Lexicon Valley from Booksmart Studios
Lexicon Valley from Booksmart Studios
Picture of Health
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Picture of Health

To be healthy is to be whole, literally.
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Healthy trees in springtime.

Some languages adopt their “health” word from the concept of wholeness — a metaphor that makes perfect sense. Other languages, however, adopt their “health” word from trees. John explains.

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Lexicon Valley from Booksmart Studios
Lexicon Valley from Booksmart Studios
A podcast about language, with host John McWhorter.
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