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Vowel Mergers, Digital Archives, and Shampoo: Tracing English Evolution
Episode 211
Published 5 days, 5 hours ago
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This episode unpacks the cot‑caught merger that reshapes North American English, explores how search engines keep linguistic history alive, and traces the loanword ‘shampoo’ from an 18th‑century massage technique to modern haircare. Learn how phonetics, technology, and cultural exchange intertwine in the story of English.
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