A recent article in Discover online describes the discovery of an English podiatrist that:

“Traditional English feet, Jackson says, tend to be broad and somewhat pointed–the toes form a steep angle from the first to the fifth. The Celtic evacuees, in contrast, had toe tips that were almost level with one another, and their feet tended to be longer and slimmer–except for a bulge at the base of the big toe, where bunions form.”

This led to the formation of plenty of bunions in those of Celtic descent.

What interests me here is that the article title, “Human Origins/Language/British Feet,” uses the word “language” in it, though there is no reference to language in the article.

I don’t think it’s incorrect, however!

As the Barefoot Sensei told me during my stay with him, language and walking are very intimately connected.

Since then, I’ve been doing some digging of my own.

More soon!