My Freakish Talent

[@wheezywaiter]

You used a word I invented.

[@HankGreen]

AHHH! TRUE!

[@TzviKoegel]

Is there a word for a word invented by wheezy waiter?

[@therandomgirl3333]

Tzvi Koegel wheezy-waiter-invented

[@bentleyconti45]

Tzvi Koegel Wheezinated.

[@mooncowtube]

Which one was it?

[@SuperSamStuff]

So what you're saying is....I should meet you at Buffalo Wild Wings at 7?

[@vlogbrothers]

That would be clever...

[@terminallyg33k]

And randomly, BWWs all over the country have an unexpected rise in traffic as nerds everywhere flock to their doors precisely at seven.

[@JatPhenshllem]

@@terminallyg33k That's a good one!

[@DearestClaudio]

I am a linguist and I can confirm that this video is generally how every single day of my life is.

[@IasminaEdina]

it's also interesting to think that no one can ever know ALL the words(in their own language).

[@OK-wm6qr]

One can certainly know all words that aren't slang (so that have been around for like 10 years or more)

[@catarinamay5168]

challenge accepted lasmina :)

[@Fluffiie1]

Your name's origin haunted me, so I watched a few of your videos. But your English is so convincing. But then I saw Romanian comments. You're bilingual, aren't you?

[@IasminaEdina]

yes, i am :) i am romanian but live in Denmark now, tho i dont speak Danish :)

[@Fluffiie1]

I thought you lived in the US, maybe, seeing that your English accent is impressive. Hope I'll get one, too, one day. :D

[@JonathansProductions]

How exceptionally fitting that out of all the books to use as your example you grab "The Name of the Wind." Not just for the obvious reason in the title, I have read the book, because it talks about the names of things and how that works. The second book goes more in depth with that idea, both are great reads for many more reasons than that.

[@vlogbrothers]

Totally fitting...also a complete coincidence!

[@marvinmarvin38]

***** i have ordered it in late Feb after your recommendation and due to cargo problems still haven't got it. it was a cringe for me to see that book.

[@dewayner5388]

I don't know if you know or not, but "The Slow Regard of Silent Things" is a spin off that deals heavily with naming. Though while I quite enjoyed it and it got good reviews from all of his test readers, it's... Odd. It's a book about Auri, so...

[@Kiptid_]

Hank, I have no real discussion inducing comment to make but I just want you to know that I really appreciate the way your mind works. It's fun, thought provoking, and... blurb.

[@freehigh5861]

Agreed! You enrich our lives, Hank. Hats off to you!

[@vlogbrothers]

Awwwww...thanks

[@lilly4836]

+

[@TheRJB0]

Blurb is a word for a bunch of words, which effectively summarize a bunch of other words, through the use of fewer words.

[@AGirlCalledLevi]

As does the term synopsis.

[@dlar321]

Jamie M but blurb is much more fun to say

[@AGirlCalledLevi]

It absolutely is. But I love the word synopsis, because it makes me think of synapses, which leads me to a whole host of other thoughts.

[@Efflorescentey]

+

[@boredtodeathnow]

I like how with this video he can't seem to say anything even though he is talking about how he mastered the art of saying things... Nice

[@zoravursingh5617]

There's probably a word for that! :)

[@Imi4000]

Zoravur Singh Meta. He talks about language with the help of the language.

[@vlogbrothers]

My Freakish Talent

[@nickichurch8000]

Mind blown, thank you Hank.

[@roxassora4744]

Could you make a episode on paradoxes over at Scishow? That, I'd pay to see.

[@wolfgang0422]

After watching this my brain hurt trying to make sense of this

[@AstraIVagabond]

Hold on, though, Hank... Verbal communication isn't really something that can be done by only one species, is it? What with dolphins and stuff? Or did you mean speaking in the exact same way and/or at the level of complexity of language that we do? Also, 'mot juste' isn't so much a word as it is a /pair/ of words - funny thing, though, since, with those two words apparently being from a foreign language, those two words only mean something in the English language when they're together but not apart, isn't that right? Hey, I wonder if there's a word for that - an expression wherein the words it combines only mean something in that expression? Or, for that matter, a word or expression of one language, such as English, that obviously hails from another language?

