We’re on our customary mid-year hiatus, but Daniel’s still having a great time in the studio, taking your questions, playing tracks, and talking about whatever’s happening in the world of language.
We’re thinking of putting together a best-of for the podcast, but in the meantime, here are the unedited feeds, courtesy of RTRFM.
Thanks to everyone who calls in or sends emails! It makes the show really interesting!
Show for 2018-07-03
What’s your most common typo?
Show for 2018-07-10
Has your accent changed?
Show for 2018-07-24
What terms are used in children’s games?
Show notes
Show for 2018-07-03: Typos
My most common typo is “aorry”. Which means I apologize a lot, and in a hurry. Don’t rush your guilt kids.
— Tim Minchin (@timminchin) 2 July 2018
Online Etymology Dictionary: arctic (adj.)
https://www.etymonline.com/word/arctic
Language Log: Ar(c)tic
http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=342
Online Etymology Dictionary: kangaroo
https://www.etymonline.com/word/kangaroo
Peter Norvig: English Letter Frequency Counts
http://norvig.com/mayzner.html
Man Who Waved Gun and Yelled ‘Womp Womp’ Arrested at Immigration Rally
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/07/02/us/gun-immigration-protest-womp-womp.html
Baby Wordsworth Babies: Not Exactly Wordy
http://content.time.com/time/health/article/0,8599,1968874,00.html
It’s True: Alcohol Helps You Speak a Foreign Language Better
http://time.com/4989850/alcohol-foreign-language-speak/
Show for 2018-07-10: Accent changes
Indigenous community fights to preserve language that gave Australia the word ‘kangaroo’
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-06-23/community-fights-to-preserve-language-that-gave-us-kangaroo/9900518
Kids are keeping Aboriginal languages alive — and learning just how different they are
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-07-06/school-children-singing-could-save-indigenous-language/9940118
Stunned mum claims crow asks ‘You alright love?’ in Yorkshire accent – so what do you think?
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6684706/crow-asks-you-alright-love-yorkshire-accent-video/
Video: Meghan appears to speak with a British accent at public event
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/femail/video-1722336/Video-Meghan-appears-speak-British-accent-public-event.html
Is Meghan Markle already acquiring a British accent?
https://www.scmp.com/news/world/europe/article/2154276/meghan-markle-already-acquiring-british-accent
Meghan Markle Hasn’t Adopted A British Accent, According To Linguistics Experts
https://www.inquisitr.com/4974559/meghan-markle-hasnt-adopted-british-accent/
It’s apparently possible to hallucinate people’s accents
https://www.sbs.com.au/news/it-s-apparently-possible-to-hallucinate-people-s-accents
This Town In Kansas Has Its Own Unique Accent
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/town-kansas-unique-accent-180969390/
Vowel Movement: How Americans near the Great Lakes are radically changing the sound of English.
http://www.slate.com/articles/life/the_good_word/2012/08/northern_cities_vowel_shift_how_americans_in_the_great_lakes_region_are_revolutionizing_english_.html
6 Terrifying Ways Crows Are Way Smarter Than You Think
http://www.cracked.com/article_19042_6-terrifying-ways-crows-are-way-smarter-than-you-think.html
Show for 2018-07-24: Games Kids Play
Australian Word Map: boondie
https://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/resources/aus/word/map/search/word/boondie/Central%20West%20Australia/
Noongar Language: some contributions to English
https://www.facebook.com/LostWadjuk/posts/noongar-language:-some-contributions-to/726321284178300/
Australian Word Map: barleys
https://www.macquariedictionary.com.au/resources/aus/word/map/search/word/barleys/Perth%20Region/
Fains, fainites, barley, pax, and other truce terms
https://www.glossophilia.org/?p=10505
Barley and Other Children’s Truce Words
http://virtuallinguist.typepad.com/the_virtual_linguist/2009/07/barley-and-other-childrens-truce-words.html
Opie and Opie: The Lore and Language of School Children
Google Books link
Children and their books: a celebration of the work of Iona and Peter Opie
Google Books link
Paris Review: Eeny, meeny, miny, mo
https://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2015/04/16/losing-count/
YouTube: Ip dip dog shit………
https://youtu.be/pB_yN5_vwps
British Library: Onika bonika
https://www.bl.uk/collection-items/onika-bonika
Bubble gum, Bubble gum, in a dish
https://www.kidspot.com.au/things-to-do/activity-articles/bubble-gum-bubble-gum/news-story/3370badd119e7806e66cb5a4db0db426
Ollie Ollie In Come Free!
https://web.archive.org/web/20100618015117/http://www.appalachianhistory.net/2010/06/ollie-ollie-in-come-free.html
Wikipedia: Olly olly oxen free
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Olly_olly_oxen_free
