Latest Speculative grammarian Podcast Episodes
The Quotta and the Quottiod
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - November 09, 2015 13:08 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThe Quotta and the Quottiod; by Vére Çélen; From Volume CLI, Number 4, of Speculative Grammarian, October 2006 — It is not news to linguists that particular forms of punctuation can be problematic. One frequent source of considerable friction in certain circles is the unending debate over whether...
The Laziest Language on Earth
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - October 31, 2015 14:52 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThe Laziest Language on Earth; by Claude Searsplainpockets; From Volume CLIII, Number 2, of Speculative Grammarian, November 2007 — Back in 1922, my Historical Linguistics professor, Benjamin Ide Wheeler, noted that ease of articulation is a driving force in language change—hence the regular occu...
On the Cryptographic Uses of TLAs
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - October 25, 2015 16:49 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsOn the Cryptographic Uses of TLAs; by Dash Ŋ. Ooba-Nuhd; From Volume CLXXIII, Number 3, of Speculative Grammarian, July 2015 — Claude SPP in his angry screed, “TLAs DOA? TBD!” entirely missed the point of BizSpeak, as do most speakers of BizSpeak. (Read by Trey Jones.)
TLAs DOA? TBD!
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - October 18, 2015 12:08 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsTLAs DOA? TBD!; by Claude Searsplainpockets; From Volume CLII, Number 2, of Speculative Grammarian, March 2007 — In the course of several months of anthropological and linguistic data collection among native speakers of BizSpeak, a degraded and virulent offshoot of English used by mentally defici...
Großwortbuch—Book Announcement from Psammeticus Press
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - September 26, 2015 16:25 - 56 seconds ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsGroßwortbuch—Book Announcement from Psammeticus Press; by Vürffle Tsyllynda; From Volume CLVIII, Number 3, of Speculative Grammarian, March 2010 (Read by Trey Jones.)
Proto-Indo-Spamopean—An Early Exemplar of “Ye Olde Baite of Yon Clicke”
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - September 26, 2015 16:24 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsProto-Indo-Spamopean—An Early Exemplar of “Ye Olde Baite of Yon Clicke”; by X. Kuvador, R. Kialugist, and Pael E. O’Ntolojiss; From Volume CLXXIII, Number 4, of Speculative Grammarian, August 2015 — While many today lament the imminent demise of the English language (Hat 2006), the corrupting inf...
Labyrinths & Linguists
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - September 20, 2015 18:28 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsLabyrinths & Linguists; by Craig Kopris; From Volume CLXXIII, Number 3, of Speculative Grammarian, July 2015 — While perusing the wax cylinder recordings stored at one of the major archives on the eastern seaboard (which will be left unnamed to protect the reputations of all concerned), I ran acr...
The Linguistic Placebo Effect
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - September 13, 2015 15:11 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThe Linguistic Placebo Effect; by I. Tinerant; From Volume CLXXI, Number 3, of Speculative Grammarian, November 2014 — Literature Review / Of course it is important, when setting out on an academic adventure, to properly prepare by briefly reviewing the relevant existing literature. A brief revie...
Phonologist’s Shanty
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - September 05, 2015 17:13 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsPhonologist’s Shanty; Traditional; From Volume CLXXIV, Number 1, of Speculative Grammarian, September 2015 — What shall we do with the velar nasal? / What shall we do with the velar nasal? / What shall we do with the velar nasal? / Early in the morning. (Performed by Pete Bleackley.)
Chickenese—A Grammatical Sketch
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - August 22, 2015 12:08 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsChickenese—A Grammatical Sketch; by Damon Lord; From Volume CLI, Number 3, of Speculative Grammarian, July 2006 — Many linguists and animal psychologists have sought to discover if mankind is the sole species to have developed language. Recent experiments with chickens at Foxchester University, i...
The “Vowel Space” DVD Boxed Set
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - August 15, 2015 20:46 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThe “Vowel Space” DVD Boxed Set; Advertisement; From Volume CLXXI, Number 4, of Speculative Grammarian, December 2014 — The “Vowel Space” DVD Boxed Set—Available for the first time ever in one collection! (Read by Trey Jones.)
“Language” Characteristics in Certain Higher Primates—(Professors of Education)
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - August 08, 2015 12:08 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratings“Language” Characteristics in Certain Higher Primates—(Professors of Education); by Charles Bishop; From Son of Lingua Pranca, November, 1979 — Scientists have long recognized that the average professor of education is remarkably close to man himself in brain capacity and physiology, and we have ...
On THE Speculative Grammarian
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - August 02, 2015 12:08 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsOn THE Speculative Grammarian; by THE Editor-in-Chief; From Volume CLXXIII, (173) Number 1, of Speculative Grammarian, May 2015 — We are often asked why we don’t use “the” in front of “Speculative Grammarian” in the name of our journal. (Well, that’s a bit generous. Not enough people ask. Many fa...
Ambiguity In Action: A Bawdy Count
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - July 27, 2015 12:08 - 17 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsAmbiguity In Action: A Bawdy Count; by Norman C. Stageberg; From Lingua Pranca, June, 1978 — One major source of humor is found in the many and various situations of everyday life, both as they occur in actuality and as they are refined and recounted in literature. A second major source of humor ...
The Art of the -ome
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - July 11, 2015 12:08 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThe Art of the -ome; by Z. En ‘Bud’ Dhist; From Volume CLX, Number 1, of Speculative Grammarian, October 2010 — Despite the fact that, contrary to my expectations, I did not receive a request to be an invited speaker at the CELGA workshop “Perspectives on the Morphome” this month, I thought it im...
