Episode Six - The Happy Coincidence of Language

Aug 14

What word was inspired by a story and inspired stories to be written? In this episode, we find out where the word “serendipity” came from and how it has influenced the world since.

Resources: Check out these amazing resources that support this episode!

Word Puzzle: Download the Episode Four Fallen Phrase and see if you can crack the phrase! Don’t forget to post it to Instagram and tag me (@thedictionfairy) so I can give you a shout-out on an upcoming episode!

Click here to download the Word Puzzle.

Books: The Umbrella by Jan Brett- be sure to check out Jan’s website for some wonderful colouring-ins and other resources related to not only The Umbrella but also her other books.

References:

Serendipity is our favourite word

Percy Spencer, Inventor of Microwave Oven

Music and Sounds in this episode:

"Fuzzball Parade" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 Licence

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“Festival_Crowd_4” Koops (freesound.com)

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“Lift Motif” Kevin MacLeod (freemusicarchive.com)
Licensed under an Attribution 3.0 International License.

“Heavy Rain” lebaston100 (freesound.com)