[@bigballsgame5591]

Your video is just schizophrenic!

[@armitx9]

Every book ever written in English is a different combination of the same 26 letters.

[@LamirLakantry]

If this is Hank sober, then I want to hear what ideas he comes up with when high. Ps. Not a criticism. Love you Hank. Great video.

[@vlogbrothers]

Hahah...I have smoked pot and found that it does not increase the quality of my ideas.

[@JacobMac984]

***** It does, however, increase the quantity of ideas.

[@PostModernPrick]

***** Pot is sedative but adds a change of perspective.. Jumping in and out of different perspectives is actually the most fun part MJ. You might not be able to think as straight but it can help in the creative aspect of a work progress,, Just not good with calculus. LSD on the other hand... Should you ever, against any assumption, go and try out lucy, please for the love of what ever god most people believe in, take notes of your thoughts and mental patterns and release them. Have a nice day.

[@MrsMeganMoon]

HA! I was just telling my friend about how awesome it is to have language. She didn't share in my fascination I shall show her this video!

[@Moonbeam143]

You know what also is a word? Bird. Bird is the word.

[@vlogbrothers]

I think everybody knows...

[@prongs4137]

It so nice whenever KZbin recommends such videos... Its like a blast from an adorable past for which I wasn't around the first time round.

[@nataliem_98]

Hank, I absolutely love your unadulterated enthusiasm/confusion/excitement over words, it's infectious!

[@jupiterrocks24]

Chimera... I think I just cried. Thanks for reawakening terrible memories of Fullmetal Alchemist, Hank.

[@AnEveningWithE]

So glad I was not the only one to fall down that grief spiral! Solidarity!

[@sanctious]

Its rare for me to have an emotional reaction to anything. But... but... but... "Ed..ward" How can you not feel like you've been stabbed in the heart on that one. Its much worse in Japanese though

[@jupiterrocks24]

sanctious That and Hughes, and Fullmetal Alchemist has become a grief-fest.

[@TheNicomaReviews]

My remarkable talent is being unremarkable.

[@AtemiRaven]

Kind of like: "Your phone doesn't suck. The shittiest cellphone in existence is a miracle. Your life sucks, centered around your phone,".

[@katemacfarlane3911]

Love this post Hank!! I'm a qualified Speech-Language Pathologist, and the amazingness of words and language continually amazes me. But did you know that there is a disability called Language Impairment where some people have severe, lifelong difficulties learning and mastering words and grammar? It affects around 1% of the population and has a HUGE impact on their ability to communicate. Imagine if even putting a sentence together to express how you're feeling or what you're thinking was a huge effort. In Australia it is a recognised disability in schools, but once kids graduate they don't get any more disability recognition and have difficulties accessing support, they basically have to fend for themselves. They have a normal IQ, but reading, writing, speaking and listening will always be difficult, having massive impacts on their educational, vocational and social opportunities. And most people don't even know it exists. I hope that one day we can raise awareness of this impairment, and help people access the support they need to reach their potential and overcome these barriers. But in the meantime, thanks so much for highlighting how amazing language is, and how lucky most of us are that it just comes naturally. You rock!!!

[@DismemberTheAlamo]

Is speaking the talent? Or is UNDERSTANDING the sounds the real talent!?!? Dun dun duuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuun!

[@monkeyonesie3447]

I do think it's amazing that we all hear roughy the same sounds and see roughly the same things all over the world. Brill

[@scifigeek14]

I feel like hank is having another 'no edge' moment. u ok hank?

[@BritishTeaLover]

Question 18 and 19 of the census. Well played Hank, well played.

[@EmperorTigerstar]

Chimeras involve lions, goats, and snakes. Not an elephant or llama. Right? Or can it be more broad?

[@teunvandenbrand1324]

Chimaeras are when a body consists of cells from two genetically distinguisable sources. Chimeric mice are/were popular animal models in lab studies. A healthy blastula is mixed with embryonal stem cells from another mouse that has the target gene modified. The resulting baby mouse has cells from mouse 1 and from mouse 2 mixed together.

