Aug 31, 2022 • 31M

One Is the Loneliest Number

A breakdown of all things oneness.

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John McWhorter
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Porgy and Bess at the Metropolitan Opera House

Only, lonely, alone and even atone all derive from the number one, which, by the way, wasn’t always pronounced as if it began with the letter w. John explains.