All the Best Words End in -nym!

[@birdsnestcreations]

That makes my name a capitonym. Raven is my name but a raven is a bird

[@rainygreymornings]

I am now slightly stunned, increasingly educated and very amused.

[@WritingwithAndrew]

That's a winning combo 😁

[@CyrusRiahi]

Great video as always!!! Was very excited and very pleased to see someone talk about contronyms and aptronyms (my favourite nyms) :)

[@WritingwithAndrew]

Thanks! It's hard to pick a favorite, but I've always had a soft spot for retronyms

[@yapdog]

I just had to watch this again; it was so good. I hope you take this in the positive spirit intended, Andrew, but the KZbin algorithm is doing you way dirty. 34K subs is nothing to sneeze at, but I know that there's a massive KZbin audience out there who would love your content. You're just one video away from blowing up. And it just might happen with a video you've *already* created (like this one) catching on. Anyway, your long-time subs are (selfishly) rooting for you, m'man😁

[@WritingwithAndrew]

That means a lot, thanks!

[@yapdog]

Well done, Andrew! Your sublimetastic eruditian connectification with words of nym is true nymophileonym... wut?🤨 Those are words........ ish😅

[@WritingwithAndrew]

Thanks--I recognize some of those morphemes! 😜

[@yapdog]

@@WritingwithAndrew Then, sir, maybe it's time to lay off the sauce 😅

[@WritingwithAndrew]

...that'll really disappoint my hollandaise supplier...

[@yapdog]

@@WritingwithAndrew I'm not proud to say that that actually took me a second to process🤣! What can I say; I'm old, old

[@WritingwithAndrew]

😆

[@javad346]

I won't be dim next time on a beam at gym for I know everything about words that end in nym

[@Onthewayover]

What nym-tastic gymnastics!

[@ab1otic222]

This was delightful. I became completely lost amongst the nyms. I'll just have to watch again. 😁 How many times did you say "word(s)"?

[@WritingwithAndrew]

Thanks! It looks like 21 (if I stuck to the script, that is)

[@ab1otic222]

@@WritingwithAndrew Thank you for counting. That is a lot of words, but none were extraneous. 🙂

[@WritingwithAndrew]

No sweat, ctrl+F helps in these situations 😉

[@ElliotBrownJingles]

Ah! The hypernym-hyponym distinction I finally understand! It doesn't help me that here in New Zealand there is no pronunciation difference between the two words (we are non-rhotic).

[@WritingwithAndrew]

Hooray! Yeah, that probably wouldn't help, though

[@apoet-y6c]

What use does a researcher of words have with a chemistry lab? Are you applying chemicals to the nym to create new words? 😄 That would be really fun to do, honestly, if it were possible.

[@WritingwithAndrew]

You mean you don't use strong acids to analyze etymologies? If there's a cheaper way, do make it known 😆

[@jcfreak73]

What about 'metanym'? It is the most underrated of all the figures of speech

[@WritingwithAndrew]

Oh, the -nyms we didn't have time for...perhaps a part 2 is in order someday

[@israelnoletto]

Yes, the Paulista/Paulistano distinction is meaningful in real life but I don’t think it’s known to every Brazilian.

[@WritingwithAndrew]

Ha, good to know! It's the kind of thing I read about in grammar books but never really heard maintained in regular speech. Guess I won't give up on it 😉

[@sandrocottusrex7108]

আপনিই ইংরেজির সম্রাট ❤

[@WritingwithAndrew]

Ah, thanks!

[@waffling0]

very sad to learn that the tautonyms were not called "nymnym"s

[@WritingwithAndrew]

A very unfortunate truth indeed...

[@MarcusRobertsonTwo]

Can you give me 3 minutes, and then you can give me 3 minutes of your time?

[@WritingwithAndrew]

...that's like...six minutes...?