Different Words for the Same Thing

同一事物不同之词

Word Matters

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2021-06-09

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The difference between 'doable' and 'feasible'
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  • But what's been fascinated by J. Walking just as a term, wondering where does J. Walking come from?

  • Two biggest sources of English words, of course,

  • are the historical Old English vocabulary or the Anglo-Saxon language of Britain and,

  • of course, the Latin-based Norman French that came in after the Norman Conquest.

  • Coming up on Word Matters, another pair of words doing the same job,

  • but slightly differently, and criminalized walking.

  • I'm Emily Brewster and Word Matters is produced by Merriam-Webster in collaboration with New England Public Media.

  • On each episode, Merriam-Webster editors Neil Servin, Amin Shea,

  • Peter Sokolowski and I explore some aspect of the English language from the dictionary's vantage point.

  • Imagine if you will wanting to describe a task that one can accomplish.

  • Would you say that it's doable or is it feasible?

  • Is there a difference?

  • And how did English end up with so many pairs of words for communicating a single idea?

  • First up, we have Peter Sakalowski with Old English and Latin Doubles.

  • such a rich vocabulary in English is

  • because we have borrowed words from all different kinds of sources.

  • And in fact, borrow is this funny word that linguists use because we never give the words back.

  • That means they've become part of the English language.

  • But these two biggest sources of English words, of course,

  • are the historical Old English vocabulary or the Anglo-Saxon language of Britain and,