Apostrophes! diners! and toast!
16th October 2023
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Hello!
This week, it's the second of this year's three Language Files! And it's simply titled: there'dn't've.
This week, it's the second of this year's three Language Files! And it's simply titled: there'dn't've.
And over on Lateral — which I forgot to mention last week, so I'm saying it several times here, Lateral Lateral Lateral — Corry Will, Luke Cutforth and Jack Chesher face questions about Chinese curios, perilous Perspex and dynamic drinks!
Here's the other good stuff that I've found on YouTube this week!
- Kendra Gaylord's "What happened to cheap food?" is a lovely run through the
history of diners and automats, the sort of video essay that manages to pull several disparate points together into a cohesive whole. This is worth a watch. (It also reminded me of the British Restaurant.)
- Dan Toomey has nailed the mock-reporter style in "Is Forbes 30 Under 30 A Scam" (strong language). Oddly, this channel, Good Work, seems to be... funded? sponsored? by a newsletter, of all things, so heaven knows what the corporate subtext is here. I just liked the joke delivery.
- Sorted Food, who I've worked with in the past, test the most high-tech toaster on the market. For the money, you'd expect more. (From the toaster, I mean. The video's great.)
And across the rest of the internet:
- The old TV series Baywatch has been remastered... but with entirely new and cheaper music, because the old licenses expired. Redubbing was harder than you might think, particularly for the international versions.
- Testimony from one of the last people to evacuate wildfire-threatened Yellowknife, the capital of Canada's Northwest Territories, earlier this year. "Coming home was the hardest part."
- Signs you'll find at the South Pole.
Next week: well, I'm deep in the edit on next week's video, it's one of those tricky things that involves lots of camera angles and lots of interviews. But if all goes well, next week's video will be very, very fast.
And finally, here's a button that really shouldn't be upside down.
All the
best,
— Tom
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