Volunteers
Interested in volunteering at Planet Word?
We are eager to welcome the time, enthusiasm, and expertise of our word-loving community. Our volunteers work in three categories:
- GALLERY GUIDE: This role is best for people who have regular hours to volunteer. You will help visitors experience the exhibits, answer questions, help manage traffic flow, and communicate with staff about any issues or concerns.
- EVENT VOLUNTEER: Best if your schedule is unpredictable, and your best times to volunteer are evenings and weekends. You will take tickets and usher in the auditorium, help with set up and break down of large events, and answer visitor questions.
- BEHIND THE SCENES: If you’re eager to volunteer, but interacting with the public is not your preference, this role is for you.
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Perhaps ironically, the word “sesquipedalophobia” means “the fear of long words.” -
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“Contronyms” are words that contain multiple meanings that are complete opposites of each other. For example, “oversight” means both “the action of overseeing something” and “a failure to notice something.” -
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There are over 7,000 languages worldwide, but more than half the world’s population speaks only 23 of these languages. -
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The first entirely artificial language was the Lingua Ignota, a private mystical cant recorded in the 12th century by St. Hildegard of Bingen. -
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The 10 most-used letters in English are E, A, R, I, O, T, N, S, L, and C. -
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Eels, llamas, and aardvarks, ooh my! In English, there are only four letters that appear as double letters at the beginning of a word: A, E, L, and O. -
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A “deipnosophist” is a person who’s really good at making conversation at the dinner table. -
How do you get a dog to stop eating your books?
Take the words right out of its mouth! -
What's the difference between a cat and a comma?
A cat has claws at the end of its paws, but a comma’s a pause at the end of a clause. -
The past, the present, and the future walk into a bar...
It was tense. -
Is there a word that uses all the vowels including y?
Unquestionably. -
Riddle me this
What did the intransitive verb say when told it was pretty? (Answer: Nothing. Intransitive verbs can’t take complements.) -
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What does an island and the letter T have in common? (Answer: They’re both in the middle of water.) -
Riddle me this
What word becomes shorter when you add two letters to it? (Answer: Short) -
Riddle me this
What starts with an E, ends with an E, and contains just one letter? (Answer: An envelope!) -
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What begins with a T, ends with a T, and has T in it? (Answer: A teapot!) -
Riddle me this
What’s in centuries, hours, and years, but not minutes, days, or seconds? (Answer: The letter R!) -
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“Outside of a dog, a book is a man’s best friend. Inside of a dog, it’s too dark to read.” — Groucho Marx -
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“The past is always tense, the future perfect.” — Zadie Smith -
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“If there is a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, you must be the one to write it.” — Toni Morrison -
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“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies...The man who never reads lives only once.” — George R.R. Martin -
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“If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.” — Nelson Mandela