The Learner’s Task
Speculative Grammarian Podcast
English - January 20, 2012 15:11 - 1 minute - 3.27 MB - ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsSocial Sciences Science Comedy speculative grammarian specgram linguistics language humor satire satirical linguistics parody talk show linguistic news Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The Learner’s Task; by K. Slater; From Volume I, Number 1 of Linguist of Fortune, The Journal of the Linguistic Society of South-Central New Caledonia, November 1990. — Some say it isn’t any fun to imitate another’s tongue; while idioms and turns of phrase can often baffle and amaze the novice who must learn their ways. (Read by Keith Slater.)