In this episode, Amy is all on her lonesome and takes the opportunity to delve into the story and words behind our name: "Lexitecture". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each (normal) episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and talking about words, word origins, or just random bits of head-scratching language trivia, this may b...
Dec 02, 2019•16 min•Ep. 54
In this super special episode, the one and only Helen Zaltzman (of The Allusionist and other wonderful podcasts) joins us to talk about collective nouns for animals (and hermits?), Amy stays untouched and whole with " integrity " and Ryan goes this way and that with " varmint ". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from...
Nov 18, 2019•1 hr 5 min•Ep. 53
In this episode, Amy goes old school with " majestical " and Ryan dries out a torrent with " toast ". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and talking about words, word origins, or just random bits of head-scratching language trivia, this may be the show for you! Please subscribe to us ...
Nov 04, 2019•58 min•Ep. 52
In this episode, Amy discovers the best eponym of all time with " pancake " and Ryan goes quickly and not at all with " fast ". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and talking about words, word origins, or just random bits of head-scratching language trivia, this may be the show for yo...
Oct 21, 2019•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 51
In this episode, Amy worries about many holes with " trepanning " and Ryan thinks about Tolkein and 18th century cookery books with " fancy ". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and talking about words, word origins, or just random bits of head-scratching language trivia, this may be ...
Oct 07, 2019•45 min•Ep. 50
In this episode, Amy is away and Ryan forgets the word "cognate" while looking into listener-suggested words like " rigorous ", " vociferous ", " phony " and " lake ". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each (normal) episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and talking about words, word origins, or just random bits of head-scratc...
Sep 23, 2019•19 min•Ep. 49
In this episode, Amy polishes raptor beaks with " fake " and Ryan makes offers and commands with " bead ". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and talking about words, word origins, or just random bits of head-scratching language trivia, this may be the show for you! Please subscribe t...
Sep 09, 2019•49 min•Ep. 48
In this episode, Amy breaks things in pieces with " interrupt " and Ryan tends to the last embers with " curfew ". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and talking about words, word origins, or just random bits of head-scratching language trivia, this may be the show for you! Please sub...
Aug 26, 2019•45 min•Ep. 47
In this incredibly special, super exciting episode, wording class hero Susie Dent (of Countdown/8 out of 10 Cats Does Countdown fame) chats in a gruntled, shevelled fashion about orphaned negatives, Amy wonders about velocity with " speed " and Ryan marvels at Canadian furniture marketing with " chesterfield ". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puz...
Aug 12, 2019•43 min•Ep. 46
In this episode, Amy admires Catalonian legs with " ham " and Ryan wonders about the legitimacy of wizards with " bastard ". Lexitecture is a podcast about words. In each episode, a Canadian (Ryan) and a Scot (Amy) each present their current favourite word and talk about its origins, current use, and try to puzzle out how it may have gone from A to B. If you love thinking and talking about words, word origins, or just random bits of head-scratching language trivia, this may be the show for you! ...
Jul 29, 2019•56 min•Ep. 45
