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A Bisl Yiddish

Episode 177

Yiddish is the gefilte fish of Germanic languages.

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6 years, 3 months ago

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Private Parts

Episode 176

What does a rooster have to do with male genitalia anyway?

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6 years, 3 months ago

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Private Parts

Episode 176

How did cock come to mean a male chicken and a penis?

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6 years, 3 months ago

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The Soft Power of Like

Episode 175

Terms such as "like" and "sort of" are ways for English speakers to sound more polite.

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6 years, 4 months ago

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The Soft Power of Like

Episode 175

Words and phrases that are often dismissed as filler are actually conveying politeness.

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6 years, 4 months ago

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Men, Women and Children

Episode 174

What is it with people and animals and irregular plurals?

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6 years, 4 months ago

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Men, Women and Children

Episode 174

The weird plurals of sentient beings.

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6 years, 4 months ago

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Zombie English

Episode 173

Long-dead elements of the language still haunt our everyday speech.

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6 years, 5 months ago

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Zombie English

Episode 173

Dead parts of our language have a way of sticking around.

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6 years, 5 months ago

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Let's Do Lunch

Episode 172

Come table-hopping as we discuss the linguistic quirks of some mealtime terms.

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6 years, 5 months ago

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