University of Cambridge Expert Breaks Down English Language Mysteries 🧠

University of Cambridge Research Fellow Dr. Stephen Turton joins WIRED to answer the internet's burning questions about the logic (and many quirks) of the English language. Why are so many English words not pronounced the way they're spelled? Why is the plural of 'child' not 'childs' but 'children?' 'Foot' becomes 'feet' but 'boot' does't pluralize to 'beet?' How do we know what Old English sounded like? Why is the letter R pronounced so different across languages? What does a pineapple have to do with either pines OR apples? Answers to these questions and many more await on Etymology Support.<br /><br />Director: Lauren Zeitoun<br />Director of Photography: Davide Bianco<br />Editor: Alex Mechanik<br />Expert: Stephen Turton<br />Line Producer: Jamie Rasmussen<br />Associate Producer: Paul Gulyas<br />Production Manager: Peter Brunette<br />Production Coordinator: Rhyan Lark<br />Supervising Casting Producer: Thomas Giglio<br />Camera Operator: Ashley Raim<br />Gaffer: Jake Newell<br />Sound Mixer: Mark Hennessey<br />Production Assistant: Grace OConnor<br />Post Production Supervisor: Christian Olguin<br />Supervising Editor: Eduardo Araujo<br />Additional Editor: Sam DiVito<br />Assistant Editor: Justin Symonds