[@IamSamys]

It can. Wikipedia says: "The term chimera has come to describe any mythical or fictional animal with parts taken from various animals, or to describe anything composed of very disparate parts, or perceived as wildly imaginative or implausible." But you are right, the original chimera was more specifically mixed.

[@Crystalvampire66]

The traditional chimera from Greek mythology was a lion's body with the head of a lion plus a goat and a snake for a tail

[@EmperorTigerstar]

Crystalvampire66 Thanks, that's what I thought.

[@Crystalvampire66]

***** No prob

[@Slinja]

I just love watching and hear Hank talk. I love this big gestures and hyper activ talking. It's makes me smile :3

[@chillsahoy2640]

Hank, you have the freakish talent of coming up with awesome ideas and making the most mundane thing, like being able to talk, seem so amazing. Thank you!

[@AleAmato]

Mind = BLOWN.

[@friendsfan394]

love your videos ale!!!

[@andreasfr1]

With Hank talking at such amazing speeds, while it's heavily edited, I'd like to see a video from him, or John, where they utilize a speech jammer.

[@laurenmartin2247]

My first vlogbrothers video a year was one where Hank used a speech jammer! It was an interesting intro to nerdfighteria and the only thing I could think of after the video was "who the eff is Hank?"

[@IceMetalPunk]

Do you mean the one that echoes back at you until you lose your train of thought, or the TMS version? The latter one terrifies me D: .

[@andreasfr1]

IceMetalPunk I'm not sure what the TMS version is at all, I meant the ones that play your voice back so you hear it at a "wrong" time.

[@hoodiesticks]

+Lauren Martin yeah, I remember that episode! That was the one where Hank attempted to twerk.

[@juststeveschannel]

Vlogbrothers "Raw Onion, Twerking, and Speech Jam" August 30, 2013. Speech Jammer comes in at 2:10.

[@GarrettRobinson]

So deep into this video right now. Karen Conlin will enjoy.

[@KarenConlin]

Not enjoy. LOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOVE.

[@nerdquinn]

Hank in this video is me every single day, and I'm sure everyone around me is sick of me going on and on about grammar and syntax and translation and all that, but my heart is just overwhelmed by the amazingness and confusion that is language!! Its wonders must be shared!

[@nicoleholst0612]

Speaking of words...the captions! They're so beautiful! They're not just the worthless KZbin automatic captions! As a hard of hearing person I am very excited about this. :D

[@Phloug]

I like how Hank makes videos about the stuff I think about when I'm high. It's exceptional.

[@mynameismatt2010]

Dolphins use sounds to denote individuals, pretty much exactly how we use names, so they could potentially have a speaking system that we don't understand.

[@TobyCrowley]

And hedgehogs describe the things in their environment to others

[@cameronh2281]

And prairie dogs have "words" to denote predators down to their number, size, and general characteristics.

[@breer6647]

Watched a documentary (Blackfish) that mentioned that Orcas (a kind of dolphin) use a variety of sounds that serves the same function as different languages. So not only do they communicate they, more or less, have languages as well.

[@Dusty--]

Word is a word for a word..Just..oof

[@vlogbrothers]

Yeah! THE WORD WORD IS A WORD FOR A WORD!

[@JacobShepley]

***** b-b-b-b-b-b-bird bird bird, bird is the word

[@catbojangles]

***** WORD.

[@nerotat]

word

[@idiatico]

***** Word doesn't even sound like a word anymore to me.

[@OlleLindestad]

My favorite autological word is "seventeen-lettered".

[@9cloudrachel207]

Whenever I bring topics like this up at school everyone just thinks I'm crazy!!! I am so happy to hear that someone else is thinking the same thing! You are so incredibly smart and a true genius Hank!

[@JimmyHelp]

Now officially my favorite video

[@SarahAllen]

I really enjoy happy/excited Hank :)

[@JosselynDreams]

I WAS WATCHING THIS AND A BIG ASS MOSQUITO FLEW IN MY FACE LIKE AYE BABY GURL AND I LOST IT AND I DON'T KNOW WHERE IT IS SEND HELP. Just thought I'd share.

