Juxtapose. Obfuscate. And of course, absquatulate.
All these words appear in a new dictionary for young people. It’s The Dictionary of Difficult Words, and we’re talking to the author, lexicographer Jane Solomon.
Activate your sesquipedalian …
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Again we tackle the questions that others dast not.
- Why do all children seem to know the nyah nyah song?
- Why do classic movie stars talk in that strange accent?
- Do Chinese characters stay readable longer than English words?
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Fiddler on the Roof is heading to Broadway — in Yiddish for the first time.
What went into the production? How did translation work? What does this production mean to the cast and to audience members?
Daniel speaks with Zalmen Mlotek…
We get mail. From you. And today, we’re answering your questions.
How has jazz influenced our language? And what if you like language diversity, but you’re not too keen on how it’s used?
Daniel and Kylie answer them all on …
This week, we’re looking back at the year that was.
What were our favourite shows? What does it mean if someone ‘deserves a pineapple’? And what will be the Word of the Week of the Year?
Daniel and Kylie are …
Is there anything you can do to help babies learn language?
Babies do a great job of learning language, but it’s still a pretty complex undertaking. Who wouldn’t like to help the little tackers figure it out? But does anything …
They’ll, we’ve, you’re, and even ain’t.
This week, we’re having contractions, but not the muscular kind — the word kind! We squash words together all the time, but why? And how well can you recognise them?…
We’re taking your questions on a Mailbag episode!
Along the way, we’re going to find out some pretty strange things about how words and phrases got to be how they are. Do you say zero or oh? What is …
Accents are like opinions: everybody’s got one. But how do opinions affect accents?
Listeners want to know: Why do people seem to lose their accent when they sing? And is there any reason why we think some accents sound attractive …
Rap is the music of the street. And now it’s on campus.
Linguist Darin Flynn has created a university linguistics class that puts rap lyrics on the syllabus. What can hip-hop poets tell us about language?
Dr Flynn tells Daniel …
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