{"id":1444,"date":"2020-02-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2020-02-17T05:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/planetwordmuseum.org\/where-do-words-come-from-gallery-preview\/"},"modified":"2023-02-21T14:30:50","modified_gmt":"2023-02-21T19:30:50","slug":"where-do-words-come-from-gallery-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/planetwordmuseum.org\/where-do-words-come-from-gallery-preview\/","title":{"rendered":"Where Do Words Come From? \u2014 Gallery Preview!"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"attachment_809\" style=\"width: 260px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-809\" class=\"wp-image-809\" src=\"http:\/\/planetwordmuseum.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/IMG_5603-576x1024-1.jpg\" alt=\"Word wall narrator Malik Work recording audio for the experience\" width=\"250\" height=\"445\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-809\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The word wall\u2019s narrator, Malik Work, recording audio for the experience.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Imagine this: you\u2019re standing in front of a massive wall of a thousand English words. It climbs 20 feet to the ceiling and stretches 40 feet across the room. Along the bottom, commonly-used words stand over two feet tall \u2014 and, to, you \u2014 but tilt your head ceilingwards and you\u2019ll have to squint to read the tiniest ones way up near the top \u2014 anaphora, ephemera, bookworm.<\/p>\n<p>All of a sudden, the wall speaks to you:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHey! Is anybody there? Say something into a mic, and we\u2019ll get started.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>So begins your journey through the English language in Where Do Words Come From?, a major gallery on the museum\u2019s third floor. Speak into one of the gallery\u2019s four microphones, and the word wall will respond to your voice. 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