You should be angry with the printing press. Here's why. And Get NordVPN 2Y plan + 4 months extra here ➼ https://nordvpn.com/robwordsvpn It’s riskfree with Nord’s 30day moneyback guarantee! ✌
The invention of the printing press ushered in a literary revolution, helping to create the world as we know it. However... it also made a terrible mess of English.
In my latest YouTube video I explore the impact of Johannes Gutenberg's contraption on the world and on our language. Plus, with the help of design master and font fanatic @LinusBoman, I delve into the everyday terms we get from the world of printing.
▶LINUS'S CHANNEL: / linusboman
⭐PATREON COMMUNITY: patreon.com/robwords
FREE NEWSLETTER: http://www.robwords.com/newsletter
A PRINTERS' VOCABULARY: https://words.fromoldbooks.org/Jacobi...
HIGHLY IRREGULAR: https://global.oup.com/academic/produ...
Check me out on the web, on Twitter & TikTok:
https://robwords.com
https://x.com/robwordsYT
/ robwords
==CHAPTERS==
0:00 Introduction
0:28 Invention of the printing press
2:50 William Caxton
4:25 Chancery English
4:48 NordVPN
7:17 The H in ghost
8:58 HW words become WH
10:03 Silent letters
11:04 Great Vowel Shift
12:45 Terms from printing
13:13 Linus Boman
13:52 Font or typeface?
16:00 "Out of sorts"
16:32 "Mind your Ps and Qs"
17:10 "Uppercase" and "lowercase"
18:18 "Cliché" and "stereotype"
20:00 "Logo"
21:29 Dodgy printing vocabulary