69: Mailbagussy
Because Language - a podcast about linguistics, the science of language.
English - January 27, 2023 04:00 - 1 hour - 88.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 65 ratingsSocial Sciences Science Education Language Learning language words linguistics Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The American Dialect Society Word of the Year has been chosen — and it’s a wonderful and terrible pick! Depending on who you’re talking to. In this episode, we’re talking about -USSY and all the words.
And we’re getting to our Mailbag, with our most intriguing research project ever: can you spot the pattern in the way Ben pronounces EITHER and NEITHER? Is there one?