yes it is an English history lesson, but Grammar Spice made no mention of religious subject matter or the translation of "names and sentences" from Aramaic to English. So while you may be correct on the meanings of the above religious names, it doesn't have bearing on this particular video.
By: toth1971. on 31 Dec 08, 10:20:49
sorry jesus was a christian my mistake!!!
By: toth1971. on 31 Dec 08, 10:19:26
to sarahaudrey03 this is not a grammar lesson. but an english history lesson. you and fkrinsky need to read the header of the video. there are no words in the bible only names and sentences. theologians translate words. or should i say names into meanings. we have names for identity purposes.have a good day!!!
By: fkrinsky. on 28 Dec 08, 17:09:31
In the interest of keeping peace in my classroom, I have refrained from making a comment...but I appreciate your defense sarahaudrey :) GS
By: sarahaudrey03. on 28 Dec 08, 05:17:09
And what does this have to do with what Grammar Spice was talking about, exactly? Oh, that's right, nothing.
By: toth1971. on 24 Dec 08, 10:49:51
but one she forgot. bact to the beginning... english = the wanderers of europe. english = the first roman empire. at the time of je-sus je-sus = [gods words to him] to see and beat the evil among mankind. to cross the faiths of others unto himself. jesus was a hebrew not a jew. he had a latin mother. abra-ham = my image adam = i give eve = eva = a year of. kane = spite able = capable moses = washing. boy found in a basket on the river mara with no name.
By: lotnik2007. on 20 Nov 08, 06:37:06
Thank you so much for making videos like this! I hope to become a lingust one day. I have learned a lot from you! Thanks!
By: fkrinsky. on 11 Nov 08, 22:52:42
Thanks for your interest. I do not know why these pronunciation shifts happen...perhaps linguists have theories about regional accents, but I am not informed. I do have a sense tho that English shifted partly because of its blend with the Germanic and Norse languages. The continental languages had Latin as a base. English names often have the accent on the first syllable(MAR-y) while French accent the second(mar-IE).Maybe the vowel pronunciation shift came for similar reasons, plus distance.
By: smoothbrother69. on 11 Nov 08, 21:43:27
love the video this has always been an interest to me. but i have a question why do these pronouciation shifts happean.
By: fkrinsky. on 16 Oct 08, 23:05:33
Interesting...Some linguists would claim that words like dada, mama, baba, etc come from human physiology...the first words human infants can actually say...I dont know enough languages to know if 'mama' is universal, but the argument was always persuasive to me. I will have to check source book(The Story of English) to see if they list the 12 words they claim are our only derivatives of Celtic. GS
By: fkrinsky. on 16 Oct 08, 23:00:21
I'd guess 'maout' is at the bottom of the American Heritage Dictionary etymology. Thanks! GS
By: athb4hu. on 16 Oct 08, 20:32:44
Another possible Celtic word in English (just my theory, I have never checked on this), is Dad, which would be like the Welsh word Tad for father, soft mutated. This is not like the Germanic Father, at all. However, it does resemble the Romanian tata (father), and also Hungarian tata, which is rather a derogatory term for an old guy (I live in Hungary). That I can't explain, possibly some distant Indo European connection? Sorry to waffle on
By: athb4hu. on 16 Oct 08, 20:29:16
The French for sheep, mouton, is not like word in Latin (ovis) or any of the other of the modern Romance languages, so maybe it is from the Celtic. Modern Welsh is dafad, and modern Irish caora, so it is not like that. Breton has danfad (like Welsh) and also maout - possible similarity. Perhaps the French came from continental Celtic, i.e. Gaulish, before it died out, rather than insular Celtic.
By: fkrinsky. on 14 Oct 08, 19:23:42
You are quite right about Welsh:)I will write it 10 times. The American Heritage Dictionary lists mutton as a derivative of MiddleEnglish 'motoun'from the Old French 'moton',of Celtic origin. Maybe the point of entry was Brittany. Thank you for your interest in my video. GS
By: madiantin. on 14 Oct 08, 18:16:44
Wait....WELCH language? Shouldn't that be "Welsh"? And "Motton" is Celtic for Mutton? Uhhh...ok. Mutton comes from mouton which is FRENCH for sheep. When William invaded, bringing his Norman cronies with him, the rich aristocrats were the only ones that ate copious amounts of meat; therefore "sheep" became "mutton" when on a plate. =D
By: fkrinsky. on 11 Oct 08, 03:10:00
I am glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for your enthusiastic response. GS
By: athb4hu. on 10 Oct 08, 20:48:11
Thanks for this, I love languages! Fascinating subject.
By: fkrinsky. on 09 Oct 08, 13:44:07
Thanks for your interest and your input! GS
By: nlitement. on 08 Oct 08, 17:52:39
Sword is a proto-Germanic word. Fish is a proto-Indo-European word, e.g. Latin "piscis".
By: fkrinsky. on 29 Sep 08, 20:16:40
I think it is correct to say that all languages are dynamic rather than static. They are losing old words and gaining new ones every day...grammar and syntax are changing also, so that sometimes only the language teachers are using the old 'correct' grammatical forms and spellings. And I also think that language is becoming a homogenized internationalized mixture as words from one language migrate across the world into other languages. It's been happening for thousands of years! GS
By: Eirikursson. on 29 Sep 08, 17:13:57
It's actually quite fun cos in Denmark, we use to say that the danish language is soon gonna die cos all the words in danish is from english heritage, names like "carport", "computer", "garage", "baked beans" etc, but words like "miller", "deer", "sword", "ship" and "fish" is english words with danish/norse heritage :P so you can say we switched right over. Hehe :P
By: BackToBartering. on 06 Sep 08, 04:43:43
i'll keep the problem in mind and if i come across any potential solutions i'll be sure to let you know---least i can do as a presentation of this calibre really does deserve clear audio...it's a fly in the Royal Jelly but rather that than what the drones feed on LOL Best wishes..more! more!
By: BackToBartering. on 06 Sep 08, 04:16:31
very astute of you..think you've nailed it/explains why i haven't heard it before audio: it'll be down to your 'uploading'. It's as if it's only half or 'mono' working. Go over the process step-by-step. I wish i could be more helpful. I'd guess a significant number of those clicking on will abandon you before you've spoken your first sentence. Probably why you've got a 4.5 rating, not a 5. Your crystal clear thinking converts into a top-notch talk then is let down rather badly i'm afraid.
By: fkrinsky. on 06 Sep 08, 01:50:38
I'm glad you enjoyed the video...and that you picked 2 ideas that are uniquely my observations:)...but please tell me what it means to get my audio sorted. I don't know what I can do to make it any better at this point. Several people have complained about the soundtrack, tho it seems quite clear when I play it on my computer. I would appreciate any practical advice on this topic.
By: BackToBartering. on 06 Sep 08, 01:34:24
very good, enjoyable, accessible, summation..."french carried latin almost like a trojan horse" i think you say-i like that! 5*..oh and you make a connection here that i hadn't even considered before--trades that involved a degree of intimacy would've (yes ofcourse!) had french roots. Great job! (get your audio sorted though)