Latest Speculative grammarian Podcast Episodes
The Definition of Progress
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - November 07, 2014 13:08 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThe Definition of Progress; by Sam Crusemire; From Volume CLXVI, Number 3, of Speculative Grammarian, February 2013 — The average member of Richmond’s “jeunesse dorée” will be delighted to discover that our university plans to release its own “Dictionary of the English Language”. Over the course ...
Using NLP to Defeat NLP
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - October 24, 2014 12:08 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsUsing NLP to Defeat NLP; by The Γραμματο-Χαοτικον; From Volume CLXV, Number 4, of Speculative Grammarian, October 2012 — We are the Γραμματο-Χαοτικον, an underground alliance of linguists, philologists, and polyglots. Our self-appointed role is to encourage arbitrary and capricious change both in...
Important Idioms in Contemporary Science
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - October 17, 2014 16:12 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsImportant Idioms in Contemporary Science; by Metalleus; From Lingua Pranca, June, 1978 — Text: (28) is very likely a universal constraint. / Read: I know, for sure, that (28) works for English, French, and certain Lolo-Burmese dialects. (Read by Trey Jones.)
Linguists Don’t Need Prescriptivists
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - October 10, 2014 12:08 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsLinguists Don’t Need Prescriptivists; by Dr. D. Schkrbtov; From Volume CLVIII, Number 1, of Speculative Grammarian, January 2010 — I was very disturbed and exceedingly disappointed when I first read Afiresay, Iresaf, and Safopireop’s screed “Linguists Need Prescriptivists (and probably Pig Latin,...
Linguists Need Prescriptivists, and probably Pig Latin, too
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - October 03, 2014 12:08 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsLinguists Need Prescriptivists, and probably Pig Latin, too; by Dr. Illiamway Afiresay, hDPay; Dr. Iamwill Iresaf, DPh; and Dr. Willopiamop Safopireop, PophopDop; From Volume CLVI, Number 1, of Speculative Grammarian, March 2009 — It has been theorized before that many of the perceived constraint...
Don’t Baby That Baby, Baby
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - September 26, 2014 17:13 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsDon’t Baby That Baby, Baby; by Butch McBastard; From Volume CLXVIII, Number 2, of Speculative Grammarian, October 2013 — Despite the attempts by those who study the phenomenon to dress it up in jargon (“caretaker speech”), cutesiness (“motherese”), or TLAs (IDS/CDS—“infant-/child-directed speech”...
A Psychosis of the “Framework Psychosis” Framework
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - September 19, 2014 12:08 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsA Psychosis of the “Framework Psychosis” Framework; by Jonathan van der Meer; From Volume CLXVIII, Number 3, of Speculative Grammarian, November 2013 — Framework Psychosis, as expertly reified by Dr. Pill, is a very useful window on the world. It provides an explanatory model of the success of th...
Linguistic Koans
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - September 12, 2014 12:08 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsLinguistic Koans; by Z. En ‘Bud’ Dhist; From Volume CLIII, Number 2, of Speculative Grammarian, November 2007 — What is the sound of one vocal cord flapping? (Read by Trey Jones.)
The Swiss Data Massage Villa
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - August 29, 2014 16:12 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThe Swiss Data Massage Villa; From Volume CLXVIII, Number 1, of Speculative Grammarian, September 2013 — Are your data feeling tense? Unable or Reluctant to bend gently to fit the graceful contours of your new theory? Are your N’s too small? Your P’s too big? Decimal point in the wrong place? Is ...
Where are the Vampire Linguists?
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - August 22, 2014 14:55 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsWhere are the Vampire Linguists?; by F. Ang Bangah; From Volume CLVII, Number 2, of Speculative Grammarian, September 2009 — Though many people have had trouble coming to terms with the truth about vampires since they “came out of the coffin” in the so-called Great Revelation—made possible by the...
Dialect Continuum Language Studies
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - July 25, 2014 12:08 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsDialect Continuum Language Studies; by Psammeticus Institute; From Volume CLIII, Number 2, of Speculative Grammarian, November 2007 — Psammeticus Institute—the Language Education branch of linguistics publishing powerhouse Psammeticus Press—allows you to harness the amazing transformative power o...
The Symptoms and Warning Signs of Framework Psychosis
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - July 18, 2014 12:08 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThe Symptoms and Warning Signs of Framework Psychosis; by Dr. Pill, M.D.; From Volume CLV, Number 2, of Speculative Grammarian, November 2008 — Framework Psychosis, a new and dangerous affliction sweeping through academia like wildfire, is the unhealthy (and unfounded) belief that one’s framework...
Degenerative Grammar—Our Current State of Linguistic Degradation
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - July 04, 2014 19:00 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsDegenerative Grammar—Our Current State of Linguistic Degradation; by D. T. R. O’Rait, D. Bauch, and Wayne N. DeKay; From Volume CLXVI, Number 4, of Speculative Grammarian, March 2013 — Since the 1950s, linguistics has been wild with excitement over Chomsky’s insights, collectively known as “gener...
On Linguistic Death Cults
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - June 27, 2014 16:12 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsOn Linguistic Death Cults; by The Managing Editor; From Volume CLXII, Number 4, of Speculative Grammarian, September 2011 — For those not familiar with the casting of pods in which some of the editors of SpecGram engage, I feel obligated to comment on a story we recently discussed, in which it wa...
