BGuthrie Photos: DC -- Downtown -- Planet Word -- Exhibit: Where Do Words Come From?

DC -- Downtown -- Planet Word -- Exhibit: Where Do Words Come From?:

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Description of Pictures: Where Do Words Come From?
The 22-foot-tall wall of words speaks for itself — literally! Our talking word wall shares the story of the English language, exploring the many forces that shaped the words we use today.

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Specific picture descriptions: Photos above with "i" icons next to the bracketed sequence numbers (e.g. "[1] ") are described as follows:
1. WORDCF_201112_007.JPG: Where do words come from? The story of English
2. WORDCF_201112_026.JPG: How many words are in the English language?
3. WORDCF_201112_028.JPG: The truth is, we don't have a tidy answer, because even the experts can't decide what a word is. Run the verb and run the noun: one or two? What about when your nose runs? Running a fever is different from running a marathon. Run for coffee? Run for office? The Oxford English Dictionary has 645 definitions, enough to make you want to... run.
4. WORDCF_201112_091.JPG: i before e, except for those eight weird overweight sovereigns who leisurely deceived their conceited heirs.
5. WORDCF_201112_093.JPG: A Tense Time With Verbs By Richard Lederer The verbs in English are a fright. How can we learn to read and write? Today we speak, but first we spoke; Some faucets leak, but never loke. Today we write, but first we wrote; We bite our tongues, but never bote. Each day I teach, for years I taught, And preachers preach, but never praught. This tale I tell; this tale I told; I smell the flowers, but never smold. If knights still slay, as once they slew, Then do we play, as once we plew? If I still do as once I did, Then do cows moo, as they once mid? I love to win, and games I've won; I seldom sin, and never son. I hate to lose, and games I lost; I didn't choose, and never chost. I love to sing, and songs I sang; I fling a ball, but never flang. I strike that ball, that ball I struck; This poem I like, but never luck. [ I take a break, a break I took; I bake a cake, but never book. I eat that cake, that cake I ate; I beat an egg, but never bate. I often swim, as I once swam; I skim some milk, but never skam. I fly a kite that I once flew; I tie a knot, but never tew. I see the truth, the truth I saw; I flee from falsehood, never flaw. I stand for truth, as I once stood; I land a fish, but never lood. About these verbs I sit and think. These verbs don't fit. They seem to wink At me, who sat for years and thought Of verbs that never fat or wrought. ]
6. WORDCF_201112_098.JPG: Why do we say unequal and not inequal? What to Know The adjective unequal is formed the combination of the English negative prefix "un-" and the adjective "equal," while the noun inequality is derived from the French (and in turn the Latin) inequalité, where "in-" is the Latin equivalent to "un-". These are the journeys these words each took to be solidified in their current usage. The above from https://www.merriam-webster.com/words-at-play/unequal-vs-inequality-negative-prefix-usage#:~:text=Inequal%20is%20entered%20in%20Merriam,%2C%20uneven%2C%20various%22).
Wikipedia Description: Planet Word
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Planet Word is a language arts museum that opened in Washington, D.C., in October 2020. The museum is described as "The museum where language comes to life" and features exhibits dedicated to topics such as the history of the English Language, how children learn words, and how music and advertising use words. It is located in Franklin Square at the historic Franklin School.

The museum was created by Ann B. Friedman, a philanthropist and former reading teacher who is married to New York Times opinion columnist Tom Friedman. It occupies the historic Franklin School building, designed by Adolf Cluss, and located on Franklin Square at 13th and K Street.

Speaking Willow, an interactive, motion-detecting tree sculpture is an exhibit created by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer that whispers to visitors in hundreds of different languages as they enter the museum. Other notable exhibits within the museum include First Words, Where Do Words Come From?, and The Spoken Word.

While being constructed in 2019, construction was ordered to stop for illegally removing historic elements. Work resumed two months later after an agreement to reinstall the interiors.
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