373: Mailbag of Processes

Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.

English - August 01, 2019 16:35 - 1 hour - 63.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 65 ratings
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Previous Episode: 372: Because Internet (with Gretchen McCulloch)

Next Episode: 374: Polari, Britain's Lost Gay Language (with Paul Baker)

We're opening up the Mailbag for another episode.

Are sneezes written the same way everywhere?
Do all languages have rhyming name games?
Can all languages do all the things?
Why does "this and that" sound normal, but "that and this" sounds weird?
Why are people saying "process-eez"?
And what's with "yeah nah"?

All these and more on this episode of Talk the Talk.