The No. 1 Linguists’ Detective Agency
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - June 20, 2014 12:08 - 8 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThe No. 1 Linguists’ Detective Agency; by Keith W. Slater; From Volume CLXIV, Number 1, of Speculative Grammarian, February 2012 — M̥ma Makutsi had just poured the tea. Red bush tea for M̥ma Ramotswe, and ordinary tea for M̥ma Makutsi, who preferred ordinary tea and had told M̥ma Ramotswe so, tho...
University Sues Self for Plagiarism
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - June 13, 2014 12:08 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsUniversity Sues Self for Plagiarism; by SpecGram Wire Services; From Volume CLXVII, Number 4, of Speculative Grammarian, August 2013 — The University of Texas at Austin has filed suit against itself for theft of intellectual property. A countersuit, also by the University against itself, demands ...
Compound Nouns for Frances
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - June 06, 2014 12:08 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsCompound Nouns for Frances; by Keith Slater and Kean Kaufmann; From Volume CLXVII, Number 4, of Speculative Grammarian, August 2013 — Frances and her baby sister Gloria were playing dodge ball in their front yard when Albert came along. Albert was pulling a toy wagon with a large picnic hamper in...
Speculative Grammarian—Our Story
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - May 30, 2014 12:38 - 1 minute ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsSpeculative Grammarian—Our Story; by Trey Jones; From the Speculative Grammarian “About Us” web page — The august journal Speculative Grammarian has a long, rich, and varied history, weaving an intricate and subtle tapestry from disparate strands of linguistics, philology, history, politics, scie...
The Patented SpecGram 5 Minute Interview: Arika Okrent
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - May 23, 2014 12:09 - 4 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThe Patented SpecGram 5 Minute Interview: Arika Okrent — My guest today is Arika Okrent, linguist, author of In the Land of Invented Languages, fan of conlangs and, I think, conlangers, speaker of Klingon and Hungarian, signer of ASL, and contributor to Mental Floss and Slate’s Lexicon Valley, wh...
The Patented SpecGram 5 Minute Interview: Philip Resnik
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - May 23, 2014 12:08 - 3 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsThe Patented SpecGram 5 Minute Interview: Philip Resnik — My guest today is Philip Resnik, a professor at the University of Maryland, with joint appointments in the Department of Linguistics and at the Institute for Advanced Computer Studies. Phillip is the director of the University of Maryland ...
Grrr!
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - May 16, 2014 12:12 - 45 seconds - Video ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsGrrr!; by Trey Jones—from The Speculative Grammarian Essential Guide to Linguistics Video Contest
I Study Linguistics
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - May 16, 2014 12:11 - 56 seconds - Video ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsI Study Linguistics; by Vince Wilson—from The Speculative Grammarian Essential Guide to Linguistics Video Contest
We Didn’t Start the Satire
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - May 16, 2014 12:10 - 1 minute - Video ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsWe Didn’t Start the Satire; by Audie O. & Hannah Graham—from The Speculative Grammarian Essential Guide to Linguistics Video Contest
Studying Abroad
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - May 16, 2014 12:09 - 1 minute - Video ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsStudying Abroad; by Tuuli Mustasydän—from The Speculative Grammarian Essential Guide to Linguistics Video Contest
Rasmus McRask of the Clan McRask
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - May 16, 2014 12:08 - 34 seconds - Video ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsRasmus McRask of the Clan McRask; by Rasmus McRask—from The Speculative Grammarian Essential Guide to Linguistics Video Contest
Language Made Difficult, Vol. XXXIV
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - May 02, 2014 12:08 - 55 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsLanguage Made Difficult, Vol. XXXIV — The SpecGram LingNerds are joined by once again by returning guest Devan Steiner. After some Lies, Damned Lies, and Linguistics, the LingNerds discuss whether or not all the forms of "to be" in Indo-European languages are derived from Arabic roots (hint: they...
Language Made Difficult, Vol. XXXIII
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - April 25, 2014 12:08 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsLanguage Made Difficult, Vol. XXXIII — The SpecGram LingNerds are joined by returning guest Devan Steiner. After some Lies, Damned Lies, and Linguistics, the LingNerds discuss how physicists rediscovered glottochronology and have used it to date the Iliad less accurately than philologists already...
Language Made Difficult, Vol. XXXII
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - April 18, 2014 12:08 - 1 hour ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsLanguage Made Difficult, Vol. XXXII — The SpecGram LingNerds go it alone again in this episode. After some Lies, Damned Lies, and Linguistics, the LingNerds discuss their prescriptive confessions, whether science is generally screwed, and whether linguistics is a science and thus also screwed.
Language Made Difficult, Vol. XXXI
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - April 11, 2014 12:08 - 49 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsLanguage Made Difficult, Vol. XXXI — The SpecGram LingNerds go it alone in this episode. After some Lies, Damned Lies, and Linguistics, the LingNerds discuss word aversion and random interesting linguisticky factoids.
Language Made Difficult, Vol. XXX
Speculative Grammarian Podcast - April 04, 2014 12:08 - 34 minutes ★★★★★ - 11 ratingsLanguage Made Difficult, Vol. XXX — The SpecGram LingNerds are joined yet again by Madalena Cruz-Ferreira. After some Lies, Damned Lies, and Linguistics, the LingNerds discuss a prescriptive terrorist, and our favorite SpecGram articles.
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