[@myidiosyncrasy]

I kept mixing idioms today and was trying to figure out if there was a word for that. I found 'malaphor' which seems to have been originally coined in a Washington Post op-ed piece in '76. It is an absolutely brilliant description and everything I could have hoped for when I went out to seek if the word existed. 'Malaphor' is a mix of 'malaprop' and 'metaphor' which is what happens when you mix idioms BUT ALSO 'malaphor' is a port-manteau which I think just really subtly hits the ball on the head of what you're trying and failing to do when you mix idioms. Gosh. Malaphor. Brilliant. Now spot where I used one here.

[@anjalishashidhar4867]

I think we need a nerdfighter emoji.

[@joep359]

The first sentence ever written down in my language was a cheesy pickup line. frickin dutch man

[@IceMetalPunk]

What was that first sentence, if I may ask?

[@joep359]

"Hebban olla uogala nestas hagunnan hinase hi(c) (a)nda thu uuat unbidan uue nu" Which roughly translates to "All the birds have made nests except you and me, what are we waiting for?"

[@IceMetalPunk]

Joep Jacobs That. Is. Amazing. Clearly, the first person to speak Dutch did not forget to be awesome.

[@joep359]

People spoke dutch before this, this was the first sentence written down

[@SuppaflyZSM]

Joep Jacobs Probably not even the first one written down, just the oldest one found or something.

[@MusicsInMySoul977]

I love the like craziness, and then the slightly abrupt, but great topic change!

[@legna20v]

i hate surveys .. but i did it for hank and john

[@joshsatterwhite1571]

Haven't even finished the whole video yet... but I just hit the part when Hank mentions 'autological', and all I can think of is the random Minecraft splash text that simply states "Autological is!". Jesus, I need a life. Another amazing one, Hank. You're right, so many people never realize what a unique thing we humans have evolved with our language, and how much that sets us apart from all the rest of the life forms on the planet.

[@rachel8216]

i love watching you geek about something like this! these are my favorite vlogbrothers videos!

[@JennyBug]

This video made my brain explode.

[@Ravenclaw1991]

I never realized how confusing words are.

[@ChristieNel]

Why didn't anyone tell me I had this amazing talent?

[@jourdainpita7233]

This is one of my favorite videos. Not just Vlogbrothers, but in general.

[@mkeziah95]

THANK YOU HANK! FINALLY SOMEONE WHO UNDERSTANDS! I BRING THIS UP AT LEAST 3 TIMES A MONTH AND NO ONE GETS IT! NO ONE RESPONDS EXCITEDLY! THIS IS THE BEST!

[@melissaahennings]

The screen says it is a chimera, but I know it is a llamaphant.

[@isgdre]

Is there a word for this video?

[@samramdebest]

yes, DFTBA

[@ceciliazubler8970]

awesome

[@MiniatureRanni]

Informative

[@isgdre]

There's a good start

[@IceMetalPunk]

Yes. "Video".

[@GreenmanDave]

But why isn't phoenetic spelled the way it sounds?

[@GreenmanDave]

Then again, perhaps it is if you're Greek.

[@taylorphillips1662]

I show this video to people to explain why I am such an English/Grammar/Word freak. The English language is so complex, I love it. Thanks, Hank!

[@lehmpoll]

Mind blown! Thanks Hank for blowing my mind with new amazingness everytime I watch your videos!

[@rsmalec]

Word up

[@QwertyuiopThePie]

Well, I can't really say I was expecting to see you here.

[@31MidnightSun]

God, has it really been a whole year since the last Census? I was wondering where time went then I remembered... KZbin.

[@MrInvisibleJ]

this was awesome, I got a rant and a vocab lesson at the same time

[@abbidecker607]

This video is literally Hank fangirling over words. This is why I am obsessed with you.

[@juliaborts1268]

My favorite of the words you discussed was "lacuna" because I have actually found myself in need of a word but didn't know a word existed to say what I needed to say and I knew a word existed to describe when there isn't a word to say what you're trying to say, but I could never remember the word. Now I do, Hank. Thank you.

[@simonjohnston3100]

Name of the Wind!! Good choice Sir!

