Episode 3: The Gospel of the Wug

​Wherein we make wugability happen and invoke rule three.

3:40 The Part Where We Say The Title
20:22 Are clicks consonants?
30:22 Why do people like some words and hate others?
43:53 An uncharacteristically serious discussion about conversational styles and their relation or lack thereof to gender
65:18 The puzzler: What do the words ASSESS/BANANA/DRESSER/GRAMMAR/POTATO/REVIVE/UNEVEN/VOODOO have in common?

Covered in this episode:

The parts of linguistics we secretly don’t like
The ablaut of yeet
An inadvertent All The Stations shoutout
Jenny just says Walrus
Send us law questions!
The official LxAD Linguistics Hot Takes
Clicks, Ingressives, Ejectives, and... the other ones
Aaron/Erin is the new Mary/marry/merry
Phonesthemes
Bubu and Kiki
Our show notes have research!
Words are fake, but there’s a spectrum of reality
It’s like chai, but coffee
Meta language is important even for laypeople!
High school teachers know the dank memes of today—sometimes
If you say the food "herb" with an "h" you're wrong but valid
Optimality theory easter egg?

Links and other post-show thoughts:

The original Wug Test by Jean Berko Gleason
So far Sarah has not found the German study that she referenced, but has learned a lot about The Discourse around what constitutes irregularity in German. If you have information about this, let us know!
⟨snuck⟩ is indeed newer than ⟨sneaked⟩
Ohio 2
Choose your favorite wug plural
JBG’s Wug Store
Vowels are still a hot mess
The Other Consonants are called pulmonic consonants, which means that technically ejectives and ingressives are also not made using air from your lungs. We learned a thing.
Phonesthemes are super cool!
Bubu and kiki are also super cool!
Another optimality theory joke
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Linguistics After Dark is produced by Emfozzing Enterprises. Eli edits, Jenny transcribes, and Sarah does show notes. Our music is “Covert Affair” by Kevin MacLeod.

And until next time… if you weren’t consciously aware of your tongue in your mouth, now you are :)