Some of these still look interesting.
The most-likely origin of the use of the word wicked to mean "very."
The long trail of shifts in meaning for the word silly from "blessed" to well, "silly" as we use it now. With music by Maddy Prior and June Tabor
Onomastics, the study of naming, has always been a favorite of mine.
American Dialects starting with Hans Kurath during the Depression and including Rick Aschmann's full North American dialect map.
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You might enjoy "Lost in the Pond," a YouTube channel by an Englishman married to an American and living in Chicago. It's all about the differences between Britain and America, and many of the installments are about language, of course. Here:
https://www.youtube.com/@LostinthePond
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