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445 GG Why Do People Say "Like" All the Time?
Episode 445
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Is "Boughten" a Word?
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Did Valley Girls Invent "Like"?
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Is German Chocolate Cake from Ger…
11 years, 8 months ago
444 GG Between You and Me
Episode 444
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Lightning versus Lightening
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Between You and Me
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How Teddy Bears Got Their Name
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11 years, 8 months ago
442 GG Make Me a Sandwich
Episode 442
Based on Versus Based off. Make Me a Sandwich: A Joke About Verbs. How to Pronounce Zero
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11 years, 9 months ago
441 GG Mic or Mike? Simple or Simplistic? Uppercase and Lowercase
Episode 441
Mic or Mike? Simple or Simplistic? Uppercase and Lowercase. Visit the website: http://bit.ly/1qEiW2m
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11 years, 9 months ago
440 GG How to Plan a Novel
Episode 440
For NaNoWriMo: How to format a character's thoughts, how to plan a novel, and the surprising newness of the novel format. Visit the website: http://b…
11 years, 9 months ago
439 GG Texting, Coffins, and Death
Episode 439
Today, with Halloween in mind, I have a Quick and Dirty tip about the difference between a casket and a coffin; and an excerpt from David Crystal’s n…
11 years, 10 months ago
438 GG Why Do People Say Punctuation Out Loud?
Episode 438
"Vaccine" Versus "Vaccination." Syelle Graves explains why people say things such as "We never leave any soldier behind. Period," and more generally,…
11 years, 10 months ago
437 GG What’s the difference between England, Great Britain, and the UK?
Episode 437
I know all you European listeners think it’s ridiculous that Americans don’t know the difference between England and Britain, but a British friend to…
11 years, 10 months ago
436 GG Why People Have Always Been Confused About Apostrophes
Episode 436
An interview with Ammon Shea about the confusing history of apostrophes. Hanged Versus Hung. The story of the Victorian Great Exhibition, where Adolp…
11 years, 10 months ago
435 GG We Might Could Harvest the Corn
Episode 435
Yes, you can start a sentence with "because." Here's how to do it.
What are helping verbs (also called auxiliary verbs), and why do people in some reg…
11 years, 10 months ago