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「Language & linguistics」下面有84部被不同的人、在不同月份推荐过的视频。挑的时候先看对象：入门1部，适合还没学过的人；进阶3部，适合已经懂术语的人；普通向80部，按兴趣就能看；更硬的0部，留给想看推导或细节的人。这一类数量最多的是讲解，所以它们的共同点是用一个图像或类比把一个概念补上。常出现的频道包括Tom Scott、TEDx Talks、CGP Grey。目录给这个主题划的范围是：Language: linguistics, etymology, name origins, pronunciation, English history, language learning, translation, writing systems, dialects, constructed languages, onomastics.如果只看三部，就从《George Lakoff: Moral Politics》开始，它负责把问题讲出画面；然后看《Stephen Fry Kinetic Typography - Language》，换一种讲法或例子；最后看《What Languages Sound Like To Foreigners》，留给已经有基础的人。页面按每页24部切开，顺序看的是被推荐跨越了多少个月，不是播放量。每条标题下面那一句是这部片子自己的内容说明，用来区分它在讲定义、过程、演示还是观点。点进去能看到推荐原话、原文链接和适合谁看。看的时候把强烈推荐当成有人明确叫你去看，把引用当成只是拿来举例，把批评留下来对照，不要把每条评论都当成同一力度。
Ismo: Ass Is The Most Complicated Word In The English Language | CONAN on TBS
Finnish comedian Ismo does a stand-up routine on Conan about the many meanings of the English word 'ass'.
The Wire: to evacuate
A two-minute clip from The Wire in which characters work through the meaning of the word evacuate, an exchange that has become a meme.
George Carlin Shell Shock
A short George Carlin routine on how the term shell shock was softened into combat fatigue and then PTSD.
ISMO | I Didn't Know Sh*t 💩💩💩
Finnish comedian Ismo riffs on how the English word for shit is the most complicated word in the language, with its many meanings and uses.
My Fair Lady "Why Can't the English Learn to Speak"
A scene from My Fair Lady in which Professor Higgins meets Colonel Pickering and Doolittle, singing about how the English fail to speak their own language properly.
But we're speaking Japanese! 日本語喋ってるんだけど
A two-minute comedy sketch in which a foreigner speaking fluent Japanese is repeatedly not understood by Japanese people who refuse to process it.
Dear America... | David Mitchell's SoapBox
A three-minute David Mitchell's Soapbox rant addressed to Americans about the phrase "could care less", arguing it means the opposite of what speakers intend.
Why don't subtitles match dubbing?
Tom Scott explains why subtitles often differ from dubbed dialogue, covering how translation, timing and reading speed shape each.
Danish language
A sketch from the Norwegian NRK show Uti Var Hage poking fun at the Danish language and how hard it is to understand.
Can Japanese Actually Write Japanese Kanji?
Yuta asks whether native Japanese speakers can actually write kanji by hand, showing that many struggle to recall characters from memory.
How to Pronounce Synecdoche
A short pronunciation clip showing how to say the word 'synecdoche'.
The Disappearing American Dialect of North Carolina
A short Great Big Story piece on the Ocracoke Brogue, or Hoi Toider dialect, spoken on North Carolina's Outer Banks, which developed through centuries of isolation and traces back to the 1600s.