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Wabbit Twacks

Episode 141

John McWhorter applies linguistic analysis to Looney Tunes.

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7 years, 8 months ago

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Wabbit Twacks

Episode 141

Learning about language from Elmer Fudd and Bugs Bunny.

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Tee Time

Episode 140

John McWhorter on what the French Canadian version of The Flintstones can teach us about the letter T.

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7 years, 8 months ago

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Tee Time

Episode 140

It's yabba dabba doo time to talk about the letter T.

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Happy Birthday, OED!

Episode 139

John McWhorter raises an etymological glass to the nonagenarian Oxford English Dictionary.

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Happy Birthday, OED!

Episode 139

The first full edition of the OED was published in 1928.

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If Frozen, Why Not Squozen?

Episode 138

John McWhorter on language lessons from this year's Tony nominees for Best Musical.

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7 years, 9 months ago

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If Frozen, Why Not Squozen?

Episode 138

Lessons from this year’s Tony nominees for Best Musical.

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The Pronouning of Profanities

Episode 137

John McWhorter on the way in which words like f*ck and sh*t are increasingly standing in for it and that.

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The Pronouning of Profanities

Episode 137

How curse words became ordinary parts of speech.

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