Did you know that Chicory swaps its meaning with Endive when used in French? Weird, no? I've been told something similar happens to Pomelo and Grapefruit. Not sure which langages are involved, though.
Another slam dunk Tristan. Although you did not specifically say this, i believe that one's love of reading and curiosity about various subjects contributes so much to this idea of naming things, which in turn, will help us appreciate them more.
Yes it's definitely true. A few years ago I started gardening, just a vegetable garden and some annuals. But that has led to wandering around garden centers at all the plants and trees I can't have in my current space "but maybe one day", to exploring public botanic gardens close to home and when travelling, to being able to walk around and recognise species in other peoples gardens and noticing things that I don't yet know, which led to noticing birds, bees, other insects, also seasonal change, and all of a sudden the natural world around me is so beautiful and vast.
So true! I use a paper as a bookmark so I can joy down all the words I don't know as I am reading. Then I look up the definitions and copy them into a journal. It is like having my own custom dictionary - divided not alphabetically but by books I have read
I LOVE this! Bleam!! What a wonderful word. I am so excited to learn the names of all the things I come across. It's like being a child again. Thank you for your enthusiasm and for spreading joy. ❤
Yes and...not really. Let's not forget at leadt in the US there are other, more ancient languages to descibe natural features, vegetation, and events. And heck no, I don’t know the indigenous people's words for anything. And it's also beneficial to not name things, to go into certain spaces and take from rather than attempt to "take control" in our "conquering" language...and this I've done from Aalska to Tibet. Just a thought, really, there are many views on this ability to name things. But having said all this, 😂you taught me a couple new things in this video, so there we are!😂
A quote that I heard years ago (that I changed slightly to make it more poetic) : "To name something is to grace it with a soul.' Excellent video, Tristan !
Thank you so much. We really enjoyed that. It made us think of Genesis 2:19, in the Garden of Eden. “Now the LORD God had formed out of the ground all the wild animals and all the birds in the sky. He brought them to the man to see what he would name them; and whatever the man called each living creature, that was its name.”
I am always learning new things. I just checked a book out from the library today that you reviewed The Warden by Anthony Trollope (I might have misspelled his last name) I look forward to reading it! Great video the world needs more of this!!
My grandson asked me if getting old means you like to know the names of birds? I said Yes! Because my husband and I love to see the birds and know their names, and somehow we didn't notice before we got "old".
So true! When we first married my husband knew very few flowers, shrubs, or trees and he never noticed any of them till I pointed them out. After a few years of learning about them from me he would say, " I drove down -- Street today. The forsythia is gorgeous, you should check it out " It's a matter of actually noticing what you look out and then thinking about it, too. Thanks for sharing this, I needed a lift today.
This so resonates with me! It made me think of the biblical mandate to Adam: to name the animals. There’s a deeper purpose there than meets the eye, perhaps. A prescriptive for fuller enjoyment of life.
This is fascinating. I have always noticed that I don't remember details about how things look -- or how people look. I wouldn't know what colour someone's eyes are - someone I know well -- unless I remember it in words, as in "what lovely blue eyes". Then I know. I'm rambling, but I think we're talking about the same thing: We need words, specific words, before we can really see things!😊
The topic of wonder through learning names is my wheelhouse! My life is full and rich in part as I seek names for things most people wouldn't care about. I am enveloped by nature so make it my goal as a master gardener and forager to research the minutest details, often obscure but not always. What a pleasure to take glee in one's surroundings and notice! As a native English speaker, I currently live in a country where English isn't the first language. When conversing, part of the struggle is coming up with/learning names in that language to describe things. Describing a pocket or mushroom or a roof tile can be challenging...so, I'm working on expanding my vocabulary in both English and Croatian. Sometimes it's akin to charades! In Croatia, there are names for specific kinds of blue containers and envelopes. Assigning names is indeed important, especially in a different culture (different topic). Such fun! Your enlightening perspectives are clever and thought provoking. Thank you.
This resonates SOOOO much with me that I could fill dozens of comments. As a technical translator it’s an occupational disease (😂), I have a compelling need to use the exact word for everything I mention or want to describe. Many people find me either arrogant or boring, but I can’t help it. And there’s still so much that I don’t know 😢. As a gardener, I can’t live without my plant app to identify every plant that is new to me, in case I want to bring it into my garden. I know the names of all my plants, garden or indoors, but again I can get seriously boring. But my appreciation of Nature is boundless, when my neighbour only reasons in terms of weeds and non-weeds. It takes a lot of curiosity though. Sadly shoelaces and cars are not among my primary interests 😂😂😂, but who knows? I want to investigate this aglet thing (same word in French and English btw, says Google). Great video, thank you!
A couple of months ago I wanted to learn more about trees and I even found some books about trees and forests. But my desire died away then. Your video gave me a more conscious aim and made my tree interest reborn!
@@Tris-Talks oh ok! I thought it was just another one “tristan talks” in addition to the “tristan talks books” and “tristan and the classics” channels :))
Interesting Prophet Song did not make the list given it won the Booker (and Bee Sting missed out). I know Prophet Song was controversial and personally I found the story lacking and a bit hollow in terms of characterisation. But it was beautifully written. So I would not include it in a top 10 either.
That's perfect timing for the last book because my goal is to read more books about the Philippines. I'm a quarter Filipino on my mother's side, but I didn't grow-up immersed in culture. There were some things like the food and how my grandmother spoke, but the Tagalog wasn't taught to me. I don't know the history and expectations weren't put upon me like other Asian cultures seem to do.
