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Marcie Sundaram

@Alliterative

Interdisciplinarian, historical linguist, philologist, medievalist; I make videos & podcasts about words, history, and literature. Married to @AvenSarah.

 Ottawa, Ontario
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Joined February 2009
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New song coming soon! My new single “If This Is Love”, written over three decades ago but newly recorded, is about to drop on all your favourite platforms! Watch this space: distrokid.com/hyperfollow/ma…
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Happy #Halloween! Over the years, we've put together a number of videos about the etymologies and history of a whole bunch of spooky creatures and customs -- from Jack o'Lanterns to Ghosts to Costumes to Monsters: youtube.com/playlist?list=PL…
Halloween

Halloween

The history and etymology of Halloween.

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New podcast episode! We talked to Dr. Curtis Dozier about his new book, The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate. alliterative.net/podcast/202…
Episode 128: The White Pedestal, with Curtis Dozier — The Endless Knot

Episode 128: The White Pedestal, with Curtis Dozier — The Endless Knot

We talked to Dr. Curtis Dozier about his new book, The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate . Curtis has spent the last decade or so tracking examples of...

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The surprisingly connected origins of "fear" and "pirate". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #fear #pirate youtube.com/shorts/OF9YFKv02…
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The #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is DRACULA/RANKLE #wotd #Dracula #rankle #Halloween #Halloween2026
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The Endless Knot@AllEndlessKnotOct 29
New podcast episode! We talked to Dr. Curtis Dozier about his new book, The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate. alliterative.net/podcast/202…
Episode 128: The White Pedestal, with Curtis Dozier — The Endless Knot

Episode 128: The White Pedestal, with Curtis Dozier — The Endless Knot

We talked to Dr. Curtis Dozier about his new book, The White Pedestal: How White Nationalists Use Ancient Greece and Rome to Justify Hate . Curtis has spent the last decade or so tracking examples of...

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The Endless Knot@AllEndlessKnotOct 28
The surprisingly connected origins of "fear" and "pirate". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #fear #pirate youtube.com/shorts/OF9YFKv02…
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The #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is DRACULA/RANKLE #wotd #Dracula #rankle #Halloween #Halloween2026
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The surprisingly connected origins of "slurp" and "absorb". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #slurp #absorb youtube.com/shorts/y0LSA0FX7…
Slurp/Absorb #Etymology

Slurp/Absorb #Etymology

The surprisingly connected origins of "slurp" and "absorb".#etymo...

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The #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is AMBASSADOR/AMBIGUOUS #wotd #ambassador #ambiguous #embassy
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The surprisingly connected origins of "slurp" and "absorb". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #slurp #absorb youtube.com/shorts/y0LSA0FX7…
Slurp/Absorb #Etymology

Slurp/Absorb #Etymology

The surprisingly connected origins of "slurp" and "absorb".#etymo...

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We're live! My campaign to support my next book, my most original to date, is now up and running at kickstarter.com/projects/end… Please check it out and back it if you can!
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The #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is AMBASSADOR/AMBIGUOUS #wotd #ambassador #ambiguous #embassy
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I'm well into my next book, so now I need to raise the funds to write, design and publish it--and the video that will go with it! As usual, I'm doing that through the Kickstarter crowdfunding platform, at kickstarter.com/projects/end… . It will go live in the very near future...
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The surprisingly connected origins of "planet", "polka" and "field". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #planet #polka #field youtube.com/shorts/qz5DckS9-…
Planet/Polka #Etymology

Planet/Polka #Etymology

The surprisingly connected origins of "planet", "polka" and "field"...

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The #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is #wotd #harvest #scarce #thanksgiving #canadianthanksgiving
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The Endless Knot@AllEndlessKnotOct 14
The surprisingly connected origins of "planet", "polka" and "field". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #planet #polka #field youtube.com/shorts/qz5DckS9-…
Planet/Polka #Etymology

Planet/Polka #Etymology

The surprisingly connected origins of "planet", "polka" and "field"...

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The #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is #wotd #harvest #scarce #thanksgiving #canadianthanksgiving
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The surprisingly connected origins of "alert" and "erect". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #alert #erect youtube.com/shorts/W46_0tcmS…
Alert/Erect #Etymology

Alert/Erect #Etymology

The surprisingly connected origins of "alert" and "erect".#etymol...

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The #ConnectedAtBirth #etymology of the week is CLITORIS/CLIMAX #wotd #clitoris #climax #ladder
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The surprisingly connected origins of "alert" and "erect". #etymology #wordnerd #linguistics #HistoricalLinguistics #language #words #lingcomm #alert #erect youtube.com/shorts/W46_0tcmS…
Alert/Erect #Etymology

Alert/Erect #Etymology

The surprisingly connected origins of "alert" and "erect".#etymol...

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