Hi everyone, welcome to this bonus episode of the History of English Podcast.

This is a little bonus episode between regular episodes.

I know that many of you are at home trying to pass the time and eagerly awaiting the next

episode of your favorite podcast, and I've gotten a few requests for an early release

of the next episode, but unfortunately I can't complete a regular episode much quicker

than my normal schedule allows, so I decided to put together this bonus episode to tide

you over until the next regular episode is ready.

Very often when I'm putting together the episodes, I have little bits and pieces of information

that get left out due to time or simply because the information doesn't fit in with the

overall narrative, and that's been the case over the past couple of episodes.

So I thought I would organize some of those random bits of etymology and present them

here in this bonus episode.

But before I begin, let me take this opportunity to make a few quick announcements.

First of all, for those of you who are looking for more content, let me remind you that

I also have a Patreon page, and as of last week there were 47 bonus episodes there.

They cover a variety of topics, and I may even include a few of them in this regular feed

over the next few weeks.

Patreon works much like a monthly membership, and a $5 contribution gets you access to

all of the content there.

But it's important to keep in mind that there are no long term commitments.

You can cancel at any time, so if you just want to sign up for a month or two while you're

passing the time at home, and then cancel, you can certainly do that.

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