[@Frizzbiscuit]

Did anyone else feel victimised by the survey for only having 49 questions instead of 50? My whole body cried out in protest.

[@JPover70]

...and this is why I have only one cup of coffee per day...

[@georgebedeybedbed4775]

This is the one video that I have seen that perfectly expresses my intense love for communication and the English language. Thank you Hank.

[@elikauffman1605]

hank, you my dear friend, are ADORKABLE. and despite the fact that this is not one of the million+ words in our native language, due to context and your previous understanding of the words dork, and adorable, you still probably gathered that if the the combination of letters: a,d,o,r,k,a,b,l, and e was a word, it would mean: an adjective used to describe a noun that is both adorable and dorky at the same time. THATS SO COOL!

[@adityakhanna113]

Well worded!

[@AllHailZeppelin]

Not just polysyllabic, but pentasyllabic.

[@_ramza_343]

And monosyllabic

[@amybrookes1988]

Ramza239 Pentasyllabic is autological, but monosyllabic is not. I like this contrast muchly :)

[@terminalskillness]

Amy Birks "muchly"

[@throwaway102]

Only one species can talk on the whole planet? I'm not so sure about that. Dolphins are pretty intelligent, and they have their own language and communicate, I think at least. Humans are the only ones who can understand what humans are saying.

[@thinkingplace4496]

Yeah, I've always wondered about that. Do you think that other animal, even the technically unintelligent ones, have some method of communication? And if they do, shouldn't that be considered a language in it's own right? Ant's are a great example, they aren't very smart animals yet they somehow manage to function as a colony perfectly. That seems to suggest some method of communication, even if we're not entirely sure what it is; or how it's done.

[@MreeAik]

Joshua Middlebrooks I think most animal species have some form of communication, be it to convey basic things like "stay away, this is my area" or "I want you to make babies with me" and stuff like that, but to call it a language completely depends on your definition of language. A guy called Charles Hockett came up with "design features of language", which a lot of linguists (at least partially) agree with, but it's still debated. I recommend reading the wikipedia article which also mentions animal communication things :)

[@throwaway102]

well there's definately a difference between language and simple communication, and Hank says specifically speaking, not language. But I mean, whales make noises that convey an idea to other whales, which is what Hank is basically saying. Yeah language is a bit more complex than going "weeeeeeeeooooooooooo" but that's kind of the point Hank is making. We make strange noises and others' can know what we mean

[@AGirlCalledLevi]

There is some scientific research that suggests whales and porpoises not only have a language, but also possible dialects as well. Regardless, I think, with out further study, we can't definitively say that human's are the only species that have linguistic communication.

[@bailaeisen5166]

And, of course, there's always the mice.

[@WadjetEye100]

In French class, I would just occasionally think about how weird it is that we just make sounds at each other that conveys meaning and different areas have different sounds that they make to do it. Also, we make markings on paper or chalkboards or the internet(?) to that also convey that meaning. Language is just so weird, and it took trying to learn another language for me to appreciate that on a different level.

[@sirilay]

This video never fails to bring me joy. Thank you.

[@Vicky-hc4su]

Drink everytime he says: ''Word''

[@xxxsare]

Holy crap. Do you do speed before making a video?

[@justinchiodo6896]

no, but he just is a naturally hyper person.

[@xxxsare]

Justin Chiodo i know i enjoy his videos...well both the bros but i was just saying that cause hes crazy hyper in this one

[@justinchiodo6896]

alex gudino Now that i think about it he is actually extra hyper..

[@GarethField]

Pretty sure everyone else is the equivalent sharpness of a spoon.

[@kakairuislove]

Lol am I the only one who finds it 100% adorable that he gets so excited about words that people ask if hes on speed. lol

[@God001111]

I AM A LINGUIST AND I LOVE WORDS AND SPEECH AND NOISES MEANING THINGS AND WOW SPEEEEEECH I LOVE THIS VIDEO

[@rebekahstock1746]

This is quite possibly one of my all-time favourite vlogbrothers videos. It was just incredible! Worrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrds.......

