Flexible. Funny. Foul.
This most versatile of English words is all of these and more. And it gets a thorough cataloging in The F-Word by lexicographer Jesse Sheidlower.
He sits down with Daniel for a chat on history, power, …
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THUH alien, or THEE alien?
It all depends on whether the next word starts with a vowel sound or a consonant sound. At least that’s the story. But one researcher is finding a lot of speakers are doing something very …
Bees: not just great pollinators; great communicators.
The dance of the European honeybee is one of the most famous methods of communication in the animal kingdom, and shows features that are very similar to human language.
But are bees losing …
Have you ever blanked on a word and said something else?
It may not just be you. Some mild forms of anomia happen as we age, but research finds that lexical recall is not straightforward.
We’ll be hearing from you …
Listeners have sent us a bracket of great questions.
Will there ever be only one language on earth? When was the beginning of buzzwords? And why do some people say I have went?
We’ll give our best answers on …
Wait — you mean people are doing something new in English? They sure are.
It’s happening to the word wait, and it’s been spotted by famed sociolinguist Dr Sali Tagliamonte of the University of Toronto. Do you start sentences with …
Some deep thoughts are going on at the Palace.
The Royal Family is tweeting about what a perfect alphabet would look like, and how far the English alphabet varies from this ideal. And are there any redundant letters?
Hedvig, …
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…
What were the words that marked our year?
Daniel was there for the serious, the social, and the silly at the American Dialect Society’s annual Word of the Year vote.
Hedvig and Daniel discuss all the words on this episode …
Love learning languages? You’ll want to check out the Fluent Show, where Lindsay Williams and Kerstin Cable talk about language acquisition. We just had a big chat with them, and you’ll want to listen in!
Does it work to …
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