Episode 004: Week/Weak, Same Dif My Big Fat SFF Word Study Give me a word, any word, and I'll show you how it came from sci-fi or fantasy, or how SF/F makes that word better than the original! I bet you're under the impression that weak and week are different words. The Oxford English Dictionary has traced the word weak to an Old English word meaning 'of little worth.’ Week also harks back to an Old English word -- that probably meant ‘sequence' or 'series.' Week and Weak can be essentially...
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