[@sarajones8517]

I find it really intriguing that Hank talked about this today. I was recently given a chapter of a book that relates to why humanity is so different from the rest of the word in its ability to use language. Our ability to use language and to describe things and such has been of great value in the evolutionary perspective but it also causes us a lot of suffering as well. Our language is so complex and our reasoning skills so well-defined that we can think in terms of words about dangers that are not physically present at the current time which causes people stress and, in some cases, anxiety. This very talent that we have to be able to talk and form words about words about words causes us so much suffering we don't even realize it a lot of the time.

[@raultejada9887]

But there still isn't a word for a non virgin. THE LEXICAL GAP STILL EXISTS AND IT IS BEAUTIFUL

[@OlleLindestad]

1. Nerdfighteria (or someone else) coined the term "virgout" to address this problem. 2. But of course the real problem isn't that there isn't a word for non-virgin; the real problem is that the word "virgin" exists at all.

[@danieloconnell293]

Just because some people use a word that can be used in a completely non-offensive manner to belittle others doesn't mean we should get rid of it entirely. Is it a problem that "uneducated" or "disabled" exist as words? The problem is the context in which they're used. Edit: Also, virgout will never catch on.

[@TheRealSkeletor]

Daniel O'Connell Who said anything about getting rid of a word?

[@x0xjeff0x0]

I think it's just lady(or man) because woman would refer to--well, you know.

[@danieloconnell293]

Well, if the problem is that something exists, the implied solution is usually to stop it from existing. And I guess "sexually active" kinda works, but it would always mean "sexually active" before "non-virgin", you know?

[@potatogames42]

BSHHHH... My mind just blew up...

[@FlagstonePictures]

Hank! There's few deal pixels on your video!

[@vlogbrothers]

I KNOW! Not sure what to do about it except get another camera...

[@Yellowhound1]

***** make sure you give the pixels a proper burial they served there purpose of being Nerdfighters

[@Yellowhound1]

How bout a cardboard box so it can all be properly recycled I did not think of this before but if it is a good quality camera there might be avaliable parts for it in which he could buy and replace the CMOS sensor as that should be the the part that has degraded thirdly if the camera has removable and swapable lens he might just have to clean the sensor you need a special kit to clean it though

[@amybrookes1988]

Used this to explain the diversity of language to my form group...they loved it! This is by far, one of my most favorite videos ever!

[@una_10bananas]

Hank, I love words and I was thinking about this today and then your video comes along and puts my thoughts into words! Thank you!

[@sophiay.8643]

U sound so Euridite (DIVERGENT REFERENCE!)

[@XxCookieMonshterXX]

Erudite* :)

[@trirex2547]

It's not really a Divergent reference, erudite was already a word. Veronica Roth just used it as a faction name.

[@sophiay.8643]

Really? Never knew that. I ment the faction thougn

[@terminalskillness]

I love Divergent references. Maybe a little too much, though, considering I used one in church by answering someone who asked "can you be both an introvert and an extrovert?" so i said "you'd be divergent." or something like that.

[@sophiay.8643]

Yes yes ik

[@AaronSherman]

It seems odd that in your list of words that describe themselves, you didn't use the most obvious one, given the subject matter: "word."

[@ninahamalainen3438]

No way....I had no idea John is The John Green 😱 just did the survey and found it out..whoah, I'm truly sorry for not knowing

[@UdyKumra]

+Nina Hämäläinen I did that in my first month on vlogbrothers...then I saw all the Fault in Our Stars stuff on the main page and I connected the dots lol

[@AutumnCricks]

I think about this quite often. It's truly incredible that shaping our mouths and vibrating a muscle creates emotion and understanding and connection.

[@whynotaardvark]

As a speech language pathologist I really appreciate your sense of wonder for language, because it is absolutely amazing and wonderful.

[@antishay]

LMAOOOO I nearly died at autological/heterological xD

[@PumpkinSparks]

now try to do that talking thing multilingual ;) Your mind gets truly blown! But you also find youself confronted with lacunas more frequently :(

[@IceMetalPunk]

Like, for example, how there's no English word for Schadenfreude...so we just borrowed that one! :D

[@TheSapientity]

I feel like they're less frequent, mainly because sometimes there's a single word in a language that needs an entire sentence to describe in another. See schadenfreude. Though it only really works when the person you're talking to knows the same languages...