A Warning for Linguists
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - July 03, 2015 12:09 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsA Warning for Linguists; by Keith Slater; From Volume I, Number 2, of Babel, April 1990 — We in linguistics are well-accustomed, by now, to the fact that other disciplines—notably the “hard” sciences—regularly upstage us and grab all the glory in the public eye. Normally, this doesn’t, and should...
Linguistic Emissions Reduction Sought
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - July 03, 2015 12:08 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsLinguistic Emissions Reduction Sought; by SpecGram Wire Services; From Volume CLIII, Number 1, of Speculative Grammarian, September 2007 — Sanaa, Yemen—Tempers flared at global climate talks today, as environmental and linguistic concerns met head-on. The dispute is about so-called “inefficient a...
Grammar Cop
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - July 01, 2015 12:08 - 57 seconds ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsGrammar Cop; by Trey Jones; From Volume CLXXIII, Number 3, of Speculative Grammarian, July 2015 — Theirs know kneed two feere! / Grammer Kop iz hear! (Performed by The 3x3 Men’s Room Chorus.)
Linguistics Nerd Camp—Marsha and Her Thesis
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - June 26, 2015 12:09 - 39 seconds ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsLinguistics Nerd Camp—Marsha and Her Thesis; by Bethany Carlson; From Volume CLXI, Number 3, of Speculative Grammarian, April 2011 — Marsha and her thesis made a cute couple, but their friends worried that she was trying to change him. (Described by Keith Slater.)
One Hundred Words for Snowclone
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - June 26, 2015 12:08 - 10 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsOne Hundred Words for Snowclone; by Claude Searsplainpockets and X. Izthunüblakk; From Volume CLXX, Number 2, of Speculative Grammarian, June 2014 — Any linguist worthy of attending SALT knows of the linguistic myth that eskimos have hundreds of words for snow. There was even some sort of vocabul...
Current Issues in Gastronomy
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - June 19, 2015 20:56 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsCurrent Issues in Gastronomy; by Elan Dresher and Norbert Hornstein; From Lingua Pranca, June, 1978 — The mounting rumours that the noted linguist James D. McCawley has written an annotated translation of a Japanese cookbook on oriental cuisine have proven to be well founded. A usually consistent...
Cartoon Theories of Linguistics—Part 九
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - June 19, 2015 20:49 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsCartoon Theories of Linguistics—Part 九; by Phineas Q. Phlogiston, Ph.D.; From Volume CLIV, Number 1, of Speculative Grammarian, May 2008 — Lexicostatistics vs. Glottochronology ("Insightful!" ... "Balderdash!") (Described by Keith Slater.)
The ’Trilaa Counting Song
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - June 19, 2015 20:44 - 19 seconds ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThe ’Trilaa Counting Song; A ’Trilaa Folk Song; From Volume CLX, Number 2, of Speculative Grammarian, November 2010 — ʙ̥ r̥ ʀ̥ ɦ / 1 2 4 8 / ʀ r ʙ ʙ̥͡ʀ̥ ʙ̥͡r̥ / 12 10 9 5 3 (Performed by Trey Jones.)
On the Correct Usage of the Ellipsis
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - June 12, 2015 17:37 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsOn the Correct Usage of the Ellipsis; by Darius D. Dolesworthy, Otis Oswald Ott, and T. Thadeus Theotokopoulis; From Volume CLX, Number 2, of Speculative Grammarian, November 2010 — It has come to our attention that there are certain individuals associated with this otherwise reputable journal th...
Ten New Commandments for Linguists
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - June 12, 2015 17:31 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsTen New Commandments for Linguists; Transcribed from the original Stone Tablets by Trey Jones, et al.; From Collateral Descendant of Lingua Pranca, October, 2009 — As a Linguist, thou art an ambassador for the scientific study of Language and languages in the land of the monolingual naive speaker...
Introducing.. The SpecGram ⅔ Ellipsis™©
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - June 05, 2015 13:47 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsIntroducing.. The SpecGram ⅔ Ellipsis™©; by The Editors of SpecGram; From Volume CLIX, Number 2, of Speculative Grammarian, June 2010 — Introducing.. The SpecGram ⅔ Ellipsis™©—More than a Comma.. Less than a Semicolon!℠® (Read by James Campbell.)
The Typesetter’s Nursery Rhyme
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - June 05, 2015 13:46 - 17 seconds ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThe Typesetter’s Nursery Rhyme; by Author Unknown; From Volume CLXXII, Number 1, of Speculative Grammarian, January 2015 — soft hyphen, ­ hyphen, / a little break prefer... (Read by Jonathan van der Meer.)
The Ten Commandments
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - June 05, 2015 13:45 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThe Ten Commandments; by Evan Smith; From Lingua Pranca, June, 1978 — The Ten Commandments: Linguistic Universals—A Finite Set of Rules from Infinite Wisdom, As Told To Moses by God. (Read by Trey Jones.)
Language Made Difficult, Vol. XLIV
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - May 29, 2015 12:08 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsLanguage Made Difficult, Vol. XLIV — The SpecGram LingNerds are joined once again by returning guests Jason Wells-Jensen and Tim Pulju. After some Lies, Damned Lies, and Linguistics, the LingNerds discuss tongue twister research and reveal their academic nightmares. Stick around for the outtakes ...
Language Made Difficult, Vol. XLIII
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - May 22, 2015 12:08 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsLanguage Made Difficult, Vol. XLIII — The SpecGram LingNerds are joined by returning guests Tim Pulju and Jason Wells-Jensen. After some Lies, Damned Lies, and Linguistics, the LingNerds discuss how to fake a language, and then contemplate ways in which English spelling, morphology, etc., could b...
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