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Why do we say MAN and WOMAN? What has this got to do with werewolves? Why is WOMEN pronounced WIMMIN? We answer these questions and more in today's video.

00:00 Crime and punishment in Anglo-Saxon England
01:51 Werman and Wifman
02:41 Werewolf
04:00 Midwife
04:56 Mankind...
07:42 Woman and women
09:25 Boys and girls