1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:04,000 Speaker 1: The website is Arrow dot net, ar r Oe dot net. 2 00:00:04,040 --> 00:00:06,280 It's more than a website, it's more than a podcast. 3 00:00:06,400 --> 00:00:09,919 It is a podcast network. Where else are you going 4 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:13,720 to find Street Speak with Alexa and Clarence. We're talking 5 00:00:13,759 --> 00:00:19,039 about AI Alexa from Amazon having a conversation with an 6 00:00:19,079 --> 00:00:23,679 AI digital device and somebody who's actually lived it, comparing 7 00:00:23,719 --> 00:00:28,559 notes living life only on Arrow dot Net Street Speak 8 00:00:28,640 --> 00:00:35,399 with Alexa and Clarence. Enjoy your exploration those old saints, idioms, phrases. 9 00:00:35,600 --> 00:00:37,759 You know, the things your family and friends usually came 10 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:40,320 up with, and they came from out of nowhere, and 11 00:00:40,359 --> 00:00:43,520 only sometimes they actually made sense. Well, they had to 12 00:00:43,560 --> 00:00:46,240 start somewhere right, Who, what, where, why? When? And how? 13 00:00:46,799 --> 00:00:50,039 Some of those old scenes are not only ancient, but 14 00:00:50,119 --> 00:00:52,840 still carry a powerful punch even today. In fact, I 15 00:00:52,960 --> 00:00:54,799 live by one of those old saints. You gotta try 16 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:58,359 it sometime. Winning is a choice. So dude, why in 17 00:00:58,439 --> 00:01:00,799 such a great mood today? Because whenning is a choice, 18 00:01:00,799 --> 00:01:02,759 why aren't you ever in a bad mood? Because winning 19 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:05,920 is a choice. The goal of these episodes is to 20 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:09,680 help preserve not only a language, but lessons in life. 21 00:01:10,239 --> 00:01:15,680 My name is Arrow. Making a mountain out of a molehill. Oh, 22 00:01:15,879 --> 00:01:19,599 the multiple layers this one sentence has brought to history 23 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:22,680 as well as its total impact and effect on those 24 00:01:22,719 --> 00:01:27,439 of us who think and communicate building or making mountains 25 00:01:27,480 --> 00:01:30,959 out of a molehill the real picture. Molehills are a 26 00:01:31,079 --> 00:01:33,480 mound of dirt, just an eaty, beatty thing of dirt 27 00:01:33,519 --> 00:01:37,560 created by mammals known as the mole. The mountain represents 28 00:01:37,680 --> 00:01:42,000 something that is massive in size. The phrase dates back 29 00:01:42,040 --> 00:01:46,599 to classical antiquity. The Roman poet Virgil used similar ideas 30 00:01:46,640 --> 00:01:50,200 inside the writing. By the fifteen hundreds, an old English 31 00:01:50,280 --> 00:01:52,920 version of making mountains out of a molehill came into being. 32 00:01:53,519 --> 00:01:57,840 It was popularized by Nicholas Oodahl in fifteen forty eight. 33 00:01:58,200 --> 00:02:01,319 The reason why it's endured the year is because it's 34 00:02:01,359 --> 00:02:06,799 a visual It's simple and universally relatable. It encourages perspective 35 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:11,080 and emotional regulations. Now some people see it as a 36 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:15,599 way to calm down a situation. Culturally speaking, making a 37 00:02:15,639 --> 00:02:18,719 mountain out of a molehill acts as a social check 38 00:02:18,840 --> 00:02:23,120 against panic, gossip and or rumors. Where it's most relevant 39 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:26,960 is within the news world, social media outrage and to 40 00:02:27,000 --> 00:02:31,639 get an instant reaction. Making mountains out of a molehill, 41 00:02:31,879 --> 00:02:34,639 or these days they say stop being a drama queen. Dude, 42 00:02:34,680 --> 00:02:38,960 please go oh my god, something our parents would say. 43 00:02:39,199 --> 00:02:40,000 My name is Errol