Berserk for Bears: Words from our Ursine Animals

We have many words built from the English word for "bear," the Latin word for "bear," and the Greek word for "bear," and we have many expressions and phrases built from the same ursine animal. Of course there are also expressions using the verb "to bear," as in "to carry," such as in "bearing fruit, bearing a child, or bearing a burden or a grudge. Let's explore the origins of all of these. Thank you for supporting Animalogy Podcast at Patreon.com/ColleenPatrickGoudreau This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit

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Berserk for Bears: Words from our Ursine Animals is an episode from Animalogy \ The Animals in Our Everyday Words & Phrases by Colleen Patrick-Goudreau.

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This episode was published on Sep 23, 2017.

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