[@Flocko_]

IceMetalPunk Actually there is an English word for schadenfreude! Epicaricacy. It's almost never used. In fact the only context I've seen it used in is to correct people who say there's no English word for schadenfreude! Like this!

[@PumpkinSparks]

TheSapientity But that's what I mean. I realize that there is a lacuna, because another language has a word for that thing. Like Schadenfreude! Or the fact that we don't really have a word or describtion for "coming out" or "being in the closet" in german. We have to describe it in a long scentence or speak denglisch! :(

[@PumpkinSparks]

Flocko7x that is the most epic word ever!

[@LiamNosliw]

I wonder how many times Hank said word.

[@vlogbrothers]

Stop wondering and start counting!

[@TheSoopaSoup]

He said the word "word/words" 35 times in this video. 37 if you count the bloopers at the end

[@ThePoolIsAbstract]

I'm studying linguistics at university, and you're right, language is amazing and I'm only just realising how complicated and intricate our language faculties are. Please do a video on linguistics someday, because no-one knows what it is and always ask me "What languages do you do?" and I just say "ALL OF THEM."

[@aguti1111]

I have been watching old vlogbrother videos and can't get over how awesome Hank's enthousiasme is to watch

[@meganwest9948]

Can you make a "this is not a pipe" shirt to sell?

[@sarahcarson2387]

GOD YES

[@graceannegasperson4029]

Sarah Carson Megan West this isn't from the dftba website, but if your soul needs one to be complete: www.redbubble.com/people/lasarack/works/8344832-ceci-nest-pas-une-pipe?p=t-shirt

[@meganwest9948]

Grace Anne Gasperson thanks so much!

[@graceannegasperson4029]

Sure.

[@ajraccoon]

God he and his brother talk fast! Ps is there a word for people who talk very fast?

[@ordeloliveros5999]

Yes. It's "Green-like"

[@lilab27]

Not really, other than obnoxious

[@Johnston857]

annoying?

[@drewfoster1696]

In this case, patient - with a lot of outtakes. In general: gabble - "To speak rapidly or incoherently; jabber." is all I can find. Personally, I'd like coining "fusceloquation" from (L. fus = "pour") + (L. celer = "fast") + (L. loqu = "speak") = a fast pouring of speech.

[@terminalskillness]

I think that if you talk fast you are either an auctioneer or a person who thinks a lot of strange concepts a lot of the time.

[@Greyz174]

i usually have these amazing revelations when i'm alone in my room and very very high. what have you been up to hank???

[@terminalskillness]

I come up with my ideas while I'm in the bathroom :)

[@72Isaacblue]

These kinds of videos are why I watch you guys.

[@JessicaX]

HANK YOUR CONFUSING US WITH UR VOCABULARY

[@terminalskillness]

you're

[@JessicaX]

maddlybezerk i dont care about grammar right now, u can clearly tell by the way im typing

[@terminalskillness]

Jessica X true. that is usually how it is on the internet.

[@marybach9925]

It can be beautiful: @John It can be terrifying: @Donald Trump

[@Goabnb94]

Would it be ironic if there wasn't a word for something that we don't have a word for?

[@runakovacs4759]

There will be a word for it. Even if just "thingajig"

[@mooncowtube]

anonym? The thing that anonymous things are like

[@isabellaredden655]

Lacuna. Google it.

[@BasitManzoor]

Its called a "Lexical gap" i guess..

[@terminalskillness]

Basit Manzoor Lethologica. or something. although i think i'm wrong about that. But it relates to words (but not just because it is a word).

[@MyPinkMexico]

at about 2:40 i thought you were broken

[@MyPinkMexico]

well, more like 2:37

[@Alwaystheexception]

Im SO GLAD you chose that book to waive around its literally the best book I have ever read writing-wise! Pat Rothfuss is a genius.

[@billwoyce]

Dear God, my head hurts from all the thinking I did about language and talking and what not. Never a dull moment